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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: William Barnes
« on: Thursday 10 November 16 09:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, thank you very much for your help Tony.
Does it have a maiden name for James mother?
Would her maiden name be found in James and Amelia s wedding entry?
If Ann Apps was correct, it would mean the first two children you mentioned were born before her marriage.


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Kent Lookup Requests / William Barnes
« on: Wednesday 09 November 16 15:48 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I was wondering, can anybody help me with this ..
 I am looking for information (parents, wedding ) etc on a William Barnes .. he was born in Cranbrook and married to an Ann, his son James was born 1807 in Hawkhurst.
James married Amelia Pemble in 1829 ... I would also  be very happy about information on Amelia :)
Thank you so much!!!
E. x

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Friday 17 August 12 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much..
I am rather positive now, that this is the Joan (?) Rachel I had been looking for.
Henry Plunkett also appears to have been married before to Ida Fuller in 1808.
And I discovered he was arrested for desertion at least twice in 1911 and 1914.
Also just came across a Henry H Plunkett who died in 1925, so Im assuming thats him.
Charlotte s death I have not been able to find.

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Friday 17 August 12 09:05 BST (UK)  »
??? Joan certainly seems a tough one..

ok, I am starting to get confused, so what do we have for sure?
Her name was definitely Joan Rachel Plunkett Darr , as given in her obituary
She was born about 1915 in York, PA
1920 census: There is no Joan or Rachel Darr, Olevia and Edward Darr are living alone, There is a Rachel R Plunkett (no Joan) living with her father Henry, mother (could anybody read her name on the census?), and siblings.
1930 census: Rachel is living with the Darrs and there is also no sign of her siblings going by the name of Plunkett
She has 2 boys with somebody called Myers
1940 census: again no sign of her and her sons are living with the Darrs.

What happened to the Plunkett parents? Who was Mr.Myers? and where is she in 1940? ??? ???
I have never done research for the PA area before and google hasn't been too big a help, are there any old newspaper archives online I can look at? Is there any way I can find out if she was adopted?

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 21:03 BST (UK)  »
Hello again ..
first of all I would like to really thank you for all the help I found here, I really appreciate it and it has helped me fill quite the gap.
However, I am still having big difficulties tracing Joan Rachel (plunkett) Darr.
I cannot find her in the 1920 s census, her parents Edward and Olivia are living alone at this point, but there is a Rachel Plunkett in York, PA living with a Henry and mother (who s name I cant read) Plunkett.
After 1920 I find no more trace of Rachel Plunkett, instead I see Rachel Darr living with E. and O.
Could this be her? Or is it too much of a longshot.
I tried to find out if the Plunkett parents are still around after 1920 or might have passed away, but could not find anything.
Also, who is the father of her first sons J&T Myers?
They live with the Darr grandparents in 1940, but I cannot find Joan in 1940.

Any advice as to where I could look or how to continue??
Thanks for any ideas.

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Tuesday 14 August 12 14:11 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Sandra, that is a big help!!
So I assume they were without their father in 1940 allready!

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Tuesday 14 August 12 14:09 BST (UK)  »
Thank you  :)
I have found her parents, and noticed she is called Rachel in the census.

What I am still trying to figure out is her first husband and where the "Plunkett" comes from.
In a further newspaper article I have now managed to confirm that her first two sons (Jack and Thomas) are called Myers, so this must be the sirname of her first husband, but I seem unable to find out who he was.
Also the adoption rumour has been bugging me, would Plunkett perhaps be the name of her biological parents ???

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Tuesday 14 August 12 13:53 BST (UK)  »
No I did not see that, will I find that on Fultonhistory too?
I knew she died in childbirth, I was always told however she had had an infant son that died. I had also been told that Joan might have been adopted but nobody seemed sure.
Thank you so much for your help, I have been searching for this information for years.
Any idea how I could find out anything about her life before being called Curcio?
Some relatives told me her name was Myers (or similar) before marrying my grandfather, but where does the Plunkett come from then?
Joan has been confusing me for years  ???

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US Lookup Requests / Re: Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!
« on: Tuesday 14 August 12 13:32 BST (UK)  »
Ok, so I have found her parents thanks to the article, and could work out her year of birth.
Since she is called Joan Rachel Plunkett Darr Curcio, would Plunkett be the name of her first husband?
I cannot find a J.R. Darr or Plunkett on the 1940 census.
Her sons Jack and Thomas are from her first marriage , I did not even know she had a daughter.

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