Windsor Ont Marriage 1924 March Olsen

[mona lisa]

Gt Uncle Wm V McDevitt (42) widower recently of Edmonton Ab married 1924 Windsor, Essex Co Ontario Olsen, Frances E  (28) born Philadephia, Pa (widow)d/o Manuel Olsen born England   & Sarah Olsen

Witnesses: Maud M Stone  Windsor, Ont  & S.E. McKegney of Ford, Ont near Windsor Ont.

I have the Marriage record. What I am woud liker is to find Frances E  McDevitt. She was still alive in 1938 ca when William died in Vancouver BC.  And also interested in the 2 witnesses at their marriage ie:  S E McKegney looks awfully like a witness at my grparents Marriage.
An English friends says Mauel is a Cornish surname and is pronounced Manool...see what I mean about locating our ancestors when on this side of the pond no idea how to say the names !! eeesh

[Jacquie in Canada]

There is a family tree at Ancestry which has William McDevitt and Frances Olson listed but it seems to indicate that Frances changed her surname from Olshansky (her parents are listed as Mendel and Sarah) for that marriage. It also has her given name as Elsie, not Frances and her birth in the Ukraine, not Philadelphia. Unfortunately there isn't any source information listed to verify the information. If you can access the public trees at Ancestry perhaps the tree owner can explain the difference with her name.

Jacquie

[mona lisa]

Thanks for your reply JacquieinCanada. My people seem to be great at disappearing acts or alien abductions...seems like)  ha ha

[J.J.]

ack...name changing...could mean something to hide, or raised by others...but why would she marry as one name then have children using another...
Perhaps someone has claimed a family with the same name? Maybe she was married to an Olson, somewhere along the line and there was a mixup?
This is a death for a daughter, with mother as Elsie Olshansky
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MN5N-LSF/p3
( There was a Mendel and Sarah Olshansky in Chicago )

I see from the death that he was divorced. Wonder what her name was then?
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MNPY-FBR/p1

[mona lisa]

riight J.J. Thanks. re: looking for something useless or otherwise I thought to  check on the WW1 CEF Soldiers site for surname McKegney and came up with a  S.E. one Samuel Ephraim McKegney who was born in Minnesota and was a Clergyman ( he was one of the Marriage Witnesses who gave his residence as Ford, Ont and I checked and it is near Windsor. ) Just "beating the bushes"...sometimes something jumps out.

[Jacquie in Canada]

From taking a closer look at the family tree, it seems to be owned by a person who is directly descended from a daughter of William McDevitt and Elsie Olshansky. Again, I would suggest getting in touch with the tree owner to see if you can get more information.

ack...name changing...could mean something to hide, or raised by others...but why would she marry as one name then have children using another...
Perhaps someone has claimed a family with the same name? Maybe she was married to an Olson, somewhere along the line and there was a mixup?

The Olshansky family was Jewish which was enough reason for a person to change their name back then although this seems to be the only instance I can see where the surname was changed.

I think I've found Elsie as Olshonsky on the 1910 census in Philadelphia listed as a ward in a Home for Girls. Mendel Olshansky was still alive as I did find him in the household of one of his daughters on the 1930 census although he was a widow. I thought I found him in 1920 but I can't find it again.

There is a marriage for an Elsie Olshonsky to Edward Gordon in Chicago in 1921 which is a possibility for her first marriage:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MZCK-TFF/p4

There is also a marriage for an Elsie Olshansky to Bernard Busch but I've found them on the 1930 US census together so obviously not the same Elsie.

Jacquie

[Lyndairish]

Ford city was an area around the Ford plant, dating back to  1900, it was absorbed into Windsor later. Good luck with your search.
Lynda

[J.A.M.]

Hi,

Have you tried the 1940 National Registration to find Frances?

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-911.007-e.html

Follow the link for instructions.

Good hunting.