Joan Rachel Darr - my brick wall ?!

[*Sandra*]

Looking at Edwin and Olivia in 1940 Jacobus, York, Pennsylvania shows the Myers boys. Have removed there names incase still living.


Edward E Darr 54  and Olevia Darr 53
Son Myers 6  and Son Myers 4
Alma Geiselman 49

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Sandra

[flopster]

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

[flopster]

Thank you Sandra, that is a big help!!
So I assume they were without their father in 1940 allready!

[flopster]

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.

[*Sandra*]

Thats possibly the right connection - remember looking the other day. From memory Henry & Charlotte appeared in 1921 directory for York. Pennsylvania. Then Henry appeared on his own in 1923 and 1925 directory for York. Pennsylvania.
Never found the girls but wondered if an entry for John Henry Plunkett at the Pennhurst State School in 1930 was the brother. He was J Henry Plunkett in 1920.
Possibly all the girls were adopted 

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Sandra

[Galium]

A family named Cramer in Manheim, York have two adopted daughters with them in 1930:

Effie F Cramer aged 15
Beatrice V Cramer aged 13

who may be the two sisters of Rachel Plunkett in 1920.

[*Sandra*]

Could this be a possibility for John Henry Plunkett 

John H Plunkett - 5th Janauary 1919 and died 20 December 1996
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II
St Denis Cem  - 2401 St Denis Lane Havertown, PA 19083

John H. Plunkett 5 Jan 1919 and died 20 December 1996
SSN: 161-03-9537
Last Residence: 19380  West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, 
SSN was issued in Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

Sandra
 

[*Sandra*]

IF John H Plunkett is the right connection - there is anc family tree. Although it gives no further info on th Plunkett family, it gives a wife Regina E. Duffy
Born April 6, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died 24 Sep 2000 in West Chester, Pennsylvania (Burial St. Agnes Cemetery, W. Goshen, Pennsylvania)
Couple had 2 sons and a daughter.

Regina E. Plunkett
born 6 th April 1921 and died 24 September 2000
Last Residence: 19380  West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania,   
SSN was issued in Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Could this be a possibility for Florence Effie 

Florence E. Cramer  - Born: 1 Feb 1915  and Died 11 Oct 1989
SSN was issued in Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

Sandra