Curious Missing Relative in Pennsylvania

[*Sandra*]

Seem to have reached standstill on this thread - whilst your waiting - there is a RAOGK volunteer for Lancaster County which might be worth a try to see if they can locate obituaries for you or a marriage/death record for Anna  - "Anybody with Lancaster County, PA questions"

https://www.raogk.org/lookups/region/pennsylvania/

Sandra

[Lisa in California]

...As far as I can tell, she was probably born out of wedlock to one of Hugh and Augusta's oldest six children given that she would have been born 1911-2. So the options would be:

• Edith McCall Wilson - born 1885, but married and with other children by 1903, so unlikely.
  
• Harry John McCall - born 1888, never married and lived in the same house as Blossom until his death in 1931, but when asked on his WWI draft card if he had any dependents (including children under 12), he wrote "brothers and sisters."
  
• Anna McCall - born 1890 and disappeared after the 1910 census. Unsure if died or married.
  
• Lillian McCall Griffith - born 1892, but had married and had a daughter by 1914. If she was Blossom's mother, she didn't bring her daughter with her when she married and moved house. She lived quite close to her parents and witnessed her brother's death certificate in 1931, so I can't imagine it was a case of hiding a child from her husband.
  
• Margaret (Margie) McCall - born 1895 and died single in 1919 of influenza and epilepsy.
  
• George M McCall - born 1896 and lived in the same house as Blossom through 1930, but wrote "no" when asked if he had dependents on his WWI draft card.

The next sibling wasn't born until 1901, so these seem the only possible options. Does anyone have any idea how to narrow down which of these siblings Blossom might have belonged to?

Looking at the 1920 census, children also included:
Agnes M, age 16
Pauline G, age 14
Helen, age 10
Mary, age 10

According to the birth record for Mary McCall (12th birth) - the mother had 12 children, 11 were living in 1909 [Helen McCall was the 11th birth].  Yet, the above children (minus the one early death) only adds up to 10 children.     Who is the child who was still alive in 1909 yet not mentioned above?  Note:  Blossom had not yet been born, as of 1909 so she wasn't the "missing" name.  Hopefully, I did the math correctly.    

[Alonza0]

Yet, the above children (minus the one early death) only adds up to 10 children.     Who is the child who was still alive in 1909 yet not mentioned above?

Lisa, I'm so sorry - I completely missed that there had been another response on this thread. You're absolutely right, though. I never noticed the number of children - the mystery thickens! And actually, it thickens further:

Helen and Mary were born in 1909 and were the 11 and 12th children, with one sibling listed as deceased.

I managed to find another one of the children - a Jennie that was born in 1907. She's listed as the 9th child, but I can't find any children born in 1908, or a death certificate for Jennie. The really strange part though is that Jennie says that she's the 9th birth and 7 are alive. So the real question is - who was this child that came back to life?

[Nikki8604]

My great grandmother was blossom Marie Campbell born in 1916 in Pennsylvania. Her mother was Edith McCall and her father was Muter Campbell. I also got caught up with the Blossom McCall that was born in 1911 and married William brosey but just like you I wasn't able to find out much information on her.

[shellyesq]

The original poster hasn't been here in a long time, but in case they return:

It looks like Blossom married Wayne C. Brosey in 1928.  Newspaper article about it - https://www.newspapers.com/article/intelligencer-journal/174966930/

It looks like Wayne married someone else in 1930, when Blossom was shown as divorced in the 1930 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNT4-T5M?lang=en 

Blossom is mentioned as attending a birthday party in 1936 - https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-new-era/174967149/

There is a tree that has Blossom as remarried and in Ohio as of the 1940 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWGH-GQZ?lang=en  Not sure if that's correct.  The tree also lists Blossom's father as John Franklin Hogentogler, born 8 Aug. 1882, died 20 Mar. 1954, both events in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and her mother as Anna McCall.  Again, not sure if that's correct.