Trying to find my great grandfather on the 1930 Census

[TomGad]

Oops, scratch "Edward". the only place I saw it was on the tree at familysearch in reply #4.
I don't know if you have said his middle initial on this thread, but if you know that the middle initial is "E" then there is a good chance that it is Edward because that was General Robert E Lee's middle name, acc to wikipedia.

Could this be Robert in the 1891 Census before moving from Missouri to Oklahoma? The only thing that doesnt add up is the birth is set as Illinois but maybe that was a mistake?

[oldohiohome]

Answering a few questions:

George Willard - probably not, as he fought with the Union army.
General Francis Marion - yes a very good chance, since he fought in the Carolinas, and in 1880 that is where Francis M Davis said his parents were born.

Please post a link to your rootschat question about Robert's parents in case I miss it. I'd like to follow along.

thread about parents is here: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=895246.0 for those following along.
I'll get into it later, maybe not today. Real world events need attention today.

Please post the link to the 1895 census for Robert E Davis. I forgot about possible state censuses.

[TomGad]

Answering a few questions:

George Willard - probably not, as he fought with the Union army.
General Francis Marion - yes a very good chance, since he fought in the Carolinas, and in 1880 that is where Francis M Davis said his parents were born.

Please post a link to your rootschat question about Robert's parents in case I miss it. I'd like to follow along.

thread about parents is here: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=895246.0 for those following along.
I'll get into it later, maybe not today. Real world events need attention today.

Please post the link to the 1895 census for Robert E Davis. I forgot about possible state censuses.

Here is the link! https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1088/records/5792059?tid=192997417&pid=312533785705&queryId=f2be72ad-bfe0-497e-a585-50516949b597&_phsrc=ocp4&_phstart=successSource

[scotmum]

Potentially another red herring, but nonetheless an interesting 1930 census one here, especially the added note on original:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8C-PDY?

Could it be James/Jim?

Did anyone get the chance to look at this one? Even if only another one to rule out.

[oldohiohome]

Potentially another red herring, but nonetheless an interesting 1930 census one here, especially the added note on original:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8C-PDY?

Could it be James/Jim?

Anything's possible, but I don't think this is him. The note written across the children's birthplaces says they are wards of the state of Ohio and were brought in from different parts of the state. Parentage unknown at the home.
We haven't put the family in Ohio yet, and I'm pretty sure that Ohio was not a likely place to stop in if you and your descendants were headed west from North Carolina.

Did anyone get the chance to look at this one? Even if only another one to rule out.

[oldohiohome]

I don't think the Robert E L Davis with Ruben and Anna Davis in Haskell County, Kansas, in 1895 is your Robert. For now, file it away in case you connect Ruben and Anna with your family in the future.

[TomGad]

I don't think the Robert E L Davis with Ruben and Anna Davis in Haskell County, Kansas, in 1895 is your Robert. For now, file it away in case you connect Ruben and Anna with your family in the future.

Ah didnt even notice those there because of how Ancestry had filed the entry. That’s a shame

[TomGad]

I don't think the Robert E L Davis with Ruben and Anna Davis in Haskell County, Kansas, in 1895 is your Robert. For now, file it away in case you connect Ruben and Anna with your family in the future.

What do you think about the photos on this page, they are certainly brothers right? https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=895246.msg7697424#msg7697424

[oldohiohome]

What do you think about the photos on this page, they are certainly brothers right? https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=895246.msg7697424#msg7697424

yes. meant to say so, but forgot. some day you should ask https://www.rootschat.com/forum/free-photo-restoration/ to try and date the tintype.