Robert E Lee Davis Parents

[TomGad]

1871?  Living at Liberty, Stoddard, Missouri   - I can't read the parents birthplaces

Franklin Davis 40 Farmer
Mary Davis   30
Wm Davis   10
Thos Davis   8
Elizabeth Davis   6

He remarried in 1884?

[TomGad]

Can anybody find any other records that state Robert’s family other than this? I cannot find a birth or any records for Frank or Mary Davis. Can anybody help?

Robert's siblings' marriages would be the first place to look.

By the way, familysearch is a free site, you just need to set up an account. Some records are there that aren't on ancestry.

Nearly all of Robert’s siblings are Ghosts. The only one I found anything for and weirdly enough found quite abit of information on is Robert’s brother William Henry Davis. There’s no doubting he is his brother as I have a photo of both of them and you can see they are clearly related. Here are the photos you should be able to see the resemblance. The colored tintype photo is William and The Oval Photo is Robert in about 1902.

[TomGad]

Can anybody find any other records that state Robert’s family other than this? I cannot find a birth or any records for Frank or Mary Davis. Can anybody help?

Robert's siblings' marriages would be the first place to look.

By the way, familysearch is a free site, you just need to set up an account. Some records are there that aren't on ancestry.

Photo of William

[TomGad]

Can anybody find any other records that state Robert’s family other than this? I cannot find a birth or any records for Frank or Mary Davis. Can anybody help?

Robert's siblings' marriages would be the first place to look.

By the way, familysearch is a free site, you just need to set up an account. Some records are there that aren't on ancestry.

Photo of Robert

[oldohiohome]

1871?  Living at Liberty, Stoddard, Missouri   - I can't read the parents birthplaces

Franklin Davis 40 Farmer
Mary Davis   30
Wm Davis   10
Thos Davis   8
Elizabeth Davis   6

1870 - Franklin born in Tennessee, Mary in Georgia. But in 1880 she says Mississippi, and parents in North Carolina.

There are two Collier families from North Carolina on the same page, one with a son born in Mississippi.
If you ever start tracing the Colliers backward, I would start with them.

Edited to add: might be mother and son, if you can read Lucretia Collier's age.
and the mother in the other family was born in Georgia. So odds are that is where "Georgia" came from in 1870 as Mary's alleged birthplace. Needs more looking at.

[TomGad]

1871?  Living at Liberty, Stoddard, Missouri   - I can't read the parents birthplaces

Franklin Davis 40 Farmer
Mary Davis   30
Wm Davis   10
Thos Davis   8
Elizabeth Davis   6

1870 - Franklin born in Tennessee, Mary in Georgia. But in 1880 she says Mississippi, and parents in North Carolina.

There are two Collier families from North Carolina on the same page, one with a son born in Mississippi.
If you ever start tracing the Colliers backward, I would start with them.

Edited to add: might be mother and son, if you can read Lucretia Collier's age.
and the mother in the other family was born in Georgia. So odds are that is where "Georgia" came from in 1870 as Mary's alleged birthplace. Needs more looking at.

Sorry, I dont think I’m quite following what you are saying. Could you explain abit more?

[TomGad]

1871?  Living at Liberty, Stoddard, Missouri   - I can't read the parents birthplaces

Franklin Davis 40 Farmer
Mary Davis   30
Wm Davis   10
Thos Davis   8
Elizabeth Davis   6

1870 - Franklin born in Tennessee, Mary in Georgia. But in 1880 she says Mississippi, and parents in North Carolina.

There are two Collier families from North Carolina on the same page, one with a son born in Mississippi.
If you ever start tracing the Colliers backward, I would start with them.

Edited to add: might be mother and son, if you can read Lucretia Collier's age.
and the mother in the other family was born in Georgia. So odds are that is where "Georgia" came from in 1870 as Mary's alleged birthplace. Needs more looking at.

Looks like Mary married Daniel Sortor, This info is relevant as they had a daughter named Lucretia Sortor. Maybe named after her grandmother making the Lucretia Collier entry the correct entry?

[oldohiohome]

Looks like Mary married Daniel Sortor, This info is relevant as they had a daughter named Lucretia Sortor. Maybe named after her grandmother making the Lucretia Collier entry the correct entry?

I completely missed the Sorters in that household. That ties them all together. The older Lucretia's age is transcribed by familysearch as 70. So she would be the mother of Mary Collier who married Francis M Davis. Charles (44) and the older Frances (42) listed after Lucretia would be Mary's siblings, born in NC before the family moved west.

Another of Mary's sisters was probably the wife of a Sorter, making Thomas, Jane, and Lucretia (10) Mary's nephew and nieces. The sister dies, Mr Sorter remarries, and the kids go to the wife's family

Mary (Collier) Davis' birthplace being given as Georgia in 1870 might just be a mistake. Charles' wife Mahala was born in Georgia so I thought the Collier family might have touched down there for a while on their way to Mississippi and then to Missouri, but not necessarily so.

At any rate you have another generation backward, Lucretia (70), without much effort. Nice when the families all live together.

[TomGad]

Looks like Mary married Daniel Sortor, This info is relevant as they had a daughter named Lucretia Sortor. Maybe named after her grandmother making the Lucretia Collier entry the correct entry?

I completely missed the Sorters in that household. That ties them all together. The older Lucretia's age is transcribed by familysearch as 70. So she would be the mother of Mary Collier who married Francis M Davis. Charles (44) and the older Frances (42) listed after Lucretia would be Mary's siblings, born in NC before the family moved west.

Another of Mary's sisters was probably the wife of a Sorter, making Thomas, Jane, and Lucretia (10) Mary's nephew and nieces. The sister dies, Mr Sorter remarries, and the kids go to the wife's family

Mary (Collier) Davis' birthplace being given as Georgia in 1870 might just be a mistake. Charles' wife Mahala was born in Georgia so I thought the Collier family might have touched down there for a while on their way to Mississippi and then to Missouri, but not necessarily so.

At any rate you have another generation backward, Lucretia (70), without much effort. Nice when the families all live together.

Should I make a new thread for the Colliers?