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Having a lot of trouble finding info on my great grandmother
I haven’t been on in a while…..I am so disappointed that I cant find any info on my greatgrandmother.
I know her name was Norah and she was born in Alabama and that she married Tommie Dunn and that she died in 1916 at the age of 28.
She was supposedly a black foot indian.
The lived in Coosa county, Alabama. In a place called Marble Valley. If any one sees this and might have some ideas on how I might go about finding out more info about her Please let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Bonnie
Have you found her in a census 1910 or 1900 or 1890? If so, where was she born? Do you know her maiden name?
I looked in Guion-Miller — there are 4 on the accepted rolls (from Skiatook and Black Gum, Ok) and saw several Dunn’s ( 20 or 30 –but not the 2 you mentioned) on the rejected rolls — saw they were from Tennessee and Georgia mostly, but also Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, and Kansas.
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Vance,
yes I found her in the census ,,,,no i havent been able to find her maiden name….I do know that she was born in alabama.
Thanks so much,
Bonnie
Hi Bonnie, welcome back.
As recommended back in January, you’ll need to look-up Tom and Norah’s marriage license at the Coosa County courthouse since that info is not online. That will give you her maiden name and with that, we would have a fair chance to trace her. According to the census info, Tom and Norah would have been married sometime in 1908.
Bill
Thanks Bill, glad to be back……:) ……I was just discussing with my mother about taking a trip to Coosa County……We will probably take the trip in a couple of months or so…….I can’t wait to actually get down there and find out.:) …….But i came across some things while I was doing some research on the census…..The land that is now coosa county actually came from the creek indians…..So it may turn out that she wasnt a blackfoot after all…..:( …..Which to me would be sad, after believing all these years that she was…But I will keep posting as I find out some things.
Thanks so much,
Bonnie:)
Bonnie,
By that time, anyone may have moved into that area and they did.
That Coosa County was Creek territory a hundred years EARLIER than she lived, does not mean that she must have been Creek……. history, history.
I’d recommend you call the courthouse before you go, in order to know where those records are kept… in an annex across town? In a warehouse somewhere else?….. plan ahead….
Bill
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