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John Davis (1874-1952)
John Davis was born on February 18, 1874 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was the youngest of seven children to parents David Davis and Mary Ann Burdekin. Cook County Illinois Birth Records – John Davis In 1880, the family is living at 3238 Jones Street, Chicago, Illinois. John is five years old. On February 26, 1896, John married May J Greenman. Marriage License – 1896 – John Davis They went on to have four children together: Grace May [...]
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Very Little Information
I recently did family tree research for someone who have very little information to start with. Her recently deceased mother had gone by many different names over time, had moved many times to multiple states, and had little to no communication with her family. She knew nothing about her mother’s side of the family and wasn’t even sure what her mother’s legal name was. With this sort of information to start off with, researching a family tree can seem like [...]
