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Thank you,Margaret! Misery does love company!!

Maureen

It's not just websites for me today - for some reason I keep losing my entire internet connection - so if I go missing, bear with me.

x

Oh! I didn't mean I was glad that you're having a problem, Maureen. Just meant I was relieved that I wasn't having another "senior moment".

OK-I was able to see the 1920 through Heritage Quest.
1920 Oddy Walter F Age 22 born Eng. in Alexander,Morgan Co. Illinois with wife Edna (23) and 4month old daughter Mildred. He's a farm hand.
Interestingly,the families on either side are FOSTERs. I wonder if that was Edna's maiden name and he took it instead of Harry???

Maureen

I know,Margaret! wink

Maureen, that is EXACTLY what I have just scribbled into my notes - great minds etc! A sort of double-barrelled surname, but not quite so posh ...

Just had a look through my tree for G R Tomlinson - think it must be J E (Jane Elizabeth, nee Oddy, who was her aunt). Very odd that she did not name her father, who did not die until 1932, as her nearest relative.



There were clearly some strange family dynamics here though, as her parents were living apart in 1901 and Laura was living with another aunt rather than with either of her parents.

http://www.tributes.com/show/Newham-Oddy-38025877


Newham OddyBORN: May 21, 1888
DIED: October 1972
LOCATION: Castleton, IL


Newham was born on May 21, 1888 and passed away in October 1972.

Newham was last known to be living in Castleton, Illinois.

Got to go off for a while but will check back in later. Thank you all so much for your help - a most fruitful afternoon for me!

Chris xxx

So much for our instincts,Chris!
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html

ODDY, WALTER F MASON, EDNA MARIE 1918-04-25 D /462 3781 MORGAN

ODDY, NEWMAN DUNLAP, ELIZA 1912-09-03 D /382 2162 MORGAN

Maureen

Uuuuurrrrrrgh.

Whence this name FOSTER???

Sometimes you think something's been solved, then it turns out to be more complicated than ever ....

If they went to the States through New York, try Ellisisland.com . It helps if you know the name of the ship they travelled on

From this site:

http://www.archive.org/stream/prairiefarmers00chic/prairiefarmers00chic_djvu.txt

A list of farmers & breeders in Morgan Co., Illinois:

Jackson, Herbert (Laura Oddy) Ch
Charles, Leroy, Helen; Murrayville
R3 Sec21 Pct48 T13 RIO TlOOa
Mrs. J. K. Elder (1889)

Is this the wife of Charles, son of Herbert & Laura?

JACKSON, Frances (Vedder); b: 22May1923, Jacksonville, Il.; d: 17Jan1996, Springfield, Il.; bu: Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Il.; m: Charles Oddy Jackson on 28May1977 (place not stated); fa: Frank Leo Vedder; mo: Lula Belle Caldwell. A resident of Jacksonville. Survived by her husband; two daughters: Mrs. Harvey (Karen Sue) Crow of Murrayville and Charla M. Mutch of Coral Springs, Fla.; seven grand and four g-grandchildren; two brothers: Joseph Vedder and Billy A. Vedder, both of Murrayville; and one sister: Bonnie Orris of Franklin. Preceded by one sister: Georgia Mae Wilson.

Two great finds, Margaret! Thank you x