Genealogy Chat

Trying another track; Bernardine..... I can't find a birth, or a listing in the 1900 census - any ideas?

I do think the 1910 census lists Annie as married for 10 years and says m2 - which might mean that Thomas wasn't Bernardines name - however this is the name she used to marry Charles Clarence Boling in 1914.

fyi-i'm really trying to push this relationship for personal reasons; my grandmother was supposedly named Bernadine (Heffernan - can't find a link) after this person. unfortunately I lost my nana to a brain tumour last year and this is something that she never knew for certain - never will now I suppose; but I will.

Many thanks
J x

Would she have needed to apply for US Naturalisation??

I'm going to see Sally Morgan in September; maybe that will be my question....LOL

J
x

unfortunately she immigrated into the US too early for Ellis Island records ...... they basically start about 1890

This site does have earlier immigrants

www.castlegarden.org/


might be worth a search



mind you, there are soooooooooo many ways that immigrants got into the US ..... via New York, Boston, Philadelphia, into Canada and then down, round the Horn, etc etc


My relatives ended up in San Bernardino County, California via Australia!





sylvia

I am not aware of anywhere that you could write to for further information.

The 1890 census which might have been helpful in following Annie's path through the states was unfortunately destroyed by fire so is not available.

Thank you for looking; do you know if I can write anywhere to see if the can locate any further information?
Jx

1920:

Name: Annie G Thomas
Home in 1920: Township 2, Fresno, California
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Race: White
Sex: Female
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1886
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Annie G Thomas 49
Bernardine A Boling 29

1930 US census:
Name: Anne Thomas
Home in 1930: Township 2, Fresno, California
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Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

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Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Anne Thomas 58
Bernardine Boling 38 (Widow)
Chalmers B Boling 15
Hugh B Boling 12


Sorry but I have not been able to identify her immigration I'm afraid.

Yep; thats here my nana was named after Bernardine.
Jx

Not got the immigration yet but might this be her in Fresno in 1910?


Name: Annie Thomas
Age in 1910: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Home in 1910: Township 2, Fresno, California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Annie Thomas 40
Bernardin Thomas 20

Sorry...
England and she was a Thomas.
J x

What was the country of her birth?

When she wrote in 1915 was she a Kelly or a Thomas?

I am trying to locate the passenger recordsfor a relative who located to the States around 1886.
I have attached the following information from her death record.
Anne Genevive Thomas
[Anne Genevive Kelly]
b 7 Dec 1867 / Other Country
d 26 Nov 1953 / Sonoma
Mothers name / McErlane
Maiden Name Kelly

Any information would be greatly appreciated. ~I also have a letter from 1915 from Fresno.


Thanks
Jo