Thursday, April 25, 2013

What's the Story?

I suppose it's really none of my business, but I still wonder.  Stella and George had a daughter together and then divorced.  The daughter, Cordella, is listed on the 1920 census with her maternal grandfather, mother and step-father.  She is on the census with her mother and step-father in 1930 and 1940.  In 1940 she is listed with her step-father's surname.  Did he adopt her?

I found her obituary and she lists her stepfather as her father.

I found her biological father on the census.  He remarried shortly after 1920 to a woman with the same name as his first wife.  They had two children together.

The half-brother and sister are not listed in Cordella's obituary.  Did she know about them?

HOLY MOLY!  I just discovered Stella's second husband is my 6th cousin.  She is my 4th cousin 1x removed.


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