I'm working on a small branch of the family with the surname of Kressler. In the 1870 census Elmira shows up with the family and has two sons with her. As the 1870 census doesn't list the relationship I didn't realize they were her sons until a later census. I'm trying to find out her maiden name and which of the Kressler boys she 'belongs' to. I was so excited to find a death certificate for her oldest son only to be deflated as the informant on the death certificate put a question mark for the son's parents' names. The informant was an unknown person to me.
I searched newspaper articles for the youngest son and found the informant's name listed as someone who visited or who the youngest son was visiting. That didn't help much as I still didn't know the relationship of the two until finally I found an article listing the youngest son as the parents of the informant's wife. So, the informant was the husband of the niece of the first son. At least that mystery was solved.
But, who are the parents of the two boys, Francis and Charles?
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