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Author: mindy10
Surnames: CANADA, Gibson, Massey, McDonald, Lowe, Tanant, Riley, Bennet, Kennedy, Fowlkes
Classification: queries
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I am trying to locate the parents of the following children, who i believe are siblings.
You won't find them on any census with their parents, as I believe the parents died of
tuberculosis, in time frame of Nov 1890 - 1899 and the children went to other homes to
live, basically as boarders.
William Isaac "Ike" Canada
Marshall Felix Canada
Callie May Canada
Eva Louis Canada
#1 William Isaac "Ike" Canada b Jun 1881 Chic, Dyer Co. TN d Dec 1925
Dyersburg TN
1900 Dyer Co TN, age 20, boarder w/GIBSON, Thomas family
1910 Dyer Co TN age 30, married Fannie Susan MASSEY w two children Mary Alice &
Lorena
1912 Dyer Co TN divorces Fannie MASSEY
1918 WWI Draft living in Chic, Dyer TN (names dau Mary Alice as closest relative living
with him)
1923 Dyer Co TN marries Minnie LOWE McDONALD, have son Leslie Royce CANADA
Dec 1925 dies Dyersburg Dyer TN
#2 Marshall Felix CANADA b May 1883 Dyersburg County, TN
d Dec 1949 Mississippi Co., Arkansas
1900 Dyer Co TN, age 17,boarder w/ TANANT, John H. family(census says age7)
m 1907 to Cleo P. RILEY in Dyer Co TN
1910 Dyer Co TN census living w Wife Cleo, son Vestal age 1
1918 WWI Draft Registration living in Cooter, Pemiscot MO with wife Cleo & children
1920 Cooter, Pemiscot, MO w/wife & sons John, Essie, Robin
1930 Dyersburg, Dyer Co TN, widow with 4 children - Jack, Robin, Essie, Ralph &
Martin
1935 Clay, Dunklin, MO
1940 Clay Dunklin MO with sons Ralph and Martin, son Robin living next door
Dec 1949 dies Mississippi Co. AR
#3 Callie May CANADA b Sep 1886 prob Dyersburg TN d ?
1900 Dyer County, TN, age 13, boarder, w BENNETT, Will family
[don't know any more about her, NOT sure her middle name is May]
then my grandmother
#4 Eva Louise CANADA b Nov 1890 prob Dyersburg TN d Jan 1971 Memphis, TN
1900 Dyer Co TN, age 9 (listed as Eva KENNEDY) relationship is listed as "Ward"
in the
FOWLKES, M L (Marshall) & wife Eudora Rickman FOWLKES.
Marshall and Eudora Rickman FOWLKES adopted my grandmother Eva as well as another child
from another family.
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