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Author: jondmyers
Surnames: CARROLL MAIN WHITNEY WRIGHT
Classification: queries
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I have hit a brick wall for Virginia CARROLL who married Oscar Ray MAIN 1904 in Seattle,
King, Washington. Virginia was born May 1881 in Mississippi and died about 1960 in
Seattle after divorcing Oscar between 1920 and 1930.
Working backward from the census records I have found:
1930 - Seattle, King, Washington
Virginia C Main, 49, is living with her children Frank W Main, 22, and Carroll Main, 21.
1920 - Napavine, Lewis, Washington
Oscar R Main, 40, and Virginia C Main, 37, are living with their children Frank W Main,
13, and Carrol Main, 11.
1910 - Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington
Oscar R Main, 32, and Virginio Carroll Main, 29, are living with their children Carroll
Main, 1, and Frank Whitney Main, 3.
1904 - Oscar and Virginia marry, probably in Seattle, Washington.
1900 - Seattle Ward 8, King, Washington
Jennie Carroll, 19, is listed as the neice of Wm Whitney, 45. William Whitney is marride
to Annie B WRIGHT, 40, and her parents Edmund Wright, 92, and Fidilia Wright, 80, are
living with them and and their two children Clem Whitney, 14, and Tirone Whitney, 4. Also
living with them is "Mary Carroll" - 39 - who is listed as a servant but not as
the mother of Virginia (Jenny).
And this is my brick wall. "Neice" has meant a lot of different things on census
records, so I don't know if it is literal, or she is actually a cousin, or someone
they took in - or even if Mary is or is not her mother. The break there is Mary was born
in Illinois, but Virginia has on every cencus record indicated that she and both of her
parents were born in Mississippi.
Alos an important note is Virginia and Oscar's first child is name Frank Whitney Main
and his California death record indicates his mother's maiden name as Carroll - as do
both of their children's Washington birth records, so it is in fact her maiden name
and not her middle name. Also, Frank's middle name of Whitney indicates to me that
the "Jennie" I have found in Seattle is my Virginia and that her mother is a
sister of William Whitney who married a CARROLL. I have started to research this line but
hope that any of these names may be recognized here.
Thanks!
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