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Author: nickyhagen
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Minnie was my great grandma, there was so many secrets to her parents and past, along with
her first marriage (which she never divorced before her marriage to Mr. Bennett) to which
my grandfather was conceived (inregard she had him take on Mr. Bennett's last name to
keep the secrets going). I found her in a 1900 US Census for Atchison, Ks at age 14 as a
border along with Lizzie Sample (who I think is her mother), Ava Prescott (who I think was
her sister), under Levi & Elisha Bacon. It states that she and her father was born in
Iowa, after researching I found out that her mother followed the railroad & had three
daughter's with different men that were working the railroad at the time but that all
or some of them had died. On another document I found that Minnie's parents names were
Edward Cavanaugh (in a census it states he worked on the railroad, was from Ireland &
died on 5/5/1890 in Belknap, Davis, Iowa; buried in Ottumwa, Iowa) and Elizabeth Stevens
(no further info or ha!
ven't found her anywhere else). I have also researched the name Lizzie Sample but to
no avail, I am trying to figure out the mystery so that I can find out who my
grandfather's real dad is along with the history of Minnie's family but have ran
into dead ends. Any help would be much appreciated! I have recently moved to Iowa but have
had no luck on researching her here!
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