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Author: patsycat
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Hello! I am trying to solve a mystery, and I hope someone finds this message who can help.
I'm trying to find proof of my grandfather's mother, whom my mother identified as
Maud Chambers. Apparently she and my great-grandfather, Fred Tifft, were divorced or
otherwise separated after a brief marriage that produced my grandfather (Wesley Merritt
Tifft) and perhaps another sibling. Fred was married to Effie Bachelder in 1891, who died
in 1898. Then he married Maud(e), and then later the woman who is most often identified as
my father's mother, Floy (last name unknown). My mother (Patricia Tifft Crawford, who
died nine years ago) seemed to believe there was a problem in the relationship with Maud
that caused her not to be recognized by the family. Maud Chambers' parents are
recorded in my mother's notes as Edwin and Laura Chambers. Also, my grandfather's
death certificate shows "Chambers" as the maiden name of his mother. That's
all I've got. I've searched and searched and canno!
t find any further proof of Maud's existence, except perhaps for a census in 1920
listing a Maud Tifft as divorced. Anyone have any other clues?
-Patsy in Lexington
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