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Author: thauk
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Hi Terri,
We typically need a bit more information to help find your family in the records available
online, in books, and elsewhere.
You say that Lucy Akers was your grandmother and Maggie Harris was your great grandmother.
Do you have any approximate birth and/or death dates for either?
Was 'Harris' Maggie's maiden name or married name?
Was 'Akers' Lucy's maiden name or married name?
Do you have spouse's names? children? siblings? Any dates for any of these?
I found a Lucy A. Akers in Daviess Co., IN, married to Andrew S. Akers (they married
1872), in the 1880, 1900, and 1910 US Federal Censuses. They had children James, Mary,
Margaret, Charles, William, Lola (maybe others?). Since this Lucy was born about
1848-1849, I highly doubt this is the one you are looking for! Perhaps related further
back?
So the following is my best guess not knowing any dates and pushing through the possible
transcription errors!
Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: James E Akers
Spouse Name: Maggie Marris (maybe Harris???)
Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1898
Marriage County: Daviess
Source Title 1: Daviess County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol
Source Title 3: W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O
Book: 9
OS Page: 53
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James E Akers
Home in 1900: Washington, Daviess, Indiana
Age: 26
Birth Date: Apr 1874
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Spouse's Name: Maggie
Marriage Year: 1899
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Residence : Washington Township (North Portion Excl. Washington City), Daviess, Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
James E Akers 26
Maggie Akers 31
Roy A Akers 5/12
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James Akers
Age in 1910: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: Indiana
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Indiana
Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
Spouse's Name: Maggie
Home in 1910: Washington, Daviess, Indiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Akers 38
Maggie Akers 42
Roy Akers 11
Ludy Akers 7 (transcription error--should be Lucy)
Noah Akers 5
Claire Akers 10/12
There is a family tree online based on this Lucy Akers, born 1902, complete with a photo
of her! Go to
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/RequestTreeAccess.aspx?tid=5431125&pid=-...
to make a connection with the author.
Lucy J. Akers
Birth: 12 Apr 1902 - Daviess, Indiana, USA
Death: 12 Nov 1963 - Washington, Daviess, Indiana, USA
Parents: James Edward Akers, Margaret A Harris
Spouse: William Curtis Wilson
(This helps confirm that I may be right about the 'Marris' transcription error on
Margaret's marriage record.)
Good luck with your search and please let me know if I'm warm or cold. Thanks!
Regards,
Terri McDonald Hauk
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