Is anyone researching the Klinger/Clinger family in Whitley, Grant or
surrounding counties. I have spent much time trying to locate my
great-grandmother Wilma Lavina-May Klinger on the 1900 census records
with little success.
Her SS5 tells me her parents were William Klinger and Minnie Jefferies
which is verified by old family correspondence. The Jeffries family I
have been able to track, but nothing is known about William Klinger.
Looking at Wilma's SS5 this evening, I noticed what I had missed before:
someone had circled May and Klinger. Perhaps I may have been looking for
the wrong person all this time! Wilma's mother, Minnie Jeffries, was in
Grant Co, IN in 1900 and married James Tomlin there in 1903. Wilma (or
May) was not in Grant Co with her mother who is listed as a widow in
1900 and she is not in any of the Jeffries households in Whitley Co in
1900.
If anyone knows anything about Klinger families in this area, I would
appreciate any insight on the families so I can start tracking them down
on the 1900 census to see if Wilma (or May) was living with her father's
family.
Annette DeHoff
netandmike(a)nni.com