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Date Posted: 08:49:38 09/22/05 Thu
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In reply to:
Peggy Carambas
's message, "Minnie (Harrison) Hand help please." on 17:40:43 09/20/05 Tue
Dear Peggy:
There probably is not yet enough documented information on your ancestry, yet, to pinpoint a tribal affiliation. In order to shore up each generation, I would do the following:
1. Check the US Census; gather and document each generation beginning with those living in 1930 and working backward, census-by-census to 1850. Remember that the 1890 US Census was destroyed and only fragments plus the Vets schedule remain.
2. You should be able to find Minnie Harrison as a child, with her parents in the 1880 US Census. A copy of that census is available free of charge at http://www.familysearch.org as well as at http://www.ancestry.com The 1880 census will show the birthplaces of her parents. Judging from their ages, etc., you can then go to the 1870 Census and continue back.
Following is a copy of the 1880 Census Index from Ancestry.com with entries for Minnie Harrison shown. I've added the given name of the father and county of residence in MO in parenthesis at the end of each listing.
1. Minnie Harrison - 1880 US Census/
Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1874> MO (G.P. Johnson Co)
2. Minnie L. HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1874> MO (Ezra Scott Co)
3. Minnie HARISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1879> MO (Wm. St. Francois Co)
4. Minnie HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1878> MO (Jno. F. Audrain co)
5. Minnie HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1878> MO (Wm. Lafayette Co)
6. Minnie HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Colorado Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1877> MO (NA)
7. Minnie L. HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1868> MO (John L. Ray Co)
8. Minnie HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1856> MO (NA)
9. Minnie HARRISON - 1880 United States Census / Missouri Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1877> MO (Joseph Wayne Co)
As you can see, you already have a problem with your information. First of all, none are in Clark Co; and secondly, none are daughters of Theodore Harrison.
She may not have appeared in this search because her name, Minnie, is a nickname and she was actually christened some other name such as Minerva or Myrtle or.....?
In 1900, we see the following:
10th Dist, Clay, Clark, MO
22-22
Berry Hand Head W M Aug 1873 26 M 6 MO IN IN Farm Laborer R H
Berry, Minnie W F Jul 1877 22 M 6 2-2 MO MO MO
Alfred b. 1896 MO
Samuel b. 1898 MO
Pickering, George Boarder 1844 52 Wd MO TN TN
Now, since she died young, you have quite a big problem. She may not appear in the 1880 census in MO because she may not have been born in MO. Indian people more often than not, do not accurately report their birthplaces, either their own or their parents'. She may have been born in Oklahoma.
I did not see a Theo or Theodore Harrison with wife Sarah in 1900 or 1910 in Missouri but he may have been under another name. Indian people were apt to use different names at different times because of their own naming traditions.
I did not see Theo or Theodore Harrison in the 1880 or 1890 Cherokee Nation Census in Oklahoma.
When conditions are like this in a search, you will need to try to find out as much as you can about Minnie's short life by looking for her marriage record and other records in Clark County, itself. Try to answer the question of why she was buried in Greer Co., OK. Was family living there?
Are you certain of her maiden name? How do you know it was Harrison?
Write back when you can. Let's discuss some of these questions and see if we can improve your chances on this search.
Thanks for letting me help you with this,
Kathie
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