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Wordless Wednesday – 11/04/09
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Finding Emil
I’ve written about my Emil MILLER brick wall before (Brick Wall - Emil MILLER/MULLER and German Brick Walls).  There are so many possibilities, as there are several variant spellings (Miller, Muller, Mueller, Moeller, Millar, etc.) and there happen to be many of them living in Chicago during the same time period. Background Emil MILLER was born about 1862-1864 in Germany.  He married Hulda WACH on 8 August 1886 in Chicago.  Together they had three children, all born in Chic

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Finding Sarah Jane WARD’s Parents
The first clue to Sarah Jane WARD’s parents came from the 1910 US Federal Census.  Sarah was listed with her husband and two children, living at 1252 Washburne Ave. in Chicago.  Two additional females were listed as the head of household’s mother- and sister-in-law.  The census breakdown is as follows: 1910 US Census