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My Disappearing Act
Jul. 16th, 2014 11:19 am I pulled a disappearing act, but there was an important reason for doing so. It sounds cliche, but it was due to personal family matters. I haven't moved past the family matters yet; it will take some time, but I am moving on.
Since my last post I have received my copy of Eunice Bradshaw's death certificate from NJ and was utterly dismayed to find out that Edward, her surviving husband, did NOT include her parents names. It was akin to banging my head against the wall at the lack of information! So I did a little digging, finding any and all webpages that could give me information from NJ. And I lucked out. Mulberry Street Marriage Index was an amazing source of information; not just for Edward and Eunice, but Edwards parents Elias and Antonia. I now had a marriage date for Eunice and Edward (whose listed as Edmund -- that's not the first record I've seen that name instead of Edward). Eunice's last name was listed as Brayshar, not that far off from Bradshaw.
Feeling like I was on to something, I went to FamilySearch.org and tried looking for that new last name. No go. At the end of my rope I finally searched for an Edmund Matt and found a marriage record. I knew I had the right man when his parents were listed as Elias and Antonie (another spelling I've come across before). I now knew Eunice's father's name: John. No mother was listed, which is a shame. Their last name was also listed as Brayshaw.
So I searched the earliest US records I could with the information I had.
Since my last post I have received my copy of Eunice Bradshaw's death certificate from NJ and was utterly dismayed to find out that Edward, her surviving husband, did NOT include her parents names. It was akin to banging my head against the wall at the lack of information! So I did a little digging, finding any and all webpages that could give me information from NJ. And I lucked out. Mulberry Street Marriage Index was an amazing source of information; not just for Edward and Eunice, but Edwards parents Elias and Antonia. I now had a marriage date for Eunice and Edward (whose listed as Edmund -- that's not the first record I've seen that name instead of Edward). Eunice's last name was listed as Brayshar, not that far off from Bradshaw.
Feeling like I was on to something, I went to FamilySearch.org and tried looking for that new last name. No go. At the end of my rope I finally searched for an Edmund Matt and found a marriage record. I knew I had the right man when his parents were listed as Elias and Antonie (another spelling I've come across before). I now knew Eunice's father's name: John. No mother was listed, which is a shame. Their last name was also listed as Brayshaw.
So I searched the earliest US records I could with the information I had.
