George E. Haley household, 1940, Marion County, Ohio

Located the 1940 census record of the George E. Haley household in Claridon Township, Marion County, Ohio.  George was my paternal 1st cousin 3 times removed - our common ancestors are George J. Haley and Rachel H. Gary.

1940 U.S. Census, Marion County, Ohio, population schedule, Claridon Township, enumeration district (ED) ED 51-4, SD 8, sheet 2B, household 42, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2016); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

At the time of enumeration, George and his wife were living on a farm in Claridon Township, Marion County, Ohio.  He owned his home and the value was $3500.  George was 76 years old and born in Ohio.  His wife, Elizabeth, was also 76 years old and born in Ohio. Their residence in 1935 was listed as the same place.

The record shows that both had completed the 8th grade in education and no occupation was listed.  However, other records I have for George indicate that he was an attorney, so I'm not sure why it only listed an 8th grade education.

In my database, George was the son of William Wesley Haley and Jane Elizabeth Owen. He died November 15, 1949 at Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio and was buried in the Claridon Cemetery in Marion County, Ohio.  Wife Elizabeth's maiden name was Devore.  

If you have additional information or are connected to this family, I would love to hear from you.

Harry C. Goodridge household, 1940, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Located the 1940 census record of the Harry C. Goodridge household in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Harry was Corinne's 2nd cousin 3 times removed - their common ancestors were Petrus Theodore Rieber and Elizabeth Schuhmacher.

1940 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, population schedule, , enumeration district (ED) ED 93-67, SD 8, sheet 16B, 916 Louisiana Street, household 360, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2016); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

At the time of this enumeration, Harry's family was living at 916 Louisiana Street in Evansville.  He was working as a sheet metal worker in a refrigeration plant.  Harry was 28 years old and born in Indiana.  His wife, Anna, was 25 years old and also born in Indiana.  A daughter, Patricia Ann, aged 8, was also in the house.  Patricia had completed the 1st grade and both Anna and Harry had 8th grade educations.

The family was renting their home and the cost of monthly rent was $20.

In my database, Harry was the son of Harry Augustus Goodridge and Lena Stocker.  While I don't have all the details yet, I show additional children in Harry and Anna's family include sons David and Harry.  I do not yet have Anna's maiden name in my database.

If you have any additional information or are connected to this family, would appreciate hearing from you.

King Cousin Connection

Just received a nice note from a cousin, Leon, who connects with me on the King line.  His ancestor was Thomas King (1817-1864) and his second wife, Martha E. (Haggerty) King (1830-1912) through their daughter Elizabeth.  His Thomas was the brother of my maternal 3rd-great grandfather, Daniel King (1820-1876).  The family lived in Madison County, Indiana.

Elizabeth was married to James Franklin Fink.  Hopefully, he can share some more detail on his line and I can add more cousins to my database.  Prior to his email, I only had Elizabeth's date of birth and no information on a marriage.

It appears that neither of us have discovered the origins in North Carolina of Thomas and Daniel's father, William King (c1790-1869).