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I’m researching his genealogy for a friend of mine. I have had trouble finding his obituary in newspaper microfilm because I don’t know the exact date that he died. Does anyone know this or where I can go to find it out. He does not show up in the Social Security Death Index, or rootsweb, or ancestry.com. Google searches typically bring up stuff about an unrelated Mexican singer of the same name.

Is there a (preferably free) place where I can access records from the censuses that the United States took in the Philippines while they were still an American colony? I’ve tried the National Archives in Washington State. They have everything else including the Panama Canal Zone, but for some reason they don’t have the Philippines even though it was a U.S. territory back then and there were at least three censuses taken by the U.S. in the early 1900s.

Ancestry.com doesn’t have the Philippine census either, nor can I find it anywhere else. Anyone know where I can find it?

Maybe yes or maybe no…You really don’t have much for sure to go on! I found this in the S.S.D.I.
Born 15 May 1882
Died Washington St
Feb 1969
Name : Mike Lobos
Unless you have something closer! I can"t believe that this guy
worked in this country for many years without a S.S. Card

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/HintList.aspx?ret=-834926459&pid=-834926459&tid=9210729&pg=0

On this link, the page I’m looking for help on is the third link (1880 United States Federal Census Record). It says he was born in ”about 1873”, which sounds right, because on the 1930 Census, it says my grandfather (Thomas Madigan’s) father was 57 years old. It says his father’s name was Patrick. Does it say who his mother was? I know it says John Madigan was born in the state of New York, but does it say where specifically? Don’t worry about the 4th link. I already have the information from the second link on this link. If you’d like, you could check this page, to see if there’s any leads. On the 1st link, this may show where he was born. The year of death is probably off though. The 1910 Census, taken in April 15 1910, recorded John Madigan as 34 years ago, so it’s possible he was born in 1876 or 1877.

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/HintList.aspx?ret=-706941509&pid=-706941509&tid=9210729&pg=0

If the first link is correct, than it’s possible the 1st link on this site is too. If John Madigan was born in 1873, it’s possible that his father, Patrick, was born before 1841, to be taking in the Scotland Census Record in 1841. This says he was born in Ireland, so I’m unsure of why he may have lived in Lanarkshire, Scotland at the time. I’m not sure what information this link will give, but what ever there is, whether it’s his parents, siblings or immigration record, it’s helpful. I’m not sure what the 2nd and 3rd links say, but there could be information there too.

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/HintList.aspx?ret=-709380172&pid=-709380172&tid=9210729&pg=0

On this link, I’m looking to obtain information from the 3rd link. I previous found information on her in the 1910, 1920 and 1930 Censuses, but there could be other information, such as what part of New York she may have been born in, that might be listed on this link. Or there may be useful information on her parents that weren’t listed in later Censuses.
My grandmother told me the name was Finley. It could be Findley though. I didn’t ask her how it was spelled, but I will next time I speak to her, if she knows.
My maternal grandfather’s mother’s maiden name is Finley (Or Findley). My maternal grandmother’s mother’s maiden name is Castino. On her father’s side, I’m not sure what paternal grandmother’s maiden name is, but I’ll look at the clues you’ve shown.

Did you know that you can access a transcript of the 1880 census for free at www.familysearch.org? Have a look 🙂

I’ll see if I can find anything else useful.
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I don’t think that 1880 family with father Patrick is right.
If the 1910 census is right John should be married by 1900 but I found John (whose father is Patrick) still living at home in 1900.

John P Madigan
Home in 1900: Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York
Age: 24
Birth Date: Jan 1876
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father’s Birthplace: Ireland
Mother’s Name: Mary
Mother’s Birthplace: Ireland
Marital Status: Single

Mary Madigan 50
Mary F Madigan 28
Terence F Madigan 24
John P Madigan 24

(Patrick had died but siblings match)

I’ll try and find the right John.

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You said Margaret’s maiden name is Finley? Is that what your grandma told you? Have you seen this record from familysearch.org?

John Madigan Pedigree
Male Family

Parents:
Father: Daniel
Mother: Mary Molaney

Marriages:
Spouse: Margaret Findley OR Finley Family
Marriage:
24 JUL 1898 Manhattan, New York, New York

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Don’t get too sidetracked by Ancestry’s hints, they come up with all these matches to try and get you to subscribe.

Or low costs?

Great grandfather Charles Lewis (also spelled Chas Louis) Whyte (b.17 Oct 1875 Princeton, IL? and d.5 Feb 1932 Mankato, MN) was adopted by Ananias and Sarah Whyte possibly in Bureau County, IL, date unknown. 1880 census shows them living in Iowa and that Chas was an adopted son. This is a complete dead end for me!

I have copies of some of the censuses from 1800 through 1930 for him, unable to find his whereabouts in 1890 & 1895, and I have a copy of his 1918 WW1 registration card. He worked as a switchman and/or conductor for the railroad in Mankato, MN, and his death certificate lists his parents as unknown and that the RR claimed his body for burial arrangements.

Any help greatly appreciated!!! We are having a family reunion in three months and I’d like to get past this obstacle before then!
I have census records from 1880, not 1800, LOL, he was supposedly born in 1875.

Thanks for any help!
More info: Charles’ dad Ananias died in 1886 in Creston IA, his mother Sarah (nee Penn) died in 1881 in IA. I do have a picture, not a good one, of Charles with one of his brothers and two sisters and all their families. There, to me, does not appear to be any family resemblances. My grandmother is in the picture as a small child.
My grandmother, now 94, recalled her uncle Daniel Whyte b.1860 in PA, d.1928 Denver CO, telling a story of how Ananias just brought Charles home one day like a puppy as a toddler. My Gram thinks she was about 7 when she heard that one. I have been unable to contact any other of the Whyte descendants. Charles was a child when his parents passed away, just 6 with his mother and 11 with his father. I can not find where he went after that, if with a sibling or back onto the streets of IA. The missing censuses are 1890, 1895 and 1900. I do believe I found Charles Whyte with his wife Ella b.1880 in WI (nee Garlick) residing in a Minneapolis boarding house in 1900 but my grandmother swears they never lived there, I do think it may have been them though.
I’m hopeful to make contact with Ananias’s descendants, as I believe the rest them had resided in CO do to the death records I have been able to locate and what family stories I’m able to dig up. I also live in Denver so there might be a chance…but I wonder how willing they would be to speak of this to a complete stranger!
Charles and his wife Ella, my great grandparents, were unable to have children early on and I did find evidence of them adopting at least their first child of 4 while living in MN.

Thanks for the links, I did check with the orphan train sites with no luck. It was doubtful that Charles was a grandson to Ananias and Sarah, as like I early mentioned, there appeared to me to be no family resemblance.
I just looked at the image of the 1880 census for Dodge Township, IA, it does show on it Charles listed as "adopted son" born in IL.

Records as we would know them didn’t exist back then. No court petitions, no severing of parental rights, no social service agencies doing home visits…nada.

He could have been a local child, but just as possibly he could have been one of the children from the orphan trains. See if this helps you…

http://www.orphantrainriders.com/