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Are these the same people?

July 20th, 2011 5 comments

I know that my great grandmother’s name was Kathryn Lescher and that lived in Ohio as a child. I found her in the 1910 census living with her mother whose name is listed as Mary King. I then proceeded to find a death record for a Mary Lescher who was also born in Germany, buried in Ohio and died in Michigan, which is where she was living towards the end of her life. On this death record, her father is listed as having the last name Stein. I then found a marriage record in 1902 for a Mary Stein and a Joseph Lescher in the same area of Ohio. Finally, I found a death record for a Joseph Lescher in 1907 and a marriage record for a Mrs. Mary Lescher and a John King in 1908. Given all of these records, does this all seem to fit together well enough to conclude that these are the same people and in fact my ancestors?
Sorry. John King was also in the home in 1910. I was able to find Mary in the 1900 census but she was living with her sister who she must have come to America with while her parents stayed back in Germany.
Also, her burial was in the same place as where she lived for a large portion of her life growing up.
And the 1910 census says she’s married twice to further back up the two different marriages. The only weird thing is that with the dates she would have married at about 17 years old to a man about 13-14 years older. On the other hand, John King is 13 years older than her as well, so I guess that makes it seem more believable.

Almost all of it is real clear that Mary was married 1st to Joseph, married 2nd as widow to John King, and thus her name is correct in the 1910 census.
My question might be what happened to John King? he wasn’t in the home in 1910? did she divorce him and resume using the prior Lescher name?
Whether or not the death record is your Mary is open to question, even with the last name of Stein. You would need to match up the dates to determine if it is close enough. WHERE is the Ohio burial? is it in the same location as she was raised?
I would still work to find Mary in the 1900 census, and define who the parents were. If they are buried in the same locality as the Mary whose death record you have.. it would be more evidence.

Someone remembers the event to recognize a true Albert Einstein up to the early 1990s?

February 16th, 2010 2 comments

Anyone remembers the Nobel Prize to recognize true Albert Einstein?
Does someone remember there existed a Nobel Prize posted in Sweden which was posted till the early 1990s, the Nobel Prize to recognize the true Albert Einstein? Albert Einstein in the textbook was found or believed to steal the identity of this person. There was even a model of the hands placed in the San Jose Convention Center in California to wait for this person. The rule was if anyone touched the statues of the hands and the bell rang, then that person was a match or recognized as a true Albert Einstein. The Nobel Prize was posted in Sweden till 1992. Anyone recalls this? This was very popular till the early 1990s. If it was withdrawn, then who and why did they withdraw it?

If Albert Einstein did not steal the identity of the true Albert Einstein, then why did Sweden or America or the world want to recognize a true Albert Einstein. I think the professionals, or elders remember this because this was very popular. They mentioned that on the US radio up to 1992.

What I ask is only top professors or US Presidents know. But the event which was organized in San Jose Convention Center to wait or recognize a true Albert Einstein was true or real which was up to 1992. Don’t someone remember this? For example, history recorded that the Scientist Niels Bohr died long time ago. But that was wrongly reported. For protection of his identity History purposely recorded for his false death. But Niels Bohr was found to be alive till 1992 and he knew about the event in San Jose Convention Center to recognize a true Albert Einstein too. Indeed, he could have been the true inventor of Einstein’s Theory.
Only top professors or top US government officials know about this.

Wow, I had forgotten about this until now.

You’re right, there was a conspiracy theory or hoax that was going around in the 1970s, back when I was a kid, similar to Elvis, that the real Albert Einstein wasn’t the guy everyone thought he was. And there was something about a statue and a bell. This was back before the Internet, so the legend died a peaceful death.

I think the whole gist of this legend is that like Elvis, Einstein was larger than life, a hero, more than a regular person. And like Elvis, larger than life stories circulated about his life and his death.

To answer your question, I do have a vague memory of this legend, but there was never a Nobel Prize to this effect. The more current Einstein legend is that Einstein plagarized Special Relativity. But like most legends, careful analysis of his complete work dispels this theory, in my opinion.

Neils Bohr is accepted to have died in 1962. The theory that he lived until 1992 would have made him 107 years old. Of course some people do live to 107 years old, but it is wildly unlikely.

Part of this legend may be credited to the mid 1950s and the Cuban Missile Crisis during Stalin’s tenure. It was close to the time of both Einstein’s death, Bohr’s death and Bertrand Russel’s rise to international fame. It was probably the first time in modern history that scientists became common household names.

A little history of this time can be found here …
http://www.pugwash.org/reports/pim/pim2.htm

Athough I think these legends are wrong, I also think that they are wonderful in that they involve an element of fantasy about science and scientists. It’s fun to think that people are getting as excited about science as they are about entertainment and politics.

free death records?

December 21st, 2009 4 comments

My grandmother’s name was Patricia J. Donahue (Stein). She died in August of 1990 in Florida and that is all I know. Can anyone help me find any records online? Links would be helpful.

A search for Patricia Donahue turned up several matches on www.rootsweb.com (URL attached). I’ve also attached a couple of other links for free searches. If she never received benefits from Social Security the chances are she will not be listed in the rootsweb database. I didn’t see an exact match for someone with her first and last name who died in 1990, but it can be quite a search. If you write to the state of Florida (see the last URL I posted) you can request a death certificate. Good luck – you’ll find her if you’re persistent.