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Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads)

St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)

October 2, 1892

HUNTING HER CHILD.
A Former Slave Still in Search of Her
Lost Daughter.
New York, Oct. 1. - For thirty three years
Mrs. Clara Bashop of Morristown, N. J., has
been searching for her lost daughter, and she
is searching still. Tears have often flowed
over the woes of Uncle Tom, but her story is
sadder and more pathetic than the one…

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Mrs. Katie Jordan looking for brother

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 1, 1915

I would like to find my brother Peter W. Easly. When last hear from him, he was in the postoffic at Winston, N. C. I heard that h left there and went west. Any information will be gladly received. MRS. KATIE JORDAN. 1300 South 8th Street, Camden, N. J.

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Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

March 22, 1908

FOUND HER AGED MOTHER
Reunion After Separation During
Slavery Days
Special to The Inquirer.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 21.—
Mrs. Louisa Fry, an aged colored woman
of Pleasantville, has just found her moth-
er [mother], whom she has not seen since the slaves
on a plantation near Charlottesburg, Va.,
were liberated at the close of the…

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Mrs. Lydia A. Grimes searching for John Henry Holmes

The New York Age (New York, NY)

December 14, 1905

INFORMATION WANTED
as to the whereabouts of JOHN
HENRY HOLMES, son of Chas. Holmes.
Please inform Mrs. Lydia A. Grimes,
192 Wayne street, Jersey City, N. J.

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Mrs. M. Milton looking for her father John H. Annin and his siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 4, 1900

Information wanted of my fath
er and his three brother and four
sisters. Father's name was John
H. Annin; his brothers were Jacob,
Henry and Charles Annin. His
sisters were Ellen, Charlotte,
Sarah and Lydia Annin. My
father's family consisted of two
girls and one boy. When I last
saw my folks they lived on Wash-
ington Street,…

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Mrs. Maria Calmikle finds her family after 31 years

Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)

December 6, 1889

A Memory of Slavery Days.
CAPE MAY, Dec. 5. - Colonel H. W.
Sawyer has in his employ as a cook a col-
ored woman, Mrs. Marcia Calmikle, who
was born of slave parents and was sepa-
rated from her mother by the latter's be-
ing sold when she was but 1 month old.
She is now 31 years of age and has just
heard of the whereabouts of her…

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Mrs. Mary B. Mills searching for Charlotte, Louise, and John Wesley Smith

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 16, 1878

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE CHIL-
dren of Henry and Carry Smith born near
Middle River Balto. Co. Md. who lived on the
Stansberry property. Their names were Char-
lotte, Louise, and John Wesley Smith.
Please address,
Mrs. Mary B. Mills,
Mt. Holly, N. J.

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Mrs. Mary Dowden searching for Miss Rebecca Dowden

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 26, 1863

INFORMATION WANTED
Can any person inform me of the whereabouts
of Miss Rebecca Dowden, of Philadelphia, for-
merly of Baltimore, Md.? She has been residing
in Philadelphia. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Field, died in Woodstown, N. J., about
three years ago. Her daughter, Harriet Dow-
den, is deceased. The estate of the parties is…

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Oliver Thomas searching for several people

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

November 18, 1882

ANY PERSONS that can give me any information
regarding HARRIET CATHERINE WILLIAMS,
JOSHUA MOORE, MARY THOMAS, MOSES
THOMPSON, EMILINE THOMAS, CALEB BRIGGS
and E.K. WELCH, colored, or if the aforesaid persons
will communicate personally with me, such information
will be thankfully received.
OLIVER THOMAS, 43 Green street, Newark, N.J.…

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Oscar Jackson seeking information about his mother Charlotte Blackville

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 12, 1891

Information Wanted.
Of my mother, Charlotte Blackville,
Stafford Co., Va., near Fredricksburg.
Sold by James B. Mason
of Stafford.
I have not seen them since the late
war. Address
OSCAR JACKSON,
1022 New Jersey Ave., N. W.
9–12 3t.

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Permelia Muse searching for several members of the Berryman family including Jefferson, Anna Mason, George Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and Mary Catharine Berryman

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 16, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
of the following members of my family,
who lived in Loudon County, Virginia.
Jefferson Berryman, his daughter Anna
Mason Berryman, and two sons, George
Jackson Berryman and Thomas Jefferson
Berryman. Also, of Mary Catharine Berry-
man, who went to Missouri about 12 years
ago. My mother, now deceased, was named
Maria…

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Prudence and Phillis Carrol searching for their respective husbands John Atkinson and Bob Applewhite

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 22, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of Jack Atkinson and
Bob Applewhite. When last heard from
they were in Wayne County, North Caro-
line. Any information of their whereabouts
will be thankfully received by their wives,
PRUDENCE CARROL and
PHILLIS CARROL.
…

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Rebecca Jones searching for Elizabeth Harriet Spratty and William Spratty

New York Age (New York, NY)

April 26, 1890

Information Wanted.
Of Elizabeth Harriet Spratty. sold from Prince George County, Va., by George Hatch, bought by Reuben Raglan of Petersburgh; and of William Spratty, sold to Peter Hare. Kindly address Rebecca Jones, 13 Maiden Lane, Newark, N.J.

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Richard Green looking for his father and mother Richard and Malinda Green

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 17, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my father, Richard Green, and also of
my mother, Malinda Green. When I last
heard from my father, he was in Washing-
ton, and had charge of a vessel plying be-
tween Washington and Richmond. He for-
merly lived near Maryland Point, Md. Any
information of the whereabouts of my pa-
rents will be thankfully received…

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Robert H. Johnson searching for his sister Mary F. Thomas

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 23, 1904

Do You Know Her?
I desire to know the whereabouts of
my sister, Mary F. Thomas, when last
heard of she was living at No. 4,
Thompson St., East Orange, N. J. Any
information concerning her will be
thankfully received by her brother,
ROBERT H. JOHNSON,
921 N. 17th Street,
Richmond, Va.

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Sam'l. B. Stafford searching for Mark Ashmore (formerly Mark Shuff)

Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)

March 7, 1850

INFORMATION WANTED—Of a free Colored
MAN, named MARK ASHMORE; supposed to be
about 35 years of age. He lived when a boy, with
Nathaniel Shuff, Inkeeper, Trenton, N.J., and passed
by the name of Mark Shuff. His mother, by her will,
bequeathed to Mark two houses and lots. A liberal
reward will be paid for information that will lead to
his…

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Samuel H. Handy searching for his son Charles Handy

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 28, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SON,
Charles Handy, who left Long Branch,
New Jersey, about four years ago. Ad-
dressing me at Long Branch, N. J., he will
hear something to his interest.
SAMUEL H. HANDY,
12 28-2t.

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Samuel T. Fisher looking for information about Alfred Myers

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 17, 1871

INFORMATION WANTED.
Of Alfred Myers, son of Mintz Myers,
who lived in Cecil County, Md , near
Battle Swamp ; belonged to Jane Boyd
He has a brother by the name of George
Myers, now in Canada. They both left
Maryland, and continued together until
about thirteen years ago, when they part-
ed at Morristown, N. J. He is a min-
ister, and is…

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Thomas Cooper looking for information about his father Henry Cooper and mother Mary Ann Cooper

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 1, 1880

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FA-
ther, Henry Cooper, and mother, Mary
Ann Cooper, and my brothers Edmund and
Isaac Cooper, and Louisa Watson and Wil-
emah Cooper my sisters, and my daughter,
Emma Jane Cooper. I left her in Kentucky.
All the others was sold in Virginia by Wil-
liam Goult. I never knew where they
were taken. I came away in the…

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Unkown mother searching for her son George Robinson

The New York Herald (New York, NY)

September 27, 1870

GEORGE ROBINSON (COLORED), FORMERLY EM-
ployed by Mr. Blackburn, a barber, at Manchester, N.
H. Any information about him will be gladly received by
his mother. Address box 317 Elizabeth (N. J.) Post office.

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Unnamed man seeking information of his brother Henry Collins

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 3, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of one Henry Collins, who left Baltimore last
September, 1865. Any information, that can be
given of his whereabouts, will be compensated
by his brother. Direct to Princeton, N. J.

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Unnamed person searching for Albert Young, alias Albert Cotton

New York Herald (New York, NY)

May 3, 1869

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED -- OF ALBERT YOUNG, ALIAS
Albert Cotton (colored), from Florida; stoops much; 25
years; was waiter last year at Long Branch; liberal reward
paid. 52 Cortlandt, near Greenwich street.

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W. P. R. searching for Emma Avery

The New York Herald (New York, NY)

January 9, 1869

EMMA AVERY, COLORED, WHO LIVED WITH MR.
Powless, at Norwood, N. J., will please send her address
to W. P. R., box 3,020 New York Post office.

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W. T. Hubbard looking for their mother Tabitha Hubbard and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 10, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED.

Of my mother, Tabitha Hubbard; sisters,
Ann Maria. Sarah Emily and Martha Jane;
brothers Thomas, Simpson, Daniel, Jeffer-
son and Walter, the youngest. My mother
was the wife of Perry Hubbard. Address,
W. T. HUBBARD,
Greenwich Cumberland Co., N.J.

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W.H. Ash searching for Charles Wheeler

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 23, 1899

Do You Know Him?

Lkisburg, Va., Sept. 18, 1899.

Editor of PLANET;

Sir:-I desire to know if there
is a young man in your city by the
name of Charles Wheeler, who was
brought from Savannah, Ga., some
years ago by a Mrs. Green (white).

If living, he is about 17 years old. I
met his mother in Plainfield, N. J.,
this summer and can put…

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