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Elsina Maze searching for her sister Mrs. Jane Twine (formerly Jane Orr)
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
December 13, 1867
Information Wanted
OF MRS. JANE TWINE (late Jane Orr), wife
of Elias Twine, from Baltimore. Mrs. Twine.
It is believed, formally resided in Yreka and
Shasta. Her sister, Elsina Maze, has lately arrived
from Baltimore, and is desirous of hearing
from her. Any information will be thankfully
received. Direct, ELSINA MAZE, care of Editor…
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Catherine Jackson searching for her children Mary Ann Ringo, America and Henry Thompson, Susannah and Eleanor Darby, and Harrison Kane
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
July 5, 1867
Information Wanted
OF the following persons:- MARY ANN
RINGO, AMERICA and HENRY THOMPSON,
of Liberty, Clay County, Missouri; also, of
SUSANNAH and ELEANOR DARBY. who resided
near Liberty, and HARRISON KANE, of
Platte City, Missouri.
Any information of the above parties will be
gladly received by their mother, CATHERINE JACKSON,
of…
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Mrs. W. H. Harper searching for her sisters Maria Finnemore and Theresa Gory
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
July 5, 1867
Information Wanted
OF MARIA FINNEMORE and THERESA
GORY, daughters of John Gory, miller, late
of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mrs. Finnemore has
resided in Springfield.
Information of their present residence will be
gladly received by their sister, Mrs. W. H. Harper
of Sacramento.
Address, care of P. A. Bell, editor…
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Nathan Malony searching for his wife Eve
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
October 6, 1866
Information Wanted,
OF EVE, wife of NATHAN MALONY, who resided
at Lexington, S.C., with Samuel Lurk.
She left, with many others, when Sherman was
marching through South Carolina, in February,
1865. Information of her present residence will
be thankfully received by her husband in San
Francisco.
Direct care of P.A. Bell, Editor of The…
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Geo. W. Boydsdun searching for Franklin Nicholas, Willis Tarbush, and Amanda Cox Boydsdun
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
October 27, 1865
Information Wanted
OF FRANKLIN NICHOLAS AND WILLIS
TARBUSH; also, AMANDA COX BOYDSDUN.
They formerly lived in Platt county, Missouri.
Any information of the above parties will be
thankfully received by
GEO.W.BOYDSDUN,
Sutter Creek,
Amador County, California.
Anglo African please copy three months and
send bill to office of The…
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James R. Starkey searching for his son Alexander Starkey
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
October 6, 1865
Information Wanted
OF ALEXANDER STARKEY, about 17 years
of age. He formerly lived with Jacob Goodridge,
of Newburn, North Carolina, and was taken
to Richmond in 1864 and sold to a Southern trader,
--since which time nothing has been heard from
him. Any information respecting him will be
thankfully received by his father, JAMES…
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Richard and Sarah Reynolds searching for their son Wm. A. Reynolds
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
September 13, 1865
Information Wanted
OF WM. A. REYNOLDS, aged thirty-two
years last April, son of Richard and Sarah
Ann Reynolds, of Lenoucee County, Michigan. --
When last heard from, about 2 years ago, he was
engaged in teaming from Sacramento across the
mountains. If this meets his eye he will please
write to his father; or any person knowing
his…
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Adam Willis searching for his sister Marian Willis
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
September 13, 1865
Information Wanted
OF MARIAN WILLIS, who, when last heard
from was in Ray County, Missouri. Any information
of her whereabouts will be thankfully
received by her brother, ADAM WILLIS, at Suisun
City, California.
[Philadelphia and New York papers please copy
one month, and send bill to "The Elevator" office.
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Green Morgan and Prudence Croan reunited and remarried after 30-year separation
The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)
February 6, 1889
OLD, BUT STILL LOVING.
Remated After a Separation of Thirty
Years.
CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS.
Uncle Green and Aunt Prudence Go Down to the
Grave Together After All.
[Special to the EXAMINER.]
VERSAILLES (Ky.), February 5. -- A marriage
ceremony in the colored Methodist Church
here to-day developed in an ante-bellum ro-
mance [romance] of…
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Mrs. Charlotte Powell looking for her father Sam Mosely, mother Elizabeth, three brothers Harvey, Amos, and Isaac, and two sisters Rebecca and Lucretia
San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
June 3, 1870
INFORMATION WANTED.
Mrs. Charlotte Powell of Sacramento
wishes information of her relatives
consisting of her father, mother, three
brothers and two sisters. Her father's
name was Sam Mosely; he was owned
by a man named Joe Powell, who
lived in Kentucky at a place called
Amandy Furnace, about ten miles
from Ohio River. Charlotte…
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George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years
San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)
July 23, 1904
FORMER SLAVES
JOIN FORTUNES
After Separation of Forty-
Five Years They Meet by
Chance at Fresno and Wed
BOTH MARRIED BEFORE
Each Had Lost a Loved One
and They Quickly Decide
to Finish Life Together
Special Dispatch to The Call.
FRESNO, July 22.---After a separa-
tion [separation] of forty-five years George Harris
and Mary J.…
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Mrs. L. M. Spencer (white) searching for Mrs. Katie Williams
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
October 18, 1889
Information Wanted.
The Chief of Police received a letter
from Mrs. L. M. Spencer of Kiowa,
Barber county, Kan., yesterday, ask-
ing [asking] for information as to the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of Katie Williams (colored),
who in April, 1888, was in this city.
Mrs. Spencer is very anxious to hear
from Mrs. Williams, as the latter…
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John Strander searching for his sons
Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, CA)
March 18, 1882
WANTS INFORMATION. - An aged colored
man named John Stranger, who resides in
the neighboring town of Washington, Yolo
county, desires information as to the whereabouts
of any or all of his five sons, whom
he left in Lebanon, St. Clair county, Illinois,
when he came to California. He thinks
some of them have come to this State.
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