Anna Wair searching for her father Jim Wair

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1885

Share Information About This Ad

I detire to inquire through your
valuable paper for my father. I
left him in Marion, Perry county,
Alabama, in 1869. I have not heard
from him since. His name was
Jim Wair, and mother's Anakia
Wair. She died the second year
after we came out here. Sister
Celia is with me. There are only
two girls of us, and we want to
find our father if he is alive. Our
pastors in Alabama will please
read this notice from their pulpits,
and help us find him. Address
Anna Wair, care Rev. J. M. Nevils,
Hernando, Miss.

This Ad Mapped

Geolocation

More About This Ad

Description

Anna Wair is searching for her father Jim Wair who she left in Marion, Perry County, Alabama in 1869 and has not heard from him since. Her mother, Anakia, died the second year they came out to Mississippi. She and her sister Celia are both alive and want pastors in Alabama to read this from their pulpits.

Subject

Information Wanted Ad

Newspaper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Date

July 15, 1885

Searchee Location

Hernando, MS

Marion, Perry County, AL

Contributor

Daniel Runyon

Citation

"Anna Wair searching for her father Jim Wair," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), July 15, 1885, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 5, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2403