Power of Moms

This counts as a little bit of current family history for my wife's family. Her Sister-in-Law wrote an article for the website she co-founded that is dedicated to helping mothers, and it has gotten some media attention. Here is a TV interview she has done. Here is a link to the article which I think is great. Your Children want YOU!

1940 Census and other stuff

Well I found my first relatives in the 1940 Census today. I decided that looking for my Great Great Grandparents Ed and Luvena Cooley were my best bet since I have some transcriptions of letters with their address written in 1941 that helped me know were to look.

I found them living in or near Connelsville, Missouri. Since I still haven't found them in the 1930 Census I decided to look for them in Connelsville for that census. I didn't find them but I did find living there (in almost the same spot on the census) and A. Jackson Summers Which I recognized as me 3 time Great Grandfather (The father of Luvena). Andrew Jackson Summers I know died late in 1939. I'll have to see if I can find out if the Land Ed and Luvena lived on possible inherited from him. I can't confirm it from the census records but it seems to point to that since in both cases they are found living next to a William and Rosie Davis.

I did finnally find Ed Cooley in the 1930 Census living in the same county as a boarder without his wife although the census had him listed as being still married. I know from my Grandma's Report card that Luvena was living in Fraser, Iowa in 1931 with her Granddaughter Murriel as it was Luvena that signed her report card for the three first quarters.

Murriel must have moved there that year since I just found about an hour ago the 1930 census with her and her parents living in Chicago.  I do not know what year her parent's divorced but I wonder if that might be why the following year she was apperently under the care of her grandmother.

Just thought I'd share what I've been working on the last few days.