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SSS's Family.

So, he had sons. Did they have sons? Are any of them still alive? Do they know about there great (great?) grandfather? Do they have the music archives? Plates for his books? Copies of his books? A box of thimbles?

Joel Hooks.

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on January 20, 2009 at 15:49

Joel, I don't recall ever seeing any names associated with Stewart's family (wife, sons, etc.). I bet if you got into the census records on Ancestry.com, you could find him pretty easily in the 1880 or 1890 census...it would have all the names there. I wish you had mentioned this three weeks ago, I cancelled my "free membership" then.

Once you have the names, you can get census data up till the 1930 census. However, if they move out of a known area, you're pretty much out of luck as "Stewart" is a fairly common surname. Not quite as frustrating as me looking for my Grandfather "John Smith" though... ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Ray Jones on January 20, 2009 at 19:45

Trapdoor2 said:

Joel, I don't recall ever seeing any names associated with Stewart's family (wife, sons, etc.). I bet if you got into the census records on Ancestry.com, you could find him pretty easily in the 1880 or 1890 census...it would have all the names there. I wish you had mentioned this three weeks ago, I cancelled my "free membership" then.

Once you have the names, you can get census data up till the 1930 census. However, if they move out of a known area, you're pretty much out of luck as "Stewart" is a fairly common surname. Not quite as frustrating as me looking for my Grandfather "John Smith" though... ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Ray Jones on January 20, 2009 at 19:46

I know the feeling Marc. All my ancesters were named William Jones. Ray

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Permalink Reply by Trapdoor2 on January 20, 2009 at 21:34

Well...a quick web search shows one site that lists a son as "Fred S. Stewart". You can do a very basic search on Ancestry.com w/o becoming a member. I found Fred listed in the 1880 census at age 4mo. Father: Sam'l (age 26), Mother: Anna T. All living in Philadelphia in 1880. That would be about right for SSS's age at that time. The 1890 census is almost completely lost (due to fire) but if you could find Fred S. or Anna in the 1900 census you might start a trail from there. SSS was born in or around 1855, so he would likely show up in the 1860 and 1870 census as well. Fred might be in the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census.

Dang, this "online geneology" stuff can get addictive...