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Kelli Davis Underhill's Blog – July 2009 Archive (2)

Great Aunt Hester Jester

Here's my latest puzzle. Aunt Hester was born Laura H. Harris, Nov 1909 in Indianapolis, Ind area to Charles R. Harris and Audrey Humbert Harris. I know at some point she lived in San Francisco and she had married a man named Guy Jester (supposedly husband #7). She moved back to Indianapolis, Indiana area and married husband #8 who was 20 years younger than her. After divorcing "the kid" she moved to Terre Haute, Indiana where there are no records of her. Rumor is she was a madam, had a tattoo… Continue

Added by Kelli Davis Underhill on July 11, 2009 at 12:22pm — 1 Comment

Brick Walls and missing puzzle pieces

I had been researching my Harris/Humbert family history for many years, unable to break through the very large brick wall that stood before me. I began to think maybe these people didn't really exist. I was mainly working off of the collective memories of my family after all. However, one day I decided to lay all my paperwork out in front of me and scour it to make sure there was nothing I was missing. I had looked over these pages many times but I just knew the answer had to be there… Continue

Added by Kelli Davis Underhill on July 8, 2009 at 10:24am — 4 Comments

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