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Catherine Conway

Have you ever tried to search for someone in so many different combinations of spellings and dates, and for so many years, that you feel like your head is going to explode?

If anyone would be interested in helping, I'd be forever grateful.

I am trying to find my great grandmother, Catherine E. Conway. I have her birth year from several sources and they run from 1881-1884. On her death cert, my grandfather stated her birthday was June 7, 1881 in Camden, NJ but on census records, the year of her birth is anywhere from 1882-1884. They all say she was born in New Jersey and so were her parents. However, apparently my grandfather knew nothing of her parents because he stated they were unknown.

She was married about 1907 to Henry (Harry) R. Stiles who was born in 1870 in New Jersey. He also went by the name Henry Reed but I think he was using Stiles by the time they married. (he was raised by Reeds and didn't know he was a Stiles until the 1890s) He was listed as Reed on the 1900 census.

Please help! I've searched Ancestry and Family Search in SOOO many ways and for so many years and I don't know what else to do. I can't find evidence of their marriage or anything else about her. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Kate Steere on March 16, 2012 at 5:14am

I'm guessing you haven't found Catherine in 1900? Is it possible that she had married before her marriage to Stiles/Reed?

Permalink Reply by Kate Steere on March 16, 2012 at 5:41am

Have you looked at this Catherine?

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Catherine Conway
Age: 14
Birth Date: Jun 1886
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1900: Jersey City Ward 8, Hudson, New Jersey
[Hudson]
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: John Conway
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Name: Annie N Conway
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
John Conway 45
Annie N Conway 39
Catherine Conway 14
Margret Conway 12
Vincent Conway 5
Annie Conway 2

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Jersey City Ward 8, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: 978; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 133; FHL microfilm: 1240978.