Searching for death date of first wife and marriage source for second

Question

I have recently scanned a number of family photos and copies of newspaper articles (Death notices, Wedding announcements, etc). I clipped the top of one article, so I don't know the year. It is either 1903 or 1905. I've looked on FamilySearch and Fulton postcards, but haven't found a death date for Lelia (Sammis) Davis. The newspaper article is an image on her profile.

I believe Lelia's husband, Robert Davis, (Davis-54551) married second a "Bertha Schlueter". I didn't find a source for this marriage on FamilySearch, but census records have them together in 1910.

Note: A photo, from 1929, on Robert's profile gives Bertha's LNAB.

Could anyone suggest another source to look at? Or would a newspaper subscription be the way to go?

 

Answer 1

If you know the newspaper, try the Library of Congress.

Ancestry has both a marriage and obituary index. Perhaps they are there.

Or, try a local genealogical society or a county library that may have access to local historical papers, or who could do a lookup.

**edit**

I thought I would take a quick look in Ancestry and found this …

Detail Source

Name	Robert Davis
Gender	Male
Marriage Date	29 Dec 1906
Marriage Place	New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Spouse	Bertha Schulster
URL	https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/

***edit #2***

There is this record from New York…

Detail Source

Name	Sammis
Gender	Female
Spouse	Robert R Davis
Child	Lester Davis
Film Number	001031349

There is an image with this record. Expanding the entry gives..

Detail Source

Name	Lester Davis
Gender	Male
Age	21
Birth Date	abt 1892
Marriage Date	11 Nov 1913
Marriage Place	Westchester, New York, USA
Father	Robert R Davis
Mother	Sammis
Spouse	Carrie Scofield
Film Number	001031349

If you don’t have an Ancestry subscription, you can use it at any FHC and at many public libraries without a subscription.

Comments

Thank you very much George!