Nov 2014 - DNA says I am not the biological daughter of Ernest Jackson Wren, father listed on my original birth cert and husband of my mother Frances. Ernest's nephew Wesley tested at 23andMe and "no DNA match" was found. – Patty LaPlante
(Y-DNA: was R-M529 and then became R-L21)
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"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLH-MT5 : accessed 31 March 2021), Ernest J Wren, Cushman, Independence, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQV1-347 : 8 January 2021), Earnest J Wren, Cushman Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-9, sheet 6A, line 39, family 95, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 143.
"Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJTF-19P : 27 November 2014), Ernest Wren and Lillie M Clark, 28 Dec 1936; from "Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Independence, Arkansas, certificate 12356, volume 62, roll 0002, Arkansas Genealogical Society.
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMPJ-K22 : 9 March 2021), Ernest Wren, 12 Apr 1950; citing Marriage, Independence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,209,908.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Arkansas, Divorces, 1923-1969
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPQF-G2T2 : 1 October 2019), Ernest J Wren, 31 Jan 1955; citing Marriage, Jackson, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007138060.
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
"Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXW5-8VS : 2 March 2020), Earnest Jackson Wren, from 1940 to 1945; citingDraft Registration; citing , NARA Record Group 147 (Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas: National Archives and Records Administration, 2013).
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J59G-KY7 : 10 January 2021), Ernest Wren, May 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011" FamilySearch Record: Q534-QGXK (accessed 8 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS1M-VQDN-M Image number 00562 Name: Ernest J Peck Wren; Obituary Date: 13 May 1977; Obituary Place: Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Date: about 1917; Death Date: 10 May 1977; Occupation: School Custodian; Residence Date: 10 May 1977; Residence Place: Newport; Age: 60; Source Newspaper: Arkansas Gazette.
Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12600176/ernest-jackson-wren: accessed 08 August 2022), memorial page for Ernest Jackson -Peck- Wren (29 Sep 1916–10 May 1977), Find A Grave: Memorial #12600176, citing Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Cushman, Independence County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by C&P LaPlante Files (contributor 46814587).
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