Re: Towers Family: Conewango, NY and rensselaer County, NY
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Towers Family: Conewango, NY and rensselaer County, NY
Renee Towers 10/17/07
Regarding the age difference between John and Mary, on the 1905 NY state census he is listed as age 70 and she is listed as age 64 (b. Germany and residing in the US 52 yrs).On the next page of the census (several households away) is Frank Parker, his wife Emma and children Merton, Bertha, Mary, Lyle, Willieand 3 yr old Effie.
According to the SSDI your grandfather Gordon was born June 1900, but I can not find him on the 1905 NY state census, or the 1910 federal census.If he was born in 1900 and his father died when he was an infant, it wasn't during the flu epidemic.Have you tried getting a copy of Gordon's birth certificate?
I think you may be missing two children for John and Mary as in the 1900 census she states she is the mother of 8 children, 7 of whom are still living.
I'm sorry, I know this isn't much help.