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A lead on Nancy Nixon and Cora Myers

I found an interesting post about Nancy Nixon and Cora Myers on GenForum. In it he refers to a Cora Nixon Vanaman (b Jan 17 1866) and suggests that she is the same as the Cora Myers found in the 1870 census. He cites her death certificate which lists Edward Nixon as her father and nobody as her mother, as well as her marriage certificate which calls her maiden name Nixon. I found both these records (just index entries, no images) at labs.familysearch.org.

The marriage record says:
Groom's name: James H Vanaman
Bride's name: Cora B Nixon
Event type: Marriage
Marriage date: 1884
Marriage place: Marshall, West Virginia, United States
Film number: 853808
Digital GS number: 4130827
Image number: 00195
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Marriages 1853-1970

The death record says:
Name: Cora Bell Vanaman
Death date: 18 Aug 1952
Death place: Marshall, West Virginia
Father's name: Edward Nixon
Mother's name: Unknown
Film number: 1984253
Digital GS number: 4258121
Image number: 1555
Reference number: 10537
Source: Statewide
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970

He also cites an entry in the 1910 census (which I will post separately) in which Cora and her husband are found living with a Nancy Sindledecker whom the census calls Cora's mother. He then points to a couple of IGI entries which show that Nancy Nixon married John Ensley and that Nancy Ensley later married Joseph Sindlecker.

I was also able to find them on IGI. The first marriage record says:
NANCY NIXON Pedigree

Female
Family




Marriages:

Spouse: JOHN ENSLEY Family

Marriage:
17 NOV 1870 , Monroe, Ohio


Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

M514041 1867 - 1881 0940297 V. 1-2 Film NONE


Sheet: 00



The second marriage record is:
NANCY J. ENSLEY Pedigree

Female
Family

Marriages:

Spouse: JOSEPH SINDELDECKER Family

Marriage:
13 JUL 1879 , Monroe, Ohio

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

M514041 1867 - 1881 0940297 V. 1-2 Film NONE


Sheet: 00

I'll have to look at these films when I get a chance and see if I can get any more information. This information about Nancy Nixon marrying an Ensley and then shortly later marrying somebody else actually makes a lot of sense. I had a suspicion that she married an Endsley because Edward and Margaret have a granddaughter living with them named Margared Endsley in the 1880 census. But I couldn't ever find a Nancy Endsley that looked right. This explains why.

Thanks to Milford for the lead.

1 comment:

  1. I have obtained a copy of Nancy J. Nixon Sindledecker's widow's pension file. She applied for it in 1890 as widow of Joseph Sindledecker, who served in the Union Army in the civil war. See this post on Genforum for more details: http://genforum.genealogy.com/nixon/messages/2067.html Milford Kirby

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