Life History
about 1913 |
Born in Missouri.1,2 |
after 27th Jan 1925 |
Adopted |
UNKNOWN |
Died |
Notes
- Bertie McSwain tells us that George's stepdaughter was age 12 when his wife Emma Cornelia adopted her after George's death.
-- Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, Family Information 1979
George died in 1925, so this would put Anna Belle's birth year at about 1913. The census of 1930 reports her as age 16, so it could have been in 1914.
It was thought that Anna Belle was a child of George's previous wife. I have not found an actual marriage date for George and Emma Kinard Dumond. A Dumond genealogy by Ralph Dumond reports they married in 1913. This is problematic for the status of Anna Belle as the daughter of George's previous wife.
If Anna Belle was only 16 in 1930, and George was her step-father, he could not have married her mother before 1914, perhaps in 1913 right after Anna Belle was born or even while her mother was still pregnant with her.
The only way I see that George could also have married Emma Kinard Dumond in the same year when Anna was born is if her mother died in childbirth and he mariried Emma immediately. In this case Emma raised her, but did not adopt her until George died, as family tradition tells us.
It is unclear where this child was in 1920, since she was not enumerated with George and Emma. The census reports no children in their home. And I can find no record of her elsewhere under the name Miller.
I finally found her in the 1930 census, with Emma, designated as an adopted daughter. She is reported born in Missouri, and both her parents born in Missouri. This confirms that she was not George's daughter, since George was born in Mississippi. I have not discovered the name of George's first wife or of Anna Belle's father.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 18 April, Prairie Township, District 24, Page 11B, Hse #225, Fam #226(?) (Some family numbers are duplicated)
Miller, Emma Head Owns F W 62 Widow First married at age 18 AR GA GA No Occupation
Miller, Anna Belle Adopted Dau F W 16 Single MO MO MO
Anna Belle is 16 here, and the family knows that she was about 12 when George died and Emma adopted her. This means that George died about 1925. This is consistent with George's known death date, 27 January 1925.
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