tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post1030414969817088388..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Death of a Stranger Solves a Family Mystery 103 Years LaterOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-28478713542731882692014-09-03T13:30:49.281-04:002014-09-03T13:30:49.281-04:00Great story. I love when the puzzle pieces come t...Great story. I love when the puzzle pieces come together. I'm inspired to solve a mystery within my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-24623964075393142112014-09-02T19:23:01.224-04:002014-09-02T19:23:01.224-04:00What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing.What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-61895178574415122412014-09-02T19:22:09.358-04:002014-09-02T19:22:09.358-04:00Thank you for sharing. What a wonderful story to ...Thank you for sharing. What a wonderful story to finally find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-12800399267003824152014-09-02T15:07:34.659-04:002014-09-02T15:07:34.659-04:00Thanks for the comments everyone! And thanks for t...Thanks for the comments everyone! And thanks for the Vermont link lineagehunter.<br /><br />I will file it and save it in case... maybe I can find more info on this Vermont guy to either disprove him as my Joseph or keep the idea openOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-71988577260339370212014-09-01T22:04:20.287-04:002014-09-01T22:04:20.287-04:00This was a great story, which gives us hope that w...This was a great story, which gives us hope that we can find our lost ancestors! So glad that you had a satisfactory conclusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-82820860786675858872014-08-31T04:45:28.808-04:002014-08-31T04:45:28.808-04:00Great and wonderful written story! And what do we ...Great and wonderful written story! And what do we learn? Never give up researching! Thanks Lorine for sharing! - Karenhttp://vorfahrensucher.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-1064179833533084442014-08-30T13:16:53.636-04:002014-08-30T13:16:53.636-04:00Thanks for the explanation---I see where I got con...Thanks for the explanation---I see where I got confused. It was this sentence: "I followed a hunch I had that he had ended up in North Dakota near his brother Jake, and finding a grave online for a J. E. Butler prompted me to look for records of this J. E. Butler." For some reason I read that as meaning that you found the grave in North Dakota!<br /><br />Sometimes our hunches reallyAmyhttp://www.brotmanblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-5200263828770490492014-08-30T11:09:49.961-04:002014-08-30T11:09:49.961-04:00Thanks everyone for your comments. I was so thrill...Thanks everyone for your comments. I was so thrilled when I found the answer after all these years of searching. <br /><br />I honestly wasn't sure I would ever find out! <br /><br />now hoping to have the same great luck with my own ancestor Joseph McGinnis who disappeared with his family from Ontario Canada after 1871. <br /><br />I can't find him for the next 20 years and by 1891 I Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-91983820032445349582014-08-30T11:06:29.762-04:002014-08-30T11:06:29.762-04:00Hi Amy
I didn't say he was buried in N. Dakot...Hi Amy<br /><br />I didn't say he was buried in N. Dakota :-) In the story I said he was buried in Missoula which as you noted, is in Montana. Sorry I didn't make that clear, I guess the reference to his brother in N. Dakota caused the confusion.<br /><br />I would love to visit his grave one day!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-41063913622545672312014-08-30T08:36:31.676-04:002014-08-30T08:36:31.676-04:00Amazing story! Great research. SO glad you found...Amazing story! Great research. SO glad you found closure. One question: why did you think he was buried in N. Dakota? And isn't Missoula in Montana, or is there also one in N. Dakota? <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this story!Amyhttp://www.brotmanblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-51115349688770376662014-08-30T07:07:16.272-04:002014-08-30T07:07:16.272-04:00Wow! Loved your story, very well written and resea...Wow! Loved your story, very well written and researched! Great that you finally found him - it's the ending we all hope for!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377078996285422985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-23737472315978519322014-08-30T04:52:21.338-04:002014-08-30T04:52:21.338-04:00Touching story, I'm always amazed at how we ca...Touching story, I'm always amazed at how we can now help solve those mysteries. I can imagine how you felt when you found those articles! <br />MaryleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-33046759319299116662014-08-29T22:21:59.424-04:002014-08-29T22:21:59.424-04:00Wow... what a story! And a great piece of sleuthin...Wow... what a story! And a great piece of sleuthing! I'm glad you finally found the answer to what happened to this ancestor. I'm finding newspapers to be the key more & more often! Dana Leedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387705697369311607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-75246853672948265792014-08-29T14:13:54.519-04:002014-08-29T14:13:54.519-04:00Great story. Wonderful to be able to come to a con...Great story. Wonderful to be able to come to a conclusion. We all wish for that same thing.<br />Janet BuchananJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628440994023109842noreply@blogger.com