The title refers to the
fact that it is a challenge for me to keep up with Amy Johnson Crow’s weekly
blog suggestions. Writing mystery novels over the past several years has gotten
in the way of my genealogy research. I’m trying to rectify that.
I did, however, sort out
the marriages of Flossie C. (Dean) Searles Wortman’s marriages. When I did the
original research many years ago I found an article in the Trumansburg Free Press and Sentinel that stated: “On December 29, 1910, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fremont Dean, of East Ulysses occurred the marriage of their daughter
Flossie to Mr. Warren Searles of Hector.” In my haste I did not follow
through on this, and just assumed the paper got it wrong and that she had not
married a “Searles,” but instead the Warren mentioned was Warren “Wortman.”
I now know that Flossie
did first marry Warren Searles, and
had a daughter named Grace born 30 July 1911. That marriage ended and sometime
between 1915 and December 1918 (when Flossie was listed as Warren Wortman's wife
on his WWI draft registration card) Flossie married Warren Wortman. I have
scoured the newly released (thanks to Reclaim
the Records) marriage records for these years and have come up empty
handed. I’ve also looked for some other marriage records that don’t seem to be
listed. I wonder if the town clerk (s) have not submitted all their records, or
the records may be lost.
Elizabeth Lois Wortman was
born 16 May 1919 to Flossie and Warren. Flossie died on 24 May 1919, eight days
after giving birth. She was listed as living at 205 Pleasant Street in Ithaca.
Flossie is buried in the Trumansburg, New York Grove Cemetery, Plot 708 with
the Wortman and Dean family.
There is much more work to
do on this family, but I am relieved to get Flossie’s marriages sorted.
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