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My great grandfather - Jacob SYERS |
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The images (ca 1920) are of my great grandfather and my grandmother (Clarice) Eleanore SYERS Martin Harris Tensing. Another image of grandma with her mother was taken about 1920. There is also a photo of Eleanore's 1/2 sister Bernadine Mace Horrell Gobble with Grace (their mother) taken about 1910. |
Jacob or John SYERS |
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how much we can learn about our ancestors? |
Photo of Jacob SYERS ca 1920. Jacob or John?My Great Grandfather Jacob SYERS is the name listed on my grandmother's birth certificate but John SYERS is the name listed on the divorce papers filed in Madison County, Illinois. According to Grandma's birth certificate, Jacob SYERS and Grace Horrell SYERS residence was Venice, Illinois when their only daughter Elenore SYERS was born March 2, 1918. Additional information states that Jacob SYERS was born in Kentucky and was a Traveling Salesman by occupation. He was listed as 42 years old, making his year of birth about 1876.Jacob / John SYERS may have had a previous marriage. My grandmother has always held to the fact that she had a half brother named Toby from the Springfield, Illinois area. I have never been able to prove or disprove the mystery half brother. It is interesting to note that there is a Jacob SYERS in Southern Illinois - Harrisburg, Saline Co, Illinois in 1920. Census records show that he had a son named Talbert, 4 daughters and his wife was Letta Virginia. This same Jacob is on the 1900 Union Co, KY census and 1910 Union Co, KY census. I can only guess that a job change brought him north to Saline Co, between 1910 and 1920. It is in Saline County, Illinois that Jacob, his wife, and children lived and are buried. While we
don't have a copy of my Great Grandparents - Jacob and
Grace SYERS - marriage license, we do have a copy of the
divorce papers filed in Madison County, Illinois. The
papers state the John SYERS is not a
resident of the State of Illinois, and his place of
residence is unknown. Since
Venice, Illinois is across the river from St. Louis
perhaps Jacob/ John SYERS went there. However, the
Kentucky SYERS lived near the border of Illinois and
Kentucky in Union County, Kentucky. Some of these
mid-1800 settlers migrated north to the area of West
Frankfurt, Illinois which is where Grace's parents Charles
Horrell and
Alta Jane Armes were from. Husband:
JACOB SYERS - My Great Grandfather -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Spouse: WILLIAM
SCOTT MARTIN Reference
Note 5 Certificate of Birth #5392, State of Illinois |
I have
contacted several SYERS families
(who I also found from searching Yahoo People
Search on the internet) in Kentucky and have
pieced together quite a bit of information on a JOHN
SYERS and his desendants ... it would seem at least
possible that my great grandfather fits into this family
tree. I am offering the information that I
"know" and also the information on the SYERS
family that originated in the UNION Couty,
Kentucky area in the 1850's... There are many SYERS families across the US and it is quite possible that someone else out there knows the SYERS family history. Because the names isn't as well known as say SMITH or JONES, My mom and decided to contact all the SYERS families that we could find and provide the family information as we know it. By identifing as many lines of the SYERS family as possible - it is entirely possible that we might find this missing ancestor. And if we never find him, we will have at least shared a family history with many folks across the country. It would be very helpful to add your family history to our information and we'd be happy to send information back to you as others provide us with information. Our search started in Kentucky, my grandmother's birth certificate states that was the birthplace of her father and now we are reaching out to other SYERS families across the midwest. |
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