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Title: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Wednesday 20 June 18 14:07 BST (UK)
I am looking for any information that I can find on my Great grandmother Hattie Carr. She was born October 1863 and died September 1, 1920. My great grandmother was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. I would like to know where she was born (City, State) her parents names, if she had any siblings and where was their last locations and if there could be any relatives still living.
Title: Re: Information on great grandmother
Post by: bevj on Wednesday 20 June 18 14:53 BST (UK)
Hello
Is Carr her maiden name or her married name?
Bev
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: RJ137 on Wednesday 20 June 18 15:41 BST (UK)
Mt. Auburn Cemetery appears to be an African American Cemetery, so can I assume she was black?

Cemetery records have birth year as 1884 with same DOD as mentioned.

Is this her?

Hattie Carr (1884-1 September 1920)
Death Certificate
Age:   36 year(s)
Birth Date:   1884
Death Date:   9/1/1920
Undertaker:   Daniel Easton
Death Certificate:   D46233

http://mountauburn.msa.maryland.gov/details.aspx?PID=19687
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: shellyesq on Wednesday 20 June 18 16:43 BST (UK)
Do you have names of any of her children or her husband?  That might help to lead to a maiden name or places where she lived.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Thursday 21 June 18 00:48 BST (UK)
Carr is my great grandmothers maiden yes she was African American. I do believe that this is the same person. She did marry a Joseph J. Moody. I have no idea why she was buried under her maiden if this is really her. She had three children: Veronica Moody (my Aunt), Joseph J. Moody, Jr. (my Uncle), and William T. Moody (my grandfather).
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 01:10 BST (UK)
Do you know where she was born?  Maryland?

  Edit:  Oops, sorry.  I see that is what you are looking for.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Dundee on Thursday 21 June 18 01:27 BST (UK)
So this is Joseph, Hattie and family in 1910?  Hattie was born in Maryland and says her parents were as well.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVR-NF4

Debra  :)
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Thursday 21 June 18 01:39 BST (UK)
Thank you your information was very helpful.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Dundee on Thursday 21 June 18 01:40 BST (UK)
Joseph and Hattie did not marry until 1906 so you need to find out if the children are just his or just hers or their children together.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLQG-JYR

You really need to see the documention for that marriage to get more information about Hattie.

Debra  :)
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 01:42 BST (UK)
A possibility for Joseph in 1880:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBN-TX5?i=25&cc=1417683
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 01:55 BST (UK)
A possibility for Joseph in 1870:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-675S-F3N?i=178&cc=1438024
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 02:02 BST (UK)
Possibly Hattie in 1870:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QW9-RDY?i=122&cc=1438024
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 05:14 BST (UK)
John and Jeanette Moody, 1860

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSS-31L?i=68&cc=1473181

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Possibly Joseph Moody 1900:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCNS-FVD?i=18&cc=1325221

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Possibly Hattie Carr, 1900

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P9S-F2R?i=29&cc=1325221

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Joseph Jr. and William [no sign of Annie/Veronica]  1900

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZTV-Z2?i=22&cc=1325221
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: shellyesq on Thursday 21 June 18 13:36 BST (UK)
Do you have information to support that the Hattie Carr who died in 1920 is yours?  I've seen birth dates that were off on gravestones, but that seems really far off.

It might help to look at any marriage or death records for your grandfather and his siblings, so you can see who are listed as their parents.  Since the 1910 census says Joseph was on his 2nd marriage, I agree that they may have a different mother than Hattie.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 16:47 BST (UK)
"I've seen birth dates that were off on gravestones, but that seems really far off."

It's possible that the birth date was misread from the tombstone or mistranscribed - maybe it was really 1864. 
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 17:09 BST (UK)
At any rate, according to the 1910 census, Hattie had three children, all of them still living.  If Joseph Jr., William and Annie were not her children, then there must have been three other children somewhere from a previous relationship.  But I think it's most likely that they were Hattie's children born out of wedlock before her marriage to Joseph Moody.
 
Joseph and William seem to have been living with their grandfather in 1900.  His name was Isaac Ford and he must have been the father or maybe the stepfather of their mother.  So, who was Isaac Ford and was he related to Hattie Carr?  Or, if not, who was his daughter?


Isaac Ford, military [Civil War] pension
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TBN-H9?i=4147&cc=1919699

Isaac Ford, will and probate 1900 [no mention of Carrs or Moodys or any children; property left to wife, Harriet A.]
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XX69-GP3?cc=1542664
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Thursday 21 June 18 20:34 BST (UK)
Thank you all so much for the information you found on my possible relatives. I am going to take some time and look it over to see if the information is truly my relatives. I look forward to any other information you might find that could be helpful to me.

Again thank you so much.

Catherine Thompson
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 20:44 BST (UK)
William and Annie Moody, 1920

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RNP-4ZG?i=24&cc=1488411
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 20:51 BST (UK)
A possible husband and daughter of Annie Moody, Raymond Wheatley and Alma Wheatley Winston. 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3C8-8FX
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Thursday 21 June 18 21:14 BST (UK)
Thank you so much I will look into this as well.

Catherine
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 21:37 BST (UK)
William Moody, 1930
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRH4-QVD?i=27&cc=1810731

William Moody, 1940
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-Z613?i=18&cc=2000219

Possibly Joseph Moody, 1930
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRH9-23Y?i=47&cc=1810731

Possibly Joseph Moody, 1940
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-ZWLJ?i=18&cc=2000219

William Moody, WWI draft registration
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTX-3N6D?i=2938&cc=1968530

William Moody, WWII draft registration
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SJ1-RK?i=3098&cc=1861144
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Thursday 21 June 18 22:33 BST (UK)
I'm really, really confused, but these Wheatleys are somehow connected.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCNS-FVD?i=18&cc=1325221

At the top of the page is Joseph Moody, supposedly married but living alone.  And at the bottom of the page is the Wheatley family, headed by Raymond Wheatley.  I guess Raymond's wife Annie must be Joseph Moody's sister.  The family includes a kid named Moody Wheatley and also old Jennetta Moody who was Joseph Moody's mother.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Friday 22 June 18 18:51 BST (UK)
There are lots of Baltimore city directories here:

http://baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BaltoDir.html

Some of these people can be found at least some of the time  -  Raymond Wheatley, for example, who had a well established printing business, and William Moody.  I can't see any sign of Hattie Carr, though.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Friday 22 June 18 23:21 BST (UK)
Joseph Moody's sister Bertina Veronica [born 1859], 1880
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBN-TX5?i=25&cc=1417683

Bertina, 1900
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P9S-8FQ?i=19&cc=1325221

Bertina, 1910
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVR-6G8?i=12&cc=1727033

Bertina, 1920
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXL-SN8?i=6&cc=1488411
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Catherine Thompson on Wednesday 27 June 18 01:43 BST (UK)
Thank you so much for turning me on to the baltimoregenealogysociety.org/BaltoDir.html site. I have found a lot of interesting information regarding my family.
Title: Re: Great grandmother buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, USA
Post by: Erato on Wednesday 27 June 18 07:31 BST (UK)
Good, I'm glad you're finding some useful information.

Here are two possibilities for the immigration of Bertina's husband Hamadin Deman [or whatever his name was]

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98X-NTQK?i=504&cc=2173933
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L98X-NTSX?i=505&cc=2173933