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Re: Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890
« Reply #45 on: Saturday 05 August 23 18:12 BST (UK) »
Have you tried

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1674847

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The only birth records that are currently available at the Archives prior to 1911 are from Orleans Parish. Birth records were not required statewide by law until 1918.


Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois 
Tue, Nov 13, 1888 Page 6

https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/129481185/

Dot $50,000 suit was dismissed.

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Re: Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890
« Reply #46 on: Saturday 05 August 23 19:13 BST (UK) »
Quote from: cordley on Saturday 05 August 23 16:59 BST (UK)

I am now interested in her daughter 'Dot Lee', who was born in about 1876/1878 to her second husband, Charles G Lee.


According to court papers in Dot's slander lawsuit, she was born May 28, 1876, with her father being Charles G Lee.

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Tuesday, Mar 13, 1888
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Re: Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890
« Reply #47 on: Monday 07 August 23 11:20 BST (UK) »
Another interesting article summarising the whole Rawson episode is found here.

http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2015/05/rawson-vs-rawson-or-when-divorce.html?spref=pi&m=1

It appears that Meckie goes off to Europe once it's all over, possibly taking daughter Dot with her, and in 1894 Dot marries Lawrence Christian Gordon in Italy.

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Re: Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890
« Reply #48 on: Monday 14 August 23 11:25 BST (UK) »
I have now spent several days going over the 'Story of Meckie' thanks to all the help I have had here.

At some stage I have downloaded a copy of a marriage certificate between John Slaymaker and America L Smith (Meckie) dated 2 April 1866 (I think).  Looks like New Orleans, as I would expect.

But the copy is fuzzy and I have spent a lot of time trying to find the original online.  But failed.

HELP:  Has anyone else got a way to find this Marriage certificate? 

And it appears they divorced, would those records be anywhere online?  She is in the 1870 census with John Slaymaker and son(s).  Newspaper report says she divorced him after 6 years , so a divorce would be 1872.

She then marries Charles G Lee in 1875 but divorced him after a year and a half.

What a story!

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Re: Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890
« Reply #49 on: Monday 14 August 23 12:41 BST (UK) »
After a lot more struggling I have managed to find it on FamilySearch.

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