Perhaps I have just discovered one too many ancestral dramatic tales, and now I'm starting to imagine them in my own mind.

my great-great grandfather was Charles Blaine, son of Elem of Delaware Co., and then Paulding Co.

His daughter, Goldie, on her birth record from Paulding Co., states her mother's name was Anna Bell Linnabarry.

However, I can't find a marriage record for Charles and Anna Linnabarry.

What I do find is a marriage record for 1882 for a Charles Blaine and Anna Stanley.

On Family Search I see a John Stanley who married an Anna B. Linnabarry (or some variation of the last name) in Delaware Co., 1876.

If, per chance, this John Stanley died early on in their marriage - that would mean she, now Anna Stanley, could've in fact married Charles Blaine in 1882.

Then in Delaware Co. cemetery records I can find a John Stanley who died in 1881, which just helps substantiate my theory.

My paternal side I have been able to trace back 12 generations or more...why must my maternal side be so difficult!

If anyone knows any of these names or their families, please reply or email direct at pcditkowski@verizon.net .