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Finding Female Ancestors: Common Brick Walls and How to Solve Them

When she died in 1958, Alma Clark Chatham was laid to rest in Bellville, Texas, next to her husband, Walter. Her simple grave marker provides her birth and death dates, but just her married name: Mrs. Walter Chatham. Fifty years after her death, Alma’s granddaughter visited the gravesite and asked, “Why is she not laid to rest with her name?” Only the person who bought the marker would know…

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Source: Family Tree Magazine.com

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