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Laura Annie Oddy (b 1886 Staincliffe, Dewsbury, Yorkshire) was still in Pudsey, Yorkshire at the time of the 1901 census, but married in Illinois in 1910. Could someone with access to passenger lists possibly look her up and let me know when and where she left and - if possible - whether she was travelling alone? I have also "lost" her brother Walter Harry Oddy (b 1897 Holborn, London) so am interested to know if he also went to the States. I know that their brother Newham (b 1888, also in Staincliffe) also emigrated.

Many thanks to anyone who is able to help!

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Laura Annie Oddy
Arrival Date: 29 Apr 1908
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Campania
Search Ship Database: View the Campania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
NATIVITY: England
Line: 9
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_1098
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: frsko
Page Number: 34



Source Citation: Year: 1908; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_1098; Line: 9; .


travelling from Pudsey, Yorkshire to Jacksonville. Looks to be on her own.

Actual age on original looks like 21, not 34




EDIT this entry has been crossed through - it looks like she didn't actually travel




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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Laura Ann Oddy
Arrival Date: 31 May 1908
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Campania
Search Ship Database: View the Campania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
NATIVITY: England
Line: 25
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_1108
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: batley (Pudsey on original)
Page Number: 18



Source Citation: Year: 1908; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_1108; Line: 25; .



last address was in Pudsey and travelling to Alexander (?), Illinois

Thanks for that, Choccy. Could I be cheeky and ask if you could check on the aforementioned Walter Harry Oddy and Newham Oddy to see when they went?

Thanks again!!

Chris x

You can find her here.

http://www.ellisisland.org/

1930 US Census
1930 United States Federal Census about Walter H Oddy
Name: Walter H Oddy
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Edna M
Race: White
Occupation:Real estate broker
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter H Oddy 32
Edna M Oddy 34
Mildred M Oddy 10
Laura Oddy 8
Ruth L Oddy 6
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 488; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 1703; Image: 320.0.
Everyone except Walter born In Illinois. It looks like he came over in 1916.

Maureen

Oh, thanks Sue. I have tried the Ellis Island so many times for oher relatives and never had any success, so had given up trying. Will look now though!

Chris x

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Newham Oddy
Arrival Date: 28 Oct 1905
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Lucania
Search Ship Database: View the Lucania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 16
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_636
Page Number: 30



Source Citation: Year: 1905; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_636; Line: 16; .


Going to brother Edward in Alexander, Illinois

Hello Maureen! Haven't bumped into you on here for a while - not since you discovered my criminal ancestors for me!

Thanks for that info on Walter ... so I now nearly have this little family sorted.

Chris x

Hi Chris!
Just one thing-I think I see Walter's WW1 draft registration,but he's put his name down as Walter Foster Oddy-born England Nov.24,1897. Are there 2 Walters?

Maureen

Hmmm - just tried putting Walter Foster Oddy into Ancestry search and got only one (locked) match - for the record you mention. Could it be a mistranscription? I can't think of any reason why "my" Walter would have Foster as a middle name, and all other records have shown him as Harry.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Newham Oddy
Age in 1910: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Hired Man
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Home in 1910: Alexander, Morgan, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1905
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Fred R Walbuam 40
Katherine Walbuam 32
Harry W Foster 15
Emma K Foster 9
Newham Oddy 21




Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Alexander, Morgan, Illinois; Roll T624_313; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 599.

Walter Foster Oddy is a farm hand and has a nearest relative, Edna Marie Oddy, so it looks to be the same one on the census.
Definitely reads Foster as well! He was 20 years old.


Name: Walter Foster Oddy
County: Mason
State: Illinois
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1897
FHL Roll Number: 1614404
DraftBoard: 0


Liz

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Laura Addy
[Laura Oddy]
Age in 1910: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Home in 1910: Jacksonville Ward 3, Morgan, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Year of Immigration: 1907
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Charles B Jackson 52
Sarah H Jackson 49
William L Jackson 26
Herbert L Jackson 21
Laura Addy 23
Helen McBride 11




Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Jacksonville Ward 3, Morgan, Illinois; Roll T624_313; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 1054.

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with getting the 1920 census to work?

And Newham has the middle name of Edwards on his WW1 form-and he's in Texas of all places!

Maureen

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Newham Edwards Oddy
County: Jackson
State: Texas
Birthplace: Yorkshire;England
Birth Date: 21 May 1888
Race: Caucasian (White)
FHL Roll Number: 1953771



Occupation: Farmer

Choccy - that 1910 census is brilliant, because she was boarding with her future in-laws! Later that year she married their son Herbert Lorenzo Jackson. Now I find myself wondering whether she met and married him because she was their lodger, or whether she was lodging with them because she was about to marry him? We may never know!

I am also interested that Newham said (when he immigrated into the US) that he was going to stay with his brother Edward - he didn't HAVE a brother Edward!

I suppose this was something to do with some kind of "sponsorship" - maybe you had to have a definite destination in order to prevent people just becoming hobos? Though, looking at Newham's path across the States, that is exactly what he DID do!

I'm having problems, too, with the 1920 census, Maureen. I was trying to double-check something I found yesterday but it's not there today. Thought I was having another "senior moment". Glad to hear someone else is having a problem.

1930 United States Federal Census
about Herbert L Jackson
Name: Herbert L Jackson
Home in 1930: Pisgah, Morgan, Illinois
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Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Laura A
Race: White
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

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Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert L Jackson 41
Laura A Jackson 43
Charles A Jackson 18
Leroy Jackson 15
Kelle M Jackson 12

On the Ellis island site, Laura lists as her nearest relative or friend from country she came from as G.R. Tomlinson, Somerset Rd., Pudsey. She's going to join Newham Oddy, Alexander?, Moreton?, Illinois.