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Unusual, and Very Lucky

In a time when infant mortality was much higher than at present, it was unusual for a family never to have lost a child, especially when she had 9. However, she names only eight.

Unusual, and Very Lucky
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  1. yvetter

    yvetter (09 Mar 2013)

    My gg grandmother Laura Stowers left off Laura Winnie Stowers who I believe was John Rallys twin sister. That would make a total of 9 children. I have no idea why she wouldn't speak up and say she had a laura winnie when they asked about a Laura F.

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Dawes Packets

Location: Dawes Packets ›Choctaw ›Choctaw by Blood ›244-356 ›244 (Stowers, Laura) ›Page 6

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