I just got word that a cousin has a copy of Albert "Allie" Murray's marriage certificate to Agnes Dalton! I hope it will help me further with my efforts to uncover more about Allie (or Alley). I wrote about my initial research here: Albert Murray, aka Edward Mallory. At the time I wrote that post, it seemed the Dalton Gang connection was unlikely, despite family stories. But maybe the marriage certificate will yield some clues. Stay tuned!
UPDATE: 4/27/2014
Although I never found the marriage certificate, I did find this:
From the Sept. 20, 1909 Arizona Republican
Allan (but spelled Allen) was his brother's middle name, so I suppose this was the first phase of finding an alias, before he ended up as Edward Mallory. I haven't been able to locate him in the 1910 or 1920 census. Hard to tell what name he might have been using.
Oh, and just to confirm, Agnes was not from the Dalton Gang family. Her father emigrated from Ireland in 1880 and the family was living in Williams, AZ.
I guess people are pretty surprised when they hit the first anniversary of their blog. I know I am. Somehow I also managed to make this my 100th post.
I spent 2010 tracking various family lines back to the first immigrant to America, or a dead end, whichever came first. I did pretty good, but there were a few lines with real mysteries I really wanted to solve, the Murray and the Stewart lines in particular. Near the end of 2010, I wound down the comprehensive research and began to narrow my efforts. I decided to focus on Murray and to make every effort to add enough pieces to the puzzle that the story would be much clearer. I may mix in a small amount of time on other lines to keep burnout at bay, but I plan to keep Murray front and center.
I can't help but wonder what I'll uncover in the next 12 months. Like the last few months, I won't be posting as often because I anticipate much of my research time will not provide any concrete results to share.
I do have a little something cooking that could turn out to be interesting--I'm hoping to get a regional publication to do a story about my Murray line. I've got my fingers crossed I'll be able to uncover distant relatives who have puzzle pieces to share.
