Five Years or So by Kay Correll

Author:Kay Correll [Correll, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944761493
Publisher: Zura Lu Publishing LLC

Lillian reached for her phone and saw it was Etta Swenson calling from the historical society. “Etta, good evening.”

“Lil, I hope I’m not bothering you. I know you’re busy getting ready for your wedding.”

“Of course, you’re not bothering me.”

“I was doing some research, and I found some information that might lead us to figuring out the owner of the journal you found.”

“You did?”

“I looked up the census records, and I found two possible leads for who the author might be. In the 1880 census there was a John Smith with a wife, Matilda and daughter Anna. The ages work out about right for your Anna. The 1890 census was destroyed. But there’s still a John Smith listed in 1900 census, but no wife, no children. Living alone. I assume Clara was born after 1880 and both girls had moved out by 1900.”

“Really? Well, that gives us something to go on, doesn’t it?”

“So I did some searching on the cemetery records and there was a Matilda Smith who died in 1886, beloved wife of John Smith and mother to Anna and Clara.”

“So this John Smith was raising the girls on his own?”

“I’m not sure. There was a Belle family living next door to them. But no Jane Belle listed. But with the 1890 census missing, she might have been born after 1880 and moved out by 1900. Possibly. At least this is a start. I printed all this out for you.”

“Thanks, Etta. After the wedding I want to start looking into this more. And I really appreciate your help.”

“Okay, I’ll help in any way I can. Night, Lil.”

“Night, Etta.” Lil hung up her phone, went in to her bedroom, and picked up the piece of turquoise sea glass they’d found with the journal. She rolled it over in her palm, wondering why it was hidden with the journal. Wondering about the mysterious Anna. Wondering what happened to her. She really wanted to find answers. She sighed as she set the sea glass back on her night table. For now, she needed to just concentrate on her wedding. After things settled back down, she was determined to solve the journal mystery.

She went back to the kitchen to make some chamomile tea before heading to bed. Her hip was beginning to ache a bit like it did when a storm was coming in.

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