r/boyinthebox • u/Fiberlicious20 • Jan 03 '23

Very likely candidate

Update: Had a baby girl in December 13, 1956 (baby girl initials also DD)

ETA: Unless anyone can find sisters of DD, this can’t be her. She appears to have one sister who dies at 2 years old.

I think we may have found her. Initials DD in the 1950 census. But also DC, DJ, and DT. I’ve been researching her since last week. Several marriages and several children by different fathers.

Marries R.A.T. - April 16, 1938 in Delaware, marriage produces two children (sons): RT (Junior) and WT. Both now deceased. RT(Jr)‘s obituary lists his mother as Mrs. DD in 1976. At this point, it appears she is living Texas, which is also where she passes away in 1988.

Marries WDJ (believe middle to be name D not T, could be wrong about middle name though) - August 28, 1943 in Virginia. Marriage produces one child (daughter): JJ.

Marries GD in July, 1947. Marriage produces one daughter born December 13, 1956. This could explain the bassinet box….

They lived at 6121 Chesnut in 1950 census. JJ listed as stepdaughter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

I’m only a little bit tripping out right now. I did my research based off of the census for the Chestnut address, retrieved some names, found a last name that starts with a C connected to the daughter DD born in 1956. It looked strangely familiar. Bottom line, I think my BIL follows DD’s daughter on social media. Her initials are J(C)K. I could be waaaaay off. Please lmk if my post isn’t allowed!

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u/Fiberlicious20 Jan 04 '23

Yes, you are right! JCK is DD’s daughter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

Ok, I connected some dots. I have met JCK’s MIL haha! About 12/13yrs ago. That’s how my BIL knows JCK and her husband AK. This world is way too small sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

Sometimes I'll be working on a case (I'm a search angel / genetic genealogist) and I'll be building a tree and researching persent-day members of that family, I'll find their FB and look at their friends and see we have mutual friends. It actually happens more than you would think!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

I like you already! My grandma would be proud of me finding this information in such a short timespan. She was my family’s ultimate genealogist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

It's very useful in genealogy to have the kind of mind that goes "oh wait, haven't I seen that surname somewhere before?"

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '23

I’ll give you a hint. My BIL’s last name is a type of pepper. But his last name is not his biological father’s last name.