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Re: Seeking biographical information about Estella Weeks
Susannah Brooks Dec 28, 2020 10:48 PM (in response to Joy D.)1 person found this helpfulEstella Terry Weeks was born in NY in 1886 and continued to live in various locations in NY at least until 1940.
1892 NY State Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-8P9F-ZC?i=12&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX3XW-WB6
1900 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DH6W-Y3Q?i=3&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMSLX-8TZ [go back one page to see parents]
1920 Census (surname listed as Wicks) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJ8-QBH?i=23&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMV36-SW…
death certificate: died in Western State Hospital in Staunton VA https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-WSCK?i=1&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK31R-TJ4
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1922 passport application https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-996W-KGMT?i=561&cc=2185145&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQV5Y-…
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Re: Seeking biographical information about Estella Weeks
Joy D. Dec 30, 2020 4:29 PM (in response to Susannah Brooks)Thank you very much, Susannah! I saw some of these records before, but wasn't certain they were about the same person in the beginning. Now that more "dots" have been connected, I'm going to go with this!
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Re: Seeking biographical information about Estella Weeks
Alice Lane Dec 29, 2020 2:53 PM (in response to Joy D.)1 person found this helpfulHi Joy,
Welcome to History Hub
Found the following in an internet search.
"Weeks, Estella T. (SC 670)" by Manuscripts & Folklife Archives (wku.edu)
Finding aid and scan representative of material in the collection (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 670. Correspondence of Miss Estella T. Weeks of Washington, D.C., with Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating to Weeks’s research on the Shakers and the holdings of Shaker material in the Kentucky Library.
Click on following link listed on the above page for correspondence from her to the above mentioned recipients.
SC 670 WEEKS Estella T.pdf (917 kB)
Alice Lane
Research Volunteer.
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Re: Seeking biographical information about Estella Weeks
Joy D. Dec 30, 2020 4:30 PM (in response to Alice Lane)Alice, this is so helpful AND interesting! Thank you.
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