Looking for the children, of Barbara Jane Andre, maiden Miller?

Question

She had nine children, two that I know of are dead(James, and Michael) she died in long beach, ca

Answer 1

http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
has
ANDRE BARBARA J
B. 05/24/1922
mother MACKENZIE
father MILLER
BP MASSACHUSETTS
DP LOS ANGELES(19) (I don't know what "(19)" means)
on 01/08/1987

James and Michael are there too; they died in 1990 & 1995. If you click on the SSNs you'll see Michael died in Long Beach and James isn't on the SSDI.

I'd suggest a post on the GenForum or Ancestry "Andre" surname board, as others have. People here accuse me of being insufferably arrogant when I say this isn't a real genealogy board. I am, but it still hurts. GF & Ancestry both have categories for 10,000+ surnames and each county in the USA, plus hundreds more for regions outside the USA. YA has one category for the whole world and all surnames.

If you can go to the library in Long Beach, look up Michael & James' obits. If you find them, they should say "Survived by . . . of . . ., which will tell you where the other sibs were in 1990 and 1995. That may help, but people in southern California move every 5 years, so the chance of someone being in the same town 12 years later is small. You could try, though. One of her children may have moved to Arbuckle to raise wheat. He will still be there, like as not.

Answer 2

To add to what other posters have said about Barbara Jane and James and Michael, I've found the following records:

For Barbara Jane Miller Andre:

California Death Index
Name: Barbara J. Andre
Father: Miller
Birth date: 24 May 1922
Birth place: Massachusetts
Death date: 8 Jan 1987
Death place: Los Angeles, California

Social Security Death Index
Name: Barbara Andre
Birth date: 24 May 1924
Death date: January 1987
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Civil: Massachusetts

US Census 1930
Home in 1930: Malden, Middlessex, Massachusetts
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1923
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name John O.
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birth Place: Vermont

Wife: Minnie V.
Estimated birth year: abt 1896
No birth place given

daughter: Victoria L.
Age: 13
No birth place given

James Ray Andre:

California Birth Certificate
Birth date: 23 Oct 1957
Gender: male
Mother's maiden name: Miller
Birth County: Los Angeles

California Death Certificate
Social Security: 558xxxxxx*
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 23 Oct 1957
Date of Death: 1 Mar 1990
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Miller

Michael Stanley Andre:

California Death Certificate
Social Security: 558xxxxxx*
Birth date: 27 Jan 1963
Birth place: California
Beath Death: 2 Dec 1995
Death place: Los Angeles
Mother's maiden name: Miller

Social Security Death Index
Social Security: 558xxxxxx*
Last residence: 90802 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Born: 27 Jan 1963
Death: 2 Dec 1995
State (year) SSN issued: California (1972)

Taking this information, you can visit the following web sites to perhaps contact all surviving Andre or Miller family members:

http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/miller

http://www.OneGreatFamily.com

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*Ancestry.com supplied the entire Social Security number, but I didn't list it.

Answer 3

You could try a search ar www.whitepages.com (telephone listings) if that does not work you try the salvation army they are very good at tracing people. Good Luck and Good Hunting

Answer 4

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