I need help finding michael Tolliver?

Question

All I know about him is that he once lived in perry,lawrence county,OH. He had a son named george w. tolliver and his wife was rosa adams. I know he was born in the 1800's. But can anybody find any information on him. I have looked and I really can't find anything. I mainly just want to know who his parents are and where they are from. Thank you.

Answer 1

www.ancestry.com--If this is the same George Tolliver (and the dates match from those in your question), the reason you can't find info on his father is plain as day in this:

Name:  George W. Tolliver  

Birth:  14 February 1893 (14 Feb 1893) - Ohio

Death:  1963 - Coal Grove, Ohio

Parents:  MARK Tolliver (not Michael), Rose Adams  

Spouse:  Myrtle Clara Ackerson

www.familysearch.org

Rosa J. ADAMS

Birth Year --1873  

    Birthplace OH  

    Age 7  

    Occupation  

    Marital Status --Single  

    Race White  

    Head of Household --Joshua ADAMS

    Mother:  Margaret (Elkins) ADAMS

    Relation --Daughter  

    Father's Birthplace-- TN  

    Mother's Birthplace --WV  

Census Place-- Perry, Lawrence, Ohio

I've tried every spelling I can think of, every possible birth year, etc. and I can't find Mark/Michael Tolliver ANYWHERE. Even familysearch.org (the LDS/Mormon site) doesn't have him listed. Are you SURE that's his first name and not his middle name maybe??

Answer 2

Katie, in my experience... 90% of issues in finding someone lies in following your basics.  Which means, work from today, back, and using records.. those will lead you to previous.

Start with George and Rosa.  You have not posted explicit info on them.. you should have a death date (or range), which will provide you with dates so they can be found in the census. If they were married after 1930, that won't happen, since that is the latest census which is open.  1800s is a huge range to guess at.  If you find George was born in 1920, then you have something to work with.  If you don't have George.. then drop back to George and Rosa's known kids.   If eldest child was born in 1940.. that gives you that Rosa was at LEAST 15-20, but no more than 50.  

Michael may have lived in Lawrence co, Ohio.. that is not to say that George did or didn't.

Can I get you to either edit or repost, with better framework? I bet we can find them both, but need more exact info. You can also email me if you want.