Here we go again

I'm making a second attempt at doing a blog post a day for a whole month. This month is National Women'The Accidental Genealogists History Month, so the blog prompts for March at  are all about women ancestors. March 1 — Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check. I'm going to include women on Kent's side of the family for some of these. His grandmother and her mother were both married more than once. His great-grandmother was Ada Waite Overend Fletcher, born in England. Her first husband, Albert Overend, must have died. I don't think I have his information. But they had a son, Albert. Ada remarried - Henry Fletcher. They moved to the United States. She had a daughter, Hilda, born in San Diego. Ada died, leaving Henry to raise the two children. Hilda grew up and married Paul Rudolph Rieboldt. Paul was in the Navy. Hilda was living in Pensacola, Florida, when Pauline (Kent's mom) was born. Soon after Pauline's birth, Hilda and Paul took in Hilda's nephew, Albert Richard Overend. His father had died in a military plane accident and his mother had remarried. I think she died in childbirth, and the stepfather didn't want him. So Hilda and Paul raised him. However, there were problems in the marriage and Hilda and Paul divorced. She raised the two kids by herself. She married again, but I haven't found her second husband's name - I have a photo of a wedding or bridal shower cake with the names "Hilda" and "Mac" on it. Mac died, leaving Hilda to raise  the kids on her own again. She met and married Jasper Coomes - called "Jap" - while Pauline was still in school, I believe. I think Pauline looked at Jap as her father figure. I would like to know more about each of these marriages - what happened to each husband. The name of Hilda's second husband. What happened to young Albert's mother. I'll have to check military records for Paul Rieboldt and Albert Overend (2). I wonder if his wife got a pension ... There are more records to check, of course, but I'll need to sit down and decide where to start.

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