Family History: Tracing the Thayne family in the Census

Who was Annie Thayne?

She is recorded as John Johnson Thayne's daughter in the 1880 U.S. Census, but I haven't been able to locate any other records about her. Is it possible that her and Edgar were twins? One possible explanation is she married the Sundance Kid and her father disowned her. It has been a challenge to find any information about her, but I did come across this one story...

"During this period, Sundance (McGraf) lived in the Mormon town of Colonia Dublan, with the family of Nephi Thayne, president of the Chihuahua branch of the Mormon Church.

It was no coincidence that Sundance chose this family with whom to reside, for Nephi Thayne was his brother-in-law. In January, 190 1, shortly before leaving for South America, Sundance had married pretty Annie Marie Thayne, daughter of John Johnson Thayne, Mormon bishop of Wellington, Utah (with whose polygamous family Etta Place had lived as a girl). The staunchly religious father disowned his daughter for her choice of husbands and she was compelled to leave home, her plight worsened by the fact that she was pregnant and abandoned by Sundance when he fled to South America. Annie Thayne Longabaugh gave birth to a son - Harold Thayne Longabaugh late in 1901, and she was killed in a train wreck in Oregon several years later. Her son was raised in a foster family and only discovered his true identity many years later, when he met his father in a hotel in the State of Washington, under the alias of Hiram Bebee. Harold Thayne Longabaugh died in a tragic hotel fire in Montana in the 1970s."

For more information and to see a picture of Annie click on the link on this page and check out the blog created by Carole Thayne Warburton.

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Your great-grandfather's obituary states that he died, leaving no issue of record.
The town clerk you wrote to in desperation, and finally convinced to give you the information you need, can't write legibly, and doesn't have a copying machine.
That ancient photograph of four relatives, one of whom is your progenitor,carries the names of the other three.
Copies of old newspapers have holes which occur only on maiden names.
No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, always rented property, was never sued, and was never named in wills.
You learned that Great aunt Matilda's executor just sold her life's collection of family genealogical materials to a flea market dealer"somewhere in New York City."
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The critical link in your family tree is named "Smith."

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6 comments:

Glenn Johns March 10, 2012 at 2:06 PM: Great post. I have visited Colonia Juarez, a neighboring colony. This is very barren land that has blossomed under the care of the pioneers. Beautiful orchards. Glenn Johns
Angela White March 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM: Great information. Where did you get this quote about Annie's father disowning her?
Allison March 11, 2012 at 6:11 PM: I LOVE the genealogy funnies - I thought I was the only person who braked for cemeteries.
wasatch November 24, 2017 at 5:57 PM: This comment has been removed by the author.
wasatch November 24, 2017 at 6:00 PM: This comment has been removed by the author.
wasatch November 24, 2017 at 6:01 PM: I believe this comes from Kerry Ross Boren. Kerry is not a reliable source. There is much speculation mixed in with some truth with Kerry. Etta Place never lived with the Thaynes IMO. I see no basis for that. John Johnson Thayne us iften referred to as having been a Bishop in Wellington. He never was but one of his sons was.

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