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Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: How can I find out where Leah Maivia [real name Ofelia Maivia] is buried?” plus 4 more

Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: How can I find out where Leah Maivia [real name Ofelia Maivia] is buried?” plus 4 more


Question: How can I find out where Leah Maivia [real name Ofelia Maivia] is buried?

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 06:56 PM PDT

According to her obituary in the Miami Herald, funeral services were held at T.M. Ralph Funeral Home in Sunrise, Florida. It does not specify where the burial was, but you could contact the funeral home to find out.

Miami Herald, The (FL) - Friday, October 24, 2008
Leah Maivia: Grandmother of 'The Rock,' promoter
Veteran pro-wrestling promoter Leah Maivia -- widow of "High Chief" Peter Maivia and grandmother of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson -- died Sunday at her Davie home of a heart attack. She was 77.
Johnson, a former wrestler who now acts, is the only child of Maivia's only child, daughter Ata Johnson. Through a spokesman, both said they were too upset to comment.
Maivia took over the Hawaii-based Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband died in 1982, becoming one of the industry's few female promoters.
Peter Maivia was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in March. WWE's website described Leah Maivia -- sometimes called Lia -- as "a staunch supporter of her husband's wrestling career" who ran the Polynesian organization until 1988. "And in her later years, she beamed with pride as her grandson . . . attained insurmountable success."
Major figures in the sport admired Maivia.
"When my daughter Hailey, who is now 23, met Lia at a wrestling event in upper New York state, Lia went to a gift shop at a nearby hotel and bought Hailey a stuffed bunny as a gift. She had never met her before this day, and this shows what a heart she had!" veteran wrestling writer Bill Apter wrote in an e-mail.
There will be a viewing for Leah Maivia at 5 p.m. Friday at T.M. Ralph Funeral Home, 371 NW 136 St., Sunrise. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Miami Herald staff writer Jim Varsallone contributed to this report.

Her husband is buried at Diamond Head Memorial Park in Honolulu:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi...

Question: Edit I was told that my ancestors were Mary Todd Lincoln's slaves how we got name Todd how can I find out if this is true?

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:06 PM PDT

A lot of slaves took their former owners' names when they were freed in 1865; many were known by that surname before they were freed. So, if your surname is Todd, there's a pretty good chance your ancestor was owned by someone named Todd.

The 1860 Slave Schedule is a part of the 1860 census. It lists the slave owner's name but not the slave's name. It does list the slaves' age, sex and whether black or mulatto. The 1850 slave schedule was the same.

If you can find Mary Todd or Abraham Lincoln on the 1860 or 1850 slave schedule, AND the slaves they own match the ages and sexes of some black people living next door to them in 1870, that's a powerful clue. Your chance of doing that for Mary Todd is VERY small, though, considering her circumstances. The technique works pretty well for ordinary people who live their whole lives in one county, though.

What you's have to do would be to get a VERY detailed biography of Mary Todd, which mentions her slaves, then see if you could track them down, then see if you could follow their descendants from 1870 to 1940 via the census.

BTW, almost every family with a famous surname has a legend of being related to the famous person.

Question: Can you find John and Laura Darnell in 1910?

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 02:36 PM PDT

I can't find this family in 1910 and it is as annoying as having 49 out of 50 state spoons. Any help?

Note that I just want them in 1910, not BMD records or WWI Draft cards; just 1910. I would not want you to waste your time duplicating my work.

1900, Dover, Lafayette, Missouri
Darnell, John, head, Aug 1874, 25, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Laura, wife, Nov 187*, 24, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Alex, son, Feb 1898, 2, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Wesley, son, Feb 1900, */12, Mo, Mo, Mo

1920, Jefferson City Ward, 5, Cole, Missouri
Darnell, J W, head Own, 45, No, Mo, Va, Tex,
Darnell, Laura, wife, 44, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Alex, son, 21, Mo, Mo, Mo,
Darnell, Wesley, son, 19, Mo, Mo, Mo,
Darnell, Wenney, dau, 14, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Leona, dau, 11, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Myrtle, dau, 8, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Ralph, son, 2, Mo, Mo, Mo

1930, Jefferson, Cole, Missouri
Darnell, John, head, 55, Mo, Va, Tex
Darnell, Laura, wife, 54, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Myrtle, dau, 18, Mo, Mo, Mo
Darnell, Ralph, son, 12, Mo, Mo, Mo

1940, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri
Dornell, John, head, 65, Mo
Dornell, Laura, wife, 64, Mo
Dornell, Myrtle, dau, 28, Mo
Dornell, Ralph, son, 23, Mo

Question: Am I considered a Tri-Racial?

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:58 PM PDT

I was born in the United States, I'm considered a Hispanic American,

My father: Born in Chile with Spanish and Indian (Andes) Ancestry.

My mother: Born in the United States with English and Italian ancestry.

How would you classified me at the end.

Question: What was Julius Caesars haplogroup? What was his most likely haplogroup?

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:51 PM PDT

Julius Caesar was a Roman, meaning his Haplogroup was most likely either G, or J.
Since he has no known living descendants it is impossible to trace his haplogroup with any certainty.

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