Elizabeth J. Poole Kender (Kinder) and John B. Poole

 

These two children have been Brick wall histories for me.  I've found two bits of information about Elizabeth J. Pool that led me to believe she lived in Macon, Bibb County Georgia, but I have not been able to find her on any census post 1870 Monroe County.   I wondered if she had passed away, but I stumbled upon a marriage certificate for her in 1885.

"Elizabeth J. Poole to Walter A. Kender in Bibb, Bibb County, Georgia on May 13, 1885 at Episcoapl Christ Church, Walnut Street, Macon, Georgia by J.R. Winchester.

I later found a record on Ancestry for a baptism/christening of Francis Maria Kinder b. June 5, 1886 and parents listed are Walter A. Kinder and Elizabeth J. Kinder.

I have not been able to find any records for the family beyond those.  I do not know if they remained in Macon, where they were living prior to their marriage.  It is possible Elizabeth was employed but no clue where or with whom.  It was not uncommon by this point in history for women to take jobs in cotton mills.  She might have been a teacher or a clerk in a store.  I have no information to tell me what she did or where she lived in that 15 year blank space nor where she might have lived and died after the christening of her daughter.  I can find no information about Walter Kinder either.

UPDATE: November 24, 2024:  I have good reason to believe that I am utterly mistaken about Elizabeth J. Pool.   I stumbled upon a record of another Elizabeth J. Pool today with 16 citations listing her as the wife of Walter Kinder.  I can say assuredly that this was well documented and my own idea of the record I found belonging to my own relative was absolutely false.  And so the search shall refresh for my own Elizabeth Pool.

The last child of John F. Poole and Annie Galloway is John B. Poole.  I found a record of a boarder living in Bibb Co. in 1880 by the name of John B. Poole, occupation listed as printer, age 30.  He is listed with a wife Laura, age 24 and a daughter Annie, age 5.  The residence is listed as being on Oak Street and was house #28 on the census conducted June 4, 1880, by census taker James S.  

There is a christening record for daughter Annie whose name is listed as Annie Laurie Pool, dated July 16, 1875.  Father is listed as John J. Pool and mother as Anna Laura Pool.  

I do not know why Elizabeth and John chose to split off the family, since the other boys and Harriett all moved to Taylor County, Georgia at some point after 1870 and made their lives there for years after.

note, October 2024:  I recently stumbled upon a death certificate for Laura Pool, John's daughter, in Kite, Johnson County, Georgia at age 64.  She is listed as single, occupation house cleaner.  Her certificate information was given by Eugene Pool.  I have not yet determined who Eugene is nor how he is related to this family line.  But the certificate clearly lists her father as John Pool.  Note here that the name is spelled without the 'e'.  I am not certain that this is indeed my family line at this time. Further research is necessary.