My Great Grandpa is a complete mystery!
I want to start with, I’ve been at this Brick Wall for years now, and it has been driving me insane! any help would be extremely appreciated! to be honest i’ve almost lost hope and this is truly a last effort
My Great x2 Grandfather Charles Newton Haines 1874-1933 lived in Columbus Ohio. Here’s what I know!
Born in 1874, either Alexandria Louisiana (death certificate and all censuses) or North Lewisburg, Ohio (marriage certificate)
Parents; Unknown (father listed as Newton Haines and mother maiden name LaDell in marriage certificate)
my Grandpas sister did a DNA test and all the paternal matches with surnames i didn’t recognize using the Leeds method all lead back to a McGannon / Tanner / Bowman and Bedinger combination all Ohio based families. I’ve built up trees and looked at records and can’t find anything that suggests a missing or misplaced child.
I cannot find Charles anywhere until 1905. He appears in a City Directory in Columbus Ohio. There are multiple Charles Haines’ at the time so I had to double check every finding!
Father of Paul Newton Haines b. 1907 and Evelyn May Haines b. 1910 and step father of Clara Lucile Bailey b. 1900
He married an Ella May Sackner in 1907 per marriage certificate
He was a Laborer and also a Manager for the Columbus Shamrocks baseball club (I can’t find much about them except for a few Dispatch articles)
I found out he had an artificial right eye, I have one photo of him and that’s about it. I’ll attach it!
The middle name Newton has been passed down the first male of every generation all the way to me. growing up, I was told it started with the original Newton Haines. I’d love to know more!
if anyone has any help or any advice or genealogists they recommend that might be able to help please let me know!