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*EDIT: I found out Ada's parents are NOT Oscar and Laura after all. They are Joel Davis and Mourning Parker...see updated post

The most amazing thing has happened! This morning when I checked my email, I saw that someone had made a reply to one of my posts that I had made last night. Well that was a total shocker, b/c I really hadn't expected to get any responses, at least not the next day.

I found out who Ada's parents are!! :)

I got a response from a really nice lady who said that she believes Ada's parents are Oscar F. Davis and Laura E. (maiden name unknown). Also, Ada's name is actually her middle name. Her full name is Laura Ada Davis! This explains why NOTHING would come up when I did an exact search for "Ada Davis". Well, actually that's not true. I did find a few Ada Davises but one was 3 years old in 1900 and the other was black so it was impossible for it to be either one of them.

But I checked out Laura Ada and did a search for it on ancestry. Sure enough, I found her in the 1900 census living in Brunswick County! And the age was right, b/c she had to be 14 in 1900, and her birth month of Oct. matched too.

I'm very, very excited about this lead! I've been searching on and off for weeks trying to find info on Ada, and I had practically given up on it. But I remember telling myself when I was so frustrated was to just make a post, maybe something will pop up, and move on to someone else. Well i'm really glad I made that post. And I'm glad someone responded :) The lady who replied to my message also said she had some info on Phoebe Eason....can't believe it...2 for one! So I emailed her and i'm waiting to hear back on what additional information she has about her.

I guess this means I'm going to have to update my ahnentafel and goals ;)