Mary C. Edward (formerly Mary Catherine Robinson) searching for her two brothers and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 3, 1883

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DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my people. I had two brothers, James Robinson and Charles Waters. My name was Mary Catherine Robinson. James belonged to Everett Steel, in Cambridge, Eastern Shore of Maryland. I had one aunt in Cambridge, mother's sister, Anna Jenkins. I was sold to Dr. John Hopper and he sold me to a trader, Thos. Overton. Address me at Port Allen, West Baton Rouge parish, La., care of Rev. Moses Franklin. MARY C. EDWARD.

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Mary C. Edward, formerly Mary Catherine Robinson, searching for her brothers, James Robinson and Charles Waters, and aunt Anna Jenkins.

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May 3, 1883
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Margaret Strolle

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"Mary C. Edward (formerly Mary Catherine Robinson) searching for her two brothers and aunt," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), May 3, 1883, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/2005

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