nhmemorymaker
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Whoa. Hold the horses. The mom's obituary says they married in 1979 but the actual marriage certifiate on ancestry.com shows 1978. Maybe the obit is a typo?
Looks like they married when she was pregnant, not after baby was born. Bride was 16, groom 17. I had been assuming the obit was correct but it doesn't match the certificate, fwiw. Sorry I can't link as it's a paid site but perhaps it's available elsewhere online.
jmo
This is what I see on Ancestry. Do you have a subscription to Newspapers.com, I do not. But I am confused at the one line showing the gender as FEMALE. I do believe that line refers to the child and not the mother....
Can you read the actual newspaper clipping????
Name: Laura Mae Vandergriff
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1978
Residence Place: Kokomo
School: Ha Worth High School
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1978
Parents: Lester Vandergriff
Spouse:
James Brian Chadwell