Update:
Today 07 Apr 2017, I got a message from a person named Justin who said; “Jean Read in the photo is my grandmother. Making the missing woman my great grandmother…”. I will follow up with Justin and see what add new information we can add to the blog story.
Maybe some relative of these two little girls will be able to tell us what happened to the family.
Sometimes a picture in the newspaper will grab my attention and I will grab the link to it for future investigation.
This posting will examine one such picture and story.
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I saw the two girls on the front page:
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I thought the caption was the whole story. I started clipping the item when I realized that there were more pictures and two huge columns to the story.
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I created a tree to hold the items and contacted eight (8) possible tree owners about the story. None of the trees mentioned this 1928 incident.
I was able to find some records such as this marriage:
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and I found the father with the two girls in 1940 (see below) but I was unable to find any follow up story in the newspaper. The main reason was that the Google News Archive collection of newspapers for this publication was limited to just a few issues.
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1940 census:
Name Age
Ashley Reed 37
Catherine Reed 34
Marjorie Reed 17
Jeany Reed 14
Ashley Reed 7
Shirley Reed 5
Gary Reed 4
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I am sure with a more thorough search I would be able to find the rest of the story but I do not have the time to devote to this one story.
I posted the pictures on FaceBook (FB) in hopes of getting more information but I just got more questions, so I thought I would post it on this blog.
Perhaps one of these days a relative will come across this page and they will take the time to give us all some feedback.
Rochester, New York – Sep 1928
Sisters Marjorie Read age 5 and Jean Read age 2 ½ are shown on front page of a 1928 newspaper.
The story is about their mother
Margaret Read age 23 who has disappeared. They lived at 771 North Goodman St., Rochester, NY
The children are now living with Marjorie’s sister: Mrs. Bessie Patterson
address: 201 Jefferson Terrace, Rochester, NY
The father: Ashley age 26
[Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA]
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Tree Created on Ancestry.com:
Marjorie & Jean Read 1928 – NY – Family Tree
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/90617691/family
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Rochester, New York
Rochester Evening Journal the Post … – Sep 13, 1928 Thursday
Rront page story with pictures on this page and following pages
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VXdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OyoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1984%2C1734304
cont.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VXdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OyoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1432%2C1742845
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Thank You.
Jose A. Munoz, M.Ed
Genealogical Collection 
Jean Read in the photo is my grandmother. Making the missing woman my great grandmother. I just found out yesterday, that I had a 52 year old half sister from my father (Lawrence Mykins) Jean Read became Jean Mykins after marrying Joseph Mykins . This article was just brought yo my attention yesterday, by my new sister who I was able to meet. I do not completely understand the context of this blog. But I would love for the author to contact me if their is any more info on the family. I am intrigued. Honestly after yesterday, more so shocked and awed. I am justin barrett-mykins.
Thank You Justin for stopping by. I will review my files to see what I have and then contact you.
Hi, my name is Lori Gill. The two girls in the photo are my aunt and my mother. I was given up for adoption by Jean Reed (Mykins). I was the youngest of 4 children that she gave up for adoption. Justin is my nephew. He’s the one that told me about your blog. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Thank You Lori for stopping by my blog and giving me a comment with new information. I am sure your great granddaughter will love seeing this information some day. I post on the blog for the relatives who will be looking for information on great great grandma Lori.
Hi! My name is Amanda and Ashley Read was my 2x great-uncle and if you’d like to get in touch, my email is a.werder14@gmail.com
Ashley is my grandfather. Jean and Marjorie were my father’s half sisters. My dad is Gary Leigh Reed. I spent time with Majorie and Jean when I was very very young and would visit my grandparents.
Brenda
The missing mother was married to my grandfather, Ashley Read. After she disappeared, Ashley remarried and head several more children. One of the children, is my father, Gary Leigh Reed, Sr. I remember spending time with Marjorie and Jean when we would visit my grandparents. You can that my father’s last name is changed to Reed. I have been told several different stories about that. Feel free to contact me.
Hi Brenda it’s your cousin Connie… my brother jerry let me know about this . Call me 585-749-2256I would love to talk to you!!
Once again thank you Connie for stopping by my blog post. I hope you are able to make contact with Brenda.
Stay Safe out there. Jose
The missing mother was married to my grandfather, Ashley Read. After she disappeared, Ashley remarried and had several more children. One of the children, is my father, Gary Leigh Reed, Sr. I remember spending time with Marjorie and Jean when we would visit my grandparents. You can see that my father’s last name is changed to Reed. I have been told several different stories about that. Feel free to contact me.
I am just now getting back to this blog and don’t remember if I replied to you already. There are a number of new comments that I approved just now so that should help you with new info. As for the Blog post; it is just a post about the photo and article in the newspaper I do not have any other new information other than what was posted here by others.
My name is Carolsue Holland Estes and Jean Read Mykins was my birth mother. I was given up for adoption and have since found all n
But 2 of my birth siblings. In total there were 9 of us: Lawrence Mykins, Joseph Mykins Jr., Thomas Mykins, myself, Joe Palermo, James Brown, Michael Slater, Lori Fort Gill and 2 unknown .
Thank you for stopping by my blog. Can I post your message on FaceBook and other web formats?
Jose
Hi Carolsue! My name is Amanda and Ashley Read was my 2x great-uncle and if you’d like to get in touch, my email is a.werder14@gmail.com
The missing mother was married to my grandfather, Ashley Read. After she disappeared, Ashley remarried and had several more children. One of the children, is my father, Gary Leigh Reed, Sr. Jean was my father’s half sister. I remember spending time with Marjorie and Jean when we would visit my grandparents. Feel free to contact me.
Thank you for the comment, I am sorry it took so long for me to access this and to reply to it.
Ashley is my grandfather. Jean and Marjorie were my father’s half sisters. My dad is Gary Leigh Reed. I spent time with Majorie and Jean when I was very very young and would visit my grandparents.
Brenda
The missing mother was married to my grandfather, Ashley Read. After she disappeared, Ashley remarried and had several more children. One of the children, is my father, Gary Leigh Reed, Sr. I remember spending time with Marjorie and Jean when we would visit my grandparents. You can that my father’s last name is changed to Reed. I have been told several different stories about that. Feel free to contact me.
Ashley is my grandfather. Jean and Marjorie were my father’s half sisters. My dad is Gary Leigh Reed. I spent time with Majorie and Jean when I was very very young and would visit my grandparents.
Brenda
Thank You Brenda for visiting my blog and for the comment.
Thanks again.
So, I am the daughter of Ashley J Read, jr.. I was shelter to all this family information. My father, who has passed away, never talked about any of this and I always wondered why my cousins had spelled there last name differently from my brothers and my twin sister.
Thank you Constance for leaving this comment, it is nice to see my work has helped someone. Now maybe you can be in contact with the other people who have been touched by the blog post. Thank you again and stay safe out there. Jose
The girls in the photo are my mother and aunt. Jean Reed was my biological mother. She gave me up for adoption along with 6 other children. I have been lucky enough to reunite with most of my siblings
Thank You Lori for the information. I am glad that you have reunited with your family.