Monday, April 9, 2012

Sherlock Holmes, anyone?

I've run across the child of a mystery buff! Conan Doyle Kerby, age 24 from Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK (ED 74-9, Sheet 8-B, Line 51). Based on his age he would have been born around 1916, shortly after the publication of The Valley of Fear, the last Sherlock Holmes novel (although short stories were published up through 1927). The Wikipedia article on Holmes gives dates... Another interesting tidbit about Conan Doyle Kerby is that he and his young wife, Marcella, age 22, appeared to have worked together in a department store. He was an Assistant Manager and she was a Saleslady...

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