Looking for Ruby Davis from Missouri?

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Looking for Ruby Davis from Missouri?

My Dad just told me I have a brother that I did't know about! I'm looking for Ruby Davis from south east Missouri( Charter Oak)
In 1950 Ruby Davis became pregnant. She was young and unmarried. She married a man other than the father of her child.
The man knew she was pregnant and the baby was not his. So Im not letting out a secret. The child would be 57 now, a boy. Jimmy was what my Dad was told Ruby named the baby boy
His family was heard to have moved to Ohio. Dont know that for sure. I don't want to cause trouble. Just want to know.....Something

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Wow, your story is exactly like mine, only I'm the baby in the story. If your half brother's mother married this other guy before he was born, his mother, I'm sure did what my mother did, and put her husband has the father. This way, there is no "adoption" to take place and no one knows the wiser. I had no idea my father was not my biological father until my mother passed away.
I was 37 years old at the time. Your brother may be in the same boat and not know he's not his father's biological child.
Anyway, I had to use public records from the county clerks office to help me find my father. I was looking for a divorce record, from the late 1960's, of a known family member.
You would be looking for a marriage record. Does your father know where the mother and her husband got married? City and State that is....? Old records like these usually are not on the computer but in storage as I found out when I asked the county clerk here. If your lucky, it was a small town and that will make it that much easier for them to find. This information should give you the mother's full name as well as her husbands full name.
Then you will have a good idea what your brother's last name would be. Have them give you as much info as they are willing to give. Please, just tell them you are doing some family genealogy research and just starting the processes.
Once your get good solid names, start plugging those name into searches on the internet. You might find an obituary or wedding announcement with those name and that will give you more places to look. Keep good notes as you go, so you can add to and eliminate people with the same names.
This is how I was able to track down my birth father. I admit it took me a while, but I did with out any professional help. My birth father has one of the most common names in the USA, so it was quite a challenge to say the least.
I wish you the best of luck in your search.