Looking for parents and siblings?

Question:For a Herbert Franklin of Mutual Oklahoma. He married Ora Marie Sweet in Oklahoma. Had three children one of whom was my grandfather. According to his wife on tape at a family reunion he had 8 brothers and sisters.

I have had no luck at all finding his parents names or even siblings. I can find him and his marriage to my Great grandmother Ora Marie Sweet but that is it.

Can anyone help me?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: For a Herbert Franklin of Mutual Oklahoma. He married Ora Marie Sweet in Oklahoma. Had three children one of whom was my grandfather. According to his wife on tape at a family reunion he had 8 brothers and sisters.

I have had no luck at all finding his parents names or even siblings. I can find him and his marriage to my Great grandmother Ora Marie Sweet but that is it.

Can anyone help me?

Is he Herbert Ernest Franklin, born Nov. 1, 1894. If so, he was born in Tonganoxie, Kansas, according to his WWI Draft Registration card.

Here he is in the 1900 US Census:
Name: Herbert E Franklin
Home in 1900: Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, Kansas
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Kansas
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Eliza
Race: White
Joseph Franklin 36
Eliza Franklin 33
Walter S Franklin 9
Bessie G Franklin 7
Herbert E Franklin 5
Sarah S Franklin 4
Mabel M Franklin 2
Jessie J Franklin 7.12

There's much more info on the census, including birth years and locations. I could send you an image, if you like.

The family is also in the 1905 Kansas STATE census in Tonganoxie:

Joseph Franklin, 42
Eliza, 38
Cora? or Czora? 14
Bessa, 12
Burtie, 10
Stella, 9
Mable, 7
Violet, 2
Elsie, 2 mo

Next door MAY be his parents or other relatives:
William Franklin, 64
Mary Frankin, 66

I just checked some more -- they're in the 1885 and 1895 censuses as well. There's so much info, you should see it for yourself. Can you get access to ancestry.com at a library near you?