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Eloise Metzger, a relative of the speaker, was suddenly widowed at the age of 26 when her husband was killed in a tragic 1918 New York subway wreck. Within a few years, references to Eloise Metzger disappeared from public records, and Eloise Manley seemed to appear in her place. Assuming Eloise had remarried, the speaker spent years searching for evidence of a marriage between Eloise and Mr. Manley, to no avail. Were Eloise Metzger and Eloise Manley the same person? If so, who was the mysterious Mr. Manley? Did he exist, and if not, why did Eloise start using the name Manley?
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Sue Fialkoff is a graduate of the Boston University Certificate Program in Genealogical Research and the ProGen genealogical study program, and has attended several genealogical institutes. She has provided expert genealogical testimony for the New York State Surrogate’s Court. Sue is a long-time member of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington and is currently the editor of Mishpacha, JGSGW’s quarterly publication.
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