— your comment -—”Everything about the Dunham family is suspect.”
Just popping this info in here for the record. The author of this blog was still identifying Dunham as SHIRLEY ANN from genealogy search engines dated 02/2007 and again a comment from another poster is still locating SHIRLEY ANN 10/2008 and no marriage certificate for grandparents and more—
http://www.kansasprairie.net/kansasprairieblog/?p=6146 written 02-19-2007
I will stand on the source in the comments section that Ann Dunham was born in Wichita and reared in ElDorado. Shes someone I would have liked to have known.
The following material on the immediate ancestry of Barack Obama should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft. Stay tuned for more as it unfolds.
P.S. Barack says his mother was born in a small town in Kansas. I have to think that must be Augusta. Wichita is small by comparison to a lot of cities, but I think he must be referring to Augusta. I dont know why he doesnt come out and say it.
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Senator Obamas mother was born in Wichita, KS but she was raised in Butler County, presumably in Eldorado, KS.
Comment by sammyku 2/20/2007 @ 2:16 pm
Peg, I saw you inquiring about this on your blog. Sorry if you already found this out. Jon
3. Shirley Ann DUNHAM was born on 27 November 1942 in Wichita, Kansas and died in 1995 of ovarian cancer.
Barack Hussein OBAMA Sr. and Shirley Ann DUNHAM were married in 1960 in Hawaii and had the following children:
1 i. Barack Hussein OBAMA, Jr.
Link: http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/barack_obama.htm [Now changed to read -Stanley]
Comment by Peg Britton 2/20/2007 @ 6:43 pm
I am curious to hear more about Ann Durans battle with ovarian cancer. Did she undergo chemo? What stage cancer did she have? Was her son supportive???
Comment by marlene 3/14/2007 @ 12:07 pm
HI, I see some questions about Obama, everything that is posted in the comments is info that was put into computer references in 2008, 1999 or 1998. Ive been doing research on Mr. Obamas family for the last 2 months. Researching is my job and hobby. I believe in public records and certainly nothing on the computer. Did you know anyone can change the information on the computer, just register and sign-in. I have seen information change almost daily on Mr. Obamas family. And it seems there is very little information given from him that can be actually proven by a birth, marriage, death or etc. document from a government source, assuming that he is an American Citizen.
All I wanted to know was why he never talks about his Mother. He never mentioned anything about her until recently, very recently. And from what I found through the computer was all established in 1998 or 1999. Once he became a public officer and its info disclosed by HIM. This is what I have: now his Mothers name is Shirley or Stanley, Ann Dunham (what happened to Obama?)- depends where you get it from within the Obama camp. I could not find anything under the last name Obama with Ann, Shirley or Stanley Ann. Obamas grandfather did not marry his grandmother, Madeline Lee Payne. Madeline Lee Payne was born in Sedgewick County, Kansas. Mr. Dunham married Clara Katherine Benedict and had a son Earnest Richard Dunham. This the only information from public records on the names given out by Mr. Obama, Jr.
Mr. Obama, Sr., had three wives in Africa when he had Jr. The pictures of Barack with his Mother Shirley Ann, dont match the pictures of Stanley Ann Durnham. But then the picture of Barack with his grandfather dont match pictures of Barack with his step-sister in Indonesia. It was stated by the step-sister earlier this month, that when her father left she sent Jr. back to Kansas as she simply could not take care of him by herself. However, he does now look very much like his grandfather. But its a big change in his appearance from earlier pictures. Like Michael Jackson change. I saw the picture of him with his grandfather at the beach, I also saw him with his grandfather and grandmother altogether, they look like different people when you put ALL the pictures side by side.
WHAT IS THE BIG SECRET. The genealogyxxxxxx.com is the site that you can update the info once you register and sign-in. Just like the WhitePages-US Search-Intell. Most of the info is tampered with. Heck I looked up myself and they had all this crazy info. Show me PUBLIC RECORDS DOCUMENTS. Who is Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.? This is just a few things I was reesarching, the info kept changing. I started after Hillary lost then picked up in Sept. I also went through his tax return, the one that hes amending now that he has all this money. Whatever money these politicians collect, becomes THEIR MONEY, not the partys money. I didnt know that. Hes now very wealthy. I wish he would say that all the benefits given out would go to AMERICAN CITIZENS ONLY. Im tired of all the medical benefits being given out to non-American citizens for free. I cant get insurance because of a pre-existing condition. But people here on visas are getting free medicine and medical care. Now Im venting. Would be interested if any has seen any actual documents regarding Mr. Obama.
Comment by SKEETER 10/17/2008 @ 1:05 pm
From another ancestry website:
Ancestors of Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama
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Ancestors of Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama
harrisonlatour (View posts)
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 6:41AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Dunham, Stroup, Kearney, Armour, Payne, Obama
LaTour Genealogical Collection For Obama 2008
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/latourgenealog...
Ancestors of Presidential Candidate Barack Hussein Obama
Shirley Ann Dunham, born November 27, 1942 was the mother of Barack Hussein Obama Jr., born August 4, 1961. She married Barack Hussein Obama Sr., 1960, in Hawaii, United States. She was the great-great grandaughter of Jacob Mackey Dunham, born May 7, 1824. He was born a Virginian and a long-time Tipton County, Indiana resident who settled in Kansas and then moved and died in Oklahoma.