The following material on the immediate ancestry of Lee Harvey Oswald should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Christopher Challender Child contributed to this report.

1930 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 26, sheet 8B, line 60

Oswald Robert E   H    M W 34 M 25    LA LA LA     Salesman    Insurance
       Margaret   W    F W 33 M 24    LA LA LA

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1930 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 199, sheet 16A, line 35

Oswald Thomas H   H  M W 47 M  24    LA MS LA                    Salesman    Packing House
       Adele      W  F W 43 M  17    LA WV TN
       Adele      D  F W 22 S        LA LA LA
       Mary       M  F W 70 Wd       LA PA Irish Free State

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1920 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 73, sheet 1A, line 13

Oswald William      H   M W 71 M     MS GA PA          Clerk       Coal Yard
       Mary         W   F W 60 M     LA PA Ireland
       Robert E L   S   M W 22 S     LA MS LA          Clerk       Sugar Refinery
       Thomas H     H   M W 37 M     LA MS LA          Salesman    Packing House
       Adele        W   F W 33 M     LA MO LA
       Adele        D   F W 12 S     LA LA LA

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1900 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 12, sheet 7B, line 44, continued on sheet 8A

Oswald William    H     W M Feb 1848 52 M 19        MS GA PA          Clerk Coal
       Mary H     W     W F Aug 1854 45 M 19 7 7    LA PA Ireland
       Thos H     S     W M Dec 1851 18 S           LA MS LA          Clerk Cotton
       Wm S       S     W M Dec 1883 16 S           LA MS LA          Clerk Cotton
       Alice G    D     W F Nov 1885 14 S           LA MS LA          At School
       Harvey     S     W M May 1888 12 S           LA MS LA          At School
       Ethel      D     W F Nov 1892  7 S           MS MS LA
       Hattie     D     W F Nov 1894  5 S           LA MS LA
       R A Lee    S     W M Mar 1896  4 S           LA MS LA
Harvey Harry      BiL   W M Jan 1866 34 S           LA PA Ireland     Manager Cot Mill

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1880 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 68, page 15, line 48, continued on page 16

Harvey William    W M 24           Cotton Dealer      LA      PA      Ireland
       Alice      W F 26   Sis     Keeping House      LA      PA      Ireland
       David      W M 24   Bro     Clk                LA      PA      Ireland
Harvey Mary       W F 18   Dau                        LA      PA      Ireland
       Harriett   W F 16   Dau                        LA      PA      Ireland
       Harry      W M 14   Son                        LA      PA      Ireland
       Mary       W F 51   Mo      Keeping House      Ireland Ireland Ireland
       Alice      W F 15   Dau     At School          LA

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1880 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, ED 36, page 18, line 1

Stucke Henry       W M 49          Carpenter         Holland Holland Holland
       Margaret    W F 46    W     Keeping House     Bavaria Bavaria Bavaria
       Elizabeth   W F 23    D     House Servant     LA      Holland Bavaria
       Emelie      W F 18    D     At Home           LA      Holland Bavaria
       Henry       W M 15    S     At Home           LA      Holland Bavaria
       Lawrence    W M 11    S     At School         LA      Holland Bavaria
       Fritz       W M  7    S     At School         LA      Holland Bavaria
       Dora        W F  3    D                       LA      Holland Bavaria

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1870 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, page 254, line 34, continued on page 255

Harvey Henry        53 M W    Cottonweigher    3500     4000    PA
       Josephine    40 F W    Keeping House                     Ireland
       Wm           20 M W    Cotton Clk                        LA
       Alice        18 F W    At Home                           LA
       David        16 M W    At School                         LA
       Mary         14 F W    At School                         LA
       Hattie       12 F W    At School                         LA
       Henry Jr      4 M W                                      LA
    (two domestic servants)

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1870 Louisiana, Orleans Co., New Orleans, page 198, line 31

Stucke Henry       38 M W     Cisternmaker     ---    150    Holland
       Margareth   36 F W     Keeping House                  Bavaria
       Elisabeth   14 F W     At School                      LA
       Sophia      11 F W     At School                      LA
       Emily        8 F W     At School                      LA
       Henry        5 M W                                    LA
       Lawrence     1 M W                                    LA
   (three domestic servants)

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1850 Mississippi, Wilkinson Co., mechanically numbered page 293, line 8

Thos H Oswald  59   m    Planter   $10540    Georgia
Lucy M   "     23   f                        Penn
Alphise  "     13   f                        Miss
Lucy     "      4   f                         "
James    "     16   m                         "
Danl     "     10   m                         "
Joseph   "      7   m                         "
Wm       "      2   m                         "
Chas     "    4/12  m                         "
Luna Hannah    47   f                        Penn
Chas     "     13   m                        N Y

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Joseph Oswald m. Ann Carter
.Susannah Oswald m. Gen. Daniel Stewart
 .Martha Stewart m. James Stephens Bulloch
  .Martha Bulloch m. Theodore Roosevelt
   .THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919), US President

 --- Underwood m. Margaret ---
.Elizabeth Underwood m. John Catlett
 .John Catlett m. Mary Gaines
  .Rebecca Catlett m. Francis Conway
   .Eleanor Rose Conway m. James Madison
    .JAMES MADISON (1751-1836), US President