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The preformatted text that my genealogical software generates for the children of a couple is pretty sparse. It basically says they were born and they died. I guess I could leave it at that, but I at least want to leave some bread crumbs for anyone who comes across my book as a reference guide.

I have two children of Gabriel and Nancy Cox left to biography. Can I use that word as a verb? The online dictionary doesn’t provide a definition as a verb. Oh, well. I’m going to do it anyway. As I said, I have two left. They will be short. Then I need to justify why I believe Gabe and Nancy are John’s parents since I have not located any documents linking them together.

This week Ancestry gave me three new errors to resolve. I have 5281 errors in the tree–380 possible duplicates, 4294 with no documents, 607 other errors.

  • My first record to tackle this week was for Orele Duncan, a 4th cousin 2x removed. The system thinks she is a duplicate record. She is not. She had a twin sister. Unfortunately, Orele fell ill in late 1918 and died. Maybe from the Spanish Flu, although that is merely speculation.
  • Record number two, is Therese Reaume Parent, the wife of a 2nd cousin 6x removed. She had no sources attached. She is from my French-Canadian line so I was a bit worried. Luckily, the Canadian Find-A-Grave was not blocked on the US subscription plan.
  • My last record to fix this week appears to be a 5th cousin 2x removed who is likely a living minor. I can only guess when they were born from their parents’ marriage date and their great-grandmother’s obituary.

This week in the past…
I’d like to take an opportunity to celebrate the anniversaries of births, marriages, and deaths of my bloodlines which will occur during the week ahead.
345 years ago – marriage of Michelle Garnier (9th ggm) and Jean Chevalier (9th ggf)
283 years ago – birth of Joseph Coppock (5th ggf)
225 years ago – birth of Rachel English Caywood (4th ggm)
195 years ago – marriage of Nancy Cunningham (4th ggm) and Henry Thompson (4th ggf)
178 years ago – death of Ellinor Johnson Roderick (4th ggm)
160 years ago – marriage of Suzanne Board Catt (4th ggm) and James Cheshire (her 2nd husband)
131 years ago – birth of Blanche Cox DeMoss (ggm)
129 years ago – death of Sarah Roderick Thompson (3rd ggm)
88 years ago – marriage of Edeine Fielden (gm) and Samuel T. DeMoss (gf)

Goals and progress…
Beginning of Week: 27,761 people
End of Week: 27,769 people
Change = +8 person
Tasks for coming week:

  • Continue editing and footnoting the bio of Gabriel and Nancy Cox and their children.
  • Start writing the discussion of indirect evidence supporting Nancy and Gabriel are the parents of John S Cox.