"Jno." is "John" abbreviated? What a County!"
May I ask, why would it be acceptable to shorten 'John'? Now I know that "Jnoth" is short for "Johnathan", so I guess they created 'Jno' to be consistant.
Still, I say meh.
So anyway, I'm looking into whether the Jno. C. Waitley in my line is the same on FamilySearch's archive entry of John Waitley. They lived at the same approximate time in the same place: Grand, Marion, Ohio. Maud, Jno.'s daughter, is a bit of a loose link in my tree, because I can't find who her husband was. Problem is, FS's record of John Waitley shows seven children, but not Maud. John even has a boy that was born the same year as Maud, 1879. My question is, if they were possible twins, why wasn't Francis (John's son) on the 1879 Ohio Birth Records list?
I've been told before that sometimes stillbirths aren't recorded at all, which actually becomes an annoyance to a fledgling genealogist like myself.
Here's the page I'm working from:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AMaud~%20%2Bsurname%3AWaitley~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22Grand%2C%20Marion%2C%20Ohio%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1879-1879
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Here are the facts as I have them:
FATHER
John Waitley - 1843
MOTHER (Same as Page?)
Sarah L. Waitley - 1851
CHILDREN
Alva B. - 1863
Fred C. - 1866
Ella A. - 1868
Grace E. - 1871
William R. - 1872
Mary - 1874
Francis M. - 1879
MY ANCESTOR
Maud Waitley - 1879
I'm working through this family right now!
ReplyDeleteMaud is Francis M. (b. June19 1879: d. April 7, 1945); married John Lehner 12/20/1893 with her father's permission. John C and Sarah Lavina (Page) Waitley had 9 children, 7 who lived to adulthood. My line is through Addie May ("Mary" in the 1880 census).
I have more information that I'm trying to get into reasonable shape, the hardest part is trying to keep track what name people were using and how it was spelled.
I'm curious, though, to know what information you're starting from, if you know that Maud is John's daughter but not who her husband is. And it seems you have Sarah Lavina already as a Page... hm...
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've posted a list of John and Lavina's children at http://kinfolk.tumblr.com/post/30376940181/children-of-john-c-and-sarah-lavina-page-waitley I'd love to share data!
Sorry, I've been really busy with family. I'll look over my records and get back to you here in the next week or so.
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