tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post8672363060909307631..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Yet Another OmissionJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-81011890640483598512014-07-01T22:21:13.409-07:002014-07-01T22:21:13.409-07:00Wow, Iggy...I can see missing one son, but six of ...Wow, Iggy...I can see missing <i>one</i> son, but six of them? There must have been quite a story behind that omission...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-42614521835223002192014-06-30T11:22:13.343-07:002014-06-30T11:22:13.343-07:00My Great Grandmother's obituary only lists one...My Great Grandmother's obituary only lists one son (she had 7) but only one was there for the funeral. The obituary also badly misspells the married name of her step daughter who I assume was in attendance given she lived in town (reporting her as Mrs. F. N Marvel and not Mrs. F. N. Arnold). Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-74318727788698662962014-06-27T20:51:37.861-07:002014-06-27T20:51:37.861-07:00Your friend's experience is a good one to reme...Your friend's experience is a good one to remember. Thanks for sharing that, Michelle. Especially in the case of the grieving family member also serving as the reporting party, there are so many possibilities for information to get scrambled, omitted, or substituted by outright incomprehensible details.<br /><br />But can you really blame them? There probably isn't any experience more stressful to go through than losing a loved one. That isn't exactly the time to keep cool and think straight. Some might. But not everyone.<br /><br />Just adds to that inspiration to always seek more than one way to corroborate details in our family history research.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-35774182027422337592014-06-27T07:06:18.743-07:002014-06-27T07:06:18.743-07:00That is really odd Jacqi! Often the obituaries re...That is really odd Jacqi! Often the obituaries really do create as many questions as answers, but thank goodness for them and the clues they do provide. (I have a friend that said she realized several years after her father's death that she had the wrong birth date put on her father's headstone!) You just never know...... Michelle Ganus Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238452675846882700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-50615392577214029632014-06-26T21:31:59.941-07:002014-06-26T21:31:59.941-07:00It's situations like your "falling out&qu...It's situations like your "falling out" example that make me wonder about such omissions, Far Side. I haven't written about it yet, but I just found another family obituary in which John is again omitted. Hmmm...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-54160551292746306102014-06-26T09:07:59.862-07:002014-06-26T09:07:59.862-07:00The newspapers only print what they are given eith...The newspapers only print what they are given either from family or the funeral home. For example...we have a friend who was not included in her Mother's obit because they had a falling out 40 years ago...the obit makes it sound like she only had one daughter when in reality she had two. <br />Sometimes the relative giving the info at the funeral hone knows nothing of extended family:( Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.com