tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post1573810592502326809..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Confusion Despite Official DocumentsJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-73152216869348650842014-01-15T22:48:52.526-08:002014-01-15T22:48:52.526-08:00I was serious about going back to those source doc...I was serious about going back to those source documents. As blurry as the copy of the document is, itself, I wanted to add it to this post...just to make sure <i>I</i> wasn't the one making the transcription error :)<br /><br />I got the copy from the proverbial "Some Kind Soul" who lived in or near Erwin, Tennessee. Unfortunately, the clipping wasn't labeled with publication information. I'll just have to add those small details to my "to do" list for whenever I get a chance to travel to eastern Tennessee...someday...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-74712832290481547942014-01-14T22:23:54.338-08:002014-01-14T22:23:54.338-08:00Thanks, Far Side, for checking that. I knew you wo...Thanks, Far Side, for checking that. I knew you would know that!<br /><br />Well...someone obviously transcribed something wrong. Back to the source documents, I suppose.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-74852163063322032152014-01-14T22:22:08.843-08:002014-01-14T22:22:08.843-08:00Yes, Iggy, that little confirmation of the three c...Yes, Iggy, that little confirmation of the three children certainly was not lost upon me. And yes, I think of that link to the judge you had shown me a few days ago. It is quite likely--I've been thumbing through the boxes of photographs, just hoping those tell-tale school photos would appear (the ones I told you about). I'm hoping something will clear up this mystery...but all in good time, I'm sure...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-60463578345889643702014-01-14T22:19:21.212-08:002014-01-14T22:19:21.212-08:00As mundane as their topics often are, personal let...As mundane as their topics often are, personal letters are such a surprising way to get drawn into the life story of our relatives--and sometimes, of mere strangers. I can totally understand how you would feel that way about the Civil War soldier, Wendy. Funny how we become their invisible companions, cheering for them all the way on what little bit of their life's journey we've stumbled upon.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-72307052458861896572014-01-14T22:16:20.962-08:002014-01-14T22:16:20.962-08:00Haz, that is a good point--made even more likely b...Haz, that is a good point--made even more likely by the discovery that his own heritage was from Scotland, too. He, himself, may have expected to be the one to take care of these matters for his mother-in-law.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25746095961933599992014-01-13T20:39:05.867-08:002014-01-13T20:39:05.867-08:00Well, Thursdays in July were the 5, 12, 19 and 26t...Well, Thursdays in July were the 5, 12, 19 and 26th in 1962. So the Erwin newspaper is wrong??..but the funeral home and the Death Certificate is correct. July 9..was it transcribed wrong? Makes me want to go visit that cemetery:(Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-19317267204061627352014-01-13T10:18:26.589-08:002014-01-13T10:18:26.589-08:00Here in Scotland, the always seems that the neares...Here in Scotland, the always seems that the nearest male relative went to the registrar and dealt with death details, so it seems normal that her son in law did it. In one of my case a nieces husband who knew nothing did it and mixed everything up. Only because I knew the relationship can I confirm I have the right death cert.Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695017920054989927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-73814115422992110892014-01-13T07:55:05.562-08:002014-01-13T07:55:05.562-08:00The letter - even with the "pain" it bri...The letter - even with the "pain" it brings - opens a small window into this woman's world - and also added to what we know - like the daughter having three children BY 1962 (some of them must have been born before that! - perhaps the Judge in Montana...)<br /><br />I did find myself "pulling for her". I got a sense of her character and thought, "the world needs this woman."Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-90230099157785463192014-01-13T04:30:56.178-08:002014-01-13T04:30:56.178-08:00Somehow in this breach of social etiquette reading...Somehow in this breach of social etiquette reading someone else's mail, we start to "like" the writer, become their "friend," and when the letters stop, we feel a sense of loss. What is the word for that moment of awareness when you realize "it's over"? Right now I'm feeling the same way I did when I read the last letter written by a Civil War soldier to his wife even though I knew from the introduction to the series that he was killed on the battlefield. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com