tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post3133319855857378925..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: One Small Problem . . .Jacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-64740389432162187082021-04-28T22:28:11.133-07:002021-04-28T22:28:11.133-07:00That is definitely on my "shopping" list...That is definitely on my "shopping" list for documents to locate, once we are able to get back to research the way we used to do it. However, I don't have much hopes for missing portions of Anthony's will. While there is obviously one executor's name missing from the will, as for Mary's motherless children, Mary's husband long outlived her, and married again within a few years of her passing, so I doubt there would be any guardianship issues.<br /><br />However, depending on the laws of that state when Anthony died, there may have been some requirements for her portion to be passed on to her own heirs, and that is something I'll definitely want to check out. There's always something else.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-75816216843933919142021-04-28T22:22:15.981-07:002021-04-28T22:22:15.981-07:00Oh, you know it is, Miss Merry! It's just a ma...Oh, you know it is, Miss Merry! It's just a matter of getting to it. Someday...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25420791447247879652021-04-27T17:42:37.378-07:002021-04-27T17:42:37.378-07:00I take it you are still working from a typed copy ...I take it you are still working from a typed copy of Anthony's will? When the FHCs reopen, you really need to check the original will and the probate records. You could hope that the typed copy is a barebones transcript with an error - the original will names the children of his deceased daughter Mary and not just his daughter Mary that is in the transcript. The probate might help clear up if she was deceased or not.<br /><br />If the transcript is not in error, then maybe he did not know Mary was deceased. They might have been estranged! <br /><br />Have you checked the guardianship records in the county where Mary died? If her children were their grandfather's heirs, then William Gordon might have taken the extra precaution of having himself made their guardian so that he could present their interests in their grandfather's estate. kdduncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02324473106970005553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-55767072965278807082021-04-27T07:28:05.456-07:002021-04-27T07:28:05.456-07:00Gosh, that illusive record is out there somewhere!...Gosh, that illusive record is out there somewhere!!!Miss Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691152819794851137noreply@blogger.com