tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post3891161163752849588..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: A Case of Mistaken IdentityOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-68702477137720891862014-12-01T11:50:48.169-05:002014-12-01T11:50:48.169-05:00My great grandfather WAS a bigamist, a US Civil Wa...My great grandfather WAS a bigamist, a US Civil War deserter with a wife in Pennsylvania and a wife and five children, including my maternal grandmother, in South Carolina. <br />What most strikes me about this story is the continuity of association of what seems like two families with a names in common but of different ages, and family structures (the baptisms of the children of "your"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-81825093977768370352013-01-16T16:30:24.705-05:002013-01-16T16:30:24.705-05:00This is amazingly complicated. Quite a puzzle. If ...This is amazingly complicated. Quite a puzzle. If it were me I'd make pin-up notes and photos for a big family-tree-type bulletin board, like detectives do on those cop shows, or like the character Carrie does on "Homeland." You can attach strings for possible connections and see them all at once. Contemplating this kind of "big visual" of the whole picture would help you Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-2260992944254220312013-01-15T08:54:02.965-05:002013-01-15T08:54:02.965-05:00MyHeritage - Is this part of your line: Ellen Phel...MyHeritage - Is this part of your line: Ellen Phelan married 1870 Richard Tobin in Guelph. <br /><br />Richard was the s/o John Tobin and (wait for it!) Sarah McGinnis. John Tobin and Sarah had 8 children, and I have researched all of them.<br /><br />Sarah was either the sister or cousin of my Joseph McGinnis who md. Fanny Downey.<br /><br />Sarah's father John McGinnis lived on land in Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-8434052246024966292013-01-15T02:11:13.527-05:002013-01-15T02:11:13.527-05:00Lorine, my thoughts were WOW! You mentioned Guelph...Lorine, my thoughts were WOW! You mentioned Guelph, Downey and Delia and I quickly needed to do some lookups! My Delia is Delia Welsh, I have a few Downey's from Ontario and Guelph, well, I have a great grand uncle who was born to Elizabeth Fleming (Downey) in Guelph. I have Phelan's also in Ontario who belong to these lines. I do not have McGinnis in my tree at this time, but I did need my Heritage Happenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245411628267355846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-21219571560111199062013-01-13T08:53:50.169-05:002013-01-13T08:53:50.169-05:00These are the mysteries that keep me up at night. ...These are the mysteries that keep me up at night. Good luck. Ancestry Sisters Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01035891246457374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-35073393552790831232013-01-13T08:32:56.106-05:002013-01-13T08:32:56.106-05:00Ancestry Sisters - sadly nothing is known of Fanny...Ancestry Sisters - sadly nothing is known of Fanny Downey. I don't know her siblings or parents. <br /><br />Probate records in early Ontario are few and far between and since she was a very poor Irish washerwoman I suspect she had few resources.<br /><br />There is no will on record for Fanny. The only will I have found for anyone in the family is for her daughter Delia. It is short and Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-86261913952539098612013-01-12T19:42:29.529-05:002013-01-12T19:42:29.529-05:00Great Mystery. Look for obituaries of Fanny's...Great Mystery. Look for obituaries of Fanny's siblings if you know who they are, and also search for probates that might show a will or land transfers in her name. Ancestry Sisters Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01035891246457374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-22315138337000408912013-01-12T18:32:26.677-05:002013-01-12T18:32:26.677-05:00Kathy - good going on your difficult puzzle! I won...Kathy - good going on your difficult puzzle! I won't give up :-)Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-81399192752418490322013-01-12T18:31:56.811-05:002013-01-12T18:31:56.811-05:00Good suggestion Pauleen. I should have mentioned i...Good suggestion Pauleen. I should have mentioned in my blog post that I have traced all Joseph and Fanny (Downey) McGinnis' children to the presesnt. <br /><br />No lightbulbs going off there but it is a great exercise to do. In fact I do that for each generation of my most "important" lines<br /><br />I would like to find out if the OTHER Joseph and Fanny had children and then Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-86366709997424060912013-01-12T18:13:14.778-05:002013-01-12T18:13:14.778-05:00I would start by trying to locate and pin down the...I would start by trying to locate and pin down the adult children and see if that clarifies matters. Good critiquing of your research and analysing the problem. Happy discoveries!Cassmob (Pauleen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397134336319778519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-37823000508810227132013-01-12T14:41:15.370-05:002013-01-12T14:41:15.370-05:00I love how well-organized your research is. I also...I love how well-organized your research is. I also love a mystery like this. I spent 10 years solving one of mine, but it is SO REWARDING if you can finally do it. Happy hunting!Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.com