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MAKING ASSUMPTIONS
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Angela | Report | 15 Sep 2005 09:17 |
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Very true, Jess, but what do we do? Take the information as being correct (which it may or may not be) when we can find nothing else, or give up on that particular line? This one is my main one! How sure can we ever be that our information is correct? |
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The Bag | Report | 15 Sep 2005 09:06 |
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without sounding picky , that is a very unusual spelling of Joice, which would lead me to believe that if it was the correct spelling, then it would tie things up in my mind. (Joyce being the usual spelling) Jess |
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The Bag | Report | 15 Sep 2005 09:04 |
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If anyone remembers Laird, he had a saying which always made me smile. break down the word ASSUME = Ass U me (an assumption often made and ass out of us both!!) Jess x |
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Angela | Report | 15 Sep 2005 09:04 |
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William and Joice Beard had children in Ipstones, Staffs between 1785 and 1795. Death of a William and Joice in Ipstones giving ages of death. Two Williams born in Ipstones 1741 and 1751 to different parents. Date of death coincides with the second one. William born 1741 no death or marriage in Ipstones. Name of first son born to William and Joice was Joseph - the name of the father of the William born in 1741. The only marriage of a William and Joice found is in 1779 in Walton on Trent, Derbyshire - William Beard and Joice Abbot. The right one? Joice was not a very common name at the time. Walton is quite a distance from Ipstones (20 miles?). No birth for a Joice Abbot in Walton. A Joice Bott born in Alton (near Ipstones) in the right year for the age of death of Joice who died in Ipstones. No marriage anywhere else for Joice Bott. Opinion, please!!! |
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Angela | Report | 15 Sep 2005 08:57 |
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I know that at times we all have to bite the bullet and decide whether to assume that some information we have is correct without any real proof, but wouldn't it be nice to have a second opinion? I wanted to start this threat so that we can post our 'assumptions' and see whether other people think that we are barking up the right tree. I will start you off with one of mine ... see below |
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