Tag: Genealogy
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When Facts Collide
My first sentence about an event in the life of John Carroll sounds simple enough: On an exceptionally hot day in June 1863, John Carroll’s mother told her five-year-old son that she would be back soon. However, this sentence has presented me with two conundrums. The first was his age. According to the records of…
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What Have I Got to Prove?
As part of my research for Murray Shipley’s biography, I’ve been exploring the backgrounds of the members of the Trustees and the Board of Lady Managers of the Children’s Home, which Murray is generally credited as founding in 1864. According to contemporaneous newspaper articles, the Trustees included Murray Shipley, Samuel S. Fisher, and Obadiah N.…
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A Quaker by Any Other Name
Many genealogists are thrilled when they discover that they have a Quaker ancestor–not because that confers any particular honor by association, but because Friends are such meticulous record keepers. Quaker meetings keep track of when a person was born to members of that meeting, along with the names of their parents; when and to whom…
Sabrina Darnowsky 