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| D Smith (#46792406)
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| Bio and Links | | A family tree enthusiast for a number of years, I have found many people to have been of assistance to me. I enjoy the opportunity to post what information I have, in the event there are others interested in the same families. I am a member of RAOGK for my home town area in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Frank K.
 | RE: Alice Vankoughnet Burgess
I agree with you it should be spelled as it is on the marker, that's why I suggested it. Take a look at the photo and you'll find the same distance between the VAN and KOUGHNET as below between the DAVID and BURGESS. Thanks for your quick response.Added by Frank K. on Mar 04, 2013 8:26 PM | | | Brant Gibbard
 | RE: Ethyl Lydia Burgess #46591563
An update on this one. Jim has just gotten back to me and the information is not straightforward. He does have a birth registration 015563-1879 for a "Lydia Effie" born to David Burgess and Alice Vankoughnet on 27 Jul 1879. That birth date combined with a death date from the stone given as 15 Apr 1904 would indeed match up well with the age at death of 24y 8m also given on the stone. He has not found a birth registration for a Lydia child of Samuel and Mary Ann (although he has found registrations for Jay and Lana/Lena)
BUT the 1881 census also shows a "Liddia E." shown as less than one year old and born in June living with Samuel and Mary Ann. Unfortunately the 1881 census does not indicate relationships between people and the head of the household, so he says if he can find time he will check to see if he can find them in the 1891 census. There is also the possibility that there are two Lydias who are cousins, because an age of less than one year in 1881 would not match with a birth date of 27 Jul 1879. Or there might be one Lydia only staying with an aunt and uncle at the time the 1881 census took place.
The birth registration date and the death date/age at death evidence from the headstone does cause me to still lean towards the Ethel Lydia headstone being one for the daughter of David, but the census does leave open the possibility that there may also have been a second Lydia who was slightly younger and her cousin, a daughter of Samuel. | | |
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