Emauett Brannan was the child of James Grant Brannan and Nellie Lee Stimson Brannan. James Grant Brannan is buried next to Emauett and theirs are the only Brannan graves this writer found in Eagle Cliff Cemetery. His proper name is believed to have been James Emmett Brannan. Most likely he went by the name Emmett, as would have been common to differentiate him from other family members with the same first name, and his name was misspelled on his marker.
The Washington State digital archives shows a death record for a James Emmett Brannan with different parents, but it appears to be a mistake. This writer's opinion is the state archivists took the assumption of a researcher as fact when it was merely an erroneous and illogical assumption based on the death of a child in more urban western Washington and no record for this child buried in wilderness eastern Washington, so she put them together. When state libraries do not do diligent verification, they end up containing mistakes.
A lack of records for children born, died, and buried in wilderness areas was not uncommon.
The Washington State digital archives shows a death record for a James Emmett Brannan with different parents, but it appears to be a mistake. This writer's opinion is the state archivists took the assumption of a researcher as fact when it was merely an erroneous and illogical assumption based on the death of a child in more urban western Washington and no record for this child buried in wilderness eastern Washington, so she put them together. When state libraries do not do diligent verification, they end up containing mistakes.
A lack of records for children born, died, and buried in wilderness areas was not uncommon.
Emauett Brannan was the child of James Grant Brannan and Nellie Lee Stimson Brannan. James Grant Brannan is buried next to Emauett and theirs are the only Brannan graves this writer found in Eagle Cliff Cemetery. His proper name is believed to have been James Emmett Brannan. Most likely he went by the name Emmett, as would have been common to differentiate him from other family members with the same first name, and his name was misspelled on his marker.
The Washington State digital archives shows a death record for a James Emmett Brannan with different parents, but it appears to be a mistake. This writer's opinion is the state archivists took the assumption of a researcher as fact when it was merely an erroneous and illogical assumption based on the death of a child in more urban western Washington and no record for this child buried in wilderness eastern Washington, so she put them together. When state libraries do not do diligent verification, they end up containing mistakes.
A lack of records for children born, died, and buried in wilderness areas was not uncommon.
The Washington State digital archives shows a death record for a James Emmett Brannan with different parents, but it appears to be a mistake. This writer's opinion is the state archivists took the assumption of a researcher as fact when it was merely an erroneous and illogical assumption based on the death of a child in more urban western Washington and no record for this child buried in wilderness eastern Washington, so she put them together. When state libraries do not do diligent verification, they end up containing mistakes.
A lack of records for children born, died, and buried in wilderness areas was not uncommon.
