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<\/a><\/p>\nAudrey does not have a large match with me, but the relatioship is quite distant. As I look at the common matches between Audrey and me, I see three matches with possible common ancestors:<\/p>\n
James shows as Audrey’s uncle.<\/p>\n I couldn’t find my Parker DNA Tree on my laptop, but I found this from a previous Blog in 2024:<\/p>\n Another confusing thing is that Audrey’s Ancestry tree does not gree with this one. James’ tree follows Audrey’s tree but takes the Parker line further back.<\/p>\n Caitlyn is a cousin or half Aunt of Audrey and her tree follows James’ and Audrey’s. Finally, another match in common with Audrey and me is David:<\/p>\n David’s tree only goes back to Robert on that side. As these 4 people match each other quite closely, it stands to reason that they all do or do not descend from Isaac Parker.<\/p>\n As James is a generation earlier than Audrey, I will look at his tree. I will start a floating tree for James and then connect him if it works out.\u00a0 James shows his father David was born in Marion, MA. This is interesting as that is where I live now.<\/p>\n James has this as where David was in 1940:<\/p>\n I am assuming that George, Robert, John and Winnifred were David’s siblings. I think that this is the family in 1930 in South Wareham:<\/p>\n I think that this is the William Herbert Parker I have in my tree:<\/p>\n However, I don’t have enough information in my tree yet to link the two:<\/p>\n Here is some more information on William from findagrave.com:<\/p>\n Here we are back to William Henry Parker Junior, though it certainly seems to be the person in the 1930 Census. I think I need to get his middle name back to Henry.<\/p>\n Here is my improved version of William Henry Parker Junior:<\/p>\n Note that I do not have David. However, I think I have enough information to meld my two trees.<\/p>\n Here is an intersting twist:<\/p>\n According to this obituary, William Parker’s wife was born Grace Parker. I assume that means that William was married twice because I also see this marriage in Brockton in 1905:<\/p>\n Here I have connected the trees:<\/p>\n I think that Wiliam Henry Jr. should have about 10 children, so I am missing some.<\/p>\n Here is an interesting fact. I found this marriage record at findagrave.com:<\/p>\n This states that William Henry was marrying for the first time, yet I have a marriage record for him im Brockton in 1905. No wonder I am having trouble with the genealogy.<\/p>\n This part of the tree seems off:<\/p>\n This is from my 2024 Blog:<\/p>\n Let’s see where my ThruLines are now:<\/p>\n My ThruLines show a William Henry Parker where James and his relatives are. Then I have William H. Parker who I suppose to be the same as William Henry Parker.<\/p>\n Notice the image from my 2024 Blog. This had James as 2nd cousin to Barbara and TD. Now the ThruLines as having a separated William Henry Parker and William H Parker. These leaves a few possibilities:<\/p>\n It occurs to me that there is even another solution. That is that Grace May Parker may descend from Isaiah Parker or another related Parker line.<\/p>\n If #1 is true, then I have messed up that connection by showing that James goes back to Isaiah Parker in my Ancestry Tree.<\/p>\n Let’s look at William Henry Parker born 1886. His parents were William H. and Elizabeth V Bumpus. The 1883 Wareham wedding record for William H Parker and Elizabeth Parker shows that William H was born in Fairhaven and gives these sets of Parents:<\/p>\n That means that my 2023 Blog was correct in not connecting the James Branch to the Parker Line. So, how do I fix this?<\/p>\n Here is the point where my tree is now wrong:<\/p>\n I need to take out this Wililam H Parker and put in the right one. I can try by deleting his parental relationship:<\/p>\n While I’m at it, I’ll add in his correct parents so there will not be later confusion.<\/p>\n One confusing thing happens in 1889. William Henry’s son is named William Herbert Parker:<\/p>\n This is an important detail and a crucial link between TD’s tree and mine.<\/p>\n This is where I use my shared matches between James and me. Here are two hints:<\/p>\n JH and EG are our shared matches and they suggest common ancestors down different colonial Massachusetts lines of Bradford, Hathaway, Snell and Luther.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/h2>\nLooking at James’ Genealogy<\/h2>\n
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More Genealogy Needed<\/h3>\n
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