April 2023 BioBuilders - People who died before their 18th birthday

Question

This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is People who died before their 18th birthday.

Be sure to add {{Died Young}} after ==Biography == in the narrative.

You are not limited to profiles on your Watchlist.

Thank you for your support.

Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

• birth date/place
• names of parents
• marriage date/place and spouse name
• names of children, if any
• death date/place

Biography Section:

• Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
• Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
• As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
• Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
• Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
• List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
• Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
• Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
• Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
• Categories.
• Connection to the Global Tree.
• All duplicates merged or initiated.
• Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
• Historical context as related to the person's life.
• Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

NOTE: Biography Builders will not show on the tracker. Please add a list to your answer.

[edited to add link to challenge page]

Comments

Ok - I know that Wikitree+ can help me narrow this down a bit, but I'm a bit confused by all the options. I would really prefer to start with the profiles I manage and branch out from there. Can someone please help me with out? How do I use this to find people who died young in my own profiles? After I finish those, I will do those outside of my managed profiles.

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How do you accomplish this in Wikitree+?

Thank you

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Alicia, have you tried the CC7 app yet? https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/beacall6/cc7_table.php

Add your own WT ID to top left box and give it time to work through your connections

You will then get a table where you can easily see birth and death dates in columns

I can't use WT+ yet either 

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I have looked at my CC7, but it was on this page and :
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:MyConnections

And THANK YOU! I will definitely make use of this. It's completely different than the link I usually use.

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You're welcome!  

I have it open continuously now - it is a great app and you can sort by any column and see where your gaps are too for parents, siblings and dates.

Don't think I'll be getting anything else done now that I know about this app 

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Alicia - your managed profiles with the Died Young template can be found by doing a WT+ search for Manager=Bonner-1839 TemplateFull=Died_Young. Anyone else can do the same thing, but replace her WT ID with yours.

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One more category people can use (or look at): Stillbirth.

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Thanks Melissa!

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Also another place to find profiles would be Children on the Titanic - There were 68 children who perished in the Titanic disaster... Many of them could use connecting, sourcing and biography love!

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We should do a month on surnames that are/variations of adjectives (Hott, Lacy, Boney, Cooley, Gurley, Manly, Gross, Sweet, etc.). Except I'd probably have to stick to orphan profiles that month since most of my watchlist wouldn't work!

Answer 1

I'm hoping to work on a few USBH profiles this month. So far I've done:

1. Ella Mason
2. Bennie B Cotton
3. Ralph Lee
4. Lorenzo Dow Peters Jr.

If anyone else would like to help with the US Black Heritage profiles, there's some in our Needs Biography category here and all of our orphaned died young profiles are here.

Answer 2

1. [[Hutchinson-6040|Frank Mead Hutchinson III (1926-1930)]]
2. [[Hutchinson-11043|Sarah Hutchinson (1837-1839)]]
3. [[Hutchinson-11041|Latitia Hutchinson (1823-1824)]]
4. [[DeHart-825|Elisha Lanier DeHart (1915-1915)]]
5. [[Everett-6392|Alfred C. Everett (1854-1855)]]
6. [[Everett-6391|Rebecca Elizabeth Everett (1836-1851)]]
7. [[Everett-3395|Eliza Everett (1824-1825)]]
8. [[Everett-3280|George Smith Everett (1864-1870)]]
9. [[Everett-3118|May Everett (1900-1900)]]
10. [[Hutchinson-5574|Elsie A. Hutchinson (1888-1904)]] 

Answer 3

I'm not adding {{Died Young}}.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-46

Answer 4

I'm happy to help. Here are five I have done so far, hopefully I can do some more this weekend.

Bradley Edward Winslow

Fredrika Emmert

Irie Thomas Morris

Marcelia Augusta Winslow

Larry Dean Reaves

Answer 5

1. Eleanor Bachmann age 6
2. Carl Christian Andersen age 3 wks
3. Carolina Elise Andersen age 3 wks
4. Emil Bachmann age 2
5. Ann Maria Barnsley age 1
6. Benjamin William Barnsley age about 8 months
7. Dorothy Emily Clara Bell age 5 months
8. Elva Lucile Bonnichsen age 4
9. Ralph Cecil Bonnichsen age 7 months
10. Baby Bonnichsen stillborn
11. Baby Bonnichsen stillborn
12. Unnamed Infant Meilstrup age 10 weeks

Answer 6

I'm a bit late to the party, but count me in! Profiles I created or expanded:

1. Johanna Maria Margaretha de Jong (1900 - 1918)
2. Willem Cornelis de Jong (1911 - 1913)
3. Maria Johanna van Oosten (1884 - 1886)
4. Maria Johanna van Oosten (1886 - 1889)
5. Dirk Jacobus van Oosten (1897 - 1898)
6. Gerardus Johannis Luijnenburg (1869 - 1873)
7. Willemina Jacoba van Loon (1881 - 1885)
8. Emmerentia Jacoba van Loon (1894 - 1895)
9. Cornelis Johannes van Loon (1896 - 1897)
10. Cornelis van Loon (1898 - 1898)
11. Nicolaas Pieter de Jong (1849 - 1859)
12. Martinus de Jong (1852 - 1852)
13. Martinus de Jong (1853 - 1853)
14. Catharina de Jong (1861 - 1861)
15. Johannes de Jong (1864 - 1864)
16. Wijnanda Barendina Catharina Steenwinkel (1846 - 1859)
17. Johanna Maria Steenwinkel (1849 - 1851)
18. Henrikus Franciscus Steenwinkel (1855 - 1859)
19. Wijnanda Bernardina Steenwinkel (1864 - 1866)
20. Aart Luijnenburg (1839 - 1840)
21. Krijn Luijnenburg (1841 - 1842)
22. Willem Luijnenburg (1846 - 1846)
23. Wijntje Luijnenburg (1847 - 1848)
24. Margje van Oosten (1843 - 1854)
25. Willem van Oosten (1850 - 1850)
26. Marrigje van Oosten (1857 - 1857)
27. Adrianus (de Graaf) van Uningen (1839 - 1840)
28. Johannes van Hensen (1840 - 1841)
29. Catharina Johanna van Hensen (1842 - 1844)
30. Lena Catharina van Hensen van Uningen (1845 - 1846)
31. Catharina van Hensen van Uningen (1847 - 1848)
32. Johanna van Loon (1862 - 1864)
33. Simon van Loon (1865 - 1867)

P.S. I'm not so fond of the {{Died Young}} stickers, so I'm skipping those but I am adding Infant_Mortality and Child_Mortality categories.

Comments

I'm not fond of the {{died young}} sticker. I'm happy to know I'm not the only one

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Hi Patrick

Well done for getting so many done. Did you add the mortality categories to the profiles?

Opps, so you did, sorry for a little confused over who posted

Answer 7

I'm building my list for this challenge:

Dale Coffindaffer, died 2 years old, 1937-1939

Mary Jo Hamilton, died 6 years old, 1929-1936

Infant Nutter, died a few hours old, 1893

Answer 8

I'd like to do a few youngsters who died prior to adulthood

Comments

Finding often that there is only a year of birth and death  is this acceptable?

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Hi Anon,

For most of these profiles, the birth or christening and the death record is all that is recorded. I tend to add a bit of detail about the local area or main employment. Also mention a bit about number of siblings, and place the child held in the family ie first born or youngest son. It all helps to build a picture of the family, living conditions etc

Thanks for joining in the challenge

All the best Janet

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Thanks Janet

I've done some

1) Adlard-20 1882-1882

2) Adlard-61 1878-1878

3} Adams-59534 1899-1899

4) Huygens-40 1946 1946

5) Huggard-214 1919 -1910

6) Stock-1822 1914- 1916

7) Stock-1823 1920-1920

8) Stock-1820 1908-1914

9) Phillips-33985 1848-1848

10) Nichols_Vaughan-2 1896 -1896

11)Nicholls-3602 – 1910 -1911

12) Needham-3058 1936-1936

13) Needham-3038 1840-1841

14) Huddy-129 1872-1887

15) Mulligan-1851 1902-1909

16) Harding-7803 1874-1875

17) Hawthorne-1536 1871-1881

18) Hatton-334 1907-1911

19) Harnett-193 1880-1880

20) Harbinson-310 1887-1887

21) Harbison-527 1891-1892

22) Mearns-258 1874-1875

23) McMeekin-137 1900-1900

24) McKeown-870 1929-1930

25) McElhatton-41 1883-1883

26) Galloway-4332 1901-1901

27) McCallion-147 1900-1900

28) McComb-1064 1897-1898

29) Goodwin-7614 1895-1896

30) Swift-5841 1918-1919

31) Lundy-2435 19121-1921

32) Wallace-21560 1916-1916

33) McLoughlin-827 1896-1896

34) Kavanagh-1595 1879-1884

35) Kavanagh-1594 1877-1877

36) Prole-89 1903-1906

37) Forster-3469 1902-1903

38) Bridge-2444 1939-1942

39) Gordon-16078 1888-1888

40) Gordon-16077 1879-1881

41) Sharkey-489 1920-1920

42) Kealy-121 1898-1911

43) Kavanagh-1424 1922-1922

44) Lowther-1038 1916-1917

45) Huddy-130 1879-1887

46) Booth-12026 1897=-1897

47) Torpy-80 1835 – 1935

48) Etherington-1031 1723-1724

49) Etherington-1030 1722-1722

50) therington-1026 1712-1713

51) Hawthorn-485 1898-1898

52) Shufflebottom-48 1869-1876

53) Beach-5971 1898-1898

54) Greene-4849 1897-1898

55) Luckwell-85 1926-1926

56) Luckwell-80 1919-1920

57) Luckwell-76 913-1913

58) Luckwell-81 1920-1922

59) Luckwell-94 1924-1924

60) Franco-281 1910-1912

61) Thompson-29102 1864-1866

62) Thompson-29104 1871 = 1871

63) Thompson-29105 1872-1872

64) Deehan-69 1891-1899

65) Hazelwood-746 1905-1908

66) Hazelwood-750 1916-1917

67) McMillan-5792 1868-1868

68) McMillan-5787 1857-1857

69) McMillan-5790 1864-1865

70) Hazelwood-751 1919-1919

71) Brinkley-948 1920-1020

72) Kirkpatrick-4403 1899-1899

73) Kirkpatrick-4400 1873-1873

74) Kealy-115 1952-1952

75) Galton-115 1727-1727

76) Wallis-3952 1912-912

77) Driver-3615 1884-1884

78) Cogdon-84 1902-1902

79) Cogdon-86 1898-1902

80) Cogdon-92 1884-1884

81) Cogdon-89 1890-1891

82) Brownlow-821 1832-1832

83) Burton-12144 1780-1780

84) Richards-16112 1928-1929

85) Cogdon-71 1909 -1909

86) Cogdon-70 1911-1911

87) Attfield-221 1883-1884

88) Jeffery-2533 1885-1885

89) Jeffery-2532 1887-1887

90) Deehan-71 1904-1905

91) Mack-3686 1850-1850

92) Swift-5991 1891 – 1891

93) Swift-5990 1889-1890

94) Portnell-8 1928-1928

95) Portnell-7 1922-1923

96) Kavanagh-1426 1926-1926

97) Kavanagh-1422 1916-18

98) Lightfoot-470 1853-1860

99) Lightfoot-467 1846-1859

100) Lightfoot-469 1850-1852

101 Lightfoot-462 1889 – 1890

102) Lightfoot-458 1878- 1879

103) Kavanagh-1594 1877-1877

104) Sidebottom-623 1734-1736

105) Tilley-3342 1865-1865

106) Steen-63 1899-1901

Chris

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Wow you did do quite a number, well done.

I didn't get more than a few done, as life kept me busy

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Once I got into the swing of it I just kept finding infants  and young children who sadly didn't make it to adulthood. I found it very sad to discover that families lost several children to such things as Croup or scarlet fever. We are so lucky to be able to access health care when we need it .

Answer 9

I was just working on this and ended up down a very sad rabbit hole with one couple who married in Quebec in 1869. They had 14 children and only 2 lived long enough to be married. All the rest died before age 10. So very sad.

1. [[Robillard-190|Leon Joseph Evariste Robillard (1869-1875)]]
2. [[Robillard-189|Marie Louise Robillard (1871-1871)]]
3. [[Robillard-194|Alphonse Robillard (1872-1872)]]
4. Anonyme (1874-1874) - no profile created yet
5. [[Robillard-197|Joseph Louis Wilfred Robillard (1875-1875)]]
6. [[Robillard-196|Joseph Louis Adrien Robillard (1876-1876)]]
7. [[Robillard-192|Joseph Robert Albert Robillard (1878-1878)]]
8. [[Robillard-195|Marie Anne Albertine Robillard (1881-1881)]]
9. [[Robillard-191|Marie Eulalie Rose Anne Robillard (1884-1884)]]
10. [[Robillard-199|Marie Eva Bertha Robillard (1885-1885)]]
11. [[Robillard-193|Joseph Charles Antonio Robillard (1886-1886)]]
12. [[Robillard-198|Marie Marguerite Alberta Robillard (1890-1890)]]

Answer 10

Polina and Daniel Rowell, along with their four sons, Elias (8), Henry (7), Charles (2), and an infant (perhaps 1), were all lost on the steamer Brother Jonathan shipwreck off the coast of Del Norte County, California on 30 July 1865. The children's bodies were not recovered. Daniel and Polina are buried in Brother Jonathan Cemetery in Crescent City, Del Norte, California. The family were returning to Oregon from Wisconsin on the Brother Jonathan when the boat struck a rock, and only 19 of the 244 souls on board escaped. The entire Rowell family drowned. Elias Buell, the boys' maternal grandfather went to the area where the ship went down to try to identify the bodies of his daughter, her husband, and the four boys. He was able to identify Daniel and Polina's bodies, but though there were bodies of young boys, he had not seen them in some time, and had never seen the youngest, a baby, so he was unable to identify the children. It is assumed that the four boys were buried in a mass grave.

Answer 11

So glad to see a focus on these profiles so they won't be neglected - count me in!

1. Merle George Kline (1924 - 1925)
2. Jacob Wilson Cragle (1848 - 1854)

Answer 12

I have at least 271 that I have created. I am going through them and updating them I will post those I have done before the end of the month.

1. George Rosling (1902 - 1902)
2. Mildred Ward (1912 - bef. 1913)
3. Ann Elizabeth Gadsby (1868 - bef. 1883)
4. Wilfrid Walter Gadsby (1922 - 1924)
5. Lilian May Ward (1893 - 1894)
6. Laura Maud Ward (1896 - 1898)
7. Mary Cullington (bef. 1732 - bef. 1735)
8. Nicholas Cullington (bef. 1737 - bef. 1737)
9. William Cullington (bef. 1737 - bef. 1737)
10. Samuel Cullington (bef. 1744 - bef. 1744)
11. Samuel Cullington (bef. 1748 - bef. 1751)
12. Elianor Bemrose (bef. 1801 - bef. 1802)
13. Jno Bemrose (bef. 1792 - bef. 1792)
14. Susanna Bemrose (bef. 1798 - bef. 1798)
15. Wm Bemrose (bef. 1804 - bef. 1807)
16. Elijah Crowson (1877 - bef. 1877)
17. Marjorie Annie Gadsby (1912 - 1913)
18. Thomas Adlem (bef. 1862 - bef. 1864)
19. Elsie Winifred Andrews (1910 - 1915)
20. Alfred James Emery (1872 - 1873)
21. Helen Louisa Eldridge (bef. 1876 - bef. 1881)
22. James William Light (1884 - 1888)
23. Ellen Taylor (1846 - 1858)
24. Charlotte Whitlock (1849 - 1850)
25. Emma Crowson (1872 - 1873)
26. Sophia Jane Dewey (1872 - bef. 1872)

Comments

There are actually 71 children with the surname Cullington in the list I have that are labelled Died Young. I probably will not get them all updated but they should be in the One Name Study that I currently manage.

Answer 13

First time going to participate in this challenge.
 

1. [[Fuller-2189|Lorna Betty Irene Fuller (1920-1924)]]
2. [[Whynot-215|Perlie Whynot (1901-1916)]]
3. [[Whynot-216|Maybel Whynot (1903-1903)]]
4. [[Rivers-2814|Sarah Maurice Rivers (1913-1915)]]
5. [[Scott-46424|Margaret Estella Scott (1915-1915)]]
6. [[Turnbull-3893|Shirley Olive Turnbull (1945-1945)]]
7. [[Lawn-256|Perry Richard Lawn (1912-1913)]]
8. [[Damon-1288|Douglas Lee Damon (1939-1941)]]
9. [[Beaupre-926|Anne Elizabeth Beaupre (1854-1855)]]
10. [[Baker-42267|Doris Baker (abt.1904-1905)]]
11. [[Plouffe-6467|Jean Jacques Plouffe (1916-1918)]]
12. [[Plouffe-6457|Eddie Théodule Plouffe (1896-1897)]]
13. [[Plouffe-6459|Joseph Lucien Plouffe (1900-1900)]]
14. [[McCulloch-2673|Rebecca Louise McCulloch (1896-1968)]]
15. [[Mcculloch-392|Florence Florrie (Mcculloch) McNaughton (1882-1951)]]
16. [[Mcnaughton-195|Archibald Mcnaughton (1881-1964)]]
17. [[Mcculloch-396|William Gladstone (Mcculloch) McCulloch (1886-1943)]]

Comments

Anyone know why these are not turning into links?

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Unfortunately G2G doesn't use the same software as WikiTree proper, and you have to use the link symbol at the top of the edit box (or ctrl-K) to bring up a form for creating a link.

Answer 14

Mine for this month: 

1. George Felix West d 1833 aged 11 months
2. Lucy Lavinia Davison d 1860 aged 15 months
3. Richard John Davison d 1867 aged 2
4. Beatrice Rachel Davison d 1885 aged nearly 2
5. Mabel Lily Thurlow d 1896 aged 19 months
6. Alexander Henry Thurlow d 1910 aged 14 years 

Answer 15

I did a few:

Clara Belle Gossett https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gossett-1232

Carole Yvonne Maguire (1934-1934) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Maguire-2136

Corbie Rockwell https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rockwell-3386

Catherine Robertson (1930-1930) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robertson-23417

Lois Marie Gossett (1931-1932) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gossett-1308

Saphire Walton (1871-1871) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Walton-9056