April 2024 BioBuilders - Letter ‘A’ Place of Birth

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This month’s Bio Builders theme is Letter ‘A’ Place of Birth. Have fun.

You are not limited to profiles on your Watchlist.

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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.

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Answer 1

Nice Twist! Most of my relatives were born in Alabama, so I shouldn't have any problems coming up with a few to improve.

1. Nancy Jane (Hildreth) Heath - born in Alabama

2. Elizabeth Maye (Heath) Kelsoe - born in Alabama

3. Lois (Beagles) Davis - born in Alabama

4. Narcissa Elizabeth (Cole) Hall Tindol - born in Alabama

5. Ethel L. (Wilson) Bacon - born in Arizona

5. Estelle (Culpepper) Peppers - born in Alabama

6. Dr. William Daniel Mixson - born in Alabama

7. Mildred L. (McHaney) Lauderdale - born in Alabama

8. Anna Eliza Hays - born in Alabama

9. Della Louise (Hildreth) Crosby - born in Alabama

10. Mixson Carroll Byrd - born in Alabama

11. James Augustus Cotter - born in Alabama

12. Eugenia Lucinda (Cotter) Cooper - born in Alabama

13. James Edwin Chancey - born in Alabama

14. Howard A. Coleman - born in Alabama

15. Terrell Pierce Hildreth - born in Alabama

16. Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth - born in Alabama

Answer 2

1. Juana Herrera (Aramberri, Nuevo Leon)
2. Julian Hererra (Aramberri, Nuevo Leon)
3. Maria Cruz Herrera (Aramberri, Nuevo Leon)
4. Maria Juana (Herrera) Hernandez (Aramberri, Nuevo Leon)

Answer 3

I have some ancestors from Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland and I will work on them this month.

Update (30 April): My Ardee profiles were too difficult to source and complete properly and I didn't have much time. My only contribution this month for the challenge, therefore, is an unnamed infant born in Athlone. Hopefully I get more time next month to do more profiles...

1. Unknown Norton - born and died in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland in 1912

Answer 4

I will join again this month. To be clear POB should start with the letter A I suppose (and not simply contain a letter A)?

Profile improved

1. Arie Cornelissen van Woudenberg, born in Ameide
2. Petronilla Welters, born in Aken
3. Abraham Bale, born in Aardenburg
4. Aaltje Adriana den Hamer, born in Axel
5. Cornelia Goor, born in Aarlanderveen

Comments

POB must start with A.

Answer 5

Starting with a family from Alverthorpe (district of Wakefield), Yorkshire. Quite a few of the family listed on the Yorkshire, Unsourced Profiles list. Hoping to fill in some gaps and get profiles created. 

Astin-31, Astin 31, Astin-33, Astin-40

Answer 6

Searching through my Watchlist now.

1. Clarence Oliver Van Meter - Amboy, Illinois, USA
2. Elizabeth (Cunnachie) Ham - Ayr, Scotland
3. Infant McCollum - Atlanta, Louisiana, USA
4. Audie McCollum - Atlanta, Louisiana, USA
5. Paul (Bell) Cottrell - Alton, Hampshire, England

Answer 7

I’m still finishing up my profiles from March.  I will add a couple for April as soon as I’m done ….

Answer 8

I would like to join in.

Answer 9

I will see what I can do this month. I will generate a list of places and then try to remember which relatives were born there 

1. George Smith b. Ash next Sandwich, Kent
2. Richard Foord  b. previously believed to have been born at Aldington, Kent, corrected to Brookland, Kent
3. Stephen Foord b. Aldington, Kent
4. John Ford b. Aldington, Kent
5. Richard Foord b. Aldington, Kent, England

Answer 10

I'll try to participate this month. I think I have a few A's to work on.

1. Joseph Leonce Carriere (1894-), b. Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
2. John Monroe Murray (1858-1933), b. Alabama
3. Thomas H. Murray (1866-1903), b. Alabama
4. Catherine Murray (abt.1864-1917), b. Alabama
5. Mary Avonia Murray (1871-1933), b. Alabama
6. Owen Murray (abt.1856-bef.1908), b. Alabama
7. Azelia Colligan (1892-1972), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
8. William Wayne Gray (1920-1997), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
9. Daisy Dean Killmer (1920-1997), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
10. Bertha Iris Killmer (1917-1998), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
11. Margaret Killmer (1919-2004), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
12. Sophie Killmer (1913-2002), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
13. Myrtle Killmer (1911-1999) - b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
14. Mary Sanchez (1900-1980), b. Ascension Parish, Louisiana
15. Raphael Thompson (1886-1939), b. Acadia Parish, Louisiana
16. Allen Bell Sourita (1878-1954), b. Ascension Parish, Louisiana
17. Marie Josephine Alexandrine Rivet (1869-1952), b. Ascension Parish, Louisiana
18. Georgia Jeanette Mullet (abt.1893-1979), b. Ascension Parish, Louisiana
19. Evela Victoria Sourita (1898-), b. Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Answer 11

For April I will improve

Hannah (Bisby) Sage, born in Addison, Vermont.  

If I have time, I will also work on her Bisby/Bisbee siblings who were also born in Addison, and I will add them to this list.

UPDATE:  So while I was working on improving Hannah's profile, I discovered that the town she was born in was Orwell, Vermont.  At the time I created her profile, I thought Orwell was in Addison County.  I learned that Orwell was in Rutland County until 1847, at which time the town expanded and was annexed by Addison County.   

The upshot is that neither Hannah nor her siblings were born in an "A" location, as I had thought.  I guess this won't count for my Bio Builder this month.  .  I am going to finish improving Hannah, then I will look for another profile. 

Answer 12

I'm in again this month!

Phillip Nicholson - born 1871 in Avon, West Virginia

Answer 13

I'll work on those born in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.

Answer 14

I will join in this month, thanks for the challenge