May 2024 BioBuilders - Any Mother

Question

This month’s Bio Builders theme is Any Mother. Have fun.

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.

Answer 1

I'll work on a few of these this month!

Answer 2

This will be an easier one! 

1. Eliza Peddar nee Smith I went down a rabbit hole with this one!
2. Mary Lawrence nee Read
3. Fanny aka Frances Chrismas nee Spice
4. Elizabeth Campbell nee Jennings
5. Mary Matson nee Back
6. Martha Ayward nee Symonds
7. Susanna Selmes nee Baker pushing myself out of my comfort zone on this one - early modern era where the records are starting to get rather tricky.
8. Elizabeth Reed late Paine aka Payne nee Selms aka Selmes

Answer 3

I will participate again this month. Thanks, Bob, for coordinating this monthly challenge.

1. Caroline A. (Cole) Dunford - mother of 9 children

2. Piety Elonia (Brackin) Metcalf - mother of 8 children

3. Willie Eugenia (Thompson) McHaney - mother of 6 children

4. Bessie E. Missouri (Hildreth) Windham - mother of 3 children

5. Nancy Ann (Campbell) Davis - mother of 8 children

6. Virginia Lee (Armistead) Anderson - mother of 4 children

7. Sarah Geneva (Packer) Parker - mother of 4 children

Answer 4

I will work on some of the mothers on my trusted list and those I added during the thon

1. Ethel Maud (Landon) Byers (1890 - 1991) mother of 1
2. Elizabeth (Ellery) Forder Mother of 3
3. Harriet (Avis) Langridge Mother of 4
4. Caroline (Wilton) Langridge Mother of 9

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Langridge-684

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Langridge-930

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-35909

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-35913

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-35914

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Austin-17732

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cox-46236

Answer 5

Count me in

Answer 6

I’m in.  I’ll add the names later.

Answer 7

I will try this one again this month.

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Money-121 | Martha Lou Money Trogdon

Answer 8

Was busy last month but hope to do some this month, and will start with my direct ancestors and see who needs improvement.

1. Alice (Cosgrave) Ryan (1831 - 1913) - my GG grandmother
2. Catherine (Lynch) Cosgrave (abt. 1809 - 1876) - my GGG grandmother

Answer 9

1. Carlyn (Manasses) Tuft
2. Gladys (Oppenheim) Schein
3. Zona (Goodall) Knauer

Answer 10

I hope to be back  this month, too much else going on to do any the last 2 months.

1Anne Poyle

Answer 11

I'm in!  Just getting everything in WikiTree so I have much to work on.  I'll start with my direct maternal line.

• Katherine Jean Morris
• Beauton Evangeline Haywood
• Lydia Pheneller Hall
• Sara Emmaline Dennis

Answer 12

I've never participated in one of these before, but I'd like to try.  I'll do Ward-44013.

UPDATE:  22 May -- I'm done.  And I learned a lot -- historical adoptions, categories, stickers, inline and source citations, how to use the WTSourcer, oh my!  Here it is now:  Ward-44013

UPDATE:  24 May -- I figured out how to add photos too!

Answer 13

I'll join again this month.

Answer 14

Excellent theme.

1. Rebecah (Wood) Trent

Answer 15

I worked on my great great grandmother's bio for the Appalachia project last week, but I just added a source I didn't realize I was missing because I decided to read what qualifies as being Genealogically Defined. 

!. Ruth Margaret (Combs) Sprake

Answer 16

I'm working on these this month (it's been a while since I've logged any!):

1. Deborah (Hopkins) Ring  
2. Mary (Hopkins) Smith
3. Mary (Kinsley) Willis
4. Lydia (Hathaway) Sissons
5. Hannah (Kinsley) Hayward (working on merge)