Has anyone found a minimum time period that leads to this Research Help suggestion appearing?
I have just come across a Profile / Details page to which the suggestion below has been added. In my example, the husband died in 1933 and the wife in 1936. I have not noticed this appearing on the surviving spouse's page previously, when such a small time frame is involved. Has anyone noticed if it appears if, say, the surviving spouse died even in the following year? I have found the widowed party often has remarried very soon after the demise of their partner, but is this "Research Help" really necessary when the gap between deaths is so small?
Person May Have Another Spouse. There is no evidence of another marriage, but this person lived long enough after the last spouse passed away to marry again.
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I recall a thread where Julia asked a similar question. In her example, there was not even a death date:
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I don't remember ever seeing that hint where there were two death dates. I keep seeing it on couples where there are two birth dates and one death date. I think it assumes some standard lifespan for the spouse with no death and sticks the hint on.
Here's a couple with deaths 13 months apart, no hint: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GYD5-Y4P.
There may be an assumed "marriage span" in there, because that person's parents died 14 years apart, but have no hint: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GVSL-L2G. Perhaps it doesn't make that particular suggestion if the surviving spouse is over 50?
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Thank you for your example, Julia. Here is mine, which I have purposely refrained from dismissing, for the time being.
See https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GY6N-9Y2
Yes, maybe there is an age factor involved, as she was under 50 at the time of the spouse's death.
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I recall dismissing one for a direct line ancestor. My 3rd greats died within 3 weeks of each other, with Jonathan dying on 18 January and Elizabeth, on 10 February. The algorithm suggested that Jonathan, who died first, might have had another spouse. I dismissed with a rather tart remark.
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