First spouse who died is misattributed to many of the second spouses children. Too big to fix "?
Mary Anna Page Mary Anna PageFemale1883–1946•GYGY-1B5 was born in 1883. She was the daughter of Doc Franklin Page and Nancy Hardison. She married W.E. Whitten in 1898.<ref>I"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-QD5X : Thu Jul 18 13:57:47 UTC 2024), Entry for W E Whitten and Mollie Page, 02 Nov 1898.e</ref>
From that marriage came Wiley Whitten. Mary then married Joseph Franklin Turknett, Joseph Franklin TurknettMale21 December 1872 – 20 April 1946•KZVL-SJP whose wife, Mary Anna "Molly" Boshers Mary Anna "Molly" BoshersFemale1876–1898•K836-ZZFhad died in 1898 [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K836-ZZF]
Mary PAGE (perhaps also called Mollie) married Frank in 1903 and they combined their households.
The 1910 Census shows
Frank Turknett Head Male 38 Texas
Mollie Turknett Wife Female 27 Texas (this is really MARY, born in 1883. MOLLIE IS DEAD)
Two children which were his by his previous wife, Mary Anna "Molly" Boshers:
Stella Turknett Daughter Female 15 Texas
Mittie Turknett Daughter Female 13 Texas
Mary Page's child by W.E. Whitten:
Wiley Turknett. Son Male 10 Texas (actually his legal name was Whitten)
And these three by their marriage:
Grace Turknett Daughter Female 5 Texas (married Grozier)
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145719178/grace_thomas_grozier]
Cordie Turknett Daughter Female 3 Texas (Sarah Cordelia) ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117197035/sarah_cordelia_mcclelland]
Richard Turknett Son Male 1 Texas [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67959826/richard-allen-turknett][https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWV3-6CH]
Raymond Franklin was born in 1921. His birth certificate clearly states mother as Page [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXMW-Y3M] [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86677563/raymond_frank_turknett]
The 1930 Census shows Mary Ann living with her husband and their children Richard, 21 (above) <ref>"United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H551-Q3Z : Thu Mar 07 15:46:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank J Tucknett and Mary A Tucknett, 1930.</ref>
Clifford Edward [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31085375/clifford_edward_turknett]
Joyce Florence [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31087166/joyce_florence_curry]
Odessa A, 14 [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39207184/odessa-garrett]
Not shown in this census was Wayne Nathaniel Turknett, who was born in 1934 and died in 1925. [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67960602/wayne_nathaniel_turknett]
Oleta M, 10 (Margaret Oleta Turknett Noble [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31101042/margaret_oleta_noble]
and Raymond F, 9 [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86677563/raymond_frank_turknett]
Mary passed away 27 Nov 1946 (aged 63). She is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Eastland County, Texas, USA <ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31086534/mary_ann_turknett</ref>
== Sources ==
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NOTE: I know that FAG is not really recognized as a source, but Family Search is totally messed up on this family and the kids are mostly misattributed to a parent who died years before. I don't have the skill to fix it. I hope someone can straighten this out. I tried. Thank you
"Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ64-TZ2 : 24 May 2014), Mollie Turknett, 27 Nov 1946; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 49599, Eastland, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
Name Mollie Turknett
Death Date 27 Nov 1946
Death Place Eastland, Texas
Certificate Number 49599
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Thanks. I will start again tomorrow. There has to be an easier way to add sources to the new correct spouse once I've removed them from the dead spouse. I want to learn how. Your help Is appreciated - I'm just tired and cranky?
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Switching out one spouse for the other for a whole family can be time-consuming and a bit fiddly, but it's not difficult.
This Help Article spells out the process step by step: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/2/26/FT-09_Correcting_Relationships_in_Family_Tree_A_Mann_2016-2909214-I_Oct_2016_JMR.pdf
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"… I know that FindAGrave is not really recognized as a source … "
Says who? It depends what you're looking at in FindAGrave. If you're looking at an image of a gravestone, I see no problem with that. (OK, gravestones can carry errors but so can official certificates…)
Where it gets very dodgy is if you start looking at potted biographies - since they usually don't have any sources listed, who knows where the info comes from? Treat such text as a (possibly very valuable) hint.
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Well I did the best I could. Getting the sources to transfer from the first wife (a Mollie who died in 1898) to the second wife, also sometimes called Mollie was beyond me. I value Family Search, but what a cumbersome program
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You might try posting in the Southern States research group. Perhaps someone there will have the interest and free time to help sort out the profiles.
I have too many other similar projects at the moment.
Best of luck.
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@LindaRowntree just checking to see if you were able to resolve your problem with transferring sources?
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@LindaRowntree I invested a little time while waiting for supper and gave my best effort to sort it out. Doesn't look too bad, but as your most familiar take a look and 'adjust' as needed…
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