Charlotte Elizabeth Benson G4Z7-7PW
FS will not allow me to seal this child to her parents. Her father Andrew Benson has a death date which is prior to her birth. I feel this date is in error. There are 2 sources which I have added (Her marriage record in 1898 and her death certificate in 1933) which clearly state her father is Andrew Benson and mother Elizabeth BAIRD.
A possible duplicate is Lizabeth Charlotte Benson LVCM-XQX. This person's mother is listed as Bessie BOND. If you look at the original hand-written record, you can easily make out the name as Bessie BAIRD. The indexer must have made an error in typing the name as Bond. This sealing to parents was allowed because there is no death date on the father Andrew Benson.
What should I do?
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We understand that you cannot reserve the Sealing to Parent for Charlotte Benson because there is a data problem showing that her father died before she was born. The data problem needs to be addressed in order to reserve the sealing to parent ordinance.
We looked at the sources attached for Charlotte. We see that she is the child of Andrew Benson and Elizabeth Benson in the 1871 census in Canada. This Andrew Benson was born in 1835. The Andrew showing in the tree was born in 1803. There are no sources for this Andrew. Perhaps her father is a different person who was not born in 1803 nor died in 1860.
Also take a look at the marriage record for the duplicate Charlotte. There is an image. Look at the handwriting for her parents names. It almost looks like her mother was was transcribed incorrectly as Bond when it looks more like Baird. The duplicate Charlotte also has the same 1871 census attached to her record.
You can look at the sources and decide if the two Charlotte's are the same person. The details for Charlotte's husband and children have much more detail in the duplicate record.
Here is a link to an article in our Help Center that will give you some ideas on how to decide whether two records are duplicates.
Decide whether to merge duplicates in Family Tree • FamilySearch
Here is a link to an article the discusses merging duplicate records.
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After having looked at these records, it looks like G4Z7-7PW and LVCM-XQX could possibly be duplicate records, but the available data isn't definitive. It's possible that the handwriting in the record says Baird but it's also possible that it says Bond.
However, that still doesn't resolve the fact that the father's death date is 4 years prior to the child's birth.
Some suggestions:
- Another user, who identifies himself/herself as "Artifact," has also been working this record, including merging records. Perhaps making contact with this person may be helpful to obtain more information.
- There are significant discrepancies in the birth and death dates of the child's father, Andrew Benson. Further definitive proof of these dates would help determine whether of not the merged records were indeed of the same Andrew Benson, or another person by the same name. If he died in 1860 then he can't be the father of Charlotte Elizabeth. But if he died in 1869, then he can. Researching Canadian death records may be helpful.
Perhaps the FamilySearch Wiki would be a good place to find death records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Online_Genealogy_Records
Once you've been able to definitively identify the correct parents, with correct birth and death dates, then you should be able to reserve ordinances, (or merge records with one where the ordinances have already reserved/done.
Good luck! :)
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Hi uunurse2000.
I have done some research and found that your Andrew Benson was still alive in 1891. This was shown in an 1891 Census for Ontario Canada. Andrews Father was born in Ireland. Elizabeth or Bessie's parents were born in Ireland. Andrew 55 and Elizabeth 49 and Elizabeth daughter was 27. This correlates with her marriage to William Pollard in 1898 when she was 35 years of age.
The 1881 Census is also valuable where is show 4 children and Lizabeth Benson was 18 Years. They were of Irish decent.
With this correction to Charlotte it all makes more sense to me and if you feel that this is correct, Charlotte could then be sealed to her Correct Parents.
It seems the wrong Andrew was connected to Bessie Baird. It will be interesting to see who Andrew Benson born abt 1836 Irish parents are!!
Hope this Helps.
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