October 2022 BioBuilders - People who married in October

Question

This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is People who married in October.

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.

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[edited to add link to challenge page]

Comments

Is there a way to search for profiles with an October marriage date (on your watchlist or otherwise)? Or can it only be done by looking at each profile?

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The pull down menu under My WikiTree (upper right top on any profile you are on). Click Anniversaries. It will list, by date, all the births, marriages, and deaths for the current month.

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I click on the Anniversaries list, too.  Then I go one step further and click on "Find on the Page" link in my browser's settings drop-down.

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Thank you!

Answer 1

I'll try to get some done this month if I can!

1. Mary Ann Holland nee Hill m. 22nd October 1860
2. George Hollond aka Holland m. 22nd October 1860
3. Emma Leeves nee Morris(s) m. 11th October 1873
4. Ellen Gower late James nee Rufus, AKA Hughes m. 1st husband 30th October 1854
5. George Evan James m. 30th October 1854
6. Mary Smith nee Solley m. 2nd October 1784
7. Jane Baldwin aka Small nee Rogers bigamously m. 28th October 1876
8. Charles William Bremner m. 6th October 1934
9. Louisa Molloy nee Smith m. 10th October 1869
10. Charles Molloy aka Lawrence m. 10th October 1869
11. John Fenwick m. 15th October 1881
12. Jane Sinzig/Fenwick nee Micklewright m. 15th October 1881
13. Robert Damer m. 23rd October 1809
14. Sabera aka Zebra aka Debra Damer nee Bower m. 23rd October 1809
15. Dinah aka Ann aka Martha Smith aka Clifford aka Doble aka Brown aka Laines nee Lanes a very complicated lady! m. 12th October 1891
16. John Smith m. 12th October 1891
17. George Henry Turner m. 12th October 1872

Comments

I am very new and haven't tried any of the building challenges. Considering I have two uncles, one blood, one not, born Oct 1st. It seems like a logical place to start. Do I need to add anything else to make it count?

Thanks, LeAnna Blose

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Hi LeAnna and welcome! Firstly, this month's challenge is people who were married in October. 

Take any profile of someone who was married in October and add as much sourced information as possible. Try to find sources for birth date/place, baptism, marriage, residences, occupation, death/burial date/place, details of parents & children and anything else you can find (eg. Military, newspapers). The more details you can add, the better. Here are examples of a couple of my favourite completed profiles James Henry Mitchell and Mary Smith nee Solly

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Michelle, the profiles you gave as examples are extraordinary!

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Thanks! If you can find newspaper reports for an ancestor, it can add so much more, but unfortunately most people didn't get mentioned. Most of mine were ag labs lol

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Michelle, I agree! I love Newspapers.com and other newspapers archives and search them for everyone I profile.

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I spent 20 years thinking my ancestor Sarah Smith had abandoned her husband and family, and with the surname Smith, searching for her seemed impossible, then by chance I found a newspaper entry for her husband George, being summoned for not paying maintenance for her - seemed he had her committed to a mental asylum in another county! 

Answer 2

Will try to get at least one done this month.

1. Mildred Corinne Hansen married 1 Oct 1934 
2. Clayton Harold Sader married 1 oct 1934

Answer 3

1. Maria de Jesus Aros
2. Eduardo Ochoa
3. Olive Mabel (Alner) Reiter
4. Harold Erich Reiter
5. Jesse Jones Pyles
6. Jessie Irene (O'Neill) Pyles
7. Francis Edward Morriss
8. Maryann (Schatz) Morriss
9. Dorothy Mae (Scott) Smither
10. Luby Leroy Smither
11. Sabra (Spivey) Charles
12. Wallace Charles
13. Dora Francis (McDowell) Vader
14. William Franklin Vader
15. Nicolas Zamora
16. Estella (Olivarez) Arjona
17. Tiburcio Castillo
18. Pascuala (Villanueva) Castillo
19. Francisco Trevino
20. Cora Lee (Estimbo) Trevino
21. Lewis Paul Rush
22. Charles Franklin Howe
23. Jesse Evans
24. Anne (McConnico) Evans
25. Victorio Villanueva
26. Maria Petra (Banda) Villanueva
27. Manuel Garcia
28. Jose Blanco
29. Maria del Rosario (Arjona) Blanco

Answer 4

OK - found one for sure and a couple with potential. On it, after S-a-Thon

Answer 5

I’ll do a few again this month.

Charles Colwell https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colwell-453

Annah (Taft) Colwell https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taft-386 

John Kufus https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kufus-3

Olive L. Alddrich https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aldrich-1051

Beman Gates Dawes https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dawes-445

Bertie O. (Burr) Dawes https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burr-1321

Abby Ann (Burgess) Aldrich https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burgess-4117

Answer 6

I enjoyed September's BioBuilders topic very much.  I'm game to add a few loving couples this month.

1. Howard Gilbert Brophy and Dorothy Evelyn (Greene) Brophy-Hamilton were married on October 1, 1950 (to 7 Jun 1994)
2. Caleb Wright and Betsey (Kneeland) Wright exchanged vows on 2 October 1839 (to 21 Nov 1869)
3. Stella Alexander married George Alexander on the 4th of October
4. Harlow Frost married Eliza Wright Frost on 08 Oct 1838

Answer 7

My own wedding anniversary is 11 October. My own profile and that of my husband are already completed.

1. Roenie Jeter (Gilcrease) Alexander (profile created) - married 01 Oct 1844

2. Clinton Lang Tompkins (profile improved) - married 1 Oct 1921

3. Rufus William Clark (profile improved) - married 02 Oct 1927.

4. Minnie Mae (Farris) Clark (profile created; 2nd wife of Rufus William Clark)  - married 02 Oct 1927.

5. Yancey Cader Parker (profile created - married 02 Oct 1942)

6. Mary Evelyn (Mixson) Parker (profile improved - married 02 Oct 1942)

7.Cola (Grace) Gautney (profile improved - married 05 Oct 1929)

7. Houston Gautney (profile created - married 05 Oct 1929)

8. Matthew Warner Cotter (profile created - married 09 Oct 1941)

9. Mary Alice (Mills) Cotter (profile created - married 09 Oct 1941)

10. Nellie (Bailey) Guthrie (profile created - married 30 Oct 1915)

11. John Henry Griffin (profile created - married 10 Oct 1942)

12. Mary Julia (Flowers) Griffin (profile created - married 10 Oct 1942)

13. Archie Robert Spires (profile improved - married 03 Oct 1900)

14. Martha Susan Cicero (Wise) Spires (profile improved - married 03 Oct 1900)

15. Mattie Lee (Curenton) Mills (profile improved - married 12 Oct 1919)

16. Sophia Jeanette (Lang) Adkinson Delmar (profile improved - married 05 Oct 1913)

17 Julia Lois (Baker) McFarland (profile improved - married 15 Oct 1948)

18. Lillian Lee (English) Pate (profile created - married 29 Oct 1919)

Comments

Nelda,

Works for me, but you should try for more records. The more proof, the better.

Bob

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Thanks for the feedback, Bob! Everything I could find which mentioned Roenie is presented on the profile. My relatives, especially on the Gilchrist/Gilcrease/Kilcrease side, were not very good at leaving paper trails. I agree with you--the more documentation the better.

Answer 8

I'll try to get a few done:

1.  Allie Ray Watson https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Watson-22617
2. Jacob "Lige" Beasely https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beasley-4532
3. Harriet Griffing https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Griffing-177
4. John David Hughes https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hughes-16266
5. Jewel Robinson Moss https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Robinson-30452
6. Jacob Elijah Beasley https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beasley-4532
7. John Moss https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moss-6059
8. Maryanne Caroline Heath https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heath-5751

Comments

Your profiles are terrific!

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Thank you so much, Nelda! I appreciate that

Answer 9

I hope I do better this month.

Answer 10

Excellent!  This helps me in my massive project to make sure all of my Watchlist is in good order.  They aren't.  So, this focuses my attention.  I have several for this month and will post accordingly.  This is my first time doing this, so bear with me!

Thanks!

10 Oct 1883 Rollie East married Margaret Wright - both have been updated

11 Oct 1780 William Drew married Eunice Howard - both have been updated

16 Oct 1809 Mark Merritt married Margaret Merritt - both have been updated

22 Oct 1885 Sam Land married Emma McElroy both have been updated!

24 Oct 1866 William Bartlett married Mary Bartlett both have been updated!!

I met the challenge!!!  Yeah!!

Bob

Answer 11

I'll work on some this month!

1. Alanson Coleman Connolly, m. 18 Oct 1865
2. Oscar Quebedeau, m. 26 Oct 1869
3. Catherine Lagrange, m. 26 Oct 1869
4. Elizabeth Joan Barnhisel, m. 12 Oct 1957
5. Ezra Arlen Barnhisel, m. 12 Oct 1922
6. Leah Marie Houck, m. 12 Oct 1922
7. Francois Rivette, m. 13 Oct 1823
8. Marie Sidonie Guidroz, m. 13 Oct 1823
9. Nancy Thompson, m. 14 Oct 1849
10. Cornelius Barnhisel, m. 14 Oct 1849
11. John Barnhisel, m. 15 Oct 1913
12. Mary Louisa Neff, m. 15 Oct 1913
13. Philogene Comeau, m. 18 Oct 1858
14. Marie Elisabeth Rivet, m. 18 Oct 1858
15. Lucius Tyler Alford, m. 19 Oct 1909
16. Stella Caliste Wells, m. 19 Oct 1909
17. Victorin Landry, m. 20 Oct 1856
18. Marguerite Elizabeth Rivet, m. 20 Oct 1856
19. Pierre Nicols Blanchard, m. 30 Oct 1867
20. Marie Alida Landry, m. 30 Oct 1867

Answer 12

 Thomas Jefferson Lukens is the first one I will try as well as his wife.

Comments

I finished Thomas. He was a cousin of mine.

Answer 13

Here is my contribution for October:

1. Gordon Miller - married October 24, 1938
2. Margaret (Knox) Miller - married October 24,1938
3. Sanford Robinson - married October 8, 1872
4. Ermina (Delap) Robinson King - married October 8, 1872 and October 4, 1895
5. Joseph King - married October 4, 1895
6. Jens Peder Meilstrup - married October 3, 1823
7. Elisabeth (Jensdatter) Meilstrup - married October 3, 1823

Answer 14

Yes, I'll go again. Have about 3 families I was working on last month that I can continue in Oct for marriages now. One man married twice in Oct, 20 years apart.

I like that this challenge seems to help me get profiles in better shape because how I think about them is changing.

Sarah Yearley  2 Oct 1734

Daniel Lyons/Rebecca Barker  6 Oct 1799

Daniel Lyons/Anna Smith  19 Oct 1820

Minnie Etta Wilday   10 Oct 1898

Adeline Chalmers   18 Oct 1924

William Shaver Wilkins   24 Oct 1864

James Sterling   28 Oct 1859

Answer 15

I am in for this month, I married today  (7th of October) 44 years ago but I think my profile and hubby are pretty well done, apart from the death stuff as we are both still breathing :)

1. Albert Thomas Penn (1881 - 1962) M  1 Oct 1905 to
2. Edith Harriet (Lewis) Penn  (abt. 1881 - abt. 1974) requested access from PM
3. Ann (Langredge) Russell (about 1605) M 2nd Oct 1626 to 
4. James Russell (1599)
5. Jean (Elgey) Scally (1928 - 1995) M 2nd Oct 1970 to
6. Joseph Scally  (1920 - 1988) 

Answer 16

Below my list, which I will try to get to this month. I'll check it with 'done' if I've actually worked on improving the profile as much as I currently can:

1. Johannes Wesselo m. 14 Oct 1835
2. Johanna Wilhemina Boezel m. 14 Oct 1835 - done

3. Gerard Niersmans m. 2 Oct 1837
4. Wilhelmina Reijnen m 2 Oct 1837

5. Jan Anthonie Cramer m. 6 Oct 1831
6. Cornelia Claudia van Waning m 6 Oct 1831

7. Gerrit Godee m. 6 Oct 1795
8. Johanna Vesselo m. 6 Oct 1795

9. Johannes Pieter Huijgens m. 15 Oct 1858
10. Maria Elizabeth van Waning m 15 Oct 1858

11. Cornelis Bolle m. 15 Oct 1777
12. Jacomijna Hokke m. 15 Oct 1777

13. Johannes van der Ham m. 16 Oct 1879
14. Cornelia de Greef m. 16 Oct 1879

15. Hendrik Koster m. 18 Oct 1922
16. Hillegonda Willemina Huurman m. 18 Oct 1922

17. Cornelis Koppenaal m. 24 Oct 1900
18. Neeltje Meulstee m 24 Oct 1900
 

Answer 17

Here is one to start with, will try to finish his wife's profile now.

1 Samuel Alexander

2 Hannah Crisp   (Wife of Samuel Alexander)

3 Connie Buckley

4 Christopher Browne   (Husband of Connie Buckley)

Answer 18

I did 3 this month, which being my total to 21.

Lanie Orman (already did her October marriage husband in a previous challenge: Tracy Broherd)

Joseph Timberlake and his wife Lucinda Hopper (or Hooper )

Let me know what you think!