Any conclusive info on her parents?

Question

According to her profile on familysearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH2K-5QR

her parents are William Hasty Flowers and Malinda Brock, though I've found some conflicting info on those names when I tried to find anything, was wondering if anyone else has come across any info about this?

Answer 1

Her Missouri death certificate lists her parents as Hasty Flowers and Malinda B(l?)ock, both born Illinois, if that is any help.

https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00032605.PDF

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Thanks, I appreciate the share,  the odd thing is on some of her census records her parents are listed as "W H Flowers" and "Malinda Flowers" :https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FW-XH8

And on her FindAGrave memorial page: "D/O HASTY & MALINDA (BLOCK) FLOWERS. 1ST W/O JOHN HUTCHENS DOWNARD. MARKER HAS 'RENA A. 1862-1924 AT REST'." 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5276098/arenia-alice-downard

But there's nothing really concrete between all the different names, as even Alice's name was written down differently on several occasions.

Here: https://jamisonsforever.com/getperson.php?personID=I2425&tree=123

They have her parents down as "Jeremiah Flowers" and "Arminta Brock"
And her WikiTree profile has her father listed as "Wiley Flowers", the info is very strange in all cases.

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On census records where she is in parent's household, the mother would then be using her married name Flowers.

As for variations of spelling of first, middle, and sometimes, last name, remember that not everyone could read or write, and so the record taker might spell it according to how it sounded. Also, often children were called by their middle name and when they got older switched to the given name. Or vice versa.

The father she is connected to needs research. Most records are fairly clear on the name of her father. Wiley though could be a nickname for William. **Upon a quick glance at the records, I would say the father she is connected to is  the incorrect one.

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Thanks for the added info and clarification, I appreciate it.

I definitely need to learn more about census records and earlier census records as a whole

Yeah, odd thing is with William or W H or Hasty is there's almost nothing to be found of him conclusively anywhere (that I can tell at least) he seems to lack records pretty much across the board, same deal with the mother, have been trying to track down "Malinda Brock" for some time now and always wind up without anything specifically tying her to the other two.

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William Hasty Flowers has a marriage record and two census records here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LY99-PY6

There are other records I see at Ancestry. However, people have seemed to conflate two people over there too. Might take a bit to sort it out. If you need more help, shoot me a private message.