Disconnect Charles Snowden Arthur-48

Question

I have been working on [[Arthur-49|Chester Arthur]] our 21st President. On his profile there are 9 siblings listed. 6 sisters and 3 brothers.

[[Arthur-58|William Arthur]] is his 1 brother that lived to adulthood. He was in the War of 1812 and the Civil war.

[[Arthur-52|George Arthur]] was born in 1836 and died in 1838.

Then there is [[Arthur-48|Charles Snowden Arthur]] Born 1834 in New York City and Died 1884 in New York City

Charles Snowden Arthur is not Chester Arthur's sibling. I virtually every article and source I look up for Chester Arthur when mentioning his family they state he had 6 sisters and 1 (or 2) brothers. I am sure many miss George who only lived to be 2 years old.

I would like to delete him but before I do I would like the [[Category:US Presidents Project, US Presidents]] input before I proceed.

Thanks

Sources/Links

https://www.thoughtco.com/chester-arthur-21st-president-united-states-104385

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/11/chester-arthur-presidency-donald-trump-215593

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/chester-a-arthur

Comments

I do believe you need to wait until you collaborate with the US Presidents project. Perhaps a solution will be to note that the relationship is unproven and that his existence is disputed, which would be added in the biography.

Good sleuthing, Louise!

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Natalie that is exactly what I need to do is have the US Presidents Project discuss and decide what to do. As I am new to the group I have not found a way to do this yet so I thought I'd start with at least posting something!

Thanks for the compliment! I've kind of adopted President Arthur as my project, I find his family fascinating and he has even been in the news recently comparing him to Trump as he was also from New York and lived a rather lavish lifestyle. I'll stop here because I could go on and on about his presidency and his family! And he is a distant cousin!

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Wonderful job Louise!   US Presidents Project is appreciative of your help!

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Thank you so much Robin! I keep repeating for whatever reason I am drawn and sucked in by Pres. Chester Arthur and his family!

My initial reason for joining the US Presidents Project was that although I do not have a direct relationship with any president I am cousin to a majority of our Presidents.

I am so glad you let me join the project!

Answer 1

I believe I have found where he does belong in the tree.   This is his father https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arthur-852 per birth and census records. 

"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WYL-14S : 10 February 2018), Charles S. Arthur, 03 Jul 1884; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,373,949.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM3-H1Y : 12 April 2016), Charles S Arthur in household of Dorinda Arthur, Ossining, Westchester, New York, United States; citing family 593, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Comments

Amazing work Robin!

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Thank you Robin!

I should have been just a little more patient as I'm still researching the family.

Answer 2

you do not want to "delete" the profile, you want to "delete"/edit the relationship

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Editing_Family_Relationships

Comments

I should know better than to say delete better to use edit but if he has nothing but a birth date and place and death date and place when/if we go to edit his profile he will become unconnected. Then I wonder if I find another Arthur surname in the family that needs added can I/we use his profile?? Ah, so many questions!

Thank you Dennis.