Will the real James Gilbert Ireland please stand up?

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So James Gilbert Ireland and James Gilbert Ireland look like duplicates to me: same birthdate, birth place, death date, and death place. The only difference I see is different wives, which, sadly, was fairly common, as women would die in childbirth and their husbands would remarry. (I've worked on profiles where the husband went through several wives. You'd think they'd learn to take care of them, but apparently not. sad)

On the other hand, both profiles were created by the same person, so it's possible that two cousins were born in the same town on the same day, led entirely separate lives, and happened to die in the same town on the same day, too. I don't consider that a likely scenario, but I don't want to apply the merge without checking, and right now, I'm trying to solve an entirely different Ireland mystery. So I'm noting the oddity here in case somebody else has the time and access to sources to follow up.

WikiTree profile: James Ireland
in The Tree House by Greg Slade G2G6 Pilot (664k points)
retagged by Greg Slade
Propose the merge, it can either be accepted or rejected by the manager.  Include data in proposal on why it appears to be the same.
That's the thing: both profiles are orphaned. The last time I tried proposing a merge on two orphaned profiles, they merged right away, without waiting for anybody else to approve or comment.
The previous profile manager is now deceased according to their profile.

I'm willing to adopt one of the profiles, if that will slow down any proposed merge while somebody works out if they are duplicates or not.  (I would, but it's Canada and I have no way of researching Canada.)
Actually, I think I'll rescind that offer.

Maybe I'm "doing it wrong", but there's something not right with all those relationships. (I got dizzy trying to follow who was related to whom.)

I think before any merge is proposed, the marriages and children need to be investigated thoroughly.

James Gilbert is supposedly the father of Luella Belle Beatty (née Ireland) and Harriet Myrtle Beatty (née Ireland).  He was supposedly married to Elizabeth Mae née Beatty.  Elizabeth Mae is supposedly the daughter of John Beatty who is supposedly the father of William Beatty who is the husband of Harriet Myrtle.

Are we lost yet?
Oh, and rootsweb (don't know how accurate that is) says James Gilbert had only one child: Mary Dorcas.
lol, sounds conflated to me
lol, sounds conflated to me

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Sounds like a NIGHTMARE!  surprise 

Suggest you change change arborists tag to sourcerers, one of them at least has no sources

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