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Going along with the theory that TPR met MC's mother short after/before his divorce in 1975, and according to the surprised visit he did with family in 1975/1976, he said he was living in texas, so presumably they could have met in TX?
so I found this case on charley project. This mother was married and divorce twice and left behind a 1 year old child at the time. Her maiden name is Dean, does that ring a bell with people who are building the family tree?
Thanks.
Sherrye Lee Bethel
Missing Age: 21 Years
Current Age: 65 Years
First Name: Sherrye
Middle Name: Lee
Last Name: Bethel
Sex: Female
Height 5' 6" (66 Inches)
Weight: 130 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: July 15, 1976
NamUs Case Created: November 29, 2017
Last Known Location Map
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
County: Tarrant County
Missing From Tribal Land: Unknown
Primary Residence on Tribal Land: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance: Last Seen in July of 1976 by husband, allegedly left husband and 1 year old child
Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Left Eye Color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown
Bethel was last seen in Fort Worth, Texas on July 15, 1976. Her husband of two years, who was the last person to see her, stated she simply left him and their one-year-old child. She has never been heard from again.
Bethel was married twice; her previous marriage lasted from July 1972 to February 1974, and she married her second husband three months after her divorce was final. She was in the process of a divorce from her second husband at the time of her disappearance; he filed in March of 1976, and the divorce was finalized in July 1977, a year after she was last seen. Few details are available in her case.
The documentary on Discovery + is really good. I wish they’d release it to a more accessible network, instead of a subscription based streaming platform. His face needs to be out there! Someone is bound to recognize him.
I haven’t finished it yet but so far I haven’t heard anything about Orange Co..On one of the facebook groups the detective said the documentary was going to include more information on potential orange county victims, but I didn't see that at all. Am I missing something?
Didn't mean to imply there was anything particularly significant about the NH and Toronto descendants, it was more a comment on the fact that the descendants are widespread and the ones living in more northern areas such as Oregon, Chicago, the Great Lakes etc make me think of the comments about isotopes even when they are not reflected on the maps originally released.[George Kamenov] “Her hair showed that the last few months before death, she was living in the area. However, about 5-7 months before death, she went somewhere -- either to the North or to the West. To a colder climate where the oxygen isotopes are lower. And what’s interesting is that the unrelated victim, the fourth girl that is not related by DNA, her teeth also show these lighter oxygen isotopes. So one possible interpretation is that that’s the time when the non-related girl joined the group.”
The isotope comments made at the presser and elaborated on in the podcast were duly noted. The Mitchell/Livings descendants who wound up in Toronto and northern NH give one pause for thought.
I am sure there is a better term for what I am describing , but i have a quick question for the genealogy folks. How common are name variations? Is it possible for a last name to drop a letter, swap out a letter or add a letter over time.. Livings becoming Living or Loving or Lovings or ?
In what I believe to be my tree- sometimes we dropped a letter or added an e to the end in the distant past. I saw that on the census records. Same names & place etc Idk if that was because they were never taught to read & write properly or it was recorded wrong. I have no idea.
Can you all elaborate on this particular issue as it relates to the genealogy of the last unidentified child.
(my poor cell phone had the hardest time allowing me to add those name variations lol)
I am sure there is a better term for what I am describing , but i have a quick question for the genealogy folks. How common are name variations? Is it possible for a last name to drop a letter, swap out a letter or add a letter over time.. Livings becoming Living or Loving or Lovings or ?
In what I believe to be my tree- sometimes we dropped a letter or added an e to the end in the distant past. I saw that on the census records. Same names & place etc Idk if that was because they were never taught to read & write properly or it was recorded wrong. I have no idea.
Can you all elaborate on this particular issue as it relates to the genealogy of the last unidentified child.
(my poor cell phone had the hardest time allowing me to add those name variations lol)
Agreed with Alleykins on this.
For Livings, don't dismiss Livingston, Linning(s,) even Havens too Billings too quickly.
Keep in mind that when handwritten documents are typed in by agencies, errors creep in. Scanning can be worse, although this does make documents available.
Visual errors, auditory errors, transcription errors, eventually you'll find them all.
In my tree three siblings were married in the same county within 4 years. Granted, handwriting was more uniform in this time, but in the same handwriting their mother's maiden name was spelled 3 different ways! Looking at the name, most people would pronounce each version the same way.
Sometimes this happens when people move to a different area. Acadian/Cajun surnames that would spelled correctly in Louisiana are mangled in other areas for example.
If something like Soundex is available, the system will automatically return results in this category -- names that are similar & could be confused.
And, please, if you find a likely individual -- check the page before & after for more candidates. Whether you're looking in a city directory or a census, the people you're looking for probably lived close together. They had front porches and church groups, no Facebook or dating apps.
Keep looking!
I am sure there is a better term for what I am describing , but i have a quick question for the genealogy folks. How common are name variations? Is it possible for a last name to drop a letter, swap out a letter or add a letter over time.. Livings becoming Living or Loving or Lovings or ?
In what I believe to be my tree- sometimes we dropped a letter or added an e to the end in the distant past. I saw that on the census records. Same names & place etc Idk if that was because they were never taught to read & write properly or it was recorded wrong. I have no idea.
Can you all elaborate on this particular issue as it relates to the genealogy of the last unidentified child.
(my poor cell phone had the hardest time allowing me to add those name variations lol)
Thank you so much! I would never in my wildest dreams be able to come up with Darby Mannix from the name Jeremiah Minogue. Thank you @Irish_Eyes I am impressed. We always draw blanks in our own research and now I understand why.
Thank you so much! I would never in my wildest dreams be able to come up with Darby Mannix from the name Jeremiah Minogue. Thank you @Irish_Eyes I am impressed. We always draw blanks in our own research and now I understand why.