Hello list,
I was asked off list about Alice/Alice Swithen. Please see the Carpenter Sketch by Gene
Zubrinsky at:
http://carpentercousins.com/Wm1_Shalbourne.pdf – Please see the sections
mentioning Alice ____ and Alice Swithen.
All said, when looking at merging genealogical people, one needs to determine if they are
really one or two distinct people. Too many error by merging without real proof.
We have an Alice ___ and an Alice Swithen. Both are contemporaries in time and general
locale. Both married a William Carpenter. But which William Carpenter? Yours, mine or
someone else? Are they or are they not the same person?
It is similar to the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. Alice/Alice Swithen are
both the wife and not the wife. And until we open the box they are both. And we can not
open the box without better information from the historical records.
I hope you find this a bit amusing.
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA USA
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
MARRIAGE: 1604
Name: Alice Swithen
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1604
Parish: Warminster
Spouse: William Carpenter <----- Which one?
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England, Marriages, 1538-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Private donor.
SEE ALSO:
Name: Alice Swithen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1604 <--- old calendar date - use 1604/1605
Marriage Place: Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Spouse: William Carpenter
Search Photos:
Source Citation
Place: Warminster, Wiltshire, England; Collection: St Denys; -; Date Range: 1556 - 1642;
Film Number: 1279363
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd
Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.
SEE ALSO:
Name: Alice Swithen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1604
Marriage Place: Saint Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Spouse: William Carpenter
FHL Film Number: 1279363
Reference ID: 2:RGCX23
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.