Hi Marsha,
The death info is only as good as the knowledge of the people who provide it. In cases
where there was a second marriage I have seen children or grandchildren of the deceased
provide the name of the person they knew as a grandparent - but that may not always be
correct if their knowledge of family history was lacking.
My mother always referred to her grandmother's second husband as her grandfather
as she never knew her real grandfather. Had she provided the death certificate info for
her father she may well have given the wrong name.
If you have info from a primary birth record that gives his mother's name, that is
more likely to be correct. A death certificate is a secondary source for birth info.
Donna in RI
From: Marsha <meocain(a)att.net>
Date: 2006/02/28 Tue PM 04:23:39 EST
To: RIGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] RE: Bowen Potter
I have Bowen's death certificate that I received from Douglas, MA and
it gives his mother's name as Charlotte not Mary. So I do not know
what to think of that. The towns of birth of the parents are the
same on both though.
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At 02:32 PM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
>Potter Bowen Douglas 1879 vol. 312 pg. 321
>
>Date from record March 1, 1879, married age 56, cause consumption,
>Farmer, parents Charles and Mary of Johnson, Providence, RI.
>
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