My Trails into the Past

When I searched “mistake” in my RootsMagic database, I find several instances where I commented on likely mistakes in a record. Some of the mistakes seem to be on the part of the parish priest when he entered a sacramental event in a register. My grandmother, Anna Sullivan, was born 15 October 1892 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana, the youngest child of John H Sullivan and Anna Maria Gleeson. I have several documents that support her birth and parents: Anna Maria Sullivan was baptized by Father DeSiere on 19 October 1892 at St. Paul’s Church in Anaconda. Her birth was listed as 14 October 1892. Her parents as Joannes Sullivan and Anna Gleason. Michael Sullivan and Anna Dorian were the sponsors. [1] In 1953, she received a certificate of baptism from the pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Father Joseph F. Schulte, which was a filled-out form. It stated Anna Marie Sullivan, father John Sullivan and mother Anna Gleeson, born in Anaconda on 15 October 1892 and was baptized on 19 Oct...

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. The old country for the Davey family was County Cornwall, England.  Thomas Davey , my husband’s second-great-grandfather, was born in County Cornwall, England on 3 September 1807. [1] He was baptized in Camborne, Cornwall on 7 November 1807 and his parents were James & Elizabeth Davey. [2] Thomas Davey married Mary Nicholas on 23 May 1832 at St. Agnes, Cornwall after the banns were read for three weeks. [3] Mary Nicholas was born in County Cornwall on 24 August 1811 and baptized at St. Agnes, Cornwall, on 19 September 1811 to parents, Edward and Susanna Nicholas. [4] Here is a map of the area of St. Agnes. The Davey family was living in the area of Mount Hawke (at the lower edge of th...