The George Smith Branch

Evidence entered

• The family history names George Smith among the children of John and Laura Smith. No census line, birth record or death record naming both parents has yet been transcribed into this archive.Bibliographic details pending — family history by Alma Smith Spearman · authored_narrative
• The Illinois death index entry for George Smith, who died 3 March 1936 in Chicago, Cook County, names his father as John Smith and his mother as Laura Tatlefero. This is the first record entered in this archive that names both of George's parents. "Tatlefero" is one of the phonetic spellings of Taliaferro that appear across this family's records.Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, entry for George Smith, died 3 March 1936, Chicago, Cook County · index

Current conclusion

• George Smith was a son of John Smith and Laura Taliaferro Smith. His 1936 Illinois death record names both parents - father John Smith, mother Laura Tatlefero - and gives Mississippi birthplaces for both that match the counties where John and Laura appear in this archive.The death record is an index entry derived from a state death certificate, so it is a derivative, and the parent names were supplied by an informant after George had died. It is still the first record entered here that names both parents, and the Find a Grave memorial is not counted as a second witness because a memorial can be built from the same certificate.

Evidence entered

• Family knowledge places Alma Carthan as a daughter of George Smith. The archive holds no contemporary record for this link, so the generation is carried as under verification.Family knowledge supplied by Amberly R. Carter-Mills · authored_narrative

Current conclusion

• Family knowledge places Alma Carthan as a daughter of George Smith. The archive holds no contemporary record for this link, so the generation is carried as under verification.Each generation on a descent path carries its own conclusion. No conclusion here inherits strength from the generations above or below it.

Evidence entered

• This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. BEFORE TILL has not yet examined an original record for it, so it is held as under verification rather than documented.Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family · abstract

Current conclusion

• This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. BEFORE TILL has not yet examined an original record for it, so it is held as under verification rather than documented.Each generation on a descent path carries its own conclusion. No conclusion here inherits strength from the generations above or below it.

Evidence entered

• This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family · abstract

Current conclusion

• This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.Each generation on a descent path carries its own conclusion. No conclusion here inherits strength from the generations above or below it.