The household in Ausable, Clinton County, New York, is atypical to say the least. It is headed by Sarah Demarah, aged sixteen and living with her three younger sisters, Margaret (aged 11), Essie (actually Elsie, aged 8) and Mary (aged 6). No occupation is listed for Sarah, but her three sisters are all listed as attending school. A few households away is their brother, Levi. He’s apparently a servant working in the household in which he is living (based upon his occupation): The “Demarah” children are all children of Louis DeMar(e), a Clinton County native who was born there in the 1850s and originally went by the last name of Desmarais. By 1900, his wife Mary (Drollette) DeMare was deceased. Louis would not die until 1935 in Clinton […]
Always label dates of events precisely in your genealogical database.Call them what they are. If the date is a birth date, then list it as a birth date. If the date is a baptismal date, then list is as a baptismal date–don’t use it as a birth date. The date of a marriage license is the date of the license, not the date of the marriage. The date of a marriage bond is the date of the bond, not the date of the marriage. The issuances of licenses and bonds does not mean the marriage necessarily happened. Most of the time it did, but there are always exceptions. Being careful can reduce confusion later on. Unlike one distant relative of mine who, in families that practiced infant baptism, […]
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