Tree Branches

What is a branch of a family tree?

Is it the family line through my grandparents?  If so, each person would only have four tree branches.  And while this is technically a true statement, for this blog's purposes, I'm going to narrow it down a little further.

Going forward, when I reference a branch of my family tree, I'll be referring to the branch beginning with my (or Dru's) great-grandparents, as shown in the red box below.

Therefore, we each have eight branches.  Mine are: Webber, Pearson, Smith, Bromley, Boyle, Anderson, Sullivan and Goesch.

Meredith's Family Tree's branches

Dru's branches are: Hargreaves, Cottam, Jones, Newman, Kekos, Papoutsaki, Stevens and Papas.

Dru's Family Tree's branches

Each post will also be tagged with the tree branch so as to find information easily.  Hopefully this will add some clarification to what may be a bunch of random family stories and research findings.

Headstones don't lie. Do they?

What would you conclude from this headstone?

James Alexander Hargreaves was married to Ellen G. - ok got it.
He died in 1950, she died in 1959. Ok got it.

So, that means that Ellen G. was buried with her husband 9 years after he died. Right?  And James was her "beloved husband" when she died, right?

I emailed the Union Cemetery management and asked for information regarding James Alexander Hargreaves.  They sent the picture and the background information.  Ellen G. Malcolm was buried with him. Malcolm? What happened to Ellen Hargreaves? 

That information prompted me to research more. We found Ellen's death certificate. When she died, her husband Isaac W. Malcolm, signed the certificate. 

Did any of the grandchildren know that their grandma was remarried about 6 years after James A. Hargreaves' death?

Do headstones lie?  Maybe not lie.  But mislead, yes.