Hey it could be worse. I have 4 Andrew Jackson Pool males born between 1880-1885 and they are all cousins. On 2/7/08, Judy Arnold <judith@omuonline.net> wrote: > > Johnny Carson had several wives and they were all named forms of > Johanna, Joanne etc. > Judy > > > Lesley Robertson wrote: > > "singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message > > news:Y-KdnYWEQP5XQjTanZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@rcn.net... > > > >> I've stared at this until I've driven myself into a depression. So > then I > >> dragged some good friends into it, and they've gone cross-eyed. > >> > >> Now I'm inviting comments from the world-at-large. (g) > >> > >> What are the odds of a man b 1833 who, except for his CW service, NEVER > >> lived more than 27 miles from his birthplace in VA, having married 3 > >> separate women with the same given names, only the middle of whom left > a > >> death record, and only the first and 2nd left a marriage record? > >> > >> There are numerous other details, but that's the broad picture, and > what > >> I'm after here is -- is this a common-as-dirt scenario, or it is a > >> one-of-a-kind, or is it neither rare nor frequent? > >> > > > > In communities where everyone was called for a family member, and some > > forenames were very common (I'd love a pound for every Isabella or James > in > > my databases) it's likely. You have, of course, one of the laws of > genealogy > > which requires that if a situation can be obscured or made complicated, > > somebody in a given family tree will have done it. > > I've got a chap who was born in England, moved to the jute mills in > Scotland > > as a teenager and stayed there, except that he went back to his > birthplace > > to find each of his 3 wives, 2 of whom were cousins and 2 of whom (1 > cousin > > and the other one) had the same forename.... Took me ages to sort that > one. > > At one point I thought he had 4 wives since the cousin with the > different > > forename was variously known as Isabel and Isabella, but unless he was a > > bigamist, they must be the same woman. > > If it was easy, it wouldn't be fun! > > Lesley Robertson > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALT-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALT-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Proud member of IBSSG