Wait a minute, am I missing something here? "They had no other children". If he is her Uncle, then they had to have had at least one more child. Right? It may have been two boys. Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 10:52 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Fw: Higbee News November 4th, 1926 > I wanted to send this correction along to the list. Thank you Avanell. This is the kind of correction that I love to see. I will add this as a footnote to my database immediately. > This kind of mistake in the sex of a child was not uncommon. In my own birth announcement in the local paper, It was announced that I was born a girl, but when I was discharged from the hospital a week later, I was listed as a boy. That should keep my descendants guessing. > > Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Avanell and Bob > To: Mike & Kathy Bowlin > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: Higbee News November 4th, 1926 > > > Kathy, > > This is what is listed in the news: > > Thursday, 4 Nov 1926, Vol 40, No 27, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Born, on the 2nd, to Mr. and Mrs. > Raymond O'Brian, a daughter. > > They did not have a daughter, they had a son named Raymond Leon O'Brian > that was my Uncle. They had no other children. > > Avanell Jackson Hutton > Warrensburg, MO > >

Perhaps he was an uncle by marriage? And his wife was the blood tie to Avanelle. What say you Avanelle? Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Potter" <autumn@montana.com> To: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net>; <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Fw: Higbee News November 4th, 1926 > Wait a minute, am I missing something here? "They had no other children". > If he is her Uncle, then they had to have had at least one more child. > Right? It may have been two boys. Jo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 10:52 PM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Fw: Higbee News November 4th, 1926 > > > > I wanted to send this correction along to the list. Thank you Avanell. > This is the kind of correction that I love to see. I will add this as a > footnote to my database immediately. > > This kind of mistake in the sex of a child was not uncommon. In my own > birth announcement in the local paper, It was announced that I was born a > girl, but when I was discharged from the hospital a week later, I was listed > as a boy. That should keep my descendants guessing. > > > > Kathy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Avanell and Bob > > To: Mike & Kathy Bowlin > > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:24 PM > > Subject: Re: Higbee News November 4th, 1926 > > > > > > Kathy, > > > > This is what is listed in the news: > > > > Thursday, 4 Nov 1926, Vol 40, No 27, Pg. 5 Col. 1--Born, on the 2nd, to > Mr. and Mrs. > > Raymond O'Brian, a daughter. > > > > They did not have a daughter, they had a son named Raymond Leon O'Brian > > that was my Uncle. They had no other children. > > > > Avanell Jackson Hutton > > Warrensburg, MO > > > > > > >