MYSTERY MONDAY - WHO’S YOUR DADDY? MY TOP TEN GENEALOGY MYSTERIES

We all have them.  Those people in our trees for whom we just cannot, no matter how hard we’ve tried, break down the brick wall surrounding their origins.

• WHO ARE THEIR PARENTS?
• DID THEY HAVE ANY SIBLINGS?
• WHERE DID THE FAMILY ORIGINATE?

Let me first give credit for the idea of this post to Heather Wilkinson Rojo at Nutfield Genealogy.  Please click on the link to see her post and also to read about the other bloggers who have posted their own mysteries.

So, who are these brick walls in my tree?  Let’s take a look. I've used grey font right now.  Let's hope I can change that to green once I've solved the mysteries.  

1.  John C. GOULD – 2ND Great Grandfather – 1833-after 1910

2.  Robert L. BOWDEN – Great Grandfather – 1863-1906

3.  Rev. Isaac C. HUNTER – 3rd Great Grandfather – 1798-1842

4.  William GILLEN – 4th Great Grandfather – 1782-1841

5.  Catherine DORSEY – 2nd Great Grandmother – Abt 1842-1898

6.  Monson THORP – 3rd Great Grandfather – 1801-1888

7.  Lany COOPER – 3rd Great Grandmother – 1815-1886

8.  Henry HART – 3rd Great Grandfather – 1785-1879

9.  Olive DOTEN – 3rd Great Grandmother – 1805-1887

10. George A. Fink – Husband’s Great Grandfather – 1863-abt 1900 

Here’s my plan.  I’m going to begin posting information about these mysteries here on my blog.  I’ll take them one or two at a time over the next several weeks.  
 
I’ll give you the information I have on these ancestors and maybe, just maybe one of you will point out something I’ve missed or even be related.  Genealogists are, after all, a very hopeful bunch.
 
Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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