__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _James H. Knotts ____| | (1893 - ....) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Sarah Margaret Knotts | (1930 - 1994) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Hilda Gayle ________| (1901 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
!SOURCE: Email from Anne Billeter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 28 Nov 2010. She writes: As you will see, I have developed a theory about Russell P. Whipple (I115510)'s first wife, Sarah Margaret Whipple. It's just a theory!:
Russell P. Whipple (I115510) [middle initial from wives' obits]PARENTAGE of Sarah Margaret
- m. (1) 21 Sep 1968 in Maryland, Sarah Margaret Whipple [her obit, dateline Ledyard, New London, CT, (probably "The Day", which is the New London paper), dated 21 Feb 1994]
- b. 5 Sep 1930 Ripley, Ripley, MO [obit]
- d. 18 Feb 1994 New London, New London, CT [obit]
The 1940 census will probably make or break this theory!
- Sarah Margaret Whipple's obituary states, in part: Mrs. Whipple was born Sept. 5, 1930 in Ripley, Mo., the daughter of James H. and Hilda Gayle Whipple... She is survived...by two brothers, Marion Knotts.., James Knotts..; two sisters, Claudell Warren.., and Mary Lee Griffith..."
- PROBLEM: I have been unable to identify a James H. and Hilda Gayle Whipple.
- POSSIBLE SOLUTION: The obituary is in error, and gave her parents' last name as "Whipple," which is her married name, rather than Knotts, which I believe was her maiden name.
- EVIDENCE:
- CENSUSES:
- James Knotts, b. Oct. 1893 IL, is in the following censuses as the son of Ambrose H. and Cora A. (Sherwood) Clevenger Knotts:
- 1900 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO
- 1910 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO
- 1920 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO with his widowed mother, Cora A. Knotts. He is 25, single, farmer
- Hilda Gayle, b. 1901 MO, is in the following censuses as the daughter of James Oscar and Sarah ( ) Gayle:
- 1910 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO (father shown as Oscar)
- 1920 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO (father shown as James O.)
- 1930 Harris Twp, Ripley, MO census
- hh and family # 81 Knotts, Hilda Head age 29, married at age 20, marital status married, b. MO, father b. IN; mother b. IL
- Mary L. Dau, age 8, b. MO
- Arthur A. Son, age 7, b. MO
- George L. Son, age 5, b. MO
- Morris Son, age 2 1/12, b. MO
- hh and family # 82 Gayle, Oscar S. Head, age 71, b. IN
- Sarah R. Wife, age 71, b. IL
- OTHER
- Death Certificate, Harris Twp, Ripley, MO, for Cora Barbara Knotts, died 26 Sept. 1930, aged 21 days, born 5 Sept. 1930. Father James H. Knotts; Mother Hilda Gayle.
- This is the same birth date as Sarah Margaret Whipple. I believe Sarah Margaret and Cora Barbara Knotts were twins.
RIN 135877. Quick link to this page: https://genweb.whipple.org/135877
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