Sarah Margaret Knotts (twin)

• BIRTH: 5 Sep 1930, Ripley, Ripley, Missouri
• DEATH: 18 Feb 1994, New London, New London, Connecticut
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• TITLE: twin

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Notes

!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]

• 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]

PARENTAGE of Sarah Margaret

• 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.

The 1940 census will probably make or break this theory!

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