User talk:Laukel

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Family:Carl Ekman and Amanda Wallmark (2)

Hi. I noticed that you included person ID numbers in your title. Family pages are assigned family ID numbers distinct from the person ID numbers of the spouses. So, John Smith (5) married to Mary Jones (27) might have a family page of John Smith and Mary Jones (12). Their family page is linked to John Smith (5)'s person page and Mary Jones (27)'s person page and their respective info will appear on their family page. Having distinct family ID numbers will help with connecting and merging with others. In the near future WeRelate will have a match/merge function. Then when we discover that your Elizabeth Phillips (4) and my Liz Ann Phillips (12) are the same person, we can merge their pages without retitling the family page. If you would like to change the title of your page, select the rename menu item above and enter just the husbands given and surname with the wife's given and maiden name connected with the word and; the system will assign a family ID number.

I noticed that you had a page for Amanda Wallmark (1) but she wasn't on the family page, so I put her on the family page. I also renamed the page for you. If you want to include people from existing pages in the future, click on "select existing person page" link under the spouse field and type in the title of the page along with the ID number. If you are watching the page, it will appear on a drop down list soon after you enter the given name. I would be glad to help you if you have any more questions. Just leave a message on my talk page. :) --sq 12:55, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

Thomas Richard Coates.ged Imported Successfully [16 November 2007]

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Mary Dixon [27 November 2012]

I am a grandson of Sarah Coates (1860-1940), so I was very interested to find this tree (and could add to it significantly in several branches of the Coates family).

But my specific question is about Mary Dixon, wife of Thomas Richard Coates (1854-1922). In the GRO marriage index, the wife is just called "Mary Dixon," and I had identified her as the Mary Dixon whose birth was registered in York in 1856Q1, not the "Mary Ellen Dixon" cited here (birth registered in York 1859Q3). The ages reported for Mary in subsequent censuses are uniformly more consistent with an 1856 birth rather than 1859.

However, the detail in this part of the tree suggests reliance on some private, unreferenced sources of information as well as on the published sources, so I would ask the compiler: (i) whether you have strong additional reasons for believing Thomas's wife to have been Mary Ellen, b.1859; and (ii) how far the identification of James Dixon and Jane Creaser as Mary's parents is dependent on this being Mary Ellen, b.1859, and not Mary, b.1856?

Incidentally, I didn't discern how the Yorkshire Coates relate to the compiler's larger tree, but it does appear that the compiler has substantial US midwestern connections. He or she may be interested to learn that Mary Jane Coates (1834-1913, m. Butler Simpson), an aunt of Thomas Richard, emigrated to Joliet (IL) in 1863, creating another US link in this family.--Thorgils 17:41, 5 February 2012 (EST)

Sorry it has taken so long. I have found that Mary Ellen Dixon was, as you have her, in the 1856 1st Qtr births (not as I initially had as 1859), and I have her birth certificate. she was actually born late in 1855 (28 Dec 1855 in Huntingdon, Yorkshire where members of the Dixon family had lived for some generations) and the certificate confirms her parentage as James Dixon and Jane Creaser. This is also confirmed by a relative who remembered meeting members of the Creaser family and others related by marriage through the Creasers.

Her eldest son, Tom Coates, was initially called Tom Coates Dixon on his birth certificate and no father was listed, but later that year Mary Ellen and Thomas Richard Coates, both giving the same address, married, and certainly Thomas Richard always treated Tom as his eldest son.

The Coates family is a large (and confusing) one. If you want to discuss any of this further, it's best to email me directly at LAUKEL (at) WAITROSE.COM. I have a full family tree posted on Ancestry.com and if you send me your email address I can send you an invitation to see it (free of subscription or charge) as a guest.

Yours, Laurie Kirby--Laukel 10:29, 27 November 2012 (EST)

Ellenor Morton [17 October 2012]

Hi Laukel

 I have an interest in Ellenor Morton I am trying to build the Morton Families of Leale Hall Yks and surrounding area I have Ellenor's father as Thomas and Ann but not her maiden name is it BUSSEY?

Regards

Shemis0320--Shemis0320 14:43, 17 October 2012 (EDT)