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Silas minor
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Silas put New Madrid, MO as his POB on his enlistment paperwork, but that has been dead ends. I’ve just assumed he was confused or talking about his step-dad. He never met Silas and was raised by Luke (an English immigrant). I also saw where his youngest (my gg grandfather) son put Scotland as his father’s place of birth. He served in the same unit and died around the same time. Jones when I started this process and had their records confused for a while. His youngest son named his first son after Luke, who raised him. Side note: I was basically named after Luke Smith.

silas minor

His wife did eventually marry Luke Smith and he later adopted Silas’ minor children. I have him working on the Poe farm as a laborer at 18, his marriage to Evaline in 1853 or 1854, all his children, his enlistment, death, and even his pension file. For being an amateur at this, I’ve been able to document his adult life very well. The answer is out there.somewhere! answered by Shirlea Smith G2G6 Pilot ( 233k points) If their link to Jonas looks completely believable to you, then trace all Jonas's descendants to see if you can find a connection to Silas.ĭo you have a profile for Silas yet? Any way we can see the family trees of the Nilsson cousins of yours?Īnd just how close a match are those DNA cousins of yours?

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So you could try doing a better job of researching their trees back in time a few generations, then choosing a reasonably distant ancestor and finding all his descendants, One of them might be your Silas!

silas minor

But whoever their ancestor really is, that person is someone related to you. If you see weak spots in their research, then maybe Jonas isn't their ancestor. You could start by having a very close look at the trees of the DNA cousins of yours that claim Jonas as an ancestor. Even though DNA is involved, it is still the same process as always, find sources, weigh their credibility, develop an hypothesis, test it.









Silas minor