The Claude (usually 3.7 Sonnet) artificial intelligence tool can be used to write family-friendly biographies of my ancestors that might be suitable for my relatives and descendants to help them understand their ancestry. Using the ABC method described in Using Artificial Intelligence In the Ancestor Biography Creation (ABC) Process, here is one ancestor biography.
1) I have written genealogical sketches for almost every known ancestor back 9 generations in blog posts based on 35 years of genealogical research in my 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies series. The genealogical sketch for my great-grandmother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952) (#15 on my Ahnentafel List), including record abstracts and sources, is 52 Ancestors Friday: #15 Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952).
2) For the Claude AI biography, I attach the PDF of the genealogical sketch for the specific ancestor, and then prompt the AI tool with: "You are an expert genealogist. Please create a draft biography from the attached file, including parents, siblings, spouses and children (with birth and death dates and places), summarize life events, and add historical facts as appropriate, but do not add or embellish any extra genealogical details. Use section headings. Expand the information in each section to add more details. The tone should be casual and suitable for family members."
3) The expanded biography of Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952) created by the AI tool Claude 3.7 Sonnet, lightly edited, is:
Georgianna Kemp was born on August 4, 1868, in Middleton, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of five children. She was often called "Georgia" throughout her life. Her parents were James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) and Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874).
Growing up in rural Ontario in the late 19th century, Georgianna was part of a large family. Her siblings included:
- Sarah Elizabeth Kemp (1862-1946), married 1889 Andrew John Cropp (1863-1918), resided in Illinois.
- Seymour Kemp (1864-1877)
- Melvina Marylis "Minnie" Kemp (1866-1929), married 1885 James Henry Trembley (1865-1918), resided in Ontario.
- James Alexander Kemp (1872-1934), married 1892 Bertha Annice Fuller (1874-1951), resided in California.
The 1871 Canadian census shows the family living in Windham township, Norfolk County, Ontario, where her father James worked as a carpenter. The family practiced various Protestant faiths, with Georgianna and her siblings being recorded as Baptists, while her father was Wesleyan Methodist.
Tragedy struck when Georgianna was only about six years old - her mother Mary Jane died in 1874. Two years later, in 1876, her father James remarried to Melissa Wilson. The blended family grew with the addition of a half-sibling:
- Alfred Edward Francis "Frank" Kemp (1880-1953), married 1909 Ellen Elliott (1882-1956), resided in California.
By the 1881 Canadian census, the family resided in Middleton township in Norfolk County, where Georgianna, then 12 years old, continued to grow up in a busy household led by her carpenter father.
Immigration and Marriage
Following in her sister Elizabeth's footsteps, Georgianna moved to Chicago, Illinois around 1889-1890 when she was about 21 years old. This was during a period of significant Canadian migration to the United States, as many Canadians sought new opportunities in America's growing cities.
On June 19, 1898, at the age of 29, Georgianna married Charles Auble (1849-1916) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Charles, who was about 19 years her senior, was born in Newark, New Jersey, and worked as a house painter and decorator. This was the first marriage for both of them.
(Georgianna Kemp in about 1898)
The couple settled in Chicago, living at 515 West Adams Street. Chicago in the late 1890s was a bustling metropolis recovering from the Great Fire of 1871 and expanding rapidly with new immigration and industrialization.
Motherhood and Family Life
About a year after their marriage, Georgianna gave birth to her only child:
- Emily Kemp Auble, born 19 August 1899 in Chicago, Illinois.
The 1900 census shows the young family living in Chicago with Georgianna's brother, Franklin Kemp, who was 20 years old at the time. By 1910, they had moved to 611 West 70th Street in Chicago's 32nd Ward, where they rented a home. Charles continued his work as a house decorator, while Georgianna kept their household and raised Emily, who was attending school.
Move to California and Widowhood
Around 1911, Georgianna, Charles, and Emily relocated to San Diego, California. They first lived at 767 14th Street in the growing city. San Diego was experiencing a boom period following the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, which attracted many new residents to the area.
Tragedy struck in 1916 when Charles died on 23 March 1916 after falling down the stairs in their home. At approximately 48 years old, Georgianna found herself widowed with a teenage daughter to support. After Charles's death, Georgianna moved to 2140 J Street in San Diego with Emily.
Later Years
In 1918, Georgianna's daughter Emily married Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976). The couple had one daughter, Betty Virginia Carringer, born in 1919. Betty would be Georgianna's only grandchild, who affectionately called her "Nana."
The 1920 census shows Georgianna living with Emily, Lyle, and baby Betty. By 1930, they resided at 2130 Fern Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of San Diego, where they owned a home valued at $10,000 (a substantial sum for that era). The 1930 census records indicate that Georgianna had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1898, the same year she married Charles.
Georgianna's brothers James and Frank resided in the Los Angeles area, and they visited San Diego on occasion, and Lyle drove his family and Georgianna to Los Angeles to visit them all through the 1920s.
During the Great Depression and World War II years, Georgianna continued living with her daughter's family. The 1940 census indicates she had completed four years of high school education and was described as a housewife. The census also notes that she had "other income" of over $50 in 1939, suggesting she may have had some modest savings or investments despite the economic challenges of the era.
In May 1948, at nearly 80 years old, Georgianna applied for Old Age Security from the State of California. She was granted $60 per month beginning August 1, 1948. Around 1947, she had moved with Emily and Lyle to 2115 30th Street, with Betty and her family living upstairs at 2119 30th Street. In 1951, Lyle and Emily built a home at 825 Harbor View Place overlooking San Diego Bay in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego, and Georgianna lived there.
Final Days
On October 28, 1952, at the age of 84, Georgianna fell on a rug at home and fractured her right hip. About ten days later, on November 8, 1952, she passed away at San Diego County Hospital from acute myocardial failure and generalized arteriosclerosis. While the hip fracture was noted on her death certificate, it was listed as "non-contributory" to her death.
Georgianna was cremated on November 12, 1952, at Cypress View Crematory. Her remains were inurned at Cypress View Mausoleum in San Diego (Bronze Corridor, niche 61), where she would later be joined by her daughter Emily and son-in-law Lyle Carringer.
Legacy
Georgianna's legacy lives on through her descendants. Her line continues through:
- Her daughter Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977), who married Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
- Her granddaughter Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married 1942 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
- Her grandsons Randall J. Seaver (born 1943), Stanley R. Seaver (born 1946), and Scott F. Seaver (born 1955).
Having lived through remarkable changes in the world -- from the horse-and-buggy era to the atomic age, through two World Wars and countless technological advancements - Georgianna's 84-year life spanned a transformative period in North American history. From her beginnings in rural Ontario to her final days in sunny San Diego, she experienced the dramatic shifts of life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including immigration to a new country, urban living in booming Chicago, widowhood, the Great Depression, and the joys of seeing her family grow with a granddaughter and great-grandsons.
4) A poem and song lyrics to commemorate the life of Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952) can be found in "Georgianna's Journey" -- A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence. The song created from the song lyrics can be heard in that blog post.
5) An audio overview (essentially a podcast created by the Google ContentLM AI tool) discussing the life of Georgianna (Kemp) Auble can be heard at https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/7fff7036-bea3-4890-8dd6-af7ae66fe3a3/audio
6) I lightly edited the Claude biography text to add more family detail and correct minor errors. Every large language model (LLM) AI tool writes descriptive text much better than I can write. I was an aerospace engineer in my former life, and my research reports and genealogical sketches reflect "just the facts." The AI tools are very perceptive, insightful and create readable text in seconds, including applicable local and national historical detail.
7) An ABC Biography of Georgianna's husband, Charles Auble (1849-1916), is in ABC Biography of #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, and California.
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1 comment:
Wonderful. I had relative in Chicago around the same time, and I never considered it was part of an expansion in Chicago. Thanks to the White City, I have a renewed interest in Chicago during that era.
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