tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post4033228695172662939..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Tombstone Tuesday - Children of John Ellis and Leah (Bound) SeaverRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-21887615640700168972016-10-12T09:32:09.707-07:002016-10-12T09:32:09.707-07:00This article hit home for me. Years ago I was rese...This article hit home for me. Years ago I was researching one of my maternal lines which included Henry KIGER who married Margaret NELSON. Henry was age 34 when they married and had their 10 children. Nothing in my research had indicated Henry had married prior to his marriage to Margaret although I did have a "stray" Rebecca KIGER listed in the 1804 will of her father Thomas CLARK. Who was this Rebecca KIGER daughter of Thomas CLARK who died in 1804? And who had she married?<br /><br />Then a cousin showed me a family Bible he had inherited which included family records he could not identify. There, listed in the Bible, were Henry KIGER and wife Rebecca and their two children: John KIGER born 15 April 1801, died 15 Nov. 1803. Simon KIGER born 24 June 1803, died 8 Aug. 1803. Rebecca KIGER born 9 Feb. 1780, died 14 Dec. 1804. <br /><br />On 23 April 1806 Henry had married Margaret NELSON and this was followed by the births and listings of their 10 children in the Bible. <br /><br />But for the Bible listing these 3 lives would have been lost in the family tree and probably forgotten forever. Forgotten lives...but for this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483223884160393889noreply@blogger.com