Keach a familiar name

Keach, that name sounded a familiar note.  It was Stacy Keach Jr. that played Mike Hammer the private eye.  When I found Keach in my database, I was intrigued.  Was there somehow a family connection?  Being the inquisitive person that I am, I had to check this out.  In my printout of missing individual ordinances, I found George M. and Olive Bernice Keach without sealings to parents. In my notes George had the following entry. 

From Jeff Smith in Farmington:  He [George] ran off to Colorado to work in a mine and was never seen again. But before he left he left Elizabeth with a son named Eckley Martin Keach. Eckley Martin Keach married a wonderful lady named Edrie McCoy. Edrie's mother was Lydia Bates McCoy. Lydia's mother was Electa Gee, who of course is Lysander's daughter.

I was not able to find any parents for George.  That will have to wait for another day.  I did find information for his son Eckley Martin Keach.  He and his wife had five or perhaps six children.  I went online to the Utah Death Certificates and was able to find death certificates for two of the children, Edgar Martin and Richard.  I also found Olive Bernice’s obituary on line at Deseret News.  I placed these sources on their records at Family Tree.  From the obituary I found the names of Olive’s sons and put them in my database.  From Dexknows, I found addresses and telephone numbers for the two sons.  Both still live in  Salt Lake.

Unfortunately, I did not find a relationship to Stacy Keach Jr., but it is just as well, because he spent time in a London prison for possession of cocaine.  He played the part of a detective, but did not obey the law. 

There is mention in my record of a child that was born about 1920, but there is no record that I can find of this child. 

Another mystery to be cleared up is the mention in the obituary of a brother Patrick Delbert Keach of Colorado.  There is also a duplication of Eckley Martin Keach Jr. He seems to have gone by the name of Lee Mac also mentioned in the obituary and duplicated in Family Tree with birthdays two years apart.

I am not as familiar with this branch of the family, so I will have to do more research.

Of interest to me was the child that died from complications of a prolonged labor in the breech position and died after living one hour.  This was not an uncommon complication in those days.  Today with monitoring and C-section that complication would be rare.

Joseph Boyce Andrus History

I haven’t documented much of the work that I have done this past week.  I have been going through my records of the descendants of Lysander Gee to update the missing Individual Ordinances.  I have found a few ordinances that need to be completed.  I will wait until I have gone through all the 9 pages and then compile a list to share with members of the family.

Emma Maude Gee (my grandfather Gee's sister) was married to Joseph Boyce Andrus.  I found a history written by Betty June High, as told to her by her mother Thelma Maude Andrus High, a daughter of Joseph Boyce Andrus and Emma Maude Gee Andrus.  I felt that it was appropriate to put this in Family Tree.  In order to do this, I first put it in the Lysander Gee website and then made a link in the sources in Family Tree to the document on the Lysander Gee website.

The PIN for Joseph is: KWZX-2SB.

I also taught the Sunday school class how to print from Family Tree. Next week I will teach how to reserve ordinances in Family Tree.

The work progresses.

  

Watching the Records

Today I received my weekly watch e-mail from Family Search.  It recorded the changes that I had made.  I only had four changes on records that I was watching. I was the author of two and there was one each from Julia Corry from St. George and Larry Jensen.

The most interesting of the two was the additions by Larry Jensen.  He added some sources to the record of Frances Gates Wiley.   Frances is the daughter of Maryette Rowe Gates Gee.  Of the most interest to me was a copy of the death certificate for Frances.  For some unexplained reason Maryette gave Frances to Simeon and Dorcas Milliken Andrews to raise.  The Family Tree record shows both sets of parents with the correct relationship status in each case.  There is an additional source added, that of the 1870 census where Frances age 23 is listed as the wife of James Wiley with two children.

The last source was a headstone from Find A Grave. 

Larry and I have corresponded over the years.  He is pursuing the descendants of Maryette and Hirum and I am concentrating on the descendants of Maryette and  Lysander.

Had I not placed a watch on Frances Gates Wiley, I would have missed this added information.

When I was growing up my parents read from the works of Munro Leaf.  One of these books was called the Watchbirds.  I am glad that I have Watchbirds watching my changes to Family Tree.  Do you have your Watchbirds watching changes to your ancestors?  Try it you might find it interesting.

Julia brought to my attention that Mary Elizabeth Bates the spouse of Orlando Lysander Gee has duplicate parents.  This needs to be corrected.  I will put this on my list unless Julia decides to make the correction.

There is work enough for all to do.  It helps to have helpers.

Wrong mother and the correction

In New Family Search you cannot believe that everything is correct.  Since the record is composed of a number of combined records.  If one of those records is incorrect the whole record is affected.  In going through my database of the descendants of Lysander Gee and comparing them with the data in New Family Search, I found that Electa Gee had children that she did not bear.  I contacted New Family Search Support with the following e-mail.

Wrong mother

Phoebe Bates MZ7R-HP2, 94CC-FWR is listed incorrectly as the daughter of Erin Lafayette Bates Person identifier: KWVS-B95 and Electa Gee Person identifier: KWJC-KFP Phoebe has 18 combined records all of which are correct except the two listed above. Victoria Adelaide Brower Person identifier: LZKB-NML is the correct mother and Erin Lafayette Bates Person identifier: KWVS-B95 is the correct father.

Erin and Electa were not married until 1872 after the death of Victoria. Phoebe was born in 1864.

Orson Parley Bates Person identifier: KWVQ-CD2 the son of Erin Lafayette Bates Person identifier: KWVS-B95 was also not the son of Electa Gee Person identifier: KWJC-KFP. He was born 1870. He has 23 combined records MZ7R-H5V and 94CC-FZ4 incorrectly list Electa as his mother. All the other records are correct. Jeff Smith is the contributor of these incorrect records, but does not have any contact information.

Electa Gee is my great grand aunt.

Ivin Laurence Gee

They responded:

Dear Brother Gee,

Thank you for contacting familySearch with reference toOrson Parley Bates (1870-1932) PID KWVQ-CD2 and Phoebie Bates (1871-) PID 94CC-FWR being incorrectly linked as children within the marriage of Erin Laffayette Bates (1838-1897) PID KWVS-B95 and Electa Gee (1852-1942) PID KWJC-KFP.

We acknowledge that Phoebe Ann Bates (1860-1935) PID LHL5-861 and Orson Parley Bates (1870-1932) PID KWVQ-CD2 are the biologicak children of Erin Laffayette Bates (1838-1897) PID KWVS-B95 and Victoria A Brower (1841-1870) PID LZKB-NML.

We have looked at your case and have forwarded it for further review. The evaluator will advise you in due time of the result of the evaluation.

To further help you we would also like to advise you that answers can be found to many of the problems you may experience when using new.familysearch. These can be found in the Help Centre. At the bottom of each nFS page there is a link to the Help Centre and most pages also include another link entitled ‘Help with this Page’. Please do not hesitate, however, to call us again should you require further help or guidance.

May the Lord bless you for your service to Him and to your kindred dead.

Yours Sincerely

FamilySearch

Dear Ivin Laurence Gee,

RE: Phoebe Bates and Orson Parley Bates (PIDs: 94CC-FWR, KWVQ-CD2)

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Data Administration. Phoebe Bates and Orson Parley Bates no longer appear with the wrong mother in new FamilySearch. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Please review these records to ensure they are displaying correctly, and feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions or concerns. We wish you success in all your family history efforts.

Sincerely,
FamilySearch Data Administration
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Thus another error is corrected.

It is rumored that toward the end of the year NFS is changing.  The quicker we get errors corrected now, the easier it will be when the new issue comes out.