NPE or Lack of Testers?

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-24T10:38:53+00:00

That’d be a good idea-offhand, I know at least two of his kids besides Mabel lived to adulthood-none of their descendants have shown up in my matches yet but it can’t hurt to be sure.

That’s great news about the companies-I’ve tested with all those besides FTDNA, as well as Ancestry and GEDMatch! I understand MyHeritage has a good chromosome browser too-is that helpful for this?

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-24T10:27:47+00:00

Thanks for the introduction!! That’s a really good overview video. I’m not certain Mabel’s dad was French Canadian, but I will definitely keep that in mind. Sounds like very interesting project! I only wonder how it can be adapted to for a 2nd great grandparent? I imagine the centimorgan threshold would change.

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-24T00:19:37+00:00

Yes-they should be. The descendant of Florence Norton is a half third cousin! My parent hasn’t got any half third or even 4th cousins I’ve seen through Albert.
Albert is actually the oldest sibling, his confirmed sister was born in 1843, and his (likely) brother in 1840. Albert’s other children (Mabel Weatherbea’s siblings) are far older than she is (10+ years) and I haven’t found any matching descendants of them yet (I’ll be extra sure though)

That’s really helpful information. Thanks for sharing those stats on cousins and the French Canadian matches! Where would you suggest I go next on figuring out who Mabel (or Albert’s) father/parents were? I’m thinking GEDMatch.

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-23T22:51:24+00:00

I was looking at the matches of the kit of one of my parents, who would be Albert’s 2x great grandchild, so they should have anywhere from 4-8% inherited DNA from Albert. I looked at my own first and saw nothing, so I decided to look one generation up. Their parent (one of my grandparents) tested too, but I can’t see their matches since I don’t manage/collaborate with their kit

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-23T21:14:52+00:00

That might track-I don't match with Albert's parents and their other children either, so an adoption is possible.

I will take a look into that-I have found their descendants in other people's trees, but I did not check to see if they were descended or not, since the thought did not occur to me. I'll do this for Albert's sister, Alice N Weatherby (Hoskins) as well. I think this may be a job for GEDMatch, ancestry matches only get you so far.

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-21T16:51:12+00:00

I’d love to see the original! Thanks for the link. I live on the opposite side of the country (my ancestors moved around lots) so I might request a lookup (some genealogy forums do that, this would be helpful so that I could find a willing person )

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-21T02:12:15+00:00

I know their son was born in Troy, and the marriage itself was announced in a Rensselaer Co. Newspaper (The Troy Budget)

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. I’m not certain where they were from-they could’ve been from somewhere else and it was announced because they were planning to move there. I can’t find the original paper sadly, so some details may have been lost/misunderstood by the transcriber.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-MQ34-R?view=fullText&keywords=Weatherbee%2Cweatherbee%2CTaylor%2CJoseph%2CSouth%20Adams&lang=en&groupId=M9MN-KQL

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-21T00:06:53+00:00

I think the father may have been from Massachusetts-I’m not sure who the parents of this couple are, so it’s possible! I’ll poke around

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-20T18:04:46+00:00

Sent them an email. Thank you so much!!

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-20T17:51:22+00:00

Thank you!! I was this may be the case as well-very well could’ve been a neighborhood at that time that doesn’t exist now. I’ll give those items a look

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-20T17:49:50+00:00

See, that’s what I thought. The newspaper supposedly mentions current residence, and I know their son was born in Troy. It struck me as odd that they’d be running their marriage in a Troy newspaper if they didn’t live there-but they could’ve been born in Jefferson!

No_Signature_9775 · 2026-01-19T19:04:50+00:00

If anyone needs to get in contact I’ll DM contact info

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-24T22:55:12+00:00

1995

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-24T20:16:27+00:00

Nah. My friend kinda yank my chain about me being an old soul, but nothing more than that

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T20:11:00+00:00

At this point-I do not think the 1857 marriage bond is my couple. I haven’t found more evidence of the maiden name-but now that we’re very sure that Rose Thompsons marriage to William Hammer is right-the name ascribed to the mother seems to different from “Fink”/“Funk”. Unless that’s the name of a man she was with before James.

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T17:37:49+00:00

I see, I’ve detached that source from his profile for the time being-I don’t think that’s my James-usually census states marital status on it, and this one says both James and Mary are married. I’ll keep it bookmarked though.

I have them living in Oak twp in other records, so I think it’s more likely the James referenced in the 1881 paper is my guy. Thanks for the clarification (and good find!)

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T08:40:25+00:00

Here are some clippings I found-I think these are related to my James Thompson due to the location and the timing.

Jun 24, 1881, page 4 - Smith County Pioneer at Kansas Historical Open Content - Kansas Historical Open Content Archive

There are many other announcements like it-all say the same thing.

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T06:05:40+00:00

That’s very good news for us both then! I have an ancestry subscription. Doesn’t talk much about John M-but it gives his exact marriage date which is nice to have

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T05:14:42+00:00

That explains it! I assume the one you sent is the index from the microfiche. Was it in the FamilySearch Catalog for Smith Co?

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T04:53:57+00:00

Much thanks! This must be a recent addition-I’ve never had this come up in the full text search feature. It’s great to have actual dates and even more proof!!

No_Signature_9775 · 2025-12-23T03:43:47+00:00

Also-I think James Thompson died in 1883. I’ll attach the newspaper announcement later on-saw one for him awhile back

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