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Family Bible 'Family Record' page – Davis births (faint photocopy)
Transcript
Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.
The record
Transcription of: Undated_Family_Bible_Record_Davis.pdf
Document: Faint photocopy on three-hole-punched paper of a printed Bible 'FAMILY RECORD' page headed 'BIRTHS.' in two columns, with handwritten entries for the Davis family and notes below the ruled area. It is a copy of the same leaf as page 1 of Undated_Family_Bible_Record_Davis_Branchide; the left margin arithmetic seen on that scan is outside this copy.
Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.
Transcription
FAMILY RECORD.
Printed column headings: BIRTHS. | BIRTHS.
Left column (BIRTHS.)
Dave 8 yrs old May 23. started 1881 work June 4. working 32 yrs in the mines
Watch Number 5669070 [first digit uncertain] case H.G.O [?] 46717
[Faint illegible marks below the watch numbers.]
Robert. G. Davis Born Feb. 22, 1916.
David Died July 20th, 1916 [very faint] Buried July 25th " " [very faint]
Right column (BIRTHS.)
David Davis. Born May 23th. 1873.
Annie E Davis Born Jan. 31th. 1879.
Esther P Davis Born Sept 1st. 1899.
Harriet A. Davis Born June 24th. 1885 [final digit overwritten] - 1885 [the '- 1885' outside the column rule]
David Wassell Davis Born Oct 4th 1910
Thelma Adelaide Born Jan 17th 1912
Winifred Ann Born. Feb. 8, 1914
Glady. Eslie Born Feb 28. 1915 [very faint]
Below the columns / bottom margin
Left for Mooseheart Aug 5. 1918 [only 'Left for' and '18' clearly visible on this copy]
Robert died Nov. 11th 1919
Married Bill Branchide Oct 2. 1918
[Bottom right corner: a faint mark, probably the '6' seen on the other scan of this leaf.]
Transcriber's Notes
This photocopy is very faint; many words are barely visible. Readings were confirmed against the clearer scan of the same leaf (Undated_Family_Bible_Record_Davis_Branchide, page 1); entries marked [very faint] are only faintly visible on this copy.
The writer's capital D resembles an H or L; transcribed as D (David, Davis, Died).
Harriet's birth year entry: 1885 with last digit overwritten; '- 1885' repeated outside the column.
Watch number digits uncertain as noted.