Thursday, December 4, 2014

More about Eliza McGuire, wife of Timothy

It's been a while since I've posted here. Life happens.

Onto the good news:

According to Tochter5, one of my McGuire correspondents, DNA evidence has proved that "E. E." Elizabeth Eliza Louisa, wife of Timothy McGuire, was indeed the daughter of Benjamin Wilson of Shelby County, AL.

It was most generous of Tochter5 to share that information, especially as her original theory about Eliza's identity differed from mine. But having met her, I can vouch that she walks the research walk and is willing to change her trees based on new and proved information.

There's no link to a source because she sent me the word via email.

Luckily there's more information on Benjamin Wilson and his family here from Donna Causey at Alabama Pioneers:

http://alabamapioneers.com/tag/shelby-county/page/3/#sthash.q32Jq5NS.dpbs

Two notes:

1. ALPioneers lacks the information that Eliza was a daughter of Benjamin Wilson and Hannah Harless.

2. Today many people think that Elizabeth and Eliza are the same name. Indeed, they both stem from the name "Elizabeth." But people in the 1800's considered them two different names. This is at least the third family I've encountered with both an "Elizabeth" and an "Eliza" who are different people.

Isn't it nice when your theories prove correct??

Happy hunting!