Re: Searching For The Many Thomas Gaytons
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Searching For The Many Thomas Gaytons
Roger Gayton 7/25/01
Hi Falcon:
A question - I am doing some research on ROBERTS surnames in Yarmouth County, and some notes I have been using (not my own) say that Didamia Ann Roberts (b. Nov 22, 1825) married JAMES Gayton b. 1820. Is James the same person as Thomas (that is, James Thomas or Thomas James) or are we talking two different people here ?
Might Didamia have married twice ? If so, who was first and who was second ?
Although it's not part of my research, I'm curious - do we know the birth parents of Howard Thomas and how he came to be adopted into the Gayton family ? At that time period, adoptions were usually for practical reasons - a near relative died or became unable to care for children, so they were taken in by others in the family. Is that what happened here ?