Family Group Sheet
NameGranville B. Quesenberry, 2C3R
Birth12 Jun 1887, Carroll Co., Virginia
Death28 June 1888 (?), Carroll Co., Virginia
BurialMarshall Cemetery, Carroll Co., Va
FatherDaniel Franklin Quesenberry (1854-1928)
MotherMary Jane Marshall (1855-1934)
Notes for Granville B. Quesenberry
There is a stone in Marshall Cemetery that says “Granvill B., son of D. F. & M. J. Quesinberry, born June 12, 1887, died June 28, 1888, At Rest”
Which is very confusing, since a living son Granville B. age 12 born March 1887 appears with the family in the 1900 census. The gravestone inscription is clear, and the stone is in an old style that is indicative of having been erected shortly after the date of death. But it seems very strange for a family to report as living to the census taker a child who lived barely one year and died twelve years before the census was taken.
No Granville appears in the 1910 census or the WW I draft registrations.
So I suspect that Daniel and Mary may have named two of their sons Granville, one of whom died in 1888, and the other who died sometime between 1900 and 1910. It is not uncommon for a family to reuse a name when the first holder of it dies very young. It is not, however, possible for a mother to have two children born in March and June of the same year. :)
One possibility is that there were twins born in June 1887, and the one originally named Granville died in infancy, and shortly thereafter the family decided to transfer the name Granville to the surviving twin. Another possibility is that the year 1887 is wrong in the 1900 census, and the son listed as born March 1887 was really born in 1888, shortly after the first Granville died. (Note the inconsistency between his reported age and birthdate. A child born in March 1887 would really be 13 in June 1900.) If the latter is true, though, then their next son Robert may have been born in 1890, since June 1888 to March 1889 would be extremely tight spacing of births.
Which is very confusing, since a living son Granville B. age 12 born March 1887 appears with the family in the 1900 census. The gravestone inscription is clear, and the stone is in an old style that is indicative of having been erected shortly after the date of death. But it seems very strange for a family to report as living to the census taker a child who lived barely one year and died twelve years before the census was taken.
No Granville appears in the 1910 census or the WW I draft registrations.
So I suspect that Daniel and Mary may have named two of their sons Granville, one of whom died in 1888, and the other who died sometime between 1900 and 1910. It is not uncommon for a family to reuse a name when the first holder of it dies very young. It is not, however, possible for a mother to have two children born in March and June of the same year. :)
One possibility is that there were twins born in June 1887, and the one originally named Granville died in infancy, and shortly thereafter the family decided to transfer the name Granville to the surviving twin. Another possibility is that the year 1887 is wrong in the 1900 census, and the son listed as born March 1887 was really born in 1888, shortly after the first Granville died. (Note the inconsistency between his reported age and birthdate. A child born in March 1887 would really be 13 in June 1900.) If the latter is true, though, then their next son Robert may have been born in 1890, since June 1888 to March 1889 would be extremely tight spacing of births.
