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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 12550439, member: 33"]I searched for more information about the Jane Angus who lived in Maine, that Debora found. She was born Margaret J. Meek (or Meeks) in 1837 or 1838 in Maine. Since she was listed as Jane in some census records, I assume her middle name was Jane. I haven't found her parents' names.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Angus and Margaret I.[sic] Meeks were married in 1854, per marriage record abstracts found in Ancestry dot com. They had at least two children, both daughters. Anna E., born about 1858, and Ada, born about 1865. Ada later married Horace W. Snow.</p><p><br /></p><p>John died in 1893 and Margaret/Jane died in 1898. So, she is a possibility, date wise. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235006736/margaret_j-angus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235006736/margaret_j-angus" rel="nofollow">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235006736/margaret_j-angus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since Jane was her middle name, I don't know how the middle initial on the labels fits in. By the way, that middle initial looks like it could actually be an R. There is a small "tail" coming down on both labels that could be the downstroke for an R. But not certain of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Find A Grave has about 10-15 entries for women named Jane Angus, born before 1900 and buried in the United States. A few of them are their birth names, and most are married surnames. The memorial mentioned above is under Margaret J Angus.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not really helping you identify the right person, though. I'll give it more thought. Wouldn't trust AI, either. It's good for well-known people, and sometimes the not so well known. But there has to be something online about the person in a free website in order to find anything useful. It's good for general historical topics, as long as it's read with a critical eye, expecting some errors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 12550439, member: 33"]I searched for more information about the Jane Angus who lived in Maine, that Debora found. She was born Margaret J. Meek (or Meeks) in 1837 or 1838 in Maine. Since she was listed as Jane in some census records, I assume her middle name was Jane. I haven't found her parents' names. John Angus and Margaret I.[sic] Meeks were married in 1854, per marriage record abstracts found in Ancestry dot com. They had at least two children, both daughters. Anna E., born about 1858, and Ada, born about 1865. Ada later married Horace W. Snow. John died in 1893 and Margaret/Jane died in 1898. So, she is a possibility, date wise. [URL]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235006736/margaret_j-angus[/URL] Since Jane was her middle name, I don't know how the middle initial on the labels fits in. By the way, that middle initial looks like it could actually be an R. There is a small "tail" coming down on both labels that could be the downstroke for an R. But not certain of that. Find A Grave has about 10-15 entries for women named Jane Angus, born before 1900 and buried in the United States. A few of them are their birth names, and most are married surnames. The memorial mentioned above is under Margaret J Angus. This is not really helping you identify the right person, though. I'll give it more thought. Wouldn't trust AI, either. It's good for well-known people, and sometimes the not so well known. But there has to be something online about the person in a free website in order to find anything useful. It's good for general historical topics, as long as it's read with a critical eye, expecting some errors.[/QUOTE]
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