Citation · C0246 · record
Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp.
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Validator (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-28): contradicts, confidence 1/4, tier record.
The right-hand entry reads that Maria Anne (Spackman), widow of the late Franklin Wood, died on the twenty-first day of April 1907, aged eighty-one years. It says she was buried on the twenty-third day of the same month in St. George's Church ground. The witnesses were Arthur A. Wood and Henry H. Wood, and the officiant was W.B. Longhurst, Canon. The person and the place (Granby Anglican) fit the claim, but the claimed burial date of 20 April conflicts with the record and falls even before her recorded death. Age 81 in April 1907 implies birth between about April 1825 and April 1826, which is within roughly a year of the claimed 1824 but worth rechecking.
Matches: Entry names 'Maria Anne (Spackman), widow of the late Franklin Wood'; the maiden name matches the claim; Burial entry in the 1907 Granby Anglican register, St. George's Church ground, consistent with Granby, Québec; Year of death and burial is 1907, matching the claimed death year; Age at death 81, implying birth about 1825–1826, close to the claimed 1824
Flags: Record gives the burial date as the twenty-third of April 1907, not 20 April 1907; Record gives the death date as 21 April 1907, so a burial on 20 April would come before the death
Limits: Burial register gives only an age at death, not a birth date; The word 'third' in the burial date is interlined, with a margin note 'one word interlined good W.B.L.'
What it supports
- Buried · 20 April 1907 · Granby, Québec, Canada — Maria Anne Spackman