Frances Xavier Jolivette’s birth year is given as either 1851 or 1853 in several places. Ordinarily I would give the greatest weight to his gravestone that says 1851, but the early census agree on 1853. I think that his age is most likely to be given correctly by his parents, so 1853 gets the nod.
Frances Xavier Jolivette’s birth year is given as either 1851 or 1853 in several places. Ordinarily I would give the greatest weight to his gravestone that says 1851, but the early census agree on 1853. I think that his age is most likely to be given correctly by his parents, so 1853 gets the nod.