How is Caspar Titchworth Related to Us?

Hi everyone, I've been on holidays and haven't had time to post anything but now I'm ready.

 The answer to the burning question of where Caspar fits into our family tree is....I'm not sure.There are lots of theories in ancestry.com and from other researchers but there isn't any proof. I'm attaching a quick family tree starting with Gramma (Margaret Bethel Jerry) and ending with William Titchworth. The family members as and their spouses are proven, at least as far as William. Most of the information originally came from Gramma talking and then I found documents to prove it. However the siblings and parents of William Titchworth are not proven.
 I still have to figure out how to put charts on a blog but since pictures are better than a written list I'm going with this.

Anyway the only proof I have of how Caspar is related is from an undated, unsigned letter from San Francisco. In this pencil written letter to cousin Phoebe (Field nee Titchworth) is is a plea for understanding of Ira Titchworth and his situation and a request for money for him. The juicy details of Ira's life will be in another post. Ira and Phoebe are brother and sister and the writer of the letter refers to their father as "uncle". It's unfortunate we don't know who wrote the letter. But the only family living in San Francisco are Caspar and his wife, and his daughter, Dolly (Laura Louise). To complicate matters even more we don't know who Caspar's father is.What do we know? Caspar is somehow related to us but the details are unknown right now. Perhaps his death record will list his parents. Dana, I'm going to need your help with that. 

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Tara Shymanski, BA, PLCGS
Researching Your Family's History




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