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Eva Graaf; Olive Graaf

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 10:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Who were the parents of Eva GROFF SKUTT, Olive GROFF SKUTT, and Paul SKUTT?

There do not appear to be any links to their parents.
However, there is good circumstantial evidence.
And, the links, if true, all tend to support each other.

The death certificate of Truman Skutt lists his mother, wife of Daniel Skutt Sr. as being born Eva GROFF.
Various other records place Eva SKUTT as having been born in New York around 1783.

There is a record of an Eva Graff being born 12 Mar 1780, baptized 26 March 1780,
father Johannes Paulus Graaf, mother Margaretha Bowman, recorded by
Gilead Evangelical Lutheran Church Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York.

There is a reference in ROSE NEIGHBORHOOD SKETCHES that identifies the children
of Daniel Skutt. One of the childrens names is listed as "Apollos".
The locations of farms both in New York and in Michagan of Paul Skutt
are always very close to those of Daniel or a child of Daniel.

The death certificate of William H Skutt lists his mother, Truman's wife, as
having been born Olive GROFF. Various other records put her birth as being in
New York in about 1822.

To date, no reasonably matching record of Olive Groff born about 1822 in New York
has surfaced.

The *circumstantial* evidence and consistency of these links is interesting:

Primarily names. The transition of (De) Graaf to Groff is well established and
happened in this era. Paulus could easily have been rewritten into Apollos.
Paulus changed to Paul in the Graaf/Groff trees during this time. First names
were frequently handed down a line and Paulus (Apollos) would have crossed
from Graff to Skutt. On the Graff/Groff side we see, not too far away, Olive Wooster
(likely a married name) (re)married to a John P(aul) Groff
and having several children. There are trees that show Olive's mother as also
being named Olive. In the lists of children I have seen, there are about seven *boys
only* listed. More intriguing there is a four year gap 1820-1824 between two boys,
during which a birth (of Olive) *could* have occurred. Olive Skutt has a granddaughter
also named Olive. Most interestingly, the two Groff mothers listed on death
certificates would have fathers Johannes Paulus Graaf and John Paul Groff, different,
but very closely (but some trees vary on how).

I would be interested in hearing from any SKUTT or GROFF tree keepers who have
information, either supportive or problematic about these three links. I would
especially like to hear about the GROFF tree and try to get stronger facts there.



Thanks in Advance,

Cory F. Skutt


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