Updating A Discrepancy Chart for Ira

I've blogged about this discrepancy chart before, but I realized I never bothered to update it with "new" information on Ira. Regular readers know that I'm a big fans of charts and tables for organization.

Here's part of the original post (and the discrepancy chart):

 Based upon the records used in the chart, a reasonable birth date estimate would be between 1840 and 1845.

Record	Birth date	Birthplace	Age	Informant	Information Type
Death Certificate, 1916 Peoria County, Illinois	Ca. 1840/1841 (estimated from age-birth date not stated on record)	Unknown	75 years	Hospital records	Secondary
1880 Census, Hancock County, Illinois	Ca. 1844/1845 (estimated from age)	Canada	35 years		Secondary
1900 Census, Hancock County, Illinois	March 1843	Canada F.	57 years		Secondary
1910 Census, Peoria County, Illinois	Ca. 1841/1842	Not listed	68 years	Probably Hospital records	Secondary
1883 Marriage to Martha PHELPS, Adams County, Illinois	Ca. 1842/1843	Not listed	40 years		Secondary
Adams County, Illinois Poor House Records, August 1907	Ca. 1844	Canada	"about 63 years"		Secondary
Insanity Case, Adams County, Illinois, September 1907	Ca. 1843/1844	Not listed	63 years		Secondary
Insanity Case, Adams County, Illinois, September 1905	Ca. 1838/1839	Canada	66 years		Secondary

It turns out, based upon information contained in the widow's Civil War pension of Ira's sister Emmar (Sargent) Osenbaugh, that Ira was likely born near Darlington, Ontario, Canada in the early 1840s. Emmar would be a secondary source for her brother's place of birth, and actually, she never says anything about her brother specifically other than to say that he exists.

I need to add the information from Emmar to the chart and I really need to add a column for how much credence I give to each specific piece of information--not every statement listed in the chart can be viewed with the same level of confidence.

I've solved the question of Ira's parents. However, based upon what few records the family left I may not be able to pinpoint Ira's place or date of birth precisely.

In this situation, like many, it is about establishing relationships and connections. Precision with regards to time and place of birth may never be achieved.