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Easter Fay Saunders Frisby memorial (with transcribed 1982 obituary and death-certificate index entry)

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The source

Citation ID
cite:findagrave-easter-fay-frisby
Evidence tier
3 · compiled genealogy
Proves?
No: a lead, not proof
Record type
cemetery index
Repository
Find a Grave
Public URL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15514645/easter-fay-frisby
Accessed
2026-10-08
Access
public source
Claims citing it
10

Excerpt

Born Aug. 17, 1890 in Waxahachie, she married Thomas David Frisby on Oct. 17, 1907 in Sherman. … Survivors include … two sons, Thomas J. of Smyrna, N.C. and A. J. of Tyler; two brothers, J. B. Saunders of Houston

Verbatim excerpt from the source, as recorded in the citation.

What this record proves

Accepted claims citing this source at confirmed or supported: a source of this tier is a lead, so a claim here is supported only because tier 1–2 evidence it cites alongside this source states it.

10 claims this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:faye-frisby:name:1Easter Fay FrisbyEaster Fay Frisbysupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:living-status:1Easter Fay Frisbydeceasedsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:birth:1Easter Fay Frisbybirth · August 17, 1890supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:death:1Easter Fay Frisbydeath · September 9, 1982 · Sweetwater, Texassupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:marriage:1Thomas David Frisbymarriage · October 22, 1907supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:marriage:1Easter Fay Frisbymarriage · October 22, 1907supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:burial:1Easter Fay Frisbyburial · September 1982 · Sweetwater, Texassupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:parent-of:1Easter Fay Frisbyparent-of A.J. Frisbysupported3 · compiled genealogyaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:spouse-of:1Thomas David Frisbyspouse-of Easter Fay Frisbysupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:parent-of:1Thomas David Frisbyparent-of A.J. Frisbysupported3 · compiled genealogyaccepted

What it does not prove

Claims citing this source at reconstructed, conditional or needs-verification, or demoted on review (downgraded): the source is a lead or partial corroboration for these, not proof.

Every claim citing this source is accepted as confirmed, supported or family-confirmed.

Open questions touching these claims

  • What documentary chain connects the Saunders family to Thomas Newton Frisby? His Texas birth certificate now confirms A.J. Frisby and Thelma Jean Karr as his parents, while Tom Frisby's manuscript and family emails provide the remaining family testimony for Fay → A.J. and J.B. Saunders Jr. as Fay's brother and Thomas's great-uncle.

    Status
    open
    Next action
    The Thomas parentage portion is answered by Texas birth certificate K6GF-MKL. Resolve only the remaining Saunders generation reading with Easter Fay's Texas death certificate no. 86199, the 1900 Hill County and 1910/1920 Saunders census images, Joseph B. Saunders Sr.'s obituary/death record, and a full copy of Joseph Benjamin Saunders Jr.'s 1989 obituary. Do not expand A.J.'s initials or promote Saunders kinship without those records.
    Subjects

    Related claims

  • Which Joseph B. Saunders was Easter Fay Frisby's brother: Joseph B. Saunders Sr. (1861–1933), as the family reports, or Joseph Benjamin Saunders Jr. (1901–1989), as her 1982 obituary and his memorial read — and was Sr. therefore her father? This question exists so that the dataset asks it instead of assuming an answer (conflict:saunders-generations-fay-relationship).

    Status
    open
    Next action
    Easter Fay's Texas death certificate no. 86199 (1982), which states her parents at tier 2 and is the single most decisive record on this line; the 1900 census of Hill County, Texas and the 1910 and 1920 census of Tulsa and Creek County, Oklahoma for the Saunders household as images, not name indexes (Fay aged 9 in 1900; a “J B” aged 9 in the 1910 household a contributor transcribes); Joseph B. Saunders Sr.'s own obituary and Oklahoma death record (1933, Creek County) for his children and surviving siblings; Joseph Benjamin Saunders Jr.'s 1989 obituary in a copy that carries the survivors the Find a Grave transcription omits; and Texas and Oklahoma marriage, land and probate records for Joseph B. Saunders and Irene (McQuatters) Saunders, which would tie or untie “McQuatters” from “Irene Imogene”. None of these promotes any kinship down to Thomas N. Frisby, which needs the record named in question:thomas-n-frisby:parentage.
    Subjects

    Related claims

    • claim:joseph-b-saunders-sr:parent-of:1 — Joseph B. “J.B.” Saunders Sr.: parent-of Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr. supported
    • claim:faye-frisby:name:1 — Easter Fay Frisby: Easter Fay Frisby supported
    • claim:thomas-n-frisby:associated-with:2 — Thomas Newton Frisby: associated-with Joseph Benjamin “J.B.” Saunders Jr. (lead) conditional

Conflicts touching these claims

  • The joint Frisby marker at Sweetwater reads “MARRIED OCT. 22, 1907”, and the inscription fields of both Find a Grave memorials agree; the 1982 obituary transcription on Easter Fay's memorial says she married Thomas David Frisby on October 17, 1907 at Sherman. The accepted claims carry the marker's October 22 at `supported`; the October 17 reading is held unaccepted and is not refuted. The Grayson County marriage record of October 1907 decides it. Nothing is asserted about the place.

    Resolution
    open

    Claims in conflict

    • claim:thomas-david-frisby:marriage:1 — Thomas David Frisby: marriage · October 22, 1907 supported
    • claim:faye-frisby:marriage:1 — Easter Fay Frisby: marriage · October 22, 1907 supported

Evidence tier and review status

This source is tier 3 · compiled genealogy — proves? No: a lead, not proof. A claim’s tier is the best tier among all its sources, so a claim listed here may sit at a stronger tier than this source when it also cites a stronger record.

Citing claims by tier, status and review state
Claim tierStatusReviewClaims
2 · official transcriptsupportedaccepted8
3 · compiled genealogysupportedaccepted2

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