Michael Facchinello

Research · Workings · tier 4

Michael Facchinello family testimony on J.B. Saunders and Fay, October 8, 2026

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The source

Citation ID
cite:michael-facchinello-saunders-fay-testimony-2026-10-08
Evidence tier
4 · family testimony
Proves?
No, except for living current-family facts
Record type
family testimony
Repository
Family-supplied testimony
Public URL
none recorded
Accessed
2026-10-08
Access
public source
Claims citing it
1

Excerpt

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What this record proves

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1 claim this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:faye-frisby:name:1Easter Fay FrisbyEaster Fay Frisbysupported2 · official transcriptaccepted

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

  • 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.
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    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

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Evidence tier and review status

This source is tier 4 · family testimony — proves? No, except for living current-family facts. 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 transcriptsupportedaccepted1

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