Michael Facchinello

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Texas birth certificate for Thomas Newton Frisby (K6GF-MKL)

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The source

Citation ID
cite:texas-birth-thomas-newton-frisby
Evidence tier
1 · original record
Proves?
Yes
Record type
vital record
Repository
FamilySearch, Texas birth certificates
Public URL
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6GF-MKL
Accessed
2026-10-13
Access
public source
Claims citing it
6

Excerpt

No public excerpt recorded — metadata only.

What this record proves

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6 claims this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:thomas-n-frisby:name:1Thomas Newton FrisbyThomas Newton Frisbyconfirmed1 · original recordaccepted
claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:name:1Thelma Jean Karr FrisbyThelma Jean Karr Frisbyconfirmed1 · original recordaccepted
claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:living-status:1Thelma Jean Karr Frisbydeceasedsupported1 · original recordaccepted
claim:allen-james-frisby:spouse-of:1A.J. Frisbyspouse-of Thelma Jean Karr Frisbysupported1 · original recordaccepted
claim:allen-james-frisby:parent-of:1A.J. Frisbyparent-of Thomas Newton Frisbyconfirmed1 · original recordaccepted
claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:parent-of:1Thelma Jean Karr Frisbyparent-of Thomas Newton Frisbyconfirmed1 · original recordaccepted

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

  • When did Thelma Jean Karr Frisby live, and does a marriage record name her as A. J. Frisby's wife? Her son's Texas birth certificate now names her as Thomas Newton Frisby's mother, and the 1910 census links her to Millard Eugene Karr's household.

    Status
    open
    Next action
    Search Smith and Grayson County marriage indexes c. 1928–1932 for FRISBY A. J. + KARR/CARR/KERR Thelma; then the Texas Death Index and Tyler cemetery records for a death date. Parentage is answered; the spouse relationship stays supported until a marriage record is read.
    Subjects

    Related claims

    • claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:name:1 — Thelma Jean Karr Frisby: Thelma Jean Karr Frisby confirmed
    • claim:allen-james-frisby:spouse-of:1 — A.J. Frisby: spouse-of Thelma Jean Karr Frisby supported
    • claim:thelma-kerr-frisby:parent-of:1 — Thelma Jean Karr Frisby: parent-of Thomas Newton Frisby confirmed

  • Is the Thomas N. Frisby named as counsel of record in a 1986 appellate opinion the same man as the Tyler attorney of 1984 and the 1959 judge advocate, and did he use a suffix?

    Status
    open
    Next action
    The 1959–60 Air Force Register for the date of rank; State Bar of Texas and Oklahoma Bar Association historical membership records, public and non-current fields only; and the counsel line of the February 1984 North Carolina appellate opinion, which a person must open because the page serves no body to an automated fetcher. No current record is to be published: his living status is unknown, no opened official source carries a suffix, and no city, directory entry, residence or current professional detail enters this dataset.
    Subjects

    Related claims

    • claim:thomas-n-frisby:name:1 — Thomas Newton Frisby: Thomas Newton Frisby confirmed
    • claim:thomas-n-frisby:military-service:1 — Thomas Newton Frisby: military-service · 1959 supported
    • claim:thomas-n-frisby:occupation:1 — Thomas Newton Frisby: occupation · 1954 · attorney (admitted to the Louisiana bar) supported

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Evidence tier and review status

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Citing claims by tier, status and review state
Claim tierStatusReviewClaims
1 · original recordconfirmedaccepted4
1 · original recordsupportedaccepted2

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