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Virginia Nelle Fleenor obituary (2023; names Paul Fleenor’s 1975 marriage, 1990 death and children)
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The source
Excerpt
In 1975, Virginia married Paul Fleenor. They were married until his death in 1990. … Paul’s children, Joan Faccinello, Pat Deneke (deceased), …
What this record proves
Accepted claims citing this source at confirmed or supported: a record of this tier can prove what it states directly.
| Claim | Person | States | Status | Tier | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
claim:paul-fleenor:living-status:1 | Paul T. Fleenor | deceased | supported | 2 · official transcript | accepted |
claim:jim-fleenor:name:1 | Jim Fleenor (living, redacted) | Jim Fleenor | confirmed | 2 · official transcript | accepted |
claim:paulette-fleenor:name:1 | Paulette [Fleenor] Turner (living, redacted) | Paulette [Fleenor] Turner | confirmed | 2 · official transcript | accepted |
claim:paul-fleenor:death:1 | Paul T. Fleenor | death · December 12, 1990 | supported | 2 · official transcript | accepted |
claim:paul-fleenor:parent-of:1 | Paul T. Fleenor | parent-of Joan Fleenor Facchinello | confirmed | 1 · original record | accepted |
claim:paul-fleenor:parent-of:2 | Paul T. Fleenor | parent-of Patricia “Pat” Fleenor Deneke | confirmed | 1 · original record | accepted |
claim:paul-fleenor:parent-of:3 | Paul T. Fleenor | parent-of Paulette [Fleenor] Turner | confirmed | 1 · original record | accepted |
claim:emily-symons-fleenor:parent-of:3 | Emily Symons Fleenor | parent-of Paulette [Fleenor] Turner | supported | 1 · original record | accepted |
claim:paul-fleenor:parent-of:4 | Paul T. Fleenor | parent-of Jim Fleenor | confirmed | 1 · original record | accepted |
claim:emily-symons-fleenor:parent-of:4 | Emily Symons Fleenor | parent-of Jim Fleenor | supported | 1 · original record | accepted |
What it does not prove
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Every claim citing this source is accepted as confirmed, supported or family-confirmed.
Open questions touching these claims
When and where did Paul T. Fleenor and Emily Symons marry, and are 1 Jan 1913 and 17 Sep 1915 their record birth dates? The marriage is bounded only by Patricia's birth at Evanston in February 1933, so it was before 1933; the 1950 census schedule gives Paul's birth state as Iowa and Emily's as Illinois, and Paul's death in 1990 is now corroborated by two tier-2 sources. Both exact days still come from Find a Grave metadata only, and a 1 January birth is a common index placeholder.
- Status
- open
- Next action
- FamilySearch "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1940" (post-1877 registers name the parties' parents) for FLEENOR–SYMONS, Cook County, 1930–1933, then the Cook County Clerk genealogy index as the paid fallback, then Iowa county marriages if Cook County is empty. Cook County birth certificates for Emily (1915), Patricia (1933) and Joan (1934), each of which names the parents and Paul's birthplace. Emily's 1975 Denver death certificate, and the Littleton Independent of July 1975 — the Denver Public Library's 1975–1979 obituary index has no Fleenor entry. For Paul, the Rocky Mountain News item of 17 December 1990 and his Colorado death certificate (question:paul-fleenor:parentage). Promote the marriage claim and the exact birth and death days only from those records; nothing opened names Paul's parents.
- Subjects
Related claims
claim:paul-fleenor:spouse-of:1— Paul T. Fleenor: spouse-of Emily Symons Fleenor confirmedclaim:paul-fleenor:birth:1— Paul T. Fleenor: birth · 1913 · Iowa supportedclaim:paul-fleenor:death:1— Paul T. Fleenor: death · December 12, 1990 supportedclaim:emily-symons-fleenor:birth:1— Emily Symons Fleenor: birth · September 17, 1915 · Illinois supportedclaim:emily-symons-fleenor:death:1— Emily Symons Fleenor: death · July 17, 1975 supportedclaim:emily-symons-fleenor:burial:1— Emily Symons Fleenor: burial · after July 17, 1975 · Littleton, Colorado supported
Which record names Emily Symons Fleenor as Patricia (Fleenor) Deneke's mother? Paul is named as her father by the 1950 census schedule and by a 2022 and a 2023 obituary, but Emily's motherhood rests on a sibling inference through Joan's obituary and on the schedule's "wife of the head" and "daughter of the head" columns, which state relationship to the head only.
- Status
- open
- Next action
- Her Cook County birth certificate of 17 February 1933, which names both parents; failing that, the Fleenor–Symons marriage register entry (question:paul-fleenor+emily-symons:marriage-and-dates). Promote claim:emily-symons-fleenor:parent-of:2 to confirmed only from a source that names Emily as her mother.
- Subjects
Related claims
claim:emily-symons-fleenor:parent-of:2— Emily Symons Fleenor: parent-of Patricia “Pat” Fleenor Deneke supportedclaim:paul-fleenor:parent-of:2— Paul T. Fleenor: parent-of Patricia “Pat” Fleenor Deneke confirmedclaim:pat-fleenor:birth:1— Patricia “Pat” Fleenor Deneke: birth · February 17, 1933 · Evanston, Illinois confirmed
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Evidence tier and review status
This source is tier 2 · official transcript — proves? Yes, for what it states directly. 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.
| Claim tier | Status | Review | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · original record | confirmed | accepted | 4 |
| 1 · original record | supported | accepted | 2 |
| 2 · official transcript | confirmed | accepted | 2 |
| 2 · official transcript | supported | accepted | 2 |
People, branch and canvas
Each person a citing claim is about, with their profile and their card on the interactive tree.
- Paul T. Fleenor (canvas)
- Jim Fleenor (canvas)
- Paulette [Fleenor] Turner (canvas)
- Emily Symons Fleenor (canvas)
- Facchinello chapter — a branch chapter for people these claims are about · chapter reviewed
- Fleenor chapter — a branch chapter for people these claims are about · chapter reviewed
- Open the tree on Paul T. Fleenor — the canvas with the first cited person selected and their evidence open
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