Correction for 8/29/07 entry re George Elias Ringer

According to George Elias Ringer's WWI draft registration card (pictured below), he was born on 6/26/1888. This is corroborated by the U.S. Census records of 1900, 1910 and 1920 (though the 1900 census lists his birth year as 1889).


This clears up the confusion about the marriage and birth dates I entered earlier. Apparently the online Lanark County, IL records as relating to the birthdates are incorrect.

The original paragraph I posted:

Elias Finifrock and Sara Wolf were the parents of Sarah Ellen Finifrock (1861-1946) who married Joseph Ringer in 1881 or 1886 (there is conflicting evidence as to which date is correct). Joseph & Sarah Ellen were the parents of George Elias Ringer, born 1883. The online county records indicate that the correct year of the marriage was 1886 and also lists the correct year of birth for George Elias Ringer as 1883. I have to think the 1881 date is more likely to be correct, as I can't imagine Joseph and Sarah marrying three years after the birth of their first son. Furthermore, the online county records show that John Ringer (George's brother) was born on May 10,
1885, a year and a half before the proposed marriage date.