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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Orren THOMPSON

A traditional family group sheet showing the couple, their parents, vital events, and children in one research-friendly record.

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What is a Family Group Record?

A Family Group Record, sometimes called a Family Group Sheet, documents a single family unit in detail. While a pedigree chart looks backward at direct ancestors, a family group record looks sideways and downward, focusing on parents and their children.

It records the names, birth, marriage, and death information for both parents, along with details about their children. Looking at siblings and parents together can reveal naming patterns, gaps between births, migrations, remarriages, and other clues that are easy to miss when people are viewed one at a time.

Family group records also work as evidence containers. They give researchers a place to compare conflicting dates, document sources, and keep notes about why one conclusion seems stronger than another. Used together with pedigree charts, they help turn a collection of names into a connected family story.

Family 1

Husband / Partner

flag male ancestor Orren THOMPSON
Born: 1777
Place: Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Married / Joined: 8 June 1809
Place: Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died: 8 September 1843
Place: Savannah, New York, USA
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Wife / Partner flag female ancestor Rachel KIMBALL
Born: 8 July 1788
Place: North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1852
Place: Lowell, Kent, Michigan, USA
Her Father
flag male ancestor Noah KIMBALL
Born: 8 August 1764
Place: Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)
Died: 20 July 1841
Place: Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Azuba SALISBURY
Born: 21 May 1765
Place: Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)
Died: 23 April 1843
Place: Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)

Children

Listed in birth order when known. Select a child for the full genealogy record.

1. flag male ancestor  Sylvenus D THOMPSON
Born 25 February 1810
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died 24 February 1875
Browne, Kent, Michigan, USA
2. flag female ancestor  Helen Almira THOMPSON
Born 1811
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died 1832
3. flag male ancestor  Sylvester THOMPSON
Born 2 October 1814
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died 7 December 1893
Belding, Ionia, Michigan, USA
4. flag female ancestor  Amelia E THOMPSON
Born 1815
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died 22 July 1876
Lowell, Kent, Michigan, USA
5. flag female ancestor  Azubah THOMPSON
Born 1 February 1819
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died 4 October 1907
, Michigan, USA
6. flag male ancestor  Samuel THOMPSON
Born 1822
Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
Died