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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING

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

Born: 9 November 1861
Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
Married / Joined: 23 July 1880
Place: Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Died: 26 March 1927
Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Wife / Partner flag photo of Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK  Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK
Born: 16 August 1859
Place: , Germany (German States) (German Empire)
Died: 10 May 1931
Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Children

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

Born 6 March 1884
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married


Died 24 October 1958
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Born February 1888
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
14 August 1907


Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died 26 February 1935
Rockville, Connecticut, USA
5. flag male ancestor  Frank BLESSING
Born 18 November 1889
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
11 May 1909


Hartford, Connecticut, USA
6. flag girl ancestor  Emma BLESSING
Died 13 September 1899
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
7. flag female ancestor  Mae BLESSING
Born February 1892
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
11 October 1912


Hartford, Connecticut, USA Married
2 November 1942


Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died 5 February 1957
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
8. World War I Soldier flag photo of Albert A BLESSING   Albert A BLESSING
Born 7 September 1893
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
8 July 1919


Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
Died 31 October 1964
Van Nuys, California, USA*
Born 3 February 1894
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
30 August 1923


Hartford, Connecticut, USA Married
11 April 1942


Hartford, Connecticut, USA
10. World War I Soldier flag photo of Burton Judd BLESSING   Burton Judd BLESSING
Born 11 March 1898
Meriden, Connecticut, USA
Married
17 February 1920


Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
Died 8 November 1982
Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
Married


Married
6 September 1924


Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died 13 October 1964
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
13. flag baby boy ancestor  Edwin S BLESSING
Born 29 January 1904
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died 8 March 1905
Hartford, Connecticut, USA