Alice Plunkett

PROOF CLASS: FATHER = DIRECT (4 Sep 2026) - the 1900 census states her DAUGHTER of the head. MOTHER = ARGUMENT (Owen graded 6 Sep 2026) - a 1914 wedding notice plus Lila's 'mother of 4, 4 living'; see proof-summary-184-plunkett-mother-2026-09-06.md. Audited 27 Jul 2026 - post-1850 spine, Phase 2 grading (ancestry/post-1850-plan.md). Parents were already attached here; this note records the record that EVIDENCES them, and ProofFather/ProofMother have been set to Proven. 1900 U.S. Census, LITTLE ROCK WARD 3, PULASKI CO., ARKANSAS, family 30, 1717 Broadway (Ancestry coll. 7602 rec. 35799707). *** IMAGE 4119764_00631 READ 27 Jul 2026, lines 42-47. *** Household on the image: PLUNKETT, William (head) - LILA (wife) - Catherine 18 - Ralph 10 - ALICE 6, b. Jul 1893 - Lela 4. Matches the attached parents William Benjamin Plunkett and Eliza (LILA) Boyd. WHY THE INDEX LOOKS WRONG - DO NOT RE-DOUBT THIS. Ancestry's index renders the head as 'William Williams' and the surname as 'Plencrett' on every row, and indexes this child as 'Adeph Plencrett'. The image shows why: line 42 reads PLUNKETT, and line 41 - the PRECEDING household - is WILLIAMS, Niel. The indexer took the head's given name from the row above. General lesson: an impossible-looking parent name in a census index is often an off-by-one from the previous household; check the row above before doubting the tree. ** EVIDENCE BASIS: an explicit 'Relation to Head of House' column, plus household composition. ** *(was, 4 Sep 2026: MOTHER = UNDERDETERMINED - relation is to the HEAD only; upgrades on that census's parents'-birthplace columns, or her parents' Arkansas marriage record.)* REGRADED 6 Sep 2026, and BOTH named upgrades were weaker than two things already cited here and never opened. SHAPE A - Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Fri 1 May 1914, p.4, 'Social and Personal' (cited as C1561 with an EMPTY ActualText until 6 Sep 2026): 'A beautiful wedding of last night was that of John Barnitz Bond, son of Dr. and Mrs. John B. Bond, and Miss ALICE PLUNKETT, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. W. B. PLUNKETT.' SHAPE B - 1900 census, Little Rock Ward 3, family 30, THE WIFE'S RECORD (coll. 7602 rec. 35799704): Lila Plunkett, 38, Wife, b. May 1862 Ky., MARRIAGE YEAR 1880, YEARS MARRIED 20, MOTHER: HOW MANY CHILDREN 4, NUMBER LIVING 4 - and exactly four children are enumerated with her (Catherine 18, Ralph 10, ALICE 6 b. Jul 1893, Lela 4), so the household is her complete set of children. The same couple heads the household in 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1940. * NEITHER COLUMN IS ON THE CHILD'S OWN INDEX PAGE - both live on the WIFE'S record in the same household, which is why five halves have sat in this shape unresolved. Full argument: proof-summary-184-plunkett-mother-2026-09-06.md. Register K475.