George Washington West

Audited 27 Jul 2026. PARENTS NOT EVIDENCED - recorded so nobody re-hunts this document. Death certificate, Harris Co., 27 Jan 1938, file 2753, image 40394_b062141-00252 (Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry coll. 2272)): fields 13-16 ALL READ 'No record'. His wife Bessie was the informant and could not name his parents. So the link to Wilbur Dennis West is NOT evidenced here. BUT field 12 gives his birthplace as KANSAS, which independently corroborates the Wilbur-to-Kansas-Territory account; graded LIKELY on geography, not on a named parent.---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.1880 U.S. Census, WALKER, ANDERSON CO., KANSAS, dwelling 65 (Ancestry coll. 6742 rec. 34609198; roll 372 p. 218d ED 022). Household: W. D. West 48 Self (Head), b. NEW YORK - Jane A. West 41 Wife, b. Missouri - Lizzie 16 Dau - GEORGE WEST 13 SON - Elmer 7 - Edword 5 - Claude 2 - Infant 10/12. Matches the attached parents Wilbur Dennis West and Jane Ann Smith.WIDER CORROBORATION: the father's birthplace NEW YORK is consistent with the Erie County, N.Y. West family worked out in west-branch-research.md - an independent tie between the Kansas household and the Erie Co. estate.** EVIDENCE BASIS: an explicit 'Relation to Head of House' column, plus household composition. **