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Carrie Luella Bills
b. 1867
Life
Records & Research
Carrie Luella Bills was born 5 May 1867, the daughter of Dan Buell Bills (1830-1914) and Emerancy Howard (b. 1835), per the 2006 family report. Despite extensive public-record searching (FamilySearch, FindAGrave, WikiTree, Geni, Ancestry/RootsWeb, MyHeritage, and general web), no public record could be matched to this specific person on two or more independent anchors. The only near-match by birth year, Carrie Isadore Bills (1866-1883) of Geneseo, Illinois, is a different person (different birth date 11 Jul 1866 vs. 5 May 1867; parents Ora Austin Bills and Charlotte L. Dillenbeck) and is rejected; a second FindAGrave hit, Carrie M. Billsborrow (1865-1951, Paterson NJ), is rejected for a different surname. The FindAGrave search result was re-verified live during this audit and returns exactly these two non-matching records. Nothing beyond the report facts could be confirmed or added.
No additional public records have been confirmed yet — only what the family report records.
Open questions (5)
- No public death, burial, marriage, residence, or census record could be tied to THIS Carrie Luella Bills (b. 1867-05-05; parents Dan Buell Bills 1830-1914 and Emerancy Howard 1835). The report lists no death, burial, spouse, children, or birthplace, leaving no geographic anchor to disambiguate against the many same-name individuals.
- A FindAGrave search for 'Carrie Bills' born ~1867 returned exactly two records (re-verified live during this audit), neither matching: (1) Carrie Isadore Bills, 11 Jul 1866 - 11 Dec 1883, Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois - REJECTED on both birth date (11 Jul 1866 vs. known 5 May 1867) and parentage (Ora Austin Bills and Charlotte L. Dillenbeck, not Dan Buell Bills and Emerancy Howard); (2) Carrie M. Billsborrow, Sep 1865 - 8 Feb 1951, Paterson, New Jersey - REJECTED, different surname.
- The parents Dan Buell Bills (1830-1914) and Emerancy Howard (b. 1835) did not surface in any indexed public tree or grave record, which suggests the family record may exist only behind subscription/sign-in walls (Ancestry, gated FamilySearch tree) or under spelling variants not yet indexed by search engines (e.g., Emerancy spelled Emerency/Emarancy/Emrancy; Bills vs Bill/Buell). A birthplace or residence would be needed to locate the correct family unit.
- FamilySearch Family Tree person search and the legacy RootsWeb WorldConnect tree links are now gated (sign-in / Ancestry subscription) and could not be inspected; an authenticated FamilySearch or Ancestry session would be the logical next step to find the Dan Buell Bills family group and confirm Carrie as a child.
- Citation hygiene note: the sourcesConsulted entry titled for the Carrie Isadore Bills near-match rejection carries a URL to a 'Charlotte L. Houghton' FindAGrave memorial (memorial/79134380), which does not directly correspond to its descriptive title; the title's substance (parents Ora Austin Bills and Charlotte L. Dillenbeck) is consistent with the rejection but the URL should be re-sourced to the Carrie Isadore Bills memorial itself before publication.
Sources consulted (5)
- FindAGrave memorial search: Carrie Bills, born 1867 +/-2 (2 records returned, neither matching; re-verified live during audit) · findagrave-search
- Carrie Isadore Bills near-match ruled out: parents Ora Austin Bills and Charlotte L. Dillenbeck (Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, Henry County, IL) · web
- FamilySearch Family Tree person search for Dan Buell Bills (results gated behind sign-in) · familysearch
- RootsWeb WorldConnect Community Trees Index (legacy tree links now redirect to subscription-gated Ancestry index; no public tree content) · web
- WikiTree Bills surname genealogy index (no profile found for this family) · web
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