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| August 4, 1834 - Sale of shoes, by Mitchell Giddens, as well as patching, mending, and adding soles to shoes for Jesse Oates. This was found with other receipts paid by the administrator of Jesse Oates' estate. |
This week's writing prompt for #52ancestors is work. I choose to write about Mitchell Giddens as one of the few documented facts about Mitchell is his occupation of shoemaker.
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| December 25, 1833 - Sale of shoes, by Mitchell Giddens, as well as patching, mending, and adding soles to shoes for John L. Clifton. |
According to a handwritten record from another family member's research, Mitchell was born on October 12, 1802, and died on December 18, 1852. Dates for other family members have been accurate so I can only assume this is correct. I suspect these dates were copied from a Bible, but I may never know.
