Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Vaux Pas

23 September 2013

Vaux Pas

I cancelled my subscription because I was sick of paying to put up with Ancestry's technical problems. As of the 18th I can no longer see the trees. Here's hoping I prepared enough to get through a few weeks of posts!
Comments after the jump.

Elizabeth Alice
B: 1488 in Whichford, Warwickshire, England
D: 1572 in England

SPOUSE
Robert de Vaux (1103-1194)

CHILD with UNKNOWN SPOUSE
✿ Thomas Welles (1512-1558)

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The tree owner describes Robert De Vaux's grandfather as the "paternal grandfather of the husband of my 12th great grandmother." Really?
According to their tree Robert De Vaux is the husband of Elizabeth centuries after his death. Looking at the child's tree shows that Robert De Vaux is the 10th great-grandfather of Thomas Welles. Their tree is doing loop-the-loops. Of course that tends to happen when your only sources are other trees. This is the information on the 14 profiles attached to Robert de Vaux.

Birth Name on profile; Name of spouse; Names of parents

1103 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold De Vaux &
1103 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold De Vaux &
1103 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold De Vaux &
1103 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Robert De Vaux &
1103 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Robert De Vaux &
1103 Robert II De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold De Vaux & De Munchensey
1103 Robert II de Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold de Vaux & Daughter of Hubert Munchensey
1103 Robert II de Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold de Vaux & Daughter of Hubert Munchensey
1103 Robert Vaux; Agnes FitzRanulf; Lord Harold d'Vaux & deManchensy
1103 Robert Of Pentney de Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Robert of Pentney & Unk de Mountchensey
1105 Robert DE VAUX; Unknown DE MOUNTCHENSEY; Harold De Vaux &
1094 Robert De Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold De Vaux & De Munchensey
1099 Robert Vaux; Agnes FitzWalter; Harold Vaux & DeMunchansy
1484 Robert Welles; Elizabeth Alice Welles; John RealViscount Wells Welles & Cicely Plantagenet of York

Thanks to tante33 for the heads up about these profiles ;-)
If you have a profile to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com. Since my subscription has lapsed if you have links for crazy trees on Rootsweb or Mundia that would be great!

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1 comment:

McComberdescendantTuesday, 24 September, 2013
This will surprise no one, but the tree has almost no support - for anything - except other trees. A prime example of a clickologist at "work."
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