A family story with an open question

Tuttle, Gillett & Holcomb

Follow Sarah Tuttle’s life while keeping the search for her parents open.

Conflicting evidence

The disagreement concerns Sarah’s parentage, not the existence of Sarah or her documented household.

Sarah’s identity, Card household, and westward journey have useful institutional and historical support. Her parentage is a different question and remains unresolved.

Sources: Sarah Ann Tuttle: biographical recordOn the Western Frontier

Two proposed parent pairs are shown as alternatives. The Jesse/Dinah and Daniel/Elizabeth hypotheses are not combined into one ancestry, and no older branch becomes established merely because it appears in a shared tree.

Sources: Sarah Anne Tuttle: competing parentage hypotheses

Meet the family

People in this branch

1814–1900

Cyrus William Card

A craftsman and migrant, Cyrus links Charles Ora Card to the earlier family in the eastern United States.

Supported by sources

1819–1894

Sarah Anne Tuttle

Sarah’s documented family life is clearer than the question of who her parents were.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Jesse Tuttle

Jesse is a candidate in the unresolved search for Sarah Tuttle’s parents.

Provisional

Dates under research

Dinah Holcomb Gillett

Dinah, also recorded as Diana, is part of one proposed parent pair for Sarah Tuttle.

Provisional

Dates under research

Daniel Tuttle

Daniel Tuttle appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.

Research lead

Dates under research

Elizabeth Babb

Elizabeth Babb appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.

Research lead

The connections

Family relationships

Parentage and marriage are shown separately. Competing parentage claims are labelled as disputed.

Questions still open

Follow the evidence

Sources for this branch

Digitized government publication

1840 Census of Pensioners

The research uses this pensioners list to locate Jesse Tuttle in western New York.

Scholarly history

On the Western Frontier

Donald G. Godfrey describes the Card family’s work, migrations, and nineteenth-century life.