born est1778 · Virginia · line: HANDY_DIRECT
Existence: found (RECORD (1870 census, Ward 1 St. Landry, HH 405))
| Link | Person | How sure | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent of | Gilbert Handy Sr. 1825 | maybe (HANDY direct line (compiled)) |
| About | What the record says | How sure | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth year | 1778 | maybe (LOW - name only) | source held by the researcher |
| birth place | Virginia | maybe (LOW - name only) | source held by the researcher |
| key sources | Inferred from family chain | maybe (LOW - name only) | source held by the researcher |
| confidence basis | LOW - name only | maybe (LOW) | |
| sex evidence | Almost certainly FEMALE on onomastic evidence across four independent corpora (LVA Free Negro Registers 11F/0M incl. an exact-spelling "Mintey" registered female; Hall Louisiana 13F/0M; enslaved.org 98F/4M; the MSA Legacy of Slavery exact-spelling "Mintey" is a woman). The engine's former sex="M" had NO provenance row and is withdrawn. No document naming this person's sex has been found, so the field is left NULL rather than flipped. | found (several records agree) (TRIANGULATED (onomastic, four corpora)) | Sex of the Mintey/Minty/Minta/Araminta name family across four independent corpora |
| census 1870 | LIVING IN 1870: Mintey Handy, female, 92 (b.~1778), born VIRGINIA, Black, Ward 1 St. Landry LA, in the household of Edward Handy (46, b.~1824). Relationship to head not stated (1870 census gives none). | found (RECORD (census)) | 1870 U.S. Census: Mintey Handy, 92, b. Virginia, in household of Edward Handy, Ward 1, St. |
| sex | F (1870 census: Sex Female). Ends the sex-field uncertainty of findings #138/#898. | found (RECORD (census)) | 1870 U.S. Census: Mintey Handy, 92, b. Virginia, in household of Edward Handy, Ward 1, St. |
| Result | What was searched | Open next |
|---|---|---|
| maybe | Dossier VII-D correction — 'Minta/Ninta' is NOT a Handy-surnamed person | Pull the original United States 19 Oct 1830 manifest image (NARA M1895 / Alexandria outward) to read Latitia's entry and the adjacent 503607 child entry in the clerk's own hand. |
| maybe | MIRAGE KILLED — the 'Handy woman age 51, b.~1779' Mintey match was a column misread | Any future ds_oceans age match MUST be run with age/stature delimited; the display alignment silently shifts stature into the age column when age is null. |
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