Genealogical Symbol: backward S

[Chrisann]

Deleted - I got the wrong end of the stick!

[RedMystic]

I could be wrong but I think that the symbol means that the person below it descended from the person above eventually i.e. there are probably other generations in between but the details aren't known. Somebody else may know better. Chrisann

TX Chrisann. That has been where people have been putting their money.  What stymies me is that when one looks at the approx marriage date of the couple above, they married around the same year as the next entry was born. It doesn't look like they could have had any additional generations in there. 

[Chrisann]

Mmm, that is what I realised - so I deleted my post, obviously while you were writing yours.  Let's hope that somebody has seen it before and can solve the mystery. Chrisann

[Ruskie]

Is it an 'official' symbol, or just something that has a meaning to the person who set out the tree?

BTW what is the meaning of those L shaped loops before the names?

[RedMystic]

Hi Ruskie

Based on the rest of the tree entries on the page, I think that the L-shaped loops mean "lived in this location" at this year or during this period.

[Jebber]

Liz, that was not what I was expecting to see, I was expecting the line to continue through she backward S.  I think Ruskie is right and the is a  symbol is one devised by whoever drew up the tree.

Jebber

[Ruskie]

Hi Ruskie

Based on the rest of the tree entries on the page, I think that the L-shaped loops mean "lived in this location" at this year or during this period.

Thanks RM - seems logical now you point it out.

[KitCarson]

As Jebber says, it just looks as if it's something devised by whomever set out the tree.  Looks as though Donald
1821-86 was the child of Donald and Catherine and that they married sometime before 1821?  Kit

[RedMystic]

Hi Ruskie, likely easier for me as I have the whole 11 x 17" sheet. The person who prepared it wrote very small lettering in a light pencil which causes a bit of eye strain, but had the generosity of adding a fair bit of detail that one wouldn't usually see in a hand-done piece. Though it's not my family, the details make for a more interesting read as I transcribe.