William Blair Gornto Jr.
William Blair Gornto Jr. appears in household 14 of the 1900 Barney census as the head. Open the household dossier.
Family and settler connections
Joel Gornto
Path: Joel Gornto → William Blair Gornto Sr. → William Blair Gornto Jr.
Grade: Census- and vital-record supported
Evidence: William Sr.’s 1927 death certificate names Joel Gornto and Mary Blair as his parents; later census and household records support William Sr.-to-William Jr.
Open issue: The reported 1826 arrival remains secondary-supported.
Evidence grades
- Census- or vital-record supported: recent parent-child steps are named or placed in compatible households by census, marriage, death, or comparable records.
- Secondary-supported: a compiled genealogy supplies one or more early generations while local records independently establish the people involved.
- Strong probable: the relationship is well supported, but one part of the settler claim still lacks direct settlement-era proof.
Each generation is judged separately. Marriage, surname, proximity, or a shared household does not by itself establish descent.