Births
William Hinton Lawson was born in 1842 in Polk County, Tennessee.
Josephine Ellis was born in 1892 in Gilmer County, Georgia.
Deaths
Earnest Edward Roberts died in 1920 in . . . → : CONTINUE READING
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Births Betty Ann Ellis was born in 1890 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Deaths Horatio Gates Garrett died in 1832 in Steubenville, Ohio.  This week’s Surname Saturday focuses on my Johnson family line, which begins with my great-grandmother, Rachel Louisa. Rachel Louisa Johnson was born August 9, 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia. She married Newton Coleman Ward in Fannin County on June 27, 1909. Rachel and Newt lived in Fannin County until 1939, when they moved to Murray County, Georgia. . . . → : CONTINUE READING  My last couple of Surname Saturday posts have been about families for whom I can’t go back very far, so I’m excited to write about the Whiteners – they are a well-documented bunch. This line starts with my great-grandmother, Maud Angeline Whitener (1885-1975). I’ve written extensively about Maud in “Timeline for Maud Whitener Butler.” Maud’s father was William . . . → : CONTINUE READING  Reuben Phillip Johnson and Martha Jane Garrett were my great-great-grandparents. Reuben was born September 3, 1853 in Georgia and died April 15, 1911.1 2 Martha was born June 7, 1854, also in Georgia, and died October 26, 1929.3 4 They were married about 18775 and had eight children, all of whom . . . → : CONTINUE READING Mary (Patterson) Whitener was my great-great-grandmother. I have varying dates for her birth, ranging from 1867 to 1869. She was born in Gilmer County, Georgia. She married Bill Whitener in 1883. They had eight children, the oldest of whom was my great-grandmother, Maud Angeline. Mary and Bill were married in Gilmer County, but had . . . → : CONTINUE READING  front row (seated): Robert (l), Nancy (r) back row (standing): Zilpha (l), Dovie (r) My great-great-grandmother, Nancy Emeline Brookshire (don’t you love that name?) was the daughter of James Brookshire and Elizabeth Tilley and was born on May 13, 1833 in North Carolina. She died on March 1, 1916 in Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia and was buried . . . → : CONTINUE READING Ellis is the second-most common surname in my genealogy database. These are the 10 resources that I have found to be most helpful in researching these family members. “Ellis and Keener Connections” – a family tree compiled by Lynda Gibbs and housed at Rootsweb World Connect. Some of you are groaning that WorldConnect family trees are inaccurate . . . → : CONTINUE READING “To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.” – Benjamin Franklin If you read my December To-Do list, you know that one of the things I’m working on this month is looking for source records to verify facts in an ahnentafel report that my cousin sent me. It’s not that I don’t trust her research, . . . → : CONTINUE READING It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in December: Thomas Hinton, Sr., 7x-great-grandfather, born 28 Dec 1693 in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. |
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