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By Tonia Kendrick on 29 Aug 2010
Deaths
John Garrett died in 1757 in New Castle County, Delaware (currently believed to be my 6th great-grandfather).
Jesse Langston died in 1888 . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 2 Aug 2010
Births
Jesse Langston was born in 1802.
Martha (Brookshire) Davis was born . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 18 Jul 2010
Births
W. W. Bailey was born in 1845.
Marriages
Milly Bingham and Benjamin Brookshire were married in 1796.
Mariah Langston and Monteville Roberts were married in 1852 (my . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 10 Jul 2010
 My Roberts family line starts with my great-grandmother:
Nancy Alice Roberts was born January 9, 1877 in Murray County, Georgia. She married James Alexander Hemphill on Christmas Day in 1897. They had nine children between 1898 and 1916. Alice was a charter member of the Chatsworth chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Three of her . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 1 Jun 2010
Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in June:
Elizabeth Phillips, 11x-great-grandmother, born 18 Jun 1565 in London, England.
William Robert Hinton, 6x-great-grandfather, born 12 Jun 1728 in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
Captain Thomas Lytle, 5x-great-grandfather, born 06 Jun 1750 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Anna Barbara Albright, born 18 Jun 1754 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Lytle, . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 13 Apr 2010
 My great-great-great-grandfather, Monteville Roberts, was born April 27, 1827 in McMinn County, Tennessee, the son of John Roberts and Rebecca (possibly Sammons). He is found in Bradley County, Tennessee in 1840 and 1850 and in Hamilton County, Tennessee in 1860.
Monteville married Mariah Langston on July 18, 1852. (I have conflicting information regarding Mariah’s family, which I . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 1 Apr 2010
Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in April:
Job Simmons, 8x-great-grandfather, born 10 Apr 1674 in Scituate, Plymouth Massachusetts.
James Brookshire, 7x-great-grandfather, born 01 Apr 1690 in Somerset County, Maryland.
Stephen Lawson, 4x-great-grandfather, born 05 Apr 1790 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Thomas Atchley, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Apr 1796 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Churchwill Branch Tucker, 4x-great-grandfather, born 30 Apr 1805 . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 14 Feb 2010
 Welcome to the 2009 iGene Awards, spotlighting Tonia’s Roots. We’ll be celebrating the best posts of 2009 and presenting awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, and Best Biography.
The nominees for Best Picture are. . .
F. M. Kendrick
Mariah (Langston) Roberts
Mary Elizabeth (McEntire) Hemphill
And the winner is. . .
Mariah (Langston) Roberts! I love this photo. She . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 1 Feb 2010
It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in February:
Jonathan Curtis, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1690 in Wiltshire, England.
John Garrett, 5x-great-grandfather, born 19 Feb 1739 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
Catherine Powell, 5x-great-grandmother, born 20 Feb 1785 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Rosamond, 4x-great-grandmother, born 25 Feb 1805 in North Carolina.
Martin Langston, 4x-great-grandfather, born 15 Feb 1809 in Sevier . . . → : CONTINUE READING
By Tonia Kendrick on 30 Dec 2009
Uploaded 1920 U. S. Census, Oklahoma, Hughes, Dustin, p. 10B. Ledbetter, Patterson #surnames http://ow.ly/MRX6
Reading Above the Trees: 15-Minute Family History: Make a Holiday Binder http://ow.ly/Nefz
New blog post: Surname Saturday: Hemphill, part 1 http://bit.ly/5saDlY
Abstracted 1860 census info for Robert WEST (1839 – ?) & family in Polk County, TN. http://ow.ly/NFI4
Abstracted 1900 census info for Andrew Jackson Patterson . . . → : CONTINUE READING
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