This picture was taken when my great-grandparents were courting (according to my grandmother). They are the young couple seated at the far left.
Wordless Wednesday – Courting
Newt Ward and Rachel Johnson – Wordless Wednesday
My great-grandparents, Newton Coleman Ward and Rachel Louisa Johnson.
Wordless Wednesday: Mary Forrester Ward
Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward – my 2nd great-grandmother.
Uncle Worth’s Burial Permit
This is the permit to bury my grandmother’s only brother. I’m excited about this record for a couple of reasons. For one thing, I’d never seen a burial permit before; I had no idea so much good genealogical information would be included. For another, it corroborates my grandmother’s story about her brother’s death. Analysis of […]
On this date. . .the 27th of June
Births Mary (Boggs) Ellis was born in 1807 in Georgia. Deaths Mary Louisa Brown died in 1898. Lucy Ann Tucker died in 1905 in Murray County, Georgia. Cynthia Caroline (Reed) Whitener died in 1915 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Carrie (Bell) Johnson died in 1920. Charles Kilgore died in 1959 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages Isham Lawson […]
On this date. . .the 28th of May
Births Robert Ross Patterson was born in 1903 in Monroe County, Tennessee. Deaths William F. Ward died in 1945. Marriages Naomi Beamer and Loranza Dow Roberts were married in 1875 in Murray County, Georgia.
Twice-Told Tuesday: Still Quilting at 83
CHATSWORTH – Mrs. N. C. Ward of Sunset Drive off Charles Road works barefoot at her machine making quilts. She will be observing her 83rd birthday tomorrow and would like to hear from all her friends for whom she has made quilts. For over 40 years she has made quilts, but it was about 12 […]
On this date. . .the 5th of May
Births Mary Garrett was born in 1642 in England. Reuben E. Patton was born in 1827 in Burke County, North Carolina. Nancy Adelia Roberts was born in 1863 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Maria Fadoshia (Roberts) McBrayer was born in 1876 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Elias Powell died in 1832 in Powelltown, North Carolina (my […]
On this date. . .the 1st of May
Births Jane (Ellis) Boggs was born in 1816 in Georgia. Charles Kilgore was born in 1892 in Murray County, Georgia. Deaths Delilah (Bright) Stroud died in 1879 in Murray County, Georgia. Marriages Elijah Ellis and Lavica Santer were married in 1828 in Fannin County, Georgia. Robert Q. Kirby and Georgia Ann Ward were married in […]
On this date. . .the 21st of April
Births Hans Michael Dellinger was born in 1683. Deaths George D. Whitener died in 1880 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Mary Lourania (Forrester) Ward died in 1944 in Newport, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother).
