Mam-ma's Southern Family

George Alonzo “Lon” Loveless was my great-great uncle, an older brother of my great-grandmother, Lela Ann Loveless. He was born 11 January 1876 probably in Faulkner Co, Arkansas to Ebenezer Loveless and Eliza A. Rogers. [1]  He married first to Eliza Kirby on 20 January 1898 in Faulkner Co. They had three children. She passed away on 18 April 1906. Lon then married Nancy “Nannie” MacPherson on 30 Dec 1906 in Faulkner Co. [2]  Lon and Nannie had 2 children. Here is the image of the marriage record. The transcription follows. This marriage record has five parts: the bond, the affidavit, the license, the marriage certificate, and certificate of record. They were all on one page in the Faulkner County Marriage Book K, page 272.  I have divided up the page so the transcription follows the image. THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, }             BOND FOR MARRIAGE COUNTY OF FAULKNER.     } SS Know all Men by Thes...

The probate records for South Carolina and Georgia counties are available at FamilySearch .  I have been reaping records from Greenville Co, South Carolina and Bartow Co, Georgia for Loveless families. Majority of the probate records are for collateral lines but I do have a will for James Loveless, who died sometime in between 28 Aug 1845 when he signed the will and 13 Jul 1846 when the will was recorded. [1] James Loveless is my fourth great-grandfather, my maternal’s side of the family. I have a typed version but I don’t remember where I got it.  However, I found this version on FamilySearch and the transcription is here: p 215 James Loveless Will SOUTH CAROLINA       }                              GREENVILLE DISTRICT  }        ...

1) We're going to do a little bit of Semi-Random Research tonight... 2) Go to your family tree database of choice and determine who the very last person on your list of B names is. 3) What do you know (or not know) about this person based on your research? It's OK to do more research if you need to - in fact, it's encouraged! 4) How are you related to this person, and why is s/he in your family tree? 5) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook Status post or Google+ Stream post. My last “B” name in my RootsMagic database is Joanna A. Byrd. She was married to Jesse Ellis Lancaster, my first cousin 4 times removed. His grandfather, Ellis Wilson Lancaster, is my 4th great grandfather. I did not know very much about her so did some research today. Jesse Ellis is the son of James R. Lancaster and Mary Ann Butler. He was born in Dec 1866 in Texas and married Joanna A. Byrd in Parker County, Texas on...

Tonight my grandmother's battle with the kidney failure has ended. I spent most of the day with her as she struggled to breathe. She was pretty much out of it, never opening her eyes when the caregivers performed the every two hour shift to prevent bed sores. I sat with her, holding her hand, and praying. When my sister relieved me at 7 pm, I knew the time was near. I am very glad that she was there at the end. However it is very sad that she will not be celebrating her 100th birthday on November 19th. She had been so looking forward to it and was proud to tell people she was going to be 100. Hope you are at peace now, Mam-ma, and am enjoying the reunion with your parents, your brothers, and your daughter. Copyright © 2013 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, Mam-ma's Southern Family

Randy Seaver of  Genea-Musings  has challenged us to find where our ancestors were living on 1 Jun 1863.  This was very challenging but lots of fun.  I found that I need to do land research to learn more about exactly where my ancestors were living!  I have no photos of their residences.  Here are my mother's side of the family: My third great-grandmother, Elizabeth (McCormack) Johnston (1814-1891) was living in either in Oakland, Yalobusha Co, Mississippi (where they were living in 1860) or in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas (where they were living in 1870).  Her husband, Samuel Johnston died sometime between 1860 & 1870, location unknown.  My second great-grandfather, Rueben Mack Johnston (1841-1924) was living in the household. My third great-grandparents, Benjamin W. (1822-??) & Amanda A. (Haley) Jones (1827-1904) was living somewhere in Rankin County, Mississippi. The story told about Benjamin was he died from an illnes...

    Today would have been the 60th anniversary of the my parents wedding.  Lela Nell Johnston and William Joseph Hork were married on 19 April 1953 in Concord, Contra Costa County, California at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church.     The accounting of the wedding was in the Contra Costa Times on 23 April 1953.  Lela wore "a street-length dress of antique white taffeta with unpressed pleats fashioned in the full skirt. The bodice was designed with three-quarter-length dolman sleeves, Peter Pan collar and self-covered buttons. She chose an ice-blue lace picture hat with open crown and matching silk gloves. Her white shantung slippers were adorned with tiny flower sprays on the toes."     She also "borrowed" pearl earrings belonging to her aunt, Mrs. Hal Johnston.  Her maid of honor was Barbara Boyenger, a friend who lived in Concord.  Barbara wore "a dusty pink silk shantung dress and white linen slippers. Her corsage was white ...

Six grandchildren, c. Summer 1967 Copyright © 2013 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, Mam-ma's Southern Family

Randy Seaver, a blogger at Genea-Musing, has created a wonderful blog theme called Saturday Night Genealogy Fun.  Here is today’s mission: Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to: 1) Determine where your ancestral families were on 1 January 1913 - 100 years ago. 2) List them, their family members, their birth years, and their residence location (as close as possible). Do you have a photograph of their residence from about that time, and does the residence still exist? 3) Tell us all about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook Status or Google+ Stream post. ______________________________________________ Here is the location of my family in 1913.  This is my mother's side of the family.  I have no photos of their homes.  Most of the sources are from the 1910 census. My grandfather, Tom Johnston was living with his parents, Thomas Newton Johnston and Nell L Hutson in Com...