This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marciahackley Surnames: Neal, Belin, Tatum, Childs Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.bradley/2451.939/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Responding to your query: The Surnames Belin, Neal and Tatum are those I have previously heard. These names were possibly the husbands of my mother's (Maggie Freeman Turner) sisters. I have heard the name Childs but don't know in what relation to the others. There is a male cousin, Booker Belin; Frank Neal married Algerena Freeman (?), and they had two sons, Hardy and Brucie; Tatum (I think he is Tom) married my mother's sister (Willie [or Willa]) Mae; their daughter Dorothy is the only child whose name I know (and met her when we were teens). I know there were others, but I do not recall their names. I can't believe this has been on the message board so long and I haven't seen it. I certainly hope this is a connection. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My mother is a Childs on her father's side, but her mother Julia Ann *Bragg *Childs was related to the Tatums. In fact, the basketball player from the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum, was a cousin of hers. He was born in Eldorado, AR. My uncle, John Childs, my mother's brother, remembers him coming to their school when he was a little boy. My mother's family is from Banks, Arkansas in Bradley County. I have been reseaching too, but can't find the Tatum connection to my grandmother. Also, the same grandmother has Neal in her family line too. Her mother, Mary Francis Neal married Hannibal Bragg. Mary Neal was from Texas, but I can't find out much more about her. I live in Cleveland, OH - My parents live in Banks, AR six months out of the year. I was down there this past summer for the Childs Homecoming. It is held every odd year on the third Sunday in July. So there won't be another until 2009. Hopefully, we can stay in touch and help each other out with this matching surnames. ghbanes On 12/1/07, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: marciahackley > Surnames: Neal, Belin, Tatum, Childs > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.bradley/2451.939/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Responding to your query: The Surnames Belin, Neal and Tatum are those I > have previously heard. These names were possibly the husbands of my > mother's (Maggie Freeman Turner) sisters. I have heard the name Childs but > don't know in what relation to the others. > > There is a male cousin, Booker Belin; Frank Neal married Algerena Freeman > (?), and they had two sons, Hardy and Brucie; Tatum (I think he is Tom) > married my mother's sister (Willie [or Willa]) Mae; their daughter Dorothy > is the only child whose name I know (and met her when we were teens). I > know there were others, but I do not recall their names. > > I can't believe this has been on the message board so long and I haven't > seen it. I certainly hope this is a connection. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >