RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists
Total: 1/1
    1. [BREEDLOVE-L] Retraction - Craig Breedlove
    2. tomking
    3. After further search, I have to retract the lineage I gave for Craig Breedlove. Evidently his father Norman's death certificate has the wrong maiden name for his mother. What it has is Vandermere when it should be Vanmeter. I relied on an old letter from Olive Breedlove Smith that said William Breedlove had married a Dana Vandermere but a descendant of that family says that is wrong. This family did have a son Lloyd but he died at an early age, before 10. In digging through the KY 1910 Soundex I found another Norman Breedlove, age 4, son of Gorman R. & Florence Breedlove in Louisville. The name sounded familiar so I checked my California Death Index and found Gorman R. Breedlove had died in Los Angeles 23 Mar 1918. Evidently his widow remarried as Norman is shown in 1920 as the stepson of Arthur Shickard. Further checking the index showed a Florence Breedlove, nee Vanmeter had died 7 JAn 1959 in Los Angeles, being born 19 Aug 1888 in KY which fits exactly so she must have outlived the 2nd husband and took the Breedlove name back. Gorman Breedlove was the son of Eugene Breedlove and Hattie Runner of Louisville, KY. Eugene and family lived with his mother-in-law Martha Runner on the 1880 and 1900 census and then his widow Hattie shows up with her mother again in 1910 so Eugene must have died before 1910 just before Kentucky started keeping death records. I have death certificates on Hattie and two of Gorman's brothers. Eugene was born either Jan 1850 or May 1851 in KY, but I cannot find any Breedlove family on the 1850, 1860, or 1870 census with a son named Eugene so that's as far back as I can take this line. Eugene is a name used by the Warren County, KY Breedlove's so he most likely comes from that branch, just no proof as yet. There were a few Breedlove's in a Shaker community there that I can find almost no records on. The line for Craig now stands at: Craig Breedlove 1937 Norman Lloyd Breedlove & Portia Gorman R. Breedlove & Florence Vanmeter Eugene Breedlove and Addie "Hattie" Runner Tom King

    06/14/2000 01:35:33