Joy, I am looking for George and Cora Lee Downing of Jamestown, KY. Their son Ollon Dan Downing was my father. Any clues? Thanks, Sharron Downing Larsen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Durrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:38 AM Subject: [DOWNING] Nancy J. Downing > I am looking for the parents of Nancy J. Downing. > > We have found a Social Security Card application that states John Paten > Hite's mother as Nancy J. Downing. > > I have found two different Nancy J. Downing from Kentucky and may have been > cousins. > > Nancy J. Downing 1 was from Kentucky and that persons email address no > longer works so I could not contact them. > > Nancy 1 > I found stated that her mother died when she was young and they family moved > back to Ohio and then later moved back to Kentucky. If anyone has any > information on this Nancy please email me. > > Nancy J. Downing 2 was the daughter of Charles Downing of Kentucky. > > If you have information on either Nancy J. Downing please email me. > > I have another theory AND this is ONLY MY THOUGHTS ON THIS AND I HAVE NO > PROOF HERE that the daughter of Charles Downing may have died and her > husband gave the children up to a family member to raise or someone else to > raise or they were taken and put in an Indian School AND the Bureau of > Indian Affairs (BIA) stepped in and took the children to try to Americanize > them and placed them with the a white family to raise (the Hite family). > This is just my thought on this and no real proof. > > I have found that a Maj Downings married an Indian and lived among the > Cherokee and many of this family went on the trail of tears. The BIA has > been known to break up families and put them up for adoption or in foster > care or Indian Schools. This happened a lot back in the late 1800s and early > 1900s too. Indian children were placed in Indian Schools way from their > families to Americanize them, so the white man said, so that they would not > be heathens; not even trying to understanding the culture or the ways of the > Indians. AGAIN THIS IS ONLY MY THEORY OR TAKE ON WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED > AND IS NOT PROVEN. > > That would explain them being in the home of John Henry Hite and Mary (--). > And John Paten's Social security card stating his mother was Nancy J. > Downing and not Mary J. Oh by the way John Henry Hite and Mary were married > at the time that Henry Albert and John Paten Hite were born. Henry Albert > Hite born Oct 1879 and John P. were born 18 Aug 1881. So if Henry Albert and > John Paten were John Henry Hite's and Mary's sons why was Nancy J. Downing > on John P's social security card stating that his mother was Nancy J. > Downing.. > > Anyone have any thought on this or can anyone shed some light on either > Nancy J. Downing for me. > > Henry Albert (Albert) Hite born Oct 1879 and John Paten (Pate) Hite born 18 > Aug 1881 (Pate's Social Security Card states his mother was Nancy J. > Downing) > > I almost forgot there are a lot of Downing on the Cherokee Indian Rolls. I > have checked this out but I don't know who Nancy's parents were so I can't > locate anyone yet. Also there are several Nancy (Nannie) Downings on the > rolls. So there are more possibilities for Nancy J. Downing's parents than I > have stated here. This comes from STARR's book on the Cherokee. This book > can be located on the internet or any Family History Center. It has many > generations many pages on the Downings and who married who and who their > children are. > > Anyone who has information on either Nancy J. Downing please let me know. > > I would like to eliminate one or both Nancy J. Downing. > > Thank you. > Joy Durrett > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] >