An explanation of our double cousin relationship. Short form: William Garrison m.Ellen T. Duke Joseph Pittman m.Mary Jordan Children:William and Zora children: Lelah and Ralph William m. Lelah ;Zora m.Richard Reid Ralph m. Ethel [Zora and Richard's dau.] My father, Norman, is cousin to Ethel but she was also his aunt by marriage. Jane's father Paul is a 1st cousin to my father but also a 1st cousin once removed I am a 2nd cousin to Jane but also a 2nd cousin once removed. * * * If you want more statistics - - you may carry on here: [I've tried to be brief] George Garrison (son of James and Hester Ann [Roberts]) b. 1783 in SC, d.c.1828. m. 22 Jan 1807 in Barren Co.KY to Anne Laird b.c. 1790 d.after Oct 1830 & before 1886. Children - - (There is a list of children, male and female with years of births) Anne[b.c.1790] was William's mother. * * * William Garrison b.in Hart Co.KY on 02 Oct 1830 /d. 15 Feb 1876. in Wayne Co. IL m.24 Aug 1854 to Ellen T. Duke (her mother was a Johnson)b.30 Apr 1834 d.08 Oct 1897. Children - - Siberia b. 04 Aug 1855, m. 14 Aug 1874 to William Cobourn(3 or more children0 Lucinda b. 08 Mar 1857, m. Nov 1874 to Taylor Perry (6 children) Jane's great-grandmother, Zora b. 21 Nov 1858, m. 11 Mar 1879 to Richard Reid (11 children) Aaron b. 06 Oct 1860 (died in Texas - - ) My grandfather, William Mahlon b.20 May 1862 m. 02 Feb 1893 to Lelah E. Pittman (6 children) Sherman Brown b.03 May 1864 m.Carrie Duke (dau of Mark Duke/Mary Hubble)(7 children) Cora Olive b. 16 August 1870 m. 15 Feb 1891 to Chester Ulm (5 children) * * * Joseph Pittman (son of Martin and Achsah[Farmer])b. 1844 d. 1917(?). m.1866 to Mary Frances Jordan b. 06 Sept 1844 d. 09 Feb 1904 Children - - My grandmother, Lelah Eileen b.05 May 1867 d. 23 Mar 1957 m. 02 Feb 1893 to William Mahlon Garrison Victor Curtis b.26 Dec 1868, m.Eva Scudamore Jane's greatgrandfather, Ralph C. Pittman, b.01 May 1870 m.Ethel Faye Reid Almira b.31 Mar 1872 m.Sam Farris Jenivry b.05 May 1874 m. Burt Babcock Vincent b.06 Aug 1876 m. Evelynn _ _ _ Ivy b. 11 Jun 1885 m.Chris Hanson * * * Lelah [Pittman] and William Garrison's children Daphne b. 15 Apr 1894 d,13 Feb 1979 Sherman Lloyd b. 01 May 1896 d.27 Feb.1989 m. Elsie Gordon Forbes Ivan Joe b. 22 Feb 1898 m. Annie White/ m. Jean Patterson My father, Norman Roosevelt Garrison b. 30 Dec 1900 d. 20 Apr 1993 m. 03 July 1929 to Maude Evelyn Clark b. 03 Mar 1906 d. 14 Aug 1986 Doris Ellen b. 25 Jan 1909 d. 15 Mar 1999 m. Arthur Stevens/m. Francis Owen Theron [Wayne]William b. 19 Oct 1912 d.03 Aug 1983 m. Clara Hess * * * Zora Garrison and Richard Reid married and were parents of Ethel Faye b. 03 Jul 1882 who m. Ralph C. Pittman b.01 May 1870 * * * Ralph C. Pittman and Ethel Faye [Reid]'s children Kenneth C. Pittman b.1902 d.1983 m. Dorothy Ogle Eileen's mother, Mary Louise b.1905 d.1995 m. John Bernard Heimann Helen Camille b.1909 m. Gordon Smith Esther Faye b. 1911 d. 1931 Virginia Sue b. 1913 d. 1976 m.Cloyd "Mac" McGhee Jane's father, Paul Clifton b. 1918 m. Mary C. Hazen Richard Alden b. 01 Mar 1919 d.1993 m. Margaret Hershey * * *