Marti ( and Joey and Irene) (Hi to Jane also); There's another thing that happens, especially in Church records. Sometimes an entire family is baptised on the same date, and no census records are available. Then I have George and Anne (Laird)Garrison's children as so many male and so many female children and their birth years. Our William was born to Anne (Laird) Garrison but not necessarily with George as the father. William's Civil war records show him as being born in 1830, which is too long after the records of 2 George Garrisons having died. Going back to 1807 or so there are at least two records of George marrying Anne (Ann or Amy) Laird(Lard or Lord). My grandparents pronounced it as Lard and spelled it as Laird. One conclusion is that William lied about his age as he may have been too old to enlist. Not too likely. So we come back to the family story that William was illegitimate. Was Anne Laird a later generation than the Anne who married George Garrison? If so why was William given the surname Garrison? We do know that he was raised by the Laird Grandparents and Uncle Jesse Laird. Lots of records have been burned and lots of cemeteries have been over grown and one gets to where one has to say "Does it really matter any more?" But then one has to say, "It's a lot of fun looking and digging." DNA matching might provide some answers, but what if it proves we are descended from the Lairds but not the Garrisons and whichever line was the father at that point just plain disappeared. Would we have to say we are not cousins to all you Garrisons? Now that wouldn't be any fun at all. ;o) William married a Duke; one of their sons married a Pittman and from there on we have some double cousins. Life is still very interesting, isn't it? Gotta go and get to real work. Daphne P.S. Looking back at another David(son of James)[Joe Garrison's ancestor] who married Elizabeth Taylor - - -They had several sons and several daughters. D.

Do you have info on which lines (& specifically "who") married which Pitman line ? I have Garrisons, Dunhams, AND Pitmans. I've been searching for a Samuel Garrison who married a Dunham for YEARS. I still have no info on his parents or siblings. Any help would be greatly welcomed. Thanks - Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.Richey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: RE: [GARRISON] Re: John Garrison Martha Loftis Garrison > Marti ( and Joey and Irene) (Hi to Jane also); > There's another thing that happens, especially in Church records. Sometimes > an entire family is baptised on the same date, and no census records are > available. Then I have George and Anne (Laird)Garrison's children as so many > male and so many female children and their birth years. > > Our William was born to Anne (Laird) Garrison but not necessarily with > George as the father. William's Civil war records show him as being born in > 1830, which is too long after the records of 2 George Garrisons having died. > Going back to 1807 or so there are at least two records of George marrying > Anne (Ann or Amy) Laird(Lard or Lord). My grandparents pronounced it as Lard > and spelled it as Laird. One conclusion is that William lied about his age > as he may have been too old to enlist. Not too likely. So we come back to > the family story that William was illegitimate. Was Anne Laird a later > generation than the Anne who married George Garrison? If so why was William > given the surname Garrison? We do know that he was raised by the Laird > Grandparents and Uncle Jesse Laird. Lots of records have been burned and > lots of cemeteries have been over grown and one gets to where one has to say > "Does it really matter any more?" But then one has to say, "It's a lot of > fun looking and digging." > > DNA matching might provide some answers, but what if it proves we are > descended from the Lairds but not the Garrisons and whichever line was the > father at that point just plain disappeared. Would we have to say we are not > cousins to all you Garrisons? Now that wouldn't be any fun at all. ;o) > > William married a Duke; one of their sons married a Pittman and from there > on we have some double cousins. Life is still very interesting, isn't it? > Gotta go and get to real work. > Daphne > > P.S. > Looking back at another David(son of James)[Joe Garrison's ancestor] who > married Elizabeth Taylor - - -They had several sons and several daughters. > D. > > ______________________________