>Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:06:15 -0400 >To: "J.T. rogers" <patrog@txucom.net> >From: "Sheila R. Sheffield, Ph.D." <ssheffie@rose.net> >Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Margaret F. Sheffield > >Tommy, Thanks so much for your response. I am really not trying to get at >any Sheffield ancestry info, >I am trying to find out who this woman was that my father was married to >and divorced from (or maybe she died, though I think not). Neither my >father nor mother told me about this marriage and I only discovered it >after my mother died earlier this year. (My father died in 1969). I >understand from relatives that they were afraid the fact that Harvey being >married before would upset me too much. Of course, I want to know all the >details and am "POed" with both of them for not telling me. (I discovered >this info on an old insurance policy which I am sure Mother left so I >would eventually find this out.) >Anybody out there....DON'T HIDE INFORMATION FROM YOUR CHILDREN.....they >love you and want to know all the details, pleasant or not. >Thanks, >Sheila > > >At 09:55 PM 7/15/01 -0500, you wrote: >>I don't know if this will help you or not , but David E. Sheffield married >>Miranda Gozo in Copiah Co. Ms. they had one son Tobias Sheffield. Since the >>name Sheffield is not a very common name I thought maybe your ancedtors >>might be decendants of Tobias. >> My connection to David E. Sheffield is he married my Gr. grandfathers >>sister Lucinda Rogers >>Tommy Rogers >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Sheila R. Sheffield, Ph.D. <ssheffie@rose.net> >>To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:38 PM >>Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Margaret F. Sheffield >> >> >> >Can anyone in Mississippi help me? I am new to this list. I have been >> >trying to track down the first wife of Chester Harvey (Sheff) Sheffield, my >> >father. Her name was Margaret F. Sheffield. I don't know if the "F" was a >> >maiden name or a middle name. She was a registered nurse. She may have >> >worked at a Veteran's Hospital, but I am not sure of that. >> >She and my father were married sometime before 1932 and divorced by >> >1942. She was probably born between 1895 and 1910 since Daddy was born in >> >1899. Daddy worked most of his life for the Norfolk and Western >> >Railway. The two or them were living in Knoxville together as per the city >> >directories from 1931 to 1939. I don't know whether she got the RN in >> >Knoxville while they were married or before that. >> >I have been told that she was from Mississippi. >> >Thank you, >> >Sheila >> > >> > >> >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >> >Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi >> >where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. >> > >> >============================== >> >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > >> >