Thank you! You are one of us! Our website is http://www.cridermcdowellfamily.com and if you click on our Crider History link, you will find extensive genealogy work done by our oldest son, J. Allen Crider. Or you may click on or copy and paste this link http://www.cridermcdowellfamily.com/FamilyTree/index.html He would be happy to share info with you. Living family members are "restricted" as per GRAMPS but if you have a request and we have it, we will be happy to share. Glen A. & Ruby Holmes McDowell are my parents. (I was born in 1936 in Ste. Genevieve County) Frank McDowell is Dad's brother. Adolphus L. McDowell is their dad. John William Holmes & Margaret Matilda Sigman Holmes are my Grandparents. We may have some info on James & Mary Elizabeth McClanahan Holmes that may help you and a picture of them with 6 of their children on the website. Our neighbor, Charlie Pinkston's Mother, Mary Ann McClanahan Pinkston, was related to our McClanahans also. On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:48:42 EDT Mccthescot@aol.com writes: > > Ruth, Thank you very much for the reply. I was born and raised in > Bonne Terre in the 1930s to early 1950s and I know the > intersection > of Highways "K" and "D". Coming from Bonne Terre, if you turn > left, > it will take you to French Village and Koester Springs. A right > turn > will take you to Farmington,and straight ahead, into Ste. > Genevieve > County and past the Pigg Cemetery. The Mary E, McClanahan that > married James Holmes, is my great-grand aunt, being a sister of > my great grandfather, Francis Marion McClenahan. My dad had a > welding shop and did a lot of work for a Frank McDowell. > I also have a Jonas Sigman married to a Jennie Johnson, and > their daughter, Margaret M. Sigman, was the 2nd wife of John > William Holmes, son of James H. Holmes and Mary Elizabeth > (McClenahan) Holmes. I think they had about 16 children and my > information is a real tangled mess on them. We may have a > tenuuous connection through these families. This was a real bonus > to also finding out about Jaydee. Many thanks.. > > Jim McClenahan > > > > > In a message dated 10/10/2008 7:32:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > rlcrider@juno.com writes: > > Jim, Mother (Ruby Ethel Holmes McDowell) said she could remember > when > Great Grandma Sigman ( Martha Janet Johnson Sigman) > [Jonas Franklin Sigman b 04/03/1845 North Carolina d 04/25/1910 St > Francois co, MO m 02/18/1875 St Francois co, MO to Martha Janet > Johnson b > 03/24/1854 Johnson co, IL d 05/17/1930 ] > lived in the house in what then was Jaydee, MO. It was a two-story > house > and later they lowered the top story but was the same location > where > Uncle Ed & Aunt May Sigman lived. Grandma Maggie Holmes was not > married > at the time of Great Grandpa Sigman died, so Mother did not know > him but > she loved to go visit her Grandma Sigman (nickname: Jennie Sigman)- > and > play upstairs in her house. Somewhere I have a postcard written > to > Grandma while it was still Jaydee, MO. > Great-Grandparents of RLM: > James C McDowell b 05/01/1843 Ireland d 02/24/1890 m 11/15/1868 to > Nancy > Emmeline Ervin b 05/03/1843 Cape Girardeau co, MO d 06/23/1908 > Cape > Girardeau co, MO > William Franklin Sides b 10/22/1841 Cape Girardeau co, MO d > 10/22/1904 > Cape Girardeau co, MO m 01/15/1866 to Sarah Catherine Hughes b > 06/30/1848 > d 05/10/1919 Cape Girardeau co, MO > James S Holmes b 12/18/1841 Meigs co, Ohio d 03/12/1923 St Francois > co, > MO m 02/14/1867 Edwardsville, IL to Mary E McClanahan b 02/17/1851 > Ste > Genevieve co, MO d 02/11/1923 St Francois co, MO > Jonas Franklin Sigman b 04/03/1845 North Carolina d 04/25/1910 St > Francois co, MO m 02/18/1875 St Francois co, MO to Martha Janet > Johnson b > 03/24/1854 Johnson co, IL d 05/17/1930 > > -Ruth L. McDowell Crider > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:24:44 EDT Mccthescot@aol.com writes: > > > > Can anyone give me the location of Jaydee? I'm guessing it is > > out in the Cadet area. I've never heard of it, and tried going > > through the St. Francois County GenWeb page links to old > > towns, post offices and county maps--but all the links to > > anything with _http://ozarks.smsu.edu/_ (http://ozarks.smsu.edu/) > > > are no > > longer working. > > Thanks. > > > > Jim McClenahan > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Click for free info on college degrees. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3l8WvvWZtUqdaPQd7LRGjxdvn2t9jADN5RDmUBUmLq8g1efO/