Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Chowan/883 Surname: Hobbs, Hollowell, Byrum, Bunch ------------------------- I am starting to research my grandmother's line, but need help getting started. Her name was Emma Josephine Hollowell and she was born 1/23/1906. I know she grew up in the old two-story white house beside Ballards Bridge Church. Her father was married once before. She is from his second wife. Her known siblings are: Kerry(sp?) Hollowell - brother Carisle Hollowell - brother and married Edith Ray Hollowell - brother and married Betty Ralph Hollowell Sr. - brother and married Cora Wilber Hollowell - brother and married Aletha Luke Hollowell - brother and married Marie Blanchard Floyd Hollowell - unsure if brother or 1/2 brother, but lived in NJ Sissy Hollowell - 1/2 sister and married Dick Leary Also another sibling use to run the Hollowell's Drug Store in Edenton. Not the son, but the father. Hobbs and Hollowell's have intermarried many times and I am sure that once I can get my grandmother's father's name, there will be a correlation to all the other Hollowell's I already have in my database. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.