Hello Peggy: I don't know if there is a connection here on these names but maybe you can help me. I know some of the dates are not the same as yours but there could be a family connection. 1. I also have a Jesse Daniel Thompson with no dates married to a Laura Davis with no dates or parents of either. They had a daughter 1. Roberta C. [Berta] Thompson b. 1-22-1897 d. 1-4-1989 +married to Rexford Leon Whaley 2. Noah Mercer d. Civil War +Eliza [Lizzie] Worley b. 4-27-1841 d. 3-29-1909 brother is John William Worley who had a son Jack Worley [mail courier]. Eliza's second marriage is to Robert C. Houston b. 11-11-1844 Duplin d. 5-19-1917 Duplin What is the name of your father and his sister? MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thanks, Keith Whaley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry and Peggy" <hawks2@home.com> To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: [NCLENOIR] Rosa Mae Thompson > Martha > > I am hoping you can help or know someone who can. I have been trying > for years to find my father's sister. I think you already know that I > descend from Jesse Hardy and Sarah Eliza Worley. Well my father's > sister was adopted out when she was about 10 or 11 years of age. Their > father Jesse Daniel Thompson had died and their mother Nancy Price could > no longer take care of them. My father says that a Kennedy or Cannady > family adopted them from Duplin co. All I know about her is: > b Dec 19, 1916 in Lenoir co NC > d Sep 23, 1949 in New York. > She was married twice to McKnight and Pollock (I think). She had at > least two children. My father went to her funeral but we have never > been able to find the family. Is there anyway you can help? > Peggy > > ______________________________