Riley Johnson, b. about what year? I have a Riley Johnson b. about 1800... There are also William Riley Johnson that went by Riley. Not clear from your note if your father is the gr-grandson of Riley, or if your father's father was Riley. Feel free to e-mail me directly, I do have a database of Johnsons...Rabun Co., GA, Swain Co., NC, Oconee/Pickens Cos. SC, amongst other locations in NC. At 12:29 PM 5/1/2007, you wrote: >not sure what all is in family name . would love to compare notes my >grandfather is hard to track down. found him in 3 census with my father >but can't find him with his father. just going by death record of him that >his father was Riley Johnson thanks for the information > >Judy Carver <njcarver@bellsouth.net> wrote: Do you have an Joel Andrew >Johnson in your line. He was married to a Eliza >Melinda Mills. She was born in 1870. Something happened to him???? And >she remarried a Henry Hooper. We think that his mothers name was Melvina >Johnson. > >Any information that you have would be wonderful. >Thanks >Judy > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham co.nc) > > george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children > > ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married > > essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , sarah > > (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and > > kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >--------------------------------- >Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

not sure what all is in family name . would love to compare notes my grandfather is hard to track down. found him in 3 census with my father but can't find him with his father. just going by death record of him that his father was Riley Johnson thanks for the information Judy Carver <njcarver@bellsouth.net> wrote: Do you have an Joel Andrew Johnson in your line. He was married to a Eliza Melinda Mills. She was born in 1870. Something happened to him???? And she remarried a Henry Hooper. We think that his mothers name was Melvina Johnson. Any information that you have would be wonderful. Thanks Judy http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham co.nc) > george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children > ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married > essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , sarah > (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and > kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

I don't have a lot on our Johnsons. We found him in the 1880 census of Jackson County, N. C. Cullowhee #120/120 Thompson Rickman, 31. b. N. C. both parents b. NC Thompson Melvina, wife, 30, b. S. C. both parents b. SC Thompson Western, son, 8, b. NC, father b. NC mother b. SC Thompson Robert son, 6, b. NC, father b. NC. mother b. SC Thompson Selma V. daughter 4 b. SC father B. NC mother b. SC Johnson, Andrew, 12, "laborer", works on farm, b. Ga. Father B. Ga. mother b. SC Thompson Elisabeth Mother , 65, widow, b. NC This Andrew, we are pretty sure would have been Melvina Thompson son. They were living next door to David T. and Rutha C. Mills. Andrew married thier daughter. Melvina and Rickman Thompson were married on 6 January, 1871. There was a notice of Divorce Action on March 7, 1896. ( this was in "Journeys Through Jackson Vol. V 1995.) Judgement was in the Fall Term 1896. In the 1900 census of Jackson Co. NC- Caney Fork Johnson, Lewis, Aug. 1861, 38 widow, b. SC, father b. SC, Mother b. NC Thompson, Melvina, Mother, July 1841, 58, 7 children, 4 living, widow, b. NC. both parents b. NC. Westley Thompson and his family was living next door to them. My mother- in- law had Joel Andrew's mother as Melvinia. She also had him a brother named Lewis. Andrew was her grandfather. In one of the census Melvina has her parents born in N.C and in another in SC. There is also a ten year age difference for her. We were told by an granddaughter of Joel Andrew, that Melvina had Joel Andrew before she was married??? We found in the Records of Settlements 1884--1905 of Jackson County, NC. on page 341 "February 5, 1900 Andrew Johnson #46 5 " We don't know if this is our Andrew ??? Here is what we were told by older family members. Don't know how much is true. Joel Andrew and his wife Melinda were living in Jackson County, N. C. ( or Cocke County, Tenn. ). Joel got sick and went back home to his mother and died. Another one told us that Melinda and Henry Hooper killed him. Then got married. But, they could had thought that since they were together, that it killed Joel Andrew. ??? We have heard so many different stories about him. We know that Melinda and Henry were married in Cocke County, Tenn. in 1901. We were told that they got an telegram that Andrew was dead, and they got ready and went to town and married. Henry and Melinda were living together as "Cousin" in 1900 Census. We were also told that Joel and Henry were working on the roads and Joel Andrew brought Henry home with him, that is how Henry met Melinda. Henry was then married to Mary Massey and had seven children. Andrew and Melinda had six children. When Henry and Melinda married they had six children Like I said, WE don't have a lot to go on. We know that Joel Andrew Johnson married Eliza Melinda Mills on August 21, 1887, at B. N. Watson's in Jackson County, NC They had the following Children. 1. Florence Johnson "Hooper" born August 10, 1888 died Oct. 1939Rutherford County, N. C. 2. Jana Johnson "Hooper" born April 14, 1890 died May 8, 1903 Spartanburg County, S.C. 3. Thomas Garland Johnson "Hooper" born January 15, 1892 died Nov. 6, 1971 Rutherford County, N.C. 4. Rutha Mae Johnson "Hooper" born April 7, 1893 died Sept. 29, 1923 Rutherford County, N. C. 5. Bertha Johnson "Hooper" born June 14, 1895 died Rutherford County, N. C. 6. Vernon Johnson "Hooper" born April 28, 1899 died Feb. 27, 1902 Spartanburg County, S. C. We were told that Henry made all the Johnson children go by "Hooper". Thomas Garland Johnson Hoper was my husbands grandfather.

Thank you for all the information. I will send you more on our Joel Andrew Johnson Judy > Hi! Good to hear from Johnson researchers. > > I have a Joel that isn't attached to the tree I'm working on, but I kept > tabs on him anyway because you just never know, you know? :--) However, > he's probably older than the Joel you're looking for. I'll slap what > little I have on at the bottom. If you can give me a little more on birth > years etc., locations, I'll see if I can dig something up for you. > > In a second email I'll send you what I have on my friend's Johnson line > just in case you ever see something that clicks. One of the reasons I > wondered about the connection is the Riley middle name for William Riley > (my friend's earliest known ancestor is Riley Johnson) and the association > of the Welches, etc., which married in elsewhere on his tree. There is a > Hooper as well who married a Chastain, another family that seems to be > closely associated with the Johnsons. There's an Indian connection in > their tree, and Riley and wife are living next door to them in one census > record...his wife Nancy's surname is unknown and I thought it might be > Chastain, there was a Nancy Chastain, daughter of the people next door, > but > other researchers show her to have married someone else. So I'm at a dead > end. And there are branches of the family I do know that I haven't been > able to track down. There are Mills amongst the Medlins that married into > my friend's Lindsay branch, also in Swain Co.. No idea how/if > they're connected to yours, once again, like Johnson, it's a common > name. You ought to remember to look for Johnston if you're having > trouble. I found "my" Johnsons in censuses listed both ways, though > Johnson is more prevalent. > > There was a story in the Johnson family that one member somewhere, and no > one ever has a name or even a date or decade, that a Johnson killed > someone > and had to, er, relocate. If you ever hear something like that, let me > know. > > Carol McCrellias > Rochester/Honeoye Falls > > > Descendants of Joel Johnson > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. JOEL1 JOHNSON was born 1830. He married [UNKNOWN CHEROKEE WOMAN]. > > Child of JOEL JOHNSON and [UNKNOWN WOMAN] is: > 2. i. WILLIAM RILEY2 JOHNSON, b. 1854, Tennessee. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. WILLIAM RILEY2 JOHNSON (JOEL1) was born 1854 in Tennessee. He married > NANCY DRUCILLA WELCH, daughter of WILLIAM WELCH and CATHERINE SAWYER. She > was born 1859 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. > > Child of WILLIAM JOHNSON and NANCY WELCH is: > i. JAMES DEVEROW3 JOHNSON, b. 1888, Robbinsville, North > Carolina; m. MINNIE MILSAPS. > > > > At 07:46 AM 4/28/2007, you wrote: >>Do you have an Joel Andrew Johnson in your line. He was married to a >>Eliza >>Melinda Mills. She was born in 1870. Something happened to him???? >>And >>she remarried a Henry Hooper. We think that his mothers name was Melvina >>Johnson. >> >>Any information that you have would be wonderful. >>Thanks >>Judy >> >>http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx >> > >> > Message Board Post: >> > >> > my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham >> > co.nc) >> > george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children >> > ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married >> > essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , >> > sarah >> > (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and >> > kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff >> > >> > Important Note: >> > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you >> > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link >> > above and respond on the board. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi! Good to hear from Johnson researchers. I have a Joel that isn't attached to the tree I'm working on, but I kept tabs on him anyway because you just never know, you know? :--) However, he's probably older than the Joel you're looking for. I'll slap what little I have on at the bottom. If you can give me a little more on birth years etc., locations, I'll see if I can dig something up for you. In a second email I'll send you what I have on my friend's Johnson line just in case you ever see something that clicks. One of the reasons I wondered about the connection is the Riley middle name for William Riley (my friend's earliest known ancestor is Riley Johnson) and the association of the Welches, etc., which married in elsewhere on his tree. There is a Hooper as well who married a Chastain, another family that seems to be closely associated with the Johnsons. There's an Indian connection in their tree, and Riley and wife are living next door to them in one census record...his wife Nancy's surname is unknown and I thought it might be Chastain, there was a Nancy Chastain, daughter of the people next door, but other researchers show her to have married someone else. So I'm at a dead end. And there are branches of the family I do know that I haven't been able to track down. There are Mills amongst the Medlins that married into my friend's Lindsay branch, also in Swain Co.. No idea how/if they're connected to yours, once again, like Johnson, it's a common name. You ought to remember to look for Johnston if you're having trouble. I found "my" Johnsons in censuses listed both ways, though Johnson is more prevalent. There was a story in the Johnson family that one member somewhere, and no one ever has a name or even a date or decade, that a Johnson killed someone and had to, er, relocate. If you ever hear something like that, let me know. Carol McCrellias Rochester/Honeoye Falls Descendants of Joel Johnson Generation No. 1 1. JOEL1 JOHNSON was born 1830. He married [UNKNOWN CHEROKEE WOMAN]. Child of JOEL JOHNSON and [UNKNOWN WOMAN] is: 2. i. WILLIAM RILEY2 JOHNSON, b. 1854, Tennessee. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM RILEY2 JOHNSON (JOEL1) was born 1854 in Tennessee. He married NANCY DRUCILLA WELCH, daughter of WILLIAM WELCH and CATHERINE SAWYER. She was born 1859 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. Child of WILLIAM JOHNSON and NANCY WELCH is: i. JAMES DEVEROW3 JOHNSON, b. 1888, Robbinsville, North Carolina; m. MINNIE MILSAPS. At 07:46 AM 4/28/2007, you wrote: >Do you have an Joel Andrew Johnson in your line. He was married to a Eliza >Melinda Mills. She was born in 1870. Something happened to him???? And >she remarried a Henry Hooper. We think that his mothers name was Melvina >Johnson. > >Any information that you have would be wonderful. >Thanks >Judy > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham co.nc) > > george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children > > ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married > > essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , sarah > > (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and > > kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Do you have an Joel Andrew Johnson in your line. He was married to a Eliza Melinda Mills. She was born in 1870. Something happened to him???? And she remarried a Henry Hooper. We think that his mothers name was Melvina Johnson. Any information that you have would be wonderful. Thanks Judy http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham co.nc) > george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children > ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married > essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , sarah > (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and > kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSWAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I didn't have the chance to go back and look at the trail of messages posted on this topic, so forgive me if I repeat myself or seem to be off point. I've changed my profile to make my e-mail address accessible, so try clicking on my name in the URL/From line and see if it gives it to you. I have a lot of material on Johnsons, too much to post here. Your user i.d. is, of course, private, so I was not able to divine your e-mail address, and so I must wait for you to contact me. What tree I have constructed has a few Kirklands...Callie, b. 1886, married to a Lindsay, and Rhoda, b. ca. 1810, married to a Cline, whose daughter married a Brendle. I certainly recognize the Kirkland surname as well as that of Morgan from having scanned lots of Swain Co. material and from my association with a few long-time residents of Swain Co., but I don't have much linked yet to those trees. Their presence comes from their marriages into Brendle and Lindsay families, which are part of my friend's Johnson tree. I do have big holes in the Johnson branch and would like to compare notes to see if there's anything that might be "magnetic." :--) If you can't get through via e-mail right away, I'll post my address in two parts and from there you should be able to figure out how to find me. In the meantime, I wonder if you have any estimated birth dates (years?) for the people you've listed. It's certainly good to hear from another Johnson researcher...I was beginning to wonder if there were any out there! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: steffnbubba Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/342.349.1.1.1.1.3.3.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: my line is also johnsons, kirklands. (lived in swain co and graham co.nc) george jefferson johnson married mary i morgan. there children ginny(married unknown kirkland)martha, rhonda, geroge sherman(married essie kirkland daughter of william and sarah j kirkland))andrew j , sarah (married unknown kirkland) any help on this line of johnsons and kirklands would be greatly appreicated thanks steff Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Paleeashe Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1672.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A book published by John Reed Ashe,s/o Scott Allen Ashe, in 1977 entitled Ash/Ashe/Stillwell. "Dave" David Reed Ashe b. 30 May 1856 d. 5 Nov. 1926 md.4 Jan. 1877 in Swain County Candas Mariah Stillwell b. 29 July 1861 d. 18 July 1939, d/o William H. and Mariah Welch Stillwell. Both buried Davis Cemetery, Almond, N.C. 10 children Scott Allen Ashe "Dee' William Decatur Ashe Flora Ann Ashe "Flonnie" Flona M. Ashe "Zed" Amos Ashe 4 marriages Nick C. Ashe md. #1 Hester Patterson #2 Rena Wilcox "Ed" James Eddie Ashe John Ealter Ashe "Vesta" Mary Ashe "Essie" Estella Gazie Ashe Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EdwinAmmons Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/1674/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know if Nantahala Power and Light moved graves to Maple Springs Baptist Church in preparation for building another dam on the Little Tennessee River. I discovered that the grave of Sarah Haseltine DeHart had been moved there and wondered if there were others. She was moved from "Ammons Cemetery". My Ammons ancestors are there and I wondered if they were moved there also. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: gen@frontiernet.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I had the same problem you did, can't seem to access your e-mail address. Try this...part one of my address: mccrell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Florence_Farrell Surnames: Farrell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I tried getting your e-address that way, but it's locked to other registered subscribers. However, you can get mine that way and I would appreciate that. This is getting much too long for this board. Yes, the Hugh Farrell in Virginia is Frank's family. I'll look forward to your private email. Florence Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank Farrell in 1920 (Portage Co., OH) is described as being an electrician in a rubber shop. Fa. b. Ireland, mo. b. NY. In 1930, there a LOT of Frank (or Francis, which is probably what his name was, being Irish) Farrel(l)s...only one is recorded as being b. in Virginia (West Virginia), though the census record has both his parents born in West Virginia as well. There have been errors in census reports. Or, he could have been in Canada working, or elsewhere, or missed in the census somehow...or indexed wrong. The "possible" (though not certain) "Frank Farrel" is the only (West) Virginian...he is living on 08 April 1930, in South Huntingdon, Westmoreland Co., PA, a boarder in the household of Joseph Lindway (b. PA, par. b. Austria)...he is age 28 and single, working as a truck driver for construction. (There is, by the way, another boarder there by the name of Ralph Dietz, age 19, also b. in W VA, par. b. W VA.) Odd coincidence, Westmoreland Co., South Huntingdon and Mt. Pleasant, are where my McCrellias ancestors lived, back ca. 1790-1840. I guess it shouldn't be too much of a surprise, there were a lot of Scot-Irish in the area. I wondered about a Farrell woman being born in NY, poss. residing in VA...meaning Frank's mother. I went looking a little for that, found (not knowing of course if any of these have anything to do with Frank....): On 07 Apr 1930, South Norfolk, Norfolk Co., VA, the house of Fred E. Lemmond, age 26, b. VA, par. b. NC; wife Helen E., age 21, b. VA, fa. b. PA, mo. b. NY; Anna M. Farrell, mother-in-law, age 48? 43?, widow, b. NY, fa. b. Germany, mo. b. NY. On 18 Apr 1930, Guilford, Surry Co., VA: Hugh Farrell, age 72, b. Northern Ireland, par. b. N. Ireland, farmer, md. age 34; wife Susie E., age 65, b. NY, par. b. N. Ireland, md. age 27 On 5 Apr 1930, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA: James E. Farrell, age 48, b. Irish Free State, fa. b. Southern Ireland?, mo. b. Irish Free State, shipyard surveyor; wife Elizabeth, age 46, b. MA, par. b. MA; dau. Althea, age 17, b. Phillipines; son George, age 12, b. Phillipines; son James, age 12, b. Phillipines. I think Hugh is the best candidate for Frank's father. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have any idea where in NC Walter was living at the time of the obit, and what was the date of obit (at least year)? That would narrow things a bit. Walter would probably have been of an age to serve in WWII, but there's not enough information on the online WWII enlistment indexes to track to parents, etc., only location of enlistment, birth year, state of birth, and then service information. There are a lot of NC birth index records for Walter Jacksons, many without mothers' names. Swain Co. is not yet represented well in that index, my guess is they haven't had a lot of volunteers to transcribe records (or there weren't many records kept at certain times, though by the time the '20s, '30s, and '40s came around the chances are better). As for my e-mail address, if you click on my name in blue, it should take you to another Web page where you can read my e-mail address. It will be in graphics (picture) format so automated scanners can't read it and use it for spamming...another reason I won't type it here. If you still can't find it that way, let me know and I'll type it out in another message board posting, splitting it into two separate messages so it's not shown as one line. I didn't find a birth index record for a Susan Farrell, either. Did she marry, and do you know where or about when? As for Florida, I think there may have been other family members down there. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Florence_Farrell Surnames: Farrell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, but I don't have your e-address. Frank could have been in WWI, I suppose, but he would have been very young. Maybe, he registered but didn't serve. His older brother, Edward, had a naval career, as did at least one of his sons. I think Aileen's birth name was Wiggins, which is why she went back to it after being Jackson. On Frank's death cert. she is Wiggins. I only asked you to look for Jackson, because of her son's name. If she lived most of her life in Swain Co, but was married to Frank in Forsyth Co that could be where her divorce took place. I would be interested to find out the birth date for their daughter Susan Farrell and whether or not she married (Byrd) in NC. She is listed in Florida when Aileen died. If you can find Frank somewhere in 1930, I'd be interested to know if his sister Catherine is nearby. I thought she was still in VA in 1930, but haven't been able to find her. Her sister Agnes was in Richmond. Agnes never married, but I don't know about Catherine. This family is definitely a lot of work. I would LOVE to contact one of these cousins and have them know enough to have everything else fall into place - but that would be too easy, wouldn't it? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By the way, just in case you need this: Eleanor Wiggins, b. 06 Jun 1911, Swain Co., NC; born to William W. Wiggins and Estelle Corinne Roberts. And after I'd gathered my brain cells, I figured Aileen would have to have been married before, if she had a son surnamed Jackson...rather than her mother having been married before. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I thought at the time (in August) that was probably your guy. And I do wonder about a WWI record somewhere. There are records for Frank Farrells, but I didn't see one for the birth year 1901 (or 1900 or 1902), so it might be he didn't serve (or register) after all. I did check briefly for Aileen Wiggins marrying a Jackson and couldn't find anything on the quick. But that doesn't mean it isn't out there. Another thing I wondered: Could her mother have been married before, and the Wiggins been her stepfather? I had that happen with my gr-grandmother...for 30 years I looked for Ada Rittenhouse and it turned out that her birth name had been Ada Kinney. Boy, was I mad. But there was more to her story that I found out later than explained some of why no one knew much about her. Anyway.... Am feeling a little better, today, thanks. This is one of those freight train flus...hits like a train and only lasts a few days. Still wobbly, and can't stare long at a screen, but I'll see what I can find as I get better. I want to take a clearer look at various census records for the family members, see what pops up. By the way, feel free to contact me directly via e-mail. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Florence_Farrell Surnames: Farrell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't believe you did all that work so quickly and with a headache, too! Thank you so much! I hope you are feeling much better, today. That probably is "my" Frank in Ohio in 1920. It would be interesting to know where he was in 1930. Yes, the Aileen J Wiggins in 1930 is probably the same woman. In her obit, it said she had a son, Walter Jackson living in NC. So, she probably married Jackson and then divorced. (Can you find that info?) After she married Frank in 1936, they had a daughter Susan(date?) I assume she was born in NC, since they didn't move to Florida, until 1970. Maybe, Frank was there in 1930 and found he liked it. Have a very happy Easter! Florence Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CMcCrellias Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.swain/867.1.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Aileen Wiggins, b. 01 Aug 1907, Swain Co., NC, to William W. Wiggins and Estelle Corinne Roberts. 18 Apr 1910, High Point, Ward 1, Guilford Co., NC: Will W. Wiggins, age 32, b. NC, md. 5 years; par. b. NC; lumber inspector, city Estelle R., age 26, b. VA, fa. b. FL, mo. b. GA; 2 children born, 2 living; married 5 years Mildred, dau, age 4, b. NC Aileen, dau, age 2, b. NC Frances Cunningham, sister-in-law, age 23, widowed, md. 1 year; b. GA, fa. b. FL, mo. b. GA Henrietta Roberts, sister-in-law, age 15, single, b. GA, fa. b. FL, mo. b. GA Wilma Cunningham, niece, age 3, b. OK, par. b. GA James E. Flagins or Feagins, lodger, age 30, b. TN, par. b. TN Vina, lodger (wife), age 23, b. TN, par. b. TN Thelma, lodger, dau 11/12, b. NC, par. b. TN In 1930, Swain Co., "Aileen J. Wiggins"...Aileen Jackson Wiggins? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.