Karin, Is the spelling correct, is it (Newnam, not Newman)?? Thanks, Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick -----Original Message----- From: Karin Leigh Jones <kleigh@rmi.net> To: OKCARTER-L@rootsweb.com <OKCARTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 5:21 PM Subject: [OKCARTER] Newnam family in TX & OK >Posted on: Carter County, Ok Query Forum >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter/11587 > >Surname: NEWNAM, LANE, JONES >------------------------- > >As I stated in my other posting, my husband's grandfather, John Gates JONES >(b. 5 March 1883 in Grant, OK; d. 2 Sept 1954, bur, at Grady IOOF Cem. >in Ringling, OK) was married to Johnnie Beatrice NEWNAM (b. 25 Aug 1890 >in Texas; buried at Lone Grove, Carter County, OK). I don't have a birthplace >for Johnnie Beatrice NEWNAM, but I do have other infor for her that may >help. They were married in 1904. Johnnie Bea had two siblings: Viola Marie >NEWNAM (b.06 July 1893 in Paris, Lamar County, TX; d. 24 Dec 1976, at Hugo,Choctaw >County, Oklahoma)(married to a Mr. Van J. Gray)and Isom Harry NEWNAM (b. >25 June 1896, birthplace unkn; d. 03 Dec 1972 at West Meadows, Atoka, Oklahoma, >believed unmarried). The parents of Johnnie Bea, Viola & Isom NEWNAM were >John Elijah NEWNAM & his first wife, Josephine Francis "Josie" LANE (married >21 Dec 1888 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas). John Elijah NEWNAM was born >24 Dec 1866 in Oklahoma according to his daughter's testimony in the 1910 >census, but this is not confirmed or disproved elsewhere. He died 03 July >1937 & is buried at Tushka, Oklahoma. Josie LANE was born in Texas 28 Feb >1868 and died 31 Jan 1908 (buried at Goodland, OK). He also had a 2nd wife, >Francis Conder Carr, but they had no known children together. > >NOW: John Elijah NEWNAM's siblings: Bay NEWNAM (don't know if this way >a male or a female). Sade NEWNAM (don't know if this one was a male or >a female, but probably a female). Fannie Melissa NEWNAM, b. 10 July 1876, >d. 15 March 1943 at Tushka OK. Allie NEWNAM (unknown if male or female. >Lela B. NEWNAM, female, b. 07 Dec 1883, d. 21 March 1966, bur, Butler Cem, >Atoka OK. > >The father of these siblings is believed to be John William NEWNAM (I have >no other info on him). The majority of this info I received from another >source but this is what I am working from myself as "leads-to-go-on." > >Johnie Beatrice NEWNAM was died a few years before my husband was born >but my mother-in-law knew her well (since Johnnie Bea was HER mother-in-law). >A lot of the direct-line info I have come from MY mother-in-law. The earlier >NEWNAM sibling info comes from other researchers (alot from a Fannie Melissa >NEWNAM descendant). Hope some of this will be helpful -- to you and any >other NEWNAM researchers. This is all of the info I have on this family. > >Best Regards, Karin :) > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >