Hello cousins! Here is a new lineage submitted by our cousin Sherre Lunne RAGAN/CALOURI ========= 1 _?_ RAGAN This lineage was submitted to the database 21 Jul 1999 by: [email protected] Spouse: _?_ _?_ Children: John Benjamin Franklin (1846-1907) William Sarah Mary Martha James 1.1 John Benjamin Franklin RAGAN Birth: 20 Jan 1846 Death: 8 May 1907, Wood County, Texas He was a veteran of the Civil War, fighting for Georgia. He was listed as a private on May 10, 1862. He was captured in 1863. Muster Roll of Company C. 56th regimen Georgia. Volunteer Infantry Army of Tennessee C.SA, Carroll County Georgia. His wife, Mary, was granted a pension in about 1925 for his service. She received $8 per month. She received the pension from Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas. The family is believed to have lived near Macon, Georgia before migrating to Texas. Spouse: Mary Holland GAMBLE Birth: 21 Jan 1849 Death: 19 Mar 1927, Wood County, Texas Father: Alfred GAMBLE Mother: Julia PITTS Marr: unknown Children: James Franklin (1879-1947) George Oscar (1871-1937) Ida Belle (-1935) Mary Maud (1882-1963) Elisha Felix (1885-1962) 1.1.1 James Franklin RAGAN Burial: Rose Hills, Whittier, California Birth: 29 Jun 1879 Death: 23 Nov 1947, Los Angeles, California Spouse: Minnie Myrtle ELLIS Death: 1918 Children: James Floyd (1915-) Ethel Marie (1916-1917) 1.1.1.1 James Floyd RAGAN Birth: 15 Jun 1915, Egan, Texas Jonathan RAGAN of Oglethorpe, born in 1744. Legend has it that when Jonathan returned from the Revolutionary War he was afraid to confess to his priest what he had done in battle. Presumably, he dropped the "e" from our name to indicate he was no longer Catholic. Spouse: Ivandora COOK Birth: 14 Jul 1912, Mountain Park, Oklahoma Father: George Franklin COOK (1889-1957) Mother: Cora Lee MEEK (1893-) "I weighed about 8 pounds at birth and it was a difficult birth for my mother. I was born at home in Mt. Park. I was the oldest child, although my parents had had a boy about a year earlier but he died shortly after birth. I was named after my mother's good friend Ivan and her aunt Dora MEEK. In 1919, we moved from Moutain Park to Arcadia, Texas, just 20 miles from Galveston. My grandfather, John Henry COOK, bought a dairy farm and my parents were going to help him run it. But it flooded all the time so they left Texas and moved to Cauthron, Arkansas, in 1920 to run a goat farm they had purchased. In Texas the school was right across the street from my house. I didn't like it because they found out I wasn't really reading but just mermorizing. In Arkansas, I remember walking through the woods to my grandparent's house. I was very scared. We had a collie dog that when with us to protect us. There were lots of Indians around because we lived near a reservation. Juana Parker was a good friend of my father's. Someone tells the story that Juana Parker tried to trade Gandpa COOK a horse for a kid. Juana Parker also told my father, "your squaw is afraid of me. I would never hurt your squaw." We grew our own food and chickens. I never had a room of my own; I always shared with Elvis. We had very little money. There were no toys. I didn't even have a doll, although I wanted one so much. I didn't have a bicycle but I did have a tricycle. At Christmas we usually got candy or an orange. We also got books. I loved to read. We also played games like Rook and Dominoes. I had a pogo stick, jumpropes, a baseball. We all had jobs to do. The schools in Arkansas were not very good and I was really behind when we moved to California. I was supposed to know how to add columns of figures but I couldn't do it. When my father got sick in Cauthron, he moved to Arizona to get well. After a few months he got a job with the gas company in California and Mom and I and Denver and Elvis moved to California. We took the train from Arkansas to Oklahoma to seek the Meeks and then we took the train to California. My mother got sick on the train and I had to take care of Elvis and Denver. I was only 9 years old. When we moved to California I went to Montevista Elementary School and Franklin High School. I liked history and English best. In high school, my uncle Ural was supposed to take me to school but he was always late and I didn't like being late. That's when my mother and I connived to get me to drive. My father didn't think girls should drive. When I asked him if I could drive he said, yes, when I learned to drive I could get my license. I knew, though, he would never teach me. So, since he only drove to work three days a week, on the other days my mother and I pushed the Model T out of the garage and I practiced driving. Then one day I reminded him that he had told me that I could get my license when I learned to drive. So, I showed him I could drive. The only thing he said was, "I'll be damned." After I got my license he was very supportive and let me drive all the time. My COOK grandparents owned a store in Herman near Los Angeles. My job was to take them on drives over the week-end. My grandfather liked to go to through the Imperial Valley and stop at all the little towns. Then in Calexico, he's leave his wife, Dolly, in a motel and I'd drive him across the border so he could have a beer. It was during prohibition and my grandfather liked his beer. While I was in school I worked at the May Co. and the 10 cent store. When I graduated I took a course in dress design but I was never that good. I got a job at the Broadway working in hosiery and accessories. I also worked in ready-to-wear but I didn't like it that much. I lived at home until I got married. I took the streetcar to work. I met Dad at the Garvanza Congregational Church. I thought he was kind of a nuisance; he was always doing crazy things. I had a boyfriend named Charles. He was in the navy and drove a real nice roadster. My parents didn't like him at all. He always took me to real nice places. While I was dating Charles I got Dad some dates with some of my friends and we double dated. When I was 23 I went skating with a date. Dad and Harold were there and they kept tripping me. I finally started going out with Dad. We went together for two years and then one night we were talking and he said, "Let's go get a ring." We were engaged for six months. We were both active in the church choir. We were married in the church. Denver was the best man and Elvis was my maid-of-honor. Virginia Stanton was also a bridesmaid. My ex-boyfriend was an usher and he drove me home after the rehearsal dinner. The choir sang the wedding march when we walked down the aisle. They also sang "Oh Sweet Mystery of Life." We had the reception at home with ice cream and cake. We took the train to San Diego for a one-day honeymood. We had a sleeping car on the train and arrived in San Diego in the morning. We had breakfast and walked to the fairgrounds where the World's Fair was. Then we took the train back and the streetcar home. We didn't have a car. When we got home Donna Halsted's brother was at our house and he stayed until midnight. We were so tired. After I got married the Broadway told me I couldn't work because my husband was working. It was the Depression and the jobs were saved for the men. However, after about a month I went to the store and got my job back. I lost all my seniority though. One day they called me to the head office and asked me if I could get along with this guy Harry Casey who was the accessories buyer. I said I could so they promoted me to head of stock. I was making $18 per week. It was 1936. They had a big party for me with drinks. I had never had a drink before and I didn't have one then. A month later I found out I was pregnant. It wasn't planned. The store was really mad. Floyd didn't exactly jump for joy either. I think he liked the extra money and we needed it. We had just bought a 1934 Pontiac with a rumble seat. My Dad had bought it for us and we were paying him back. A year after we were married we went with a few other couples to the World's Fair. The guys wanted to see 'Little Igi'. You could see her dance for a dime but for a quarter you could see a lot. The women told the guys that if they didn't spend the quarter that the women would put on a show for them. They bought it but the women never produced. Dad was working at the Bank of California as a teller. The first things we bought were a car and a refrigerator. On the 3-day week-ends we would take off for Las Vegas and San Francisco. We went to Hoover Dam. After Jim was born we wanted a house. I went to work for Pacific States Rubber Company printing balloons. My mother kept Jim from Sunday night through Friday. We saved enough money for a down payment on a house in Temple City on Olema Street. We paid $4200 in 1941. We lived in an area where there were lots of older people so even though Dad was over 30 years, he was called up for the Army in 1945. I stayed in the house for awhile and worked nights but finally we sold the house and I lived with my parents in the Sultana house. Elvis lived there too. In 1946 I went to Oklahoma to be near your Dad. We lived in a trailer near Fort Ord. I got sick and my friend, Ruth Carter (Sherre's godmother) , contacted our State Representative and asked that Dad be discharged. He was. We returned to California in 1947 and Dad became assistant manager of the Bank of California in Alhambra. We lived with my parents for a few months and then rented a house on Cloverly in Temple City. In 1950 we built the house on Londgon. Marr: 4 Jul 1935, Los Angeles, California Children: Sherre Lynne (1943-) James Floyd (1937-) 1.1.1.1.1a Sherre Lynne RAGAN* Birth: 18 May 1943, Altadena, California Spouse: Richard Arthur WEGNER Marr: 26 Aug 1965, Long Beach, California Children: Kimberly Lynne (1967-) Allison Sherre (1968-) Christopher Richard (1971-) Other spouses Theodore Lawrence CALOURI 1.1.1.1.1a.1 Kimberly Lynne WEGNER Birth: 4 Feb 1967, Green Bay, Wisconsin Spouse: Patrick PREMO Father: Gene PREMO Mother: Georgene _?_ Marr: 22 Jul 1995, Santa Clara, California Children: Katherine Ragan (1998-) 1.1.1.1.1a.1.1 Katherine Ragan PREMO Birth: 16 Apr 1998, San Jose, California 1.1.1.1.1a.2 Allison Sherre WEGNER Birth: 4 Jul 1968, Corona, California Spouse: Anton LEOF Marr: 6 Sep 1997, Portland, Oregon 1.1.1.1.1a.3 Christopher Richard WEGNER Birth: 4 Apr 1971, Corona, California Spouse: Karen M. BENSON Birth: 21 Dec 1971 Father: Gene BENSON Mother: Jeanne BENSON Marr: 26 Oct 1996, Portland, Oregon 1.1.1.1.1b Sherre Lynne RAGAN* (See above) Spouse: Theodore Lawrence CALOURI Marr: 13 Dec 1980, Beaverton, Oregon Other spouses Richard Arthur WEGNER 1.1.1.1.2 James Floyd RAGAN Jr. Birth: 21 Sep 1937, Los Angeles, California Spouse: Karene ROGERS Children: Colleen James E. Vanessa 1.1.1.1.2.1 Colleen RAGAN 1.1.1.1.2.2 James E. RAGAN 1.1.1.1.2.3 Vanessa RAGAN 1.1.1.2 Ethel Marie RAGAN Birth: 23 Dec 1916, Wood County, Texas Death: 23 May 1917, Eagan, Texas 1.1.2 George Oscar RAGAN Birth: 28 Apr 1871 Death: 14 May 1937 Spouse: Oneata WYNNE Children: Fay John Ina William Letha 1.1.2.1 Fay RAGAN Spouse: Douglas WILLIAMS 1.1.2.2 John RAGAN 1.1.2.3 Ina RAGAN Spouse: _?_ YORK 1.1.2.4 William RAGAN 1.1.2.5 Letha RAGAN 1.1.3 Ida Belle RAGAN Birth: 4 Jul Death: 6 Mar 1935, Wood County, Texas Spouse: James DICKINSON Children: _?_ Lillian Lee Leonard Jack 1.1.3.1 _?_ DICKINSON 1.1.3.2 Lillian DICKINSON 1.1.3.3 Lee DICKINSON 1.1.3.4 Leonard DICKINSON 1.1.3.5 Jack DICKINSON 1.1.4 Mary Maud RAGAN Birth: 29 Aug 1882 Death: 2 Aug 1963, Masonic Home, Fort Worth, Texas Spouse: Henry HAMES Children: Mary Kate 1.1.4.1 Mary Kate HAMES Mary Kate was adopted. She married and had one son. Spouse: ? MONRREAL Marr: Forth Worth, Texas 1.1.5 Elisha Felix RAGAN Birth: 30 Mar 1885 Death: 4 Feb 1962 Spouse: ? BRANSOM Marr: Burleson, Texas Children: Vivian 1.1.5.1 Vivian RAGAN Spouse: _?_ HODGE 1.2 William RAGAN Spouse: Frances CRAWFORD 1.3 Sarah RAGAN Spouse: Thomas A. ABERCROMBIA Thomas lost an arm in the Civil War. He had no children with his wife Sarah. 1.4 Mary RAGAN Spouse: William CRAWFORD 1.5 Martha RAGAN Martha and Pat had two girls. At one time they lived on Peach Street in Atlanta. Spouse: Pat JONES 1.6a James RAGAN* Spouse: Unknown Children: Belle Amy Albert Other spouses Fanny MOON 1.6a.1 Belle Amy RAGAN 1.6a.2 Albert RAGAN 1.6b James RAGAN* (See above) Spouse: Fanny MOON Children: Shelton Gartel Other spouses Unknown 1.6b.1 Shelton RAGAN Shelton was a conductor on a train in Macon, Georgia. He was killed in a train wreck in 1900. He left two children. 1.6b.2 Gartel RAGAN Michael W. RAGAN 118 Main St Stevenson, AL 35772 (256) 437-8651/8282 [email protected] ========== Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. ==========