Hi, several Hansens and Sorensens in Bosque county, Texas. Also Womacks and Kuykendalls in Clifton, Cranfils Gap- Norse Kirke and newer Norse community Lutheran Church. This is the time of the year that Norse and Cranfils Gap have their Lutefisk festivals., complete with the dried Norwegian fish, soaked and cooked here. Others I knew in the county were Canutsen,and Erickson and hansen and Finstadt. The King of Norway visited Bosque County Norwegian churches and cemeteries about 15 years ago, and Lyndon Olson is retireing as U.S. Ambasador to either Sweden or Norway and is returning to Clifton- Crawford- Waco area. Perhaps you know the name of the Norwegian organizer who helpped to settle wisconsin and Nebraska and other States. he is buried at either St. Olaf's old Kirke and cemetery in Cranfils Gap or in Norse Cemetery. Some claim if one visits the old Rural St. Olaf's , it is maintained by the new congregation in " The Gap" , and is used for funerals of those buried there . The Organ still works- some say at midnight in a full moon it has been known to be playing with no one inside the church. Must be the wind in the steep roof. In about 1926 my dad Eddie Wyly taught at Harmony School near present Meridian State Park. ALL of the first graders spoke mostly Norwegian, some German and he had to teach or strengthen their English, so the next year he returned to farming. There is a Museum of Bosque County History, and the Norsemen in the Clifton Museum on the old Clifton (Lutheran) Junior College campus, next door to the Lutheran Sunset Nursing Home. Meridian is the county seat. Miss Joann Sorenson taught English at Hill College, Hillsboro, Texas. There is a Gap Tractor Salvage and parts supplier in Cranfils Gap , Texas for local farmers who rebuild their old tractors. He is on a "Hot Line" daily to kin in Nebraska locating scarce parts for thrifty customers . . Take care, Charles A Wyly On Sat, 19 May 2001 16:47:25 -0700 "Genealogy Research Mail" <genealogyresearch@prodigy.net> writes: > Mary, > > Thank you very much. > > Would you mind if I forwarded your message (without your address) to > my > Strickland list? I'm sure they will find it very interesting. > > Carole Colquehoun > Genealogyresearch@prodigy.net > > I am not a professional genealogist (by any means). > > Searching: > Allaman, Breedlove, Broaddus, Calhoun, Carr, Garland, Lowry, > Meekins, > Mullicane, Noble, Overton, Parr, Sanders, Scott, Strickland, Stump, > Webster, > Winston, Wright > England, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, > Virginia > > Hansen, Jensen, Larsen, Milewski, Pedersdatter, Soerensen > Denmark, Germany, Nebraska, Poland > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harold Miller <hlm@qtm.net> > To: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, 19 May, 2001 3:12 PM > Subject: [SouthernTrails] Strickland migration > > > > Let me say - none of these are my families but this is just some > tid bits > I > > have picked up along the way. > > > > Strickland was a North Carolina family - as was the Reavis/Reeves > and > > Robertson families. These seem to have traveled together or at > least to > > same places. > > > > Strickland marriages can be found in 1760s in Edgecombe County > North > Carolina. > > > > James Robertson (1742-1814) one of the founders of Nashville, TN - > his > wife > > was Charlotte Reeves a daughter of a Presbyterian minister. > > I have not notices the Strickland in the early history of TN - > back when > it > > was North Carolina, but they might have been there. > > > > Seems a group of these went to Kentucky and moved west from there > - > > Tabitha Strickland born 1781 died 1848 in Indiana, married 1802 > Warren Co > > Kentucky to Isham Reavis who was born 1781 NC, died 1825 Indiana. > some of > > the siblings of this Reavis moved on to Illinois and married into > Green, > > Strickland and Turney families there. Some of the Reavis who > married in > > 1799 Kentucky, died in 1844 MO. > > Look at Fayette Co Illinois, Bond Co Illinois for some of the > Strickland, > > Reavis, etc. say in ca 1835 or so. > > So this groups migration would be NC in late 1700s with a move > thru what > is > > today Tennessee, arriving in Kentucky ca 1800, then some on to > Indiana, > > Illinois and MO. A common migration route. > > > > But....look at this. > > Samuel Smith Strickland born 1807 Kentucky died ca 1885 in > Arkansas, > married > > a Jane Robertson. His brother John also married a Robertson. > These > > families ended up in Searcy County Arkansas. (later their dec. > went to OK > > and Texas). > > Samuel Smith Strickland - his children: > > a daughter born 1828 Mississippi > > son born 1831 Alabama > > children up to 1840 being born in Alabama > > son 1844 Mississippi > > dau 1846 Tippah County, Mississippi > > some of the Stricklands stayed in Alabama, but this one at some > point > moved > > to Searcy Co Arkansas where they married into Campbell and Turney, > etc. > > During the Civil War these Stricklands were Union people, one > being killed > > during the war. > > The Robertson family in Searcy Co Arkansas - are written about in > a book - > > History and Folklore of Searcy Co Arkansas - and talks about a > Vincent > > Robertson born ca 1799 Kentucky, his daughter was born 1834 in > Arkansas. > It > > says this Robertson family came from Wayne County Tennessee to > Searcy Co > AR > > traveling and stopping along the way from 1828 to 1830....and > helped found > > the first county seat of Searcy Co AR. There were in politics and > were > > leaders in the community.... > > (are they connected to the Robertson out of NC who help found > Nashville, > TN?) > > > > Isham Reavis must have been a Rev. War hero or something in NC as > his name > > is used a lot in the family in later generations.... > > > > so it would seem that the Strickland family began in NC, some > moved to KY > > and west, some to Alabama and then Arkansas, and some got mixed up > and > went > > to Kentucky but then to Arkansas.....I think the Reavis, Robertson > and > > Strickland which I find in TN, Illinois, Alabama and Arkansas are > all from > > the same North Carolina families.....but that is just what I think > and I > > have not proved it. > > > > Hope this might give you someplace to look for your Strickland > before > 1860. > > > > mary hlm@qtm.net > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >