Although we may not be related, this information is excellent. How long have you been doing this and where do you live? I found a family Crest from a book once and printed it out. Would I assume that this is the only one for the name Rogers? Thanks Patty flowerchild wrote: >Rodgers, Rogers,,,,,,,,is french,,,,the family >originally came with William the Conqueror to >England,,,,,,,they were better known as normans. > >they originally pronounced it rowjay ( I dont know >how to show u how to say it in french on here) lol >,,,it evolved into rod jer,,,,some spell it rodgers some rogers. > >The name has never had german roots. > >the name rogers has been associated with these >blood lines and I am not sure why,,,black dutch >which of course is many blood lines. the rogers here >spain, gypsy,, american indian,,,,,,,,,,the rogers here >came to america in the 1600 and to texas early 1800 > >Eva Rogers >[email protected] > > >Eva Marie > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:47 PM >Subject: Re: [ERATH] Erath County Confederate Veterans > > > > >>Hi, >> Col. Honzie Rogers was retired Military when he became President of the >>Walnut Springs school board. Some put his name Rodgers- not sure - as >>some Texas Germans lived in the area. Womacks lived there- I had always >>thought they were Norwegians, from the Womack Hall and Lutheran Church >>between Clifton and Whitney- One flew the German Republic Flag in WW 2 >>while his son was overseas fighting Germans- or was it WW1? Dad taught >>some Womacks in Harmony School near Meridian where the entire first >>grade spoke Norwegian- they soon learned English ., without English as a >>Second Language or any Federal Proigram. Then I learned of Womacks in >>Rev. War and one marrying a Hatchett cousin in Bosque County. >> >>Honzie Rogers had a bayonet scar across his chin and upper neck from >>combat days. Barber Ira Hurley drowned while untangling hooks in the >>Bosque- Jackson Hole- Jackson Crossing area or just below-, and a tree >>fell on him and held him under - no wind that day. . "Aunt" Lela Belcher >>Hurley said that Honzie knocked on their door at dayligit the day of the >>funeral. He had some breakfast makings and told her to let him do the >>cooking and housekeeping the day of the funeral > He proceeded to wash >>dishes and cook for family and best I remember, he missed the funeral >>taking care of the house and meeting those who brought food. >> >>"Aunt" Lela and my Great Aunt Etta Robinson Moxley were cousins and >>liferlong friends- Lela in her Walnut Springs Greenhouse and Aunt Etta >>was in Fort Worth, but they visited a lot when we lived there. The >>Euloth Family was their kin and lived across from the Walnut Springs >>Cemetery. Lela and Etta had shared an apartment before they married- >>either in Stephenville or Johnsville. Aunt Etta was a descendqant of Rev. >>"Choctaw" Bill Robinson, once half time pastor of Stephenville Foirst >>Baptist and Dublin First Baptist. Rev. Robinson and Great Great Grandad >>REv. & M.D. William Pinckney Hatchett were organizers of chirches in >>Hico and Pony Creek and Dr. Hatchett orgasnized 17 other churches from >>1845 to 1890. His son organized the Selden church, where Dr. Hatchett >>retired. >> >>Oner of Aunt Etta's Daughters - Elbertine Moxley, married Marvin Shannon, >>the Blind Fort Worth Attorney and part owner of the Shannon Funeral homes >>and ambulance services in Tarrant County. Marvin once played golf with >>Bob Hope at the Colonial Country Club charity benefit. - Marvin had his >>Caddy to put down an orientation board for his toes and tell him the >>distance to the next hole >> >>Elbertine's young brother, J.B. Moxley and I used to spend a few days >>with Great Aunt Susie Moxley of Indian Creek, near Pleasant Hill >>Methodist Church- or "Chigger Hill" to the older generation. Great Aunt >>Susie would take us to Indian Creek above the Bosque, build a campfire, >>and fish or sleep all night. She would tell us the Bible stories about >>Daniel, Shadrack, Meshack, and Abendego of the Bible and how their Kosher >>diet made them more clear headed and fair skinned with no acne or skin >>blemish, The wise men who ate the King's food were not fair skinned and >>were not wise thinkers.They were killed when Daniel interpreted the >>King's dream. and they could not. A fishing trip like that will be >>rememberred a lifetime, along with riding her horses and doing her farm >>chores with no running water or electricity. Somehow it was different >>from home. She lived on the family owned farm or where she taught or >>attended College all her life. >> >>You asked about the Strouds- Some Strouds were of Scotch- Irish >>Background- possibly with deeper German Roots. In Malone , Texas, where >>Coach Henry "Hank" Stroud of Walnut Springs was born, the name was >>spelled legally STRAUCH- and the older Generations spoke German but some >> Coaches knew him as STROUD. he became a School Supt. in Hill County >>Schools AND kept his dad's Malone- Bynum Blackland Farm. Other Strouds >>lived south of Chalk Mountain near Erath County line on Flat Top Ranch. . >> >> >>Take care, >>Charles A. Wyly >> >>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:30:50 -0700 [email protected] writes: >> >> >>>Can anyone tell me about the Rogers and Stroud families that you are >>>discussin????? >>> >>> T E R I >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >>>--- Author Retains Copyright --- >>>-- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved >>>Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com >>>Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] >>>ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >>--- Author Retains Copyright --- >>-- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved >>Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com >>Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] >>ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> > > > > >==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >--- Author Retains Copyright --- >-- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved >Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com >Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > >