I enjoy reading all that you have written JElaine. I know of some Lewis people, but am not sure just what their location is. I can look in Area Wide telephone directory if you would like. Bonnie in Idabel, Ok >From: "Elaine Formby" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Formby >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:59:42 -0500 > >My maternal grandmother was a Lewis, the daughter of Winchester Dane Lewis, >a proud soldier in the G.A.R. who settled in Ackworth area after the Civil >War. My grandmother Louisa married Charles Burton Moore and lived in >Ackworth area too until the death of their teenage daughter caused them to >move to McCurtain County, Ok. That is the Lewis connection, including her >brother Gustie, and sisters, Nola and Caroline, who remained in the >Ackworth area. I had a Great Aunt Maggie Lewis, who was married to Grandma >Moore's brother Charlie and who also lived and, I believe, died in Broken >Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. So, is the Maggie Lewis of your reference >our contemporary or from this long, >distant past? > >The Formby to Fomby connection is distant: my husband is, going back in >time from father backward--without my checking my records--, Bryan I, >Lucius, Robert Benton, Eugene Nathan, Aaron, Nathan; back in place from >Spiro, Ok., to Troup Co., GA. I understand from message boards by an >amazing researcher Marine, >that the Fombys from Ardmore, Ok., area are from the same Formby Virginia >to Georgia line. > >So, you tell me if we're related by marriage. Don't you just love puzzles? >I like questions like this as I've not thought of Uncle Charlie in a long >time. I'm a very new 58--having just had a birthday--but I remember Uncle >Charlie's death and his body lying in state on Grandma's >kitchen chairs put together to support a coffin and the viewing being in >Grandma's and Grandpa's living room. That must have been in the 1950s, a >simple time. Oh, my! > >AND do you know about RR Gen. Soc. seminar in Oct.? > >Thanks, J. Elaine > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty & Frank Hollowell" ><[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:43 PM >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Formby > > >>Elaine, are you related to Maggie Lee Hollowell Lewis? She had a daughter >>who married a Formby/Fomby. >>I also thank JIm for sharing the story of the veteran. >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

That would be appreciated. The only names that I know are in the email. My parents, Ann and Debs Hammer, still live in Broken Bow and are active in church and the Senior Citizen Center there, and Mom knows the whereabouts of some Lewis relatives. My brother Mark and his wife, Donna, live in Beavers Bend, so we take our travel trailer up to Beavers Bend a couple of times a year, spring and fall. Thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Shiro" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Formby >I enjoy reading all that you have written JElaine. I know of some Lewis >people, but am not sure just what their location is. I can look in Area >Wide telephone directory if you would like. > > Bonnie > in Idabel, Ok > > >>From: "Elaine Formby" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Formby >>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:59:42 -0500 >> >>My maternal grandmother was a Lewis, the daughter of Winchester Dane >>Lewis, a proud soldier in the G.A.R. who settled in Ackworth area after >>the Civil War. My grandmother Louisa married Charles Burton Moore and >>lived in Ackworth area too until the death of their teenage daughter >>caused them to move to McCurtain County, Ok. That is the Lewis >>connection, including her brother Gustie, and sisters, Nola and Caroline, >>who remained in the Ackworth area. I had a Great Aunt Maggie Lewis, who >>was married to Grandma Moore's brother Charlie and who also lived and, I >>believe, died in Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. So, is the >>Maggie Lewis of your reference our contemporary or from this long, >>distant past? >> >>The Formby to Fomby connection is distant: my husband is, going back in >>time from father backward--without my checking my records--, Bryan I, >>Lucius, Robert Benton, Eugene Nathan, Aaron, Nathan; back in place from >>Spiro, Ok., to Troup Co., GA. I understand from message boards by an >>amazing researcher Marine, >>that the Fombys from Ardmore, Ok., area are from the same Formby Virginia >>to Georgia line. >> >>So, you tell me if we're related by marriage. Don't you just love >>puzzles? I like questions like this as I've not thought of Uncle Charlie >>in a long time. I'm a very new 58--having just had a birthday--but I >>remember Uncle Charlie's death and his body lying in state on Grandma's >>kitchen chairs put together to support a coffin and the viewing being in >>Grandma's and Grandpa's living room. That must have been in the 1950s, a >>simple time. Oh, my! >> >>AND do you know about RR Gen. Soc. seminar in Oct.? >> >>Thanks, J. Elaine >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty & Frank Hollowell" >><[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:43 PM >>Subject: [TXREDRIV] Formby >> >> >>>Elaine, are you related to Maggie Lee Hollowell Lewis? She had a daughter >>>who married a Formby/Fomby. >>>I also thank JIm for sharing the story of the veteran. >>> >>> >>>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >>> >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >>Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv >> >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >