Jan, I am so sorry for your loss. I just can't imagine. I'll pray for you and yours...God Bless you and Keep you Carrie Brock Pierce Pecan Gap, TX >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:08:30 -0700 > >Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads >were brothers. > >This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age >32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a >little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all >the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one >of >my ways of dealing with stress. > >Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several >generations to my family tree. > >Hope to hear from you again soon. > >Your cousin, > >Jan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather >is > > Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie > > Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west >Texas. > > C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red >River > > Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson > > brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. > > More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. > > In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit > > Clarksville. He will contact you later. > > > > Jim Giddens > > (my mother was a Watson) > > Paris, Tx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River > > County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out > > something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was >2 > > and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, > > NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River >Co., > > TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red > > River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was > > Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died >after > > 1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names >of > > Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Carrie--thank you so much for your words of support. They mean a lot to me. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrie Pierce" <cpiercetx@msn.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan, I am so sorry for your loss. I just can't imagine. I'll pray for you > and yours...God Bless you and Keep you > > Carrie Brock Pierce > Pecan Gap, TX > > > > > > > >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com > >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:08:30 -0700 > > > >Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads > >were brothers. > > > >This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age > >32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a > >little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all > >the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one > >of > >my ways of dealing with stress. > > > >Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several > >generations to my family tree. > > > >Hope to hear from you again soon. > > > >Your cousin, > > > >Jan > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> > >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM > >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather > >is > > > Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie > > > Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west > >Texas. > > > C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red > >River > > > Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson > > > brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. > > > More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. > > > In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit > > > Clarksville. He will contact you later. > > > > > > Jim Giddens > > > (my mother was a Watson) > > > Paris, Tx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM > > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River > > > County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out > > > something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was > >2 > > > and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, > > > NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River > >Co., > > > TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red > > > River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was > > > Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died > >after > > > 1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names > >of > > > Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >records, > > > go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >records, > >go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >