We are WEST descendants, born of Manning-Kendrick line in WA. My grandmother, Pirley 'Pearl' Andrew (West) Manning, is where our West line starts. Her father was James Madison WEST, b. Aug 1818 in TN and died bef. 1920 in Marshall Co., MS. I have two family members with RH-negative blood, my older sister in CA and a niece in WA. My question is will that help in finding our West connection better? I have been told there could be indian in one of my lines, Manning or West or Ragsdale. We have for the most part high cheek bones as well. I have an uncle, Hugh West Manning, that really looks like he could be of indian blood. Edith (Kendrick) Gomez Dennis E Helsel <jhelsel@buckeye-express.com> wrote: I too am a West, and have A neg blood type, the only one of three kids. My gg. uncle, Fisher C. West, from Indiana purshased guite a bit of land in Missouri during the early 1900's and I'm sure some West's moved south. My gg grandfther, Ira Allen West and family left Dekalb Cty In. for Oklahoma in 1886, settling in southcentral Ks. and then parts of Oklahoma. ---- Original Message ---- From: AnneMaloof@msn.com To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:53:16 -0700 >My brickwall is George Shelton West (married to Bethann), father of >John Thomas West, Conf. vet (POW) from Cass Co., MO, double GG uncle. > This family had land in what is known as the Westport part of KC. >Geo. was born en route to MO through KY. I have a photo of him (very >tall). > >I also have A- and a crooked little finger. West is on my father's >mother's side with Kimberlins, Griffiths, Blairs. My father's >father's people were Sextons, Matthews, Prowells, Greens (Indian), >Whites, Duskys. His first cousin also has A-. All also from Boone >Co., MO, Madison Co., KY before. > >My mother was more recently Irish & German: Donovan, Lause, Gresner, >Baker/Boecker. She also was A-. > >Anything ring a bell? Where are your Wests from? > > >Anne (Sexton) Maloof > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sandra > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West > > > I don't know if anyone down from your Willis West line has been >tested. I > have one brother that if we can talk him into having a cheek scrape >done, we > are going to test, It's hard to know which outfit to go with as >far as > testing. Some of the sites do list West names but none that are in >my line, > at least I think not. We have definite medical things going on and >I'm Rh-A > neg blood type and for some reason we all have crooked little >fingers. > Go figure. Might be fun. > > Sandra > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > Families are like fudge. > Mostly sweet with a few nuts. > > > >==== WEST Mailing List ==== >Families are like fudge. >Mostly sweet with a few nuts. ==== WEST Mailing List ==== To contact WEST-L listowner send a post to Myra Chambers at WEST-admin@rootsweb.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

Hello Edith (Kendrick) Gomez: I saw your recent letter to the West List, and your TN/MS connection caught my eye. My name is Joe West, and my oldest known ancestor was William Berry West, born 1822 in Tennessee, and died about 1887 in Marshall County, Mississippi. This timing and location relates very closely to your ancestor James West, who you say was born 1818 in TN and died around 1920 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Do you know where in TN your James West was born, and do you know the names of his parents or any of his siblings? In the 1880 census, my William Berry West indicated that both of his parents were born in North Carolina, but we do not know where in NC, or their names. My William Berry West and his first wife Mary Polly Swain had 12 children, but only 3 of the children were boys. The boys names were John Thomas West, Andrew Claude West, and Jesse Berry West. I have been through the West DNA process, and had no significant matches. I did have a couple of matches with the first 12 markers, but when that was extended to 25 and then to 37 markers there were significant differences, indicating that any relationship, if any, might be many hundred years back. Your name seems familiar, so we might have corresponded before. However, I write to so many people I can't keep up with them all. Thanks for your help. I don't have any of the crooked little fingers or scooped out teeth that so much has been written about in the list lately. And my blood type is O Positive. Joe West in Tulsa, Oklahoma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edith Gomez" <eda_66_go@yahoo.com> To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West We are WEST descendants, born of Manning-Kendrick line in WA. My grandmother, Pirley 'Pearl' Andrew (West) Manning, is where our West line starts. Her father was James Madison WEST, b. Aug 1818 in TN and died bef. 1920 in Marshall Co., MS. I have two family members with RH-negative blood, my older sister in CA and a niece in WA. My question is will that help in finding our West connection better? I have been told there could be indian in one of my lines, Manning or West or Ragsdale. We have for the most part high cheek bones as well. I have an uncle, Hugh West Manning, that really looks like he could be of indian blood. Edith (Kendrick) Gomez ==== WEST Mailing List ==== Families are like fudge. Mostly sweet with a few nuts.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe West" <joewest99@cox.net> To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West Hi, I am a West from Tyrrell co N.C. there are Swains and Berrys here. The West go back a long way here in the Albemarle co area .I have more info on the West from this area as well. Kim West

Hello Kim West: Thank you for your response to my earlier letter. You indicated something about Wests and Swains and Berry's in the Tyrrell County, N.C. Area. Unfortunately, I really don't have any clues as to where in N.C. to look for my West ancestors. William Berry West and Mary Polly Swain were already married and had children at the time of the 1850 Census in MS. At the time of that census, William Berry indicated that he was born in Tennessee, and Mary indicated she was born in Georgia. Mary died in 1868, but William Berry West was still living at the time of the 1880 census, when the question was asked as to "where were your parents born?" William Berry West indicated that both his parents were born in N.C. The fact that his middle name was Berry and the fact that he named a son Jesse Berry, would tend to indicate there might be a family connection to the Berrys, but we have no other record of that. We have had good success in tracing the Swain family back several generations, from Mississippi to Georgia, and before that, S.C. However, we have had no luck at all with the West family. In the 1850 census in MS, William Berry West and Mary Polly Swain were enumerated on the page between the famiies of Mary's parents, John and Lucinda Swain, and the family of "Thomas West and his wife Francis." Ideally, one might think that this Thomas West and Francis were William Berry's parents, but we cannot make the connection. Thomas died a year later in 1851, and according to the county records, a will was probated. However, the actual will itself, and its contents, were apparently destroyed in a court house fire during the Civil War. Thomas and Francis were both born in N.C., so they seem to be our best hope, but no proof. The name Thomas has continued in our family line, but Francis does not appear anywhere. I would appreciate receiving any information you might have that could possibly connect with this family. As I mentioned earlier, I went through the DNA testing, but with no matches so far. Joe West Tulsa, Oklahoma Thank you for ----- Original Message ----- From: "KIM WEST" <kimawest@charter.net> To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe West" <joewest99@cox.net> > To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Willis West > > Hi, I am a West from Tyrrell co N.C. there are Swains and Berrys here. The > West go back a long way here in the Albemarle co area .I have more info on > the West from this area as well. > Kim West > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send a post to <WEST-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address. >