Category Archives: PORTER ~ BOWLES ~ MEREDITH ~ SMITH
Carol Elizabeth WILLIAMS ~ Obituary Sunday
Carol Elizabeth WILLIAMS ~ Obituary Sunday Continue reading
Barbara BELL WHISENHUNT ~ Wordless Wednesday
Barbara BELL WHISENHUNT ~ Wordless Wednesday Continue reading
Moses PORTER and Polly ROSENBERGER ~ Tombstone Tuesday
My third great-grandfather, Moses Franklin PORTER, was born January 20, 1826 in Madison County, Kentucky to Henry PORTER (1778-1868) and Nancy T BOWLES (1788-1836). Moses passed away December 26, 1900 in Oxford, Sumner County, Kansas. Polly ROSENBERGER was Moses’ second … Continue reading
Meredith ~ Surname Saturday
Origin The name MEREDITH is an ancient Welsh surname. It comes from the given names Meredydd, Maredudd, and the old Welsh form Morgetiud and is derived from the name of an ancestor (for example: “the son of Meredith”). The original … Continue reading
Charles Oscar and Mary Irene Porter ~ Wordless Wednesday
I discovered both of these pictures recently. What treasures! Charles Oscar PORTER (April 2, 1884 – April 19, 1946) and Mary Irene Saphronia Jasmine SMITH (July 4, 1890 – June 25, 1947) were the parents of Ruby Irene PORTER (March … Continue reading
Finally Chipping at that Wall
It has finally happened! I’ve been actively doing genealogy since 1987 when I was pregnant with my oldest. Pretty much since day one, there has been a brick wall that has refused to be broken down. The wall is just … Continue reading
My Current Genealogy Research Plans
Honestly, I have never really had any “formal” genealogy research plans before. I might have had a specific person or family that I was hooked on at the time and my “plan” was to find out anything and everything I … Continue reading
Beginning My Ancestry DNA Journey
I am finally beginning my ancestry DNA journey. I have wanted to do it for many years! Besides the fact that I love learning more about my family history and finding out where and who I come from… I know … Continue reading
John CAMPBELL, Sr. and Mary COUCH CAMPBELL ~ Tombstone Tuesday
John CAMPBELL, Sr was my fifth-great-grandfather on my mom’s maternal side. He was born in 1763 in Orange County, North Carolina to Patrick CAMPBELL (1724-August 27, 1799) and Elizabeth JAMES (death in 1830). John died in 1867 in Perry, Kentucky. … Continue reading
Cortes and Sarah SMITH’s Marriage License ~ Wedding Wednesday
Cortes Eugene SMITH, my second great-grandfather, was born about 1863 in Missouri to John A. SMITH (born about 1820) and Irene (born about 1826). Cortes died on August 8, 1914 in Missouri. Sarah Elizabeth Jasmine CARTER MEREDITH, my second great-grandmother, … Continue reading
Digging For Ancestors 