A Carolina Girl~My Birthplace Pedigree Chart

Genealogist J. Paul Hawthorn created a pedigree chart that has taken the Genealogy world by storm. He shared his color-coded representation of the birth places of his ancestors and what soon followed was #MyColorfulAncestry mania.
 Everyone jumped on the bandwagon creating colorful charts filled with birth places far and wide. 
 Mine, however, looks like this:

Yes, I only have two colors. Other than my mom, who was born in North Carolina (her father happened to be working there) and my Great Grandfather's line, ALL the rest were born in South Carolina.
 They came, they settled, and they stayed. Even if I went back another generation, the chart would look much the same. 
A Carolina Girl through and through. 
What does your chart look like? The template to make your own is here.

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This Week On My Family History Calendar

March 27-April 2

   

March 30~
   Today would have been the 93rd birthday of my maternal Step-Grandfather, Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan, Jr. (1923-2004).

Frank Sullivan
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 Frank was the son of Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan, Sr. (1880-1925) and Mary Christine Williams (1896-1930) and was born at Camp Jackson, Richland, Columbia, South Carolina. He was raised in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina. 
  Happy 93rd birthday, Frank! Sure do miss you!

Frank Sullivan
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.
                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries. 
This is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. This can be done by scrolling down and adding your story to the comments section. You may also put a link to a blog post.

                                                                           Let's celebrate and dance together.

                                                                                A No Eye Rolling Zone!

My Happy Dance This Week: Another cousin connection through the blog. If you haven't started blogging your family stories, you may be missing out on cousin connections!


                                                                           

                                                                                           Share your discovery!

                                                                                   Let the dancing commence!

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Daughrity Cousins at Easter

Daughrity Cousins at Easter

Back Row: Unknown girl holding child, Billy Hicks, Lee Jolly
Sitting: India Reeves, Charlene Hicks, Brenda Roberts, Patty Robinson
Front sitting: Gil Roberts and unknown toddler
About 1945
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Brenda Roberts and Pattie Robinson

                                                                                          Have a wonderful Easter!

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Treasure Chest Thursday~

  

 When my paternal Great Grandfather, John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) died, this book was found.

The Story of the Bible
Charles Foster (edition unknown)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

        Did the book belong to John, or his second wife, my Step-Grandmother, Margaret Ann "Annie" (Thames) Hudson (1875-1960)?

Margaret Ann (Thames) Hudson
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   No owner,s name is written in the book, but there are names of others throughout, including some younger members of the Thames family. 
 The book may have been used to help teach youth about the stories of the Bible. Perhaps the markings, underlined passages and names attached to certain sections are from Sunday School lessons being taught by Annie. One of the notes is dated June 1927. 

Inside Front Cover
The Story of the Bible
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   A picture taped to the front of the book is of a group of people outside of a store. The establishment was said to have been owned by Annie's brother Horace McWeaver Thames. This picture may be of his family and employees.  A banner for Red J. Tobacco is above the door.
  On the right-hand side, the stitches can be seen where someone took great care to sew the book back together. A few of the pages are missing, including the publisher information.

Picture inside front cover
Possible Horace McWeaver Thames Family
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 Along with newspaper clippings about Bible verses, and the remains of once pressed flowers, there is a Christmas gift tag to Uncle John from a Thames niece, Willie Mae.

Gift Tag
Inside Bible Stories Book
©Cheri Hudson Passey

      Although her name is not written as the owner of this book found among the possessions of John and Annie Thames, many of the things found in it lead to Annie being the owner. 

 This well-worn book, with it's binding sewn together is a treasure and a glimpse into the life a woman who married her sister's-Louvina Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918)-husband after her death following childbirth. She marked scriptures and may have taught them, saved flowers and gift tags, and passed down a family picture for future generations. 

 What treasures do you have that give you a glimpse into your ancestor's lives?

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This Week On My Family History Calendar

March 20-March 26

  

March 22~
 This day would have been the 122 birthday of my paternal Great Grandfather, William Treadford Roberts (1894-1959).
 He was the son of George Phillip Roberts (1856-1930) and Hattie (Brazell) Roberts (1870-1927) and was born in Richland County, South Carolina.

William Treadford Roberts
©Cheri Hudson Passey

March 25~
  My maternal 3rd Great Grandmother, Eliza Altiza (Brazell) Roberts (1836-1890) was born 180 years ago in Richland County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of John Brazell (1794-?) and Martha (Parnold) Brazell (1795-1876).

         
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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance~

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.
                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries. 
This is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. This can be done by scrolling down and adding your story to the comments section. You may also put a link to a blog post.

                                                                           Let's celebrate and dance together.

                                                                                A No Eye Rolling Zone!

My Happy Dance This Week: A cousin connection again this week! If you don't have a blog, I would highly recommend starting one. It's a fantastic way to tell your family stories, and get them out in a way that is searchable and can connect you with others. A family member met a new person at her church and recognized his last name as one she had just read about on my blog. Now the fun begins as we try to figure out where our lines may tie together!

   
                                                                                          Share your discovery!

                                                                                   Let the dancing commence!

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Friday's Faces From the Past~Mattie

Mattie Baker and Great Grandson John Allen Hudson
©Cheri Hudson Passey

     This picture was taken about 1946 in Sumter County, South Carolina at the Baker family home on Manning Road.

   Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker was born in Privateer Township, Sumter County, South Carolina to Samuel J. Bradford (1815-1873) and Mary Alice Dargan (1825-1875) on the 11th of June 1862. 

 Mattie grew up with her 8 brothers and sisters on 33 acres where their father was a Planter. Their home was known as " Home Place".

Mattie on left with sister
Sallie Dargan (Bradford) Jervey (1858-1935)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   Mattie married Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) on 10 January 1879 in Sumter County, South Carolina.  Together they raised 9 children. Arthur was a farmer and in later years managed the Sumter County Poorhouse. 

   Ma-Ma, as her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren called her was known as a kind, compassionate woman who loved to cook for her family and neighbors. She spent many hours looking after the inmates of the Poor Farm. 

   Mattie Baker died on 20 April 1947 from pneumonia in her home on Manning Road in Sumter County, South Carolina. Her son James and his wife were at her side. She was buried in the Baker plot of the Sumter City Cemetery.

Martha Victoria (Bradford) Baker
1862-1947
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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This Week On My Family History Calendar

March 13-March 19

March 19~
    Eliza (Brazell) Roberts (1836-1890), my maternal 3rd Great Grandmother, died 126 years ago in Richland County, South Carolina. She was buried in Brown's Chapel Cemetery, Richland County, South Carolina.

Eliza Brazell Roberts
Headstone
photo credit: FAG- Jim Hepler

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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.
                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries. 
This is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. This can be done by scrolling down and adding your story to the comments section. You may also put a link to a blog post.

                                                                           Let's celebrate and dance together.

                                                                                A No Eye Rolling Zone!

My Happy Dance This Week:

  I was able to connect with a cousin who is researching one of my maternal lines. Hopefully, together we can move back a generation or two!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Share your discovery!

                                                                                   Let the dancing commence!

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!

Randy Seaver has issued this challenge for tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun:
 We are to go back 4 generations and list the middle names of the children in those families.
 Here are mine~

Maternal Great Grandparents:

Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) and Loretta (McRady) McManus (1894-1936). 
Their children:
Mildred Chrystanella (Daughrity) Jolly Finfrock (1914-2006)
Frances Elizabeth (Daughrity) Hicks (1916-1989)
Lila Lorine (Daughrity)Robinson (1918-1951)
Loretta Geraldine (Daughrity)Dennis (1919-1959)
Azile Juanita (Daughrity) Roberts Sullivan (1921-2009)

Daughrity Sisters
About 1924
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  
William Treadford Roberts (1894-1959) and Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts (1897-1980)
Their children:
Ruby Mae (Roberts) Robinson (1916-1997)
Bertie Lee Roberts (1917-2001)
Wilbert Lewis Roberts (1918-1944)
Lester Philip Roberts (1919-2009)
Gilbert Ernest Roberts (1920-1944)
Viola Roberts (1921-2003)
Edman George Roberts (1922-1943)
Leroy Calvin Roberts (1923-2010)
Thelma Burdelle (Roberts) Waynick (1925-2010)
Edith Marie Roberts (1926-1926)
Baby Girl Roberts (1927-1927)
William Treadford Roberts, Jr. (1928-1928)

Thelma, Bertie Lee and Viola Roberts
Late 1940's
©Cheri Hudson Passey

My paternal Great Grandparents:

John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918)
Their children:
 Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976)

Benjamin Allen Hudson
About 1920
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) and Emma Ruth (Baker) Early (1901-1993)
Their children:
 Mary Ann (Baker) Hudson (1920-2010)
 Lola Bess (Early) Rawls (1923-2012)
Annie Ruth (Early) Fetner Johnson (1926-2013)

Lola, Mary and Ann
Late 1990's
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Out of these 29 names
2 have no middle name
2 daughters are named after their mother
1 son is named after his father
1 son is named after his grandfather
1 daughter named after her aunt

The others are names not found to have a family connection. 

What middle names are in your family tree?

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This Week On My Family History Calendar

March 6-March 12

March 6~
       Martha Parnold Brazell (1795-1876), my maternal 4th Great Grandmother, died 140 years ago in Richland County, South Carolina. She is buried in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.

Martha Parnold Brazell
Headstone
Old Macedonia Cemetery
Richland, South Carolina

March 8~
    Alice (Cook) Vaughn (1774-1859), my paternal 5th Great Grandmother died 157 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina. She was buried in the Dargan Family Cemetery, which is now part of private property in the city of Sumter. 

Alice Cook Vaughn
Headstone
Dargan Cemetery
Sumter, South Carolina

March 9~
 My paternal Great Great Grandmother, Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Flemming Hudson (1835-1916) died 100 years ago in New Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina. Sarah died of influenza and was buried in the Midway Presbyterian Church Cemetery also in New Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina.

Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Flemming Hudson
Headstone
Midway Presbyterian Church Cemetery
New Zion, Clarendon, South Carolina

March 10~
  George Phillip Roberts (1856-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandfather died 89 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina from Endocarditis. He was first buried in The Old Macedonia Cemetery located on land that is now Ft. Jackson, Richland, South Carolina and was later reinterred at the New Macedonia Cemetery in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. 

George Phillip Roberts Headstone
Macedonia Church Cemetery
Columbia, Richland, South Carolina

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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!

You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.
                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries.
This is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. This can be done by scrolling down and adding your story to the comments section. You may also put a link to a blog post.

                                                                           Let's celebrate and dance together.

                                                                                A No Eye Rolling Zone!


My Happy Dance for this week:
I revieved a message through ancestry.com from someone who may have a DNA match. There are no surname matches from my tree, but there is a surname that has been rumored to possibly be the biological paternal line of my Great Grandmother. There may be something to the rumor after all!

                                                                                        Share your discover


                                                                                    Let the dancing commence!

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Surname Saturday~McRady

    McRady, McCrady, McReady, are some of the ways this surname can be found in the Sumter area of South Carolina. 

  Thomas J. McRady (1821-1896) and Mary Jane (Brown) McRady (1821-1894), my maternal third Great Grandparents, were residents of the Springhill area of Sumter County, SC. 
  They were the parents of at least 7:
 Mary J. (McRady) (1847-?)
 Thomas H. McRady (1849-?)
 Ella (McRady) McManus (1851-before 1900)
 Rosalie A. (McRady) Watson (1853-1899)
Frances "Fannie" Virginia (McRady) McManus (1856-1903)-my Great Great Grandmother
Sarah John (McRady) Shiver (1858-1940)
Louella (McRady) Barfield Hurst (1861-1928)

Thomas and Jane worked hard on the land to raise their family. They were members of the Pisgah Baptist Church and many of the family were buried there. 
  There were several men of the same name in the area from Kershaw and Charleston Counties. At this time, it isn't clear if there is any connection to this McRady family.    
     
Thomas J. McRady's death was reported in a local paper:
 "An old and highly esteemed citizen of the Pisgah neighborhood, died last week at 5 o'clock.
The burial took place at Pisgah Church yesterday afternoon. He was around 75 years of age."
                                                                 Camden Gazette 31 July 1896

Thomas J. McCrady Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Sumter County, South Carolina
photo credit: Remember Me FAG Contributor

                                                                         Do you have McRadys in your family tree?
     
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