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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52 Ancestors Week 26-Who's Taking Up My Time?

 Since we are Halfway through the year for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2015 Edition, a blog prompt series by Amy Johnson Crow, I decided to share information on some of my family lines that I have been researching since the early 1980's.
 Amy asks in this week's prompt:
 " What ancestor takes up half of your research time?"

These South Carolina (and a couple of North Carolina) families take up all of mine~

   John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) married 1st. Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918) and 2nd her sister Margaret Anne Thames (1875-1960). They lived in Clarendon County.      
   John's parents were Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882) and Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Flemming Hudson (1835-1916). Ezra and Sarah lived in Darlington and Florence Counties.  
 Blanche and Annie were the daughter's of Benjamin Thomas Thames (1854-1931) and Margaret Francis (Gibson) Thames (1854-1929), also from Clarendon County.

Thames Sisters
Left- Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918)
Right-Margaret Anne Thames (1875-1960)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) was born in Statesville, North Carolina. Moving to South Carolina, he married Emma Ruth Baker Early (1901-1993). They made their home in Richland County. 
 Jubal's parents were Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) and Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926) from Statesburg, North Carolina. 
  Ruth grew up in Sumter County and was the daughter of Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1862-1947). 

Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940)
1911
©Cheri Hudson Passey

William Treadford Roberts (1894-1959) was the son of George Phillip Roberts (1856-1930)  and Hattie (Brazell) Roberts (1870-1927).  Both the Roberts and Brazell families  
lived in Richland County for many generations.  
  William married Beulah Mae Price in 1914.  She was the daughter of Bertran Campbell Price (1876-after 1922) and Elizabeth "Bessie" Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943).
 The Eargle and Price families were from Aiken and Edgefield Counties. 

George Phillip Roberts and Hattie (Brazell) Roberts family
About 1907
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) married Loretta "Etta" McManus (1894-1936) in Sumter County in 1912. He was the son of Manning David Dority, Sr.(1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority (1843-1930).

  Family stories say the name Dority was changed to Daughrity by David, Jr. 

  Etta was the daughter of William A. McManus (1854-1914) and Frances "Fanny" Virgina (McRady) McManus (1856-1903). 

These families all have roots in the Sumter County area. 

Mary Elizabeth Stafford (1843-1930)
Sitting in chair
 Sons and grandchildren enjoying time on the porch
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan, Sr. (1880-1925) was a soldier who served in WWI and was assigned to  Camp Jackson, South Carolina after the war. Conflicting information has his birth place as Pensylvania or Indiana.
 He married Mary Christine Williams (1896-1930) in Camden, Kershaw County in 1921. Frank's parents are unknown. 
 Christine was the daughter of James Lewis Williams (1873-1937) and Lizzie (Pettigrew) Williams of Kershaw County. Lizzie's birth and death are unknown, but she most likely died between 1895-1900. 

Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan. Sr. (1880-1925)
Headstone
Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  Many years of research have provided this and much more on these families. It has also produced many questions still needing answers. 

Are we kin? Please contact me. Together we can find our people.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

This Week On My Family History Calendar

July 13-19

July 13~
My Maternal Great Great Grandmother would be celebrating her 130th birthday on this day. Bessie Mae Eargle Price (1884-1943) was born in Edisto Hills, Aiken, SC. She was the daughter of George David Eargle (1827-1888) and Elvira America Booth (1834-1898).

July 19~
 The 85th death anniversary of my Paternal Great Great Grandmother Margaret Frances "Fannie" Gibson Thames (1854-1929). Fannie's cause of death is listed on her death certificate as "Cancer of the stomach".  She is buried in Home Branch Cemetery in Paxville, Clarendon County, SC.


Are we kin? If so, please contact me! Together we can find out people!
Thanks reading!

Love

John Allen Hudson and Brenda Roberts Hudson
Wedding Day 2 July 1959

William T. Roberts and Beulah Mae Price Roberts
Wedding Day 28 June 1914

Azile Daughrity Roberts Sullivan and Frank E. Sullivan  Jr.
Honeymoon May 1952
Married 18 Mary 1952 in Camden, SC

Benjamin Allen Hudson and Mary Baker Hudson
Married  6 Feb. 1938 in Turbeville,SC

Azile Daughrity Roberts and Gilbert Ernest Roberts
Married  6 Oct. 1940 in Lancaster, SC

George Phillip Roberts and  Hattie Brazell Roberts
Married  Abt. 1884 in Columbia,SC

Looking For Bessie in 1940

Bessie Mae Eargle Price (1884-1943)

 When the 1940 Census was released in April, I immediately began searching for my people. I was lucky to be able to quickly find all but one family.  Although I had an address in Richland County,SC for my Great Great Grandmother Bessie Mae Eargle Price  (3 July 1884-1 Aug. 1943) and tried all the search techniques offered on line, on blogs and in webinars I still couldn't locate her!
 I was thrilled when the census was finally searchable and I could just plug in her name and see what I could find. What I found was a great example of how census records could be misleading or have completely wrong information and how important it is,whenever possible, to look at the original record.
 At first I thought I once again was going to hit a dead end. Looking on the search results the only Bessie Price I could find was a married woman with a husband named Frank.
 Now I knew that Bessie had been widowed (actually her husband "disappeared" in the early 1920's-but that's a future blog post!) and that she was most likely living with one of her sons. Then it hit me! Bessie had a SON named Frank. Could this be the right family with the wrong relationships listed? Could it have been a indexing error?

 I clicked on the link and took another look.  The head of household was Frank Price 57, with a wife Bessie Price, 56.  Hmmm.   Bessie, it said, was the informant so how could this be the wrong information?  On closer inspection I discovered that the original record actually had "Mother" written for Bessie's relationship to the head of household. Someone had crossed it out and written "Wife" instead. Then I noticed that "Wd" for widowed had also been marked out and replaced with the M for married.  What on earth had happened?  I believe that the cause of the problem most likely came from two mistakes. The first being Frank should have been about 27 at the time and his age is written as 57 and the second was he was marked as married. Frank Price did not get married until 1942.  I think when who ever looked over this page after the census was taken saw the ages written-57 and 56- and decided that they must have been married instead of Mother and Son and changed the record.
  Could this newly written in information be the correct information and not my family? I don't believe so. I have the address where Bessie would have been living from a couple of different sources. This address on Wilson Blvd where Bessie and Frank are living is the correct one. The crossed out information fits the family in 1940.  Even the occupation for Frank Price as a Textile Worker for a Cotton Mill is in line with what is known about the family..
  Finding Bessie in the 1940 Census reinforced two important principles.
 1 The census is not always right or recorded correctly.
 2 .Always check the original source. In this case I was able to view the original in digital format on the web.

Frank Price (on right) with brother George and sister Beulah

Finally I had found Bessie Mae Eargle Price in the 1940 Census! Now to figure out what really happened to her husband Campbell Bertrand Price ( 27 July 1876-1922?).  Did he run away with the family fortune, die in a storm and his body never found, or, as another family story goes, did he get beaten and robbed for the money he was carrying with him and never seen again? Only time and research will tell!