Our Family Genealogy
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About Me:
Curtis Dean
LOFTIN
The
LOFTIN
Family
Tree
The
SETZER
Family
Tree
The
GOBLE
Family
Tree
The
JOHNSON
Family
Tree
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FAMILY
NAMES
LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Work
SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Betz
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon
GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson
JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson
Looking Back
Life has numerous joys as you pass from childhood to adulthood and beyond. As you get older you take great joy in remembering the simple things from your childhood. June Bugs on a string, Lightening Bugs in a jar, making hats from leaves attached to each other by small sticks, collecting acorns and the dried shell-like skins of cicadas, visiting Grandpa and Grandma, were all simple forms of entertainment for me, as they would have been for my ancestors when they were children.
"Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago"I knew nothing about my family genealogy beyond my grandparents before I began this study in September 2006. Researching my family history has become one of the most exciting, interesting and consuming hobbies I've ever had. Researching them gave me a deeper look into their lives and a connection with previous generations of ancestors that I would never have the privilege of meeting.
I visited relatives, churches and cemeteries - spent hours in the genealogy department at the Catawba County Library as well as browsing through Ancestry.com and Roots Web - spent additional hours researching marriage licenses at the Catawba County Courthouse - connected with other family genealogy researchers - and there is still so much more to do. It just takes time. As days turned into weeks, and weeks into months - and finally months into years, I found myself remembering stories that my parents and grandparents had told me when I was a child - many of which I had forgotten. It was great to put additional substance to the old stories. This web site will look at the ancestry lines of my paternal and maternal grandparents, whose names were Alonzo Lester Loftin, Ida Lillian Setzer, Martin Luther Goble and Beulah Vernesta Johnson.
I've especially enjoyed finding photos of these distant relatives and I'll share those through this web site as I continue to add individual pages. There are also family trees with the names of our ancestors. My grandfather Alonzo Lester Loftin died before I was born. When I started my genealogy research in September 2006, I had never seen a photo of him and had just assumed there were none. I was wrong. Not only did I find several photos of Alonzo, I also found photos of his parents and siblings. This was the first photo I found of Alonzo.
Alonzo Lester Loftin, about 1900
Feel free to copy the photos. What greater honor could we bestow on our generations of ancestors than to be sure their names, stories and faces are remembered and then passed on to our children and grandchildren. This web site is my attempt to be sure that happens.
If you know who you're interested in finding,
you can access their personal information page quickly by going to the
Where To Find 'Em Page
Name of Page
Date of Update
Type of Update
DNA Testing July 5, 2008 25-Marker Update Beringer Family Tree June 29, 2008 Extended 5 Generations Barringer/Beringer Family Descendency June 28, 2008 5 Earlier Generations Loftin, Elsie Louise (Mrs. T.A. Potter) June 28, 2008 New Web Page Loftin, Sallie Allie (Mrs. Glenn Lee) June 5, 2008 New Photos Loftin, Eli Anderson (1841 - After 1910) May 23, 2008 New Web Page Loftin Family Reunion May 21, 2008 Updated Information & Photos Loftin, Mary Frances (Mrs. Jacob F. Drum) May 16, 2008 New Web Page Fink, David April 23, 2008 New Web Page Douglas, Frances Elizabeth (Goble) April 7, 2008 New Photo Miller, Jacob (1798 - 1885) March 23, 2008 New Photos Hamilton Family Tree March 20, 2008 Updated Information Loftin, Cornelius (1695 - 1762) March 20, 2008 New Web Page Loftin, Leonard (1670 - 1720) March 20, 2008 New Web Page Loftin, Leonard (1616 - 1???) March 20, 2008 New Web Page Loftin, Leonard Descendency March 19, 2008 New Web Page Hamilton, Andrew's Will (1655 - 1719) March 10, 2008 New Web Page Hamilton, Gavin's Will (1630 - 1698) March 10, 2008 New Web Page Phone & Address Directory (Loftins) February 28, 2008 New Web Page McCorkle-Beatty, Isabella (1771 - 1842) February 16, 2008 Headstone Photo Added Herman, Johannes Wilhelm (William) II February 10, 2008 New Web Page Herman, Johannes Wilhelm (William) February 10, 2008 Headstone Photos Loftin Descendency Page January 29, 2008 Updated Information Fisher, Frances Elizabeth (Loftin) January 16, 2008 Updates Fisher, Reuben A. January 16, 2008 New Web Page Goble, William (1540) January 8, 2008 New Web Page Goble I, Daniel (1641) January 8, 2008 New Web Page Goble II, Daniel David (1669) January 8, 2008 New Web Page Goble III, Daniel (1698) January 8, 2008 New Web Page Loftin, Harriet Jone December 31, 2007 New Web Page Loftin, James Edmund December 31, 2007 New Web Page Loftin, Oliver Cromwell December 30, 2007 New Web Page Loftin, Washington Lafayette December 29, 2007 New Web Page Loftin, Alonzo Kelly (not Alonzo Lester) December 28, 2007 New Web Page Theme Music, "Long Long Ago" by Thomas Haynes Bayly
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago,
Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,
Long, long ago, long ago,
Now you are come all my grief is removed,
Let me forget that so long you have roved.
Let me believe that you love as you loved,
Long, long ago, long ago.
This song was written in 1833 by English songwriter and dramatist, Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839). It was not published until ten years later, after Bayly had died. The song first appeared when Rufus Griswold, editor of a Philadelphia magazine, published a collection of Bayly's poems and songs in 1843. Bayly originally named the tune The Long Ago, so it appears Griswold changed the name. It achieved instant popularity and was the most popular song in America in 1843.
THANKS
Thanks to all who have preceded me in working on these genealogy connections.
You've made my task to produce this web site much easier.
A special thanks to...
Peggy Loftin Brotherton
John Smith
Boyd & Becky Goble
Daisy Lemyre SigmonThanks to all who have gone through family photos and then shared them with me
so that everyone in the family can enjoy them.I hope you enjoy the information and photos as much as I have.
If you have additional photos or information, please contact me.
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