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2009 In Review |
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Web Stats for 2009: |
What are folks
looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy website?
These are the Top 20 sites for the year 2009: |
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1 |
Catawba Station |
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11 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
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2 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
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12 |
Royal Tree - French |
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3 |
NC Counties History |
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13 |
DNA
Testing |
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4 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
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14 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
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5 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
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15 |
Deal Family
Descendancy |
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6 |
Family Surnames |
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16 |
Roy
Henry Loftin (b.1899) |
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7 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
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17 |
Alonzo Lester Loftin (b.1876) |
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8 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
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18 |
Sherrill
Family Descendancy |
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9 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
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19 |
Slavery |
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10 |
The Civil War |
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20 |
Tree -
Loftin Family |
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2009 was an awesome year as I continued collecting photos and
data, attended family reunions (Loftin and Setzer), and made
contacts with relatives that I had not met before. I
didn't make it to the Barringer Family Reunion in October, but
hope to make it next year. |
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Copies of numerous marriage licenses and bonds were acquired
from Raleigh and added to the various ancestor pages. |
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Thanks so much to each of you who contacted me and shared
information with me for the website. The extended family
appreciates your willingness to share what you have.
Here's just a "few" (definitely not all) of the highlights of
the year. Additional information can be found below in the
monthly reviews. |
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For years we could only trace the Loftin family lineage back as
far as
John Loftin and
Martha Lanier. Both Peggy Loftin Brotherton and John Smith felt that John Loftin's father was
Cornelius Loftin ( ) but we didn't have the data to
support it. Thanks to Ann Parker for sharing the Loftin
lineage connection between John and
Cornelius Loftin (b. 1714). With the information I
received from Ann, we now connect all the way back to
Leonard Loftin
(b. 1610 - 1616) who was the first Loftin in America. |
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Ann Parker also gave me the name of Martha Lanier's father,
which allowed me to work on that lineage. Martha Lanier's
grandfather,
Sampson Lanier, Sr.
married Elizabeth Washington. Elizabeth appears to be a 3rd cousin to
George Washington, the 1st President of the United States.
Through this lineage, there is also a connection to the Kings &
Queens of
England,
France,
Scotland,
Sweden and
Germany. They all married relatives, so it seems if
you find a connection to one - you're suddenly descended from
them all. |
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Renee Loftin Clemmer was kind enough to share a copy of
Martha Lanier Loftin's Last Will & Testament with me.
This is a little humorous since she's a little annoyed with one
of her son-in-laws. |
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As a result of making the
Lanier
family connections, a connection was discovered to the same
ancestry as George
Washington and a connection to the
English & French Royal lines. |
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Thanks to Barry Brotherton, I've added photos of the
Manley Wilson Cranford old home place that were taken in
1995. |
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Rick Kaiser contacted me with corrections for the
Kaiser lineage. Rick has one of the largest databases
of Leuzigen, Switzerland, "Kaisers". The Kaiser lineage
connects to the Loftin family through their Sherrill family
lineage. |
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Madeline Hallman Lynch contacted me and donated additional descendancy information for her branch of the
Sherrill family. Madeline lives in Utah and works on
that line. |
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Sallie C. Loftin Henderson, from New Mexico, contacted me with
additional Loftin descendancy. She descends from Alonzo
Kelly Loftin. Additional information was added to the
Loftin Descendancy page. Pages were added for
Grady Adams Loftin Sr. and
Grady Adams Loftin Jr. Mike Talbot of Metairie, LA,
contacted me via email and shared some great photos of
Grady Adams Loftin, Sr. and
Grady Adams Loftin Jr. James Loftin of Denver, NC,
contacted me and shared information about
Thomas Loftin's (b.1798) 2nd marriage to Margaret Fisher and
their lineage. |
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Frank Butler, of Charleston, SC, contacted me with information
about his branch of the
Loftin
family. He descends from Elizabeth Loftin and James
Edwards. Elizabeth was a sister to
Thomas Loftin and daughter of
James Loftin and Susannah Sherrill. |
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This was also the year that Diane Wilson Elliott (granddaughter
of Cordie Loftin Wilson) released her first novel, "Forever &
Beyond". If you've not picked up Diane's book, you really
should get a copy. I've not read it, but my mother (Willie
Goble Loftin) has and says it's excellent. Mom said she
laughed & cried as she engrossed herself in the story. She
also lost some sleep - choosing to stay up late reading. |
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The Setzer family line seems to have been the line with the most
growth during the 2009 year as a result of contacts via phone,
email and personal visits - most of those being relatives who
actually contacted me. NC Representative Mitchell Setzer
shared some great photos of
Miles Ernest Setzer and his wife, Effie Lowrance Setzer.
Twenty five new web pages were created for various
Setzer ancestors, including all the sons of
Jacob Lanier Setzer & Delilah Deal, all the children of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and Margaret Witherspoon Setzer, as
well as pages for various ancestors from
John Wilburn Setzer's lineage. |
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Mary Rink "Mimi" Harbinson (a Setzer cousin living in Richland,
Washington) emailed me and shared lots of information and photos
from her line -
Henry Theodore Setzer (b. 1846), the youngest
son of Jacob Lanier Setzer and Delilah Deal - including a photo
of Henry, as well as his home. Mary was also the one who
pointed Mitchell Setzer in my direction. |
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I contacted Vickie Witherspoon Marlow who graduated Bunker Hill
High School with me in 1971. I hadn't seen Vickie in over
30 years but we had a nice time reminiscing and she graciously
shared with me lots of information about the
Witherspoon lineage. As a result, numerous new
Witherspoon pages were created. Dr. Frank Witherspoon of
Memphis, TN, also contacted me with additional information on
the Witherspoon family. |
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Linda Aderholt Harral, from Cherryville, NC, contacted me and
provided information about the
Aderholdt/Aderholt family.
Jacob Adverholt & Elizabeth Heavner as well as his parents,
Frederick William Aderholt and Maria Elizabeth Janetta Isheim,
are buried at the Beaver Dam Church in Cherryville, NC (in
Gaston County, NC, near Gastonia). Unfortunately, the
church is closed and the church & cemetery are fenced in. |
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Boyd and Beckie Goble, from Newton, NC, donated a photo of Evie
Hefner Goble's headstone. It can be seen on
Lewis Carlan Goble's webpage. They also shared
photos of Rufus Dagenhart &
Martha Ann Goble Dagenhart's headstones. |
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Linda Jones, from Taylorsville, NC, contacted me with additional
information about her branch of the
Goble
descendancy from
Martha Ann Goble Dagenhardt. Linda shared
photos of Martha Goble Dagenhardt and her daughter & son-in-law,
Lovie Dagenhardt and Gus Carrigan. |
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Allen Miller contacted me with information on the Miller family.
He also shared photos of Barbara Ann Miller, Mahalia Catherine
Miller, Joshua Douglas Miller,
Frances Douglas Goble, and the D. J. Fulbright Family.
Barbara Ann, Mahalia and Joshua were children of
Jacob Miller. |
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Most of my work this year in the Johnson line was with the
Fink and
Hamilton lineage. Richard Roberts of Ferndale, CA,
shared data that he had been collecting for many years -
including
"The Hamilton Letters" - written during the 1800s. If
you've not checked them out, you really should. Pages were
created for numerous Finks and Hamilton ancestors. Randy Cook shared a copy of
David Fink's claim for a Revolutionary War pension |
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Madeline Hallman Lynch contacted me and donated additional descendancy information for her branch of the
Sherrill family. Madeline lives in Utah and works on
that line. |
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2009 December |
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Web Stats for December: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
December 2009: |
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1 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
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11 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
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2 |
Catawba Station |
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12 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
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3 |
Royal Tree - French |
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13 |
Cemeteries |
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4 |
Family Surnames |
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14 |
DNA
Testing |
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5 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
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15 |
Lanier Family
Descendancy |
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6 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
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16 |
Gavin Hamilton (b.1630) |
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7 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
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17 |
Roy
Henry Loftin (b.1899) |
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8 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
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18 |
NC Counties History |
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9 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
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19 |
Hamilton
Family Descendancy |
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10 |
The Civil War |
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20 |
Alonzo Lester Loftin (b.1876) |
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There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 400 pages. |
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Check Out These Ancestors with December Birthdays: |
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Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Willie Aleen Goble
(Loftin) |
04 Dec 1925 |
NC |
Goble |
Mother |
Mary Paulina Dekker (Behringer) |
08 Dec 1692 |
GERMANY |
Setzer |
5G-Grandmother |
Nancy Ann Tansey (Miller) |
12 Dec 1762 |
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Goble |
5G-Grandmother |
Johann Wilhelm Diehl |
13 Dec 1717 |
GERMANY |
Setzer |
5G-Grandfather |
William Able Setzer |
22 Dec 1835 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Theodore Roosevelt Loftin |
25 Dec 1906 |
NC |
Loftin |
Uncle |
William Ray Loftin |
26 Dec 1943 |
NC |
Loftin |
Brother |
Jacob Eli Setzer |
29 Dec 1872 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandUncle |
Oliver Cromwell Loftin |
Dec 1861 |
NC |
Loftin |
G-GrandUncle |
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Willie
Goble Loftin, William "Billy" Ray Loftin and Theodore Roosevelt
"Speedo" Loftin |
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FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
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One of the earliest research tools I used with studying my
family genealogy was Anestry.com. "If" you have membership
to Ancestry.com, check out this link for my "early" family line
in tree format. |
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/417707/family?fpid=-2085031758 |
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FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
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Coming Soon |
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FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
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Coming Soon |
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FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
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I uploaded some Christmas songs sung by William "Bill" Clifton
Eggers and Southfork. Bill is the husband of
Elgevia Goble Eggers. |
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DNA Testing |
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The information can be
seen on the
DNA
Testing page. |
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The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
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Beit Yeshua and Highway to Zion joined with Vision For Israel in
Charlotte for their
1st Hanukkah Celebration on Saturday,
December 12, 2009. The day included (1) a community parade
with flags, banners and dancers, (2) Israeli Folk Dance Classes
& Performances, (3) Food, (4) Games for the kids, including the dreidle game, (5) Shofar blowing lessons, (6) Lighting the
Hanukkah Menorah and (7) the Hanukkah story. |
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For more information on Beit Yeshua or the Jewish-Roots of your
Christian Faith, please contact me. Email at the bottom of
the page. |
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2009
November |
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Web Stats for November: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
November 2009: |
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1 |
Royal Tree - French |
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11 |
Slavery |
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2 |
Catawba Station |
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12 |
Deal Family
Descendancy |
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3 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
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13 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
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4 |
DNA
Testing |
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14 |
The Civil War |
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5 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
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15 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
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6 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
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16 |
Royal Tree - English |
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7 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
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17 |
Matthias Barringer (b.1727) |
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8 |
NC Counties History |
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18 |
Corzine
Family Descendancy |
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9 |
Cemeteries |
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19 |
Johannes Wilhelm Herman (b.1736) |
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10 |
Family Surnames |
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20 |
Lanier Family
Descendancy |
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There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 400 pages. |
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Check Out These Ancestors with November Birthdays: |
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Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Margaret E. Witherspoon
(Setzer) |
02 Nov 1845 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-Grandmother |
Elizabeth Heavner (Aderholdt) |
05 Nov 1775 |
NC |
Setzer |
3G-Grandmother |
Nancy Caroline Leslie
(Johnson) |
07 Nov 1858 |
NC |
Johnson |
G-Grandmother |
William Deal |
08 Nov 1774 |
NC |
Setzer |
3G-Grandfather |
Nannie May Loftin
(Martin) |
08 Nov 1895 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Johann Dietrich Hefner |
09 Nov 1754 |
MD |
Goble |
4G-Grandfather |
Elizabeth Mahalya Setzer (Smyre) |
15 Nov 1833 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandAunt |
William Sherrill |
16 Nov 1666 |
ENGLAND |
Loftin/Johnson |
7G-Grandfather |
Margaret Reutzel (Sherrill) |
21 Nov 1675 |
GERMANY |
Loftin |
7G-Grandmother |
Eliza Jane Goble |
23 Nov 1891 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
Elgevia Goble
(Eggers) |
24 Nov 1928 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
Estelene Goble |
24 Nov 1928 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
John Loftin |
29 Nov 1740 |
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Loftin |
5G-Grandfather |
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Margaret
Witherspoon Setzer, Nancy Leslie Johnson, Nannie Loftin Martin
and Elgevia Goble Eggers |
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FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
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Interesting Genealogy Stories is a new web page dealing with
some of the most interesting stories in the Loftin family. |
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FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
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Interesting Genealogy Stories is a new web page dealing with
some of the most interesting stories in the Sezer family. |
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NC Representative Mitchell Setzer and I exchanged several emails
this month. He shared several photos with me that were
added to various new pages. |
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The
Setzer Descendancy Page was extended to include several more
lines from
Jacob Lanier Setzer and Delilah Deal's Family - including
the lineages of
Marcus Elkanah Setzer,
William Able Setzer,
Jacob Harvey Setzer,
Noah Monroe "Joe" Setzer,
John Wilburn Setzer and
Henry Theodore Setzer. |
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Pages were created for children from the lineage of John
Wilburn Setzer: |
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A new web page was created for
William Augustus Setzer (b. 1874), son of John Wilburn
Setzer. |
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Pages were created for the following sons of
William Augustus Setzer (b. 1874):
Willie Augustus Setzer (b. 1922),
Smith Robinson Setzer (b. 1911),
Claude Ernest Setzer (b. 1893),
Scott Pearl Setzer (b. 1897),
Alfred Leroy Setzer (b. 1899),
Clarence Ivey Setzer (b. 1906) and
Ned Ronald Setzer (b. 1934) |
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Pages were created for the following children of Patrick
Sylvanus Setzer: |
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A new web page was created for
Miles Ernest Setzer (b. 1874), son of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. Mitchell Setzer
graciously shared photos of Miles & Effie, their children, and
home. |
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A new web page was created for
John Marion Setzer (b. 1879), son of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. |
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A new web page was created for
Jacob Eli Setzer (b. 1872), son of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. |
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A new web page was created for
Daisy McNeill Setzer (Sigmon) (b. 1889), daughter of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. |
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A new web page was created for
Elizabeth Pearl Setzer
(Sigmon) (b. 1887), daughter of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. |
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A new web page was created for
Sallie Ann Mae Setzer
(Little) (b. 1882), daughter of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer and
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon. |
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Pages were created for the following children of Miles Ernest
Setzer: |
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A new web page was created for
Ralph Walter Setzer (b. 1903), son of Miles & Effie Mae
Lowrance Setzer. |
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A new web page was created for
Samuel Woodrow Setzer (b. 1914), son of Miles & Effie
Lowrance Setzer. |
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A new web page was created for
Glenn Robert Setzer (b. 1905), son of Miles & Effie Lowrance
Setzer. |
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A new web page was created for
Patrick Henry Setzer (b. 1919), son of Miles & Effie
Lowarance Setzer. |
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A new web page was created for
Ernest Ray Setzer
(b. 1917), son of Miles & Effie Lowarance. |
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FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
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Interesting Genealogy Stories is a new web page dealing with
some of the most interesting stories in the Goble family. |
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FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
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Interesting Genealogy Stories is a new web page dealing with
some of the most interesting stories in the Johnson family -
also including the names
Leslie and
Hamilton. |
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DNA Testing |
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The information can be
seen on the
DNA
Testing page. |
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The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
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Beit Yeshua met on Friday, November 20, 2009, in the Family Life
Center of Covenant Bible Church to share in
Sam Melnyk's Bar
Mitzvah. Sam turned 13 on November 20th. |
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2009 October |
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Web Stats for October: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
October 2009: |
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1 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
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11 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
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2 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
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12 |
Slavery |
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3 |
Catawba Station |
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13 |
Royal
Lineage |
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4 |
Cemeteries |
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14 |
Family Surnames |
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5 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
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15 |
Aderholdt
Family Descendancy |
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6 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
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16 |
Fulbright
Family Descendancy |
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7 |
The Civil War |
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17 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
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8 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
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18 |
Witherspoon Family Descendancy |
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9 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
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19 |
NC Counties History |
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10 |
Humor |
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20 |
Sherrill
Family Descendancy |
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There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
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Check Out These Ancestors with October Birthdays: |
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Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
David Sherrill |
02 Oct 1764 |
NC |
Johnson |
4G-Grandfather |
Eldridge Edward Loftin |
03 Oct 1782 |
NC |
Loftin |
4G-GrandUncle |
Jacob Lanier Setzer |
04 Oct 1804 |
NC |
Setzer |
2G-Grandfather |
Michael Miller |
13 Oct 1753 |
PA |
Goble |
5G-Grandfather |
Catherine Ann Setzer (Jones) |
15 Oct 1841 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandAunt |
Harriett Lucinda Goble
(Christopher) |
19 Oct 1839 |
NC |
Goble |
2G-Grandmother |
Doris Goble |
21 Oct 1933 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
Jacob Hedrick Goble |
22 Oct 1860 |
NC |
Goble |
G-Grandfather |
Charlie Roosevelt Loftin |
22 Oct 1905 |
NC |
Loftin |
Uncle |
Oscar Sherrill Loftin |
22 Oct 1920 |
NC |
Loftin |
Uncle |
William Alexander Loftin |
26 Oct 1851 |
NC |
Loftin |
G-Grandfather |
Frederick William Aderhold |
30 Oct 1748 |
Germany |
Setzer |
4G-Grandfather |
Matthias Barringer |
30 Oct 1727 |
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Setzer |
4G-Grandfather |
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(Left to
Right)
Jacob Lanier Setzer, Harriett Lucinda Goble Christopher, Jacob
Hedrick Goble, Charlie Roosevelt Loftin (& Billy Ray Loftin),
Oscar Sherrill Loftin and William Alexander Loftin (with Garland
& Hattie Pearl Loftin) |
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FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
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A new page was created for
Notable Family Ancestors & Relatives with connections
to politics, theatre, sports and historical figures. The
Loftin family has connections to Bryan Harvey (Pitcher for
California Angels & Florida Marlins), Royal Family, Adam
Sherrill (first white man west of the Catawba River in NC),
George Washington. |
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Thanks to Barry Brotherton, I've added photos of the
Manley Wilson Cranford old home place that were taken in
1995. |
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FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
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A new page was created for
Notable Family Ancestors & Relatives with connections
to politics, theatre, sports and historical figures. The
Setzer has connections to Jemima Boone (Grand Niece of Daniel
Boone), Maggie Mae Setzer (for whom Maggie Valley, NC was names),
Ned Setzer (Catawba County NASCAR Driver)
and Mitchell Setzer (NC Representative with the House of
Representatives). |
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FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
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A new page was created for
Notable Family Ancestors & Relatives with connections
to politics, theatre, sports and historical figures. The
Goble family has a possible connection to actor & comedian
George Gobel (not-verified). |
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FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
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A new page was created for
Notable Family Ancestors & Relatives with connections
to politics, theatre, sports and historical figures. The
Johnson family has connections to Adam Sherrill (the first white
man west of the Catawba River in NC) |
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DNA Testing |
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Nothing new this month |
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The information can be
seen on the
DNA
Testing page. |
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The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
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The month of October was a busy month for Jews and Christian
Believers around the world who celebrate the "High Holy Days".
The Biblical holidays of
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is
celebrated during the month of Tishri - occurring during the
month of September or October. |
|
Beit Yeshua (the Jewish Roots group of Covenant Bible Church in
Lincolnton, NC) Celebrated
Sukkot with praise & worship, Israeli
Folk Dancing, teaching and lots of other things. |
|
We met with the Jerusalem based humanitarian aid ministry Vision
For Israel in Charlotte to plan a Hanukkah Celebration at their
Greetings From Jerusalem location. The Celebration
will be Saturday, December 12, 2009, from Noon till 5:00 PM.
Everyone is welcome. |
|
Beit Shofarot Messianic Congregation in Salisbury & Mt. Holly
hosted Messianic singer
Marty Goetz on Saturday, October 31,
2009. |
|
|
2009 September |
|
Web Stats for September: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
September 2009: |
|
1 |
Catawba Station |
|
11 |
Family Surnames |
|
2 |
Humor |
|
12 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
3 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
|
13 |
DNA
Testing |
|
4 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
|
14 |
Sherrill
Family Descendancy |
|
5 |
NC Counties History |
|
15 |
The Civil War |
|
6 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
|
16 |
Deal Family Descendancy |
|
7 |
Cemeteries |
|
17 |
Matthias Barringer (b. 1727) |
|
8 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
|
18 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
|
19 |
Royal
Lineage |
|
10 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
|
20 |
Lanier Family
Descendancy |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with September Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Frances Marion McCorkle |
01 Sep 1742 |
|
Loftin |
5G-Grandfather |
Otis Caldwell Goble |
02 Sep 1894 |
NC |
Goble |
Grand-Uncle |
Harlee Goble |
06 Sep 1918 |
NC |
Goble |
Uncle |
Lillie Stamey Loftin |
06 Sep 1877 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Verdie Lee Loftin
(Boggs) |
07 Sep 1903 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Sallie Allie Loftin
(Lee) |
12 Sep 1913 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Frances Ivey Loftin
(Drum) |
19 Sep 1878 |
NC |
Loftin |
Grand-Aunt |
J.C. Goble |
29 Sep 1916 |
NC |
Goble |
Uncle |
|
(Left to
Right)
Harlee Goble, Lillie Stamey Goble, Verdie Lee Loftin Boggs,
Allie Loftin Lee, Frances Ivey Loftin Drum, J.C. Goble |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
A page for the
"Notable" or "Celebrity" Ancestors that
I discover during my research was created. |
|
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
New webpage for
Setzer, Henry Theodore
(1846 - 1922) |
New webpage for
Setzer, Jacob Harvey
(1837 - 1865) |
New webpage for
Setzer, John Wilburn
(1840 - 1907) |
New webpage for
Setzer, Noah Monroe (1838
- 1906) |
New webpage for
Setzer, William Able
(1835
- 1925) |
|
Mary Jones contacted me and shared information about
twins in her branch of the Setzer family - beginning with
the twin daughters of John Sidney Setzer and Elizabeth Catherine
Cloninger. |
|
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
|
DNA Testing |
|
Nothing new this month |
|
The information can be
seen on the
DNA
Testing page. |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
The month of September is typically a busy month in the Jewish
calendar and Jews and Christian Believers around the world
celebrate the "High Holy Days". The Biblical holidays of
Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) and
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) are celebrated during the
month of Tishri - occurring during the month of September or
October. |
|
Beit Yeshua (the Jewish Roots group of Covenant Bible Church in
Lincolnton, NC) Celebrated both Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanh) and
Yom Kippur. |
|
|
2009 August |
|
Web Stats for August: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
August 2009: |
|
1 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
|
11 |
Humor |
|
2 |
Catawba Station |
|
12 |
Curtis Dean Loftin |
|
3 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
13 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
|
4 |
Cemeteries |
|
14 |
Sherrill
Family Descendancy |
|
5 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
|
15 |
Matthias Barringer |
|
6 |
Family Surnames |
|
16 |
Deal Family Descendancy |
|
7 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
|
17 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
|
8 |
DNA
Testing |
|
18 |
Johnson
Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
NC Counties History |
|
19 |
Nicholas Lanier |
|
10 |
The Civil War |
|
20 |
Slavery |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with August Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Sarah Catherine Rebecca Goble
(Bunton) |
01 Aug 1896 |
NC |
Goble |
GrandAunt |
Catherine Bushart (Barringer) |
06 Aug 1763 |
NC |
Setzer |
3G-Grandmother |
Frances Elizabeth Fisher
(Fisher) |
08 Aug 1826 |
NC |
Loftin |
2G-Grandmother |
Margaret Bushart (Barringer) |
15 Aug 1742 |
|
Setzer |
5G-Grandmother |
Anna Catherine Ballzell (Hefner) |
26 Aug 1731 |
GERMANY |
Goble |
4G-Grandfather |
Cordie Bland Loftin
(Wilson) |
26 Aug 1894 |
NC |
Loftin |
GrandAunt |
|
Cordie
Loftin Wilson |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
Dianne Wilson Elliott (granddaughter of
Cordie Loftin Wilson) has written a mystery romance novel
entitled Forever And Beyond. Dianne lives with her
husband, Wade; her mother, Mildred; and a spoiled, long-haired
dachshund named Rusty in the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains of North Carolina. When she isn’t writing, Dianne
enjoys painting, playing cards, and spending time with family
and friends. This is her debut novel. |
|
|
Katie O’Malley is a
free-spirited,
artsy, red-haired
beauty who is about
to graduate from
Columbia University.
But when her
parents, John and
Mary O’Malley, die
in a tragic plane
crash, Katie’s life
becomes very
complicated. First,
she learns the plane
crash was no
accident; her uncle
paid someone to
tamper with the fuel
gauge. And, she
certainly didn’t
expect to lose her
heart to the
handsome young
priest, Andrew
Jackson, who
comforted her during
her time of loss and
grief. Nor did she
expect to have her
feelings returned by
the good father. A
file in her father’s
desk reveals the
biggest surprise of
all. It’s a surprise
that rocks Katie’s
world and takes her
far from the bright
lights of New York
City to an unknown
future on The Outer
Banks of North
Carolina. As she
searches for
answers, Katie
wonders if her
father’s hidden past
will be the key to
the future she has
always longed for.
Other uncertainties
plague Katie’s
future. Will Father
Andrew Jackson leave
the life of a priest
and follow his heart
back to her? Or will
Katie find a new
love in the sleepy
little village of
Buxton, North
Carolina? |
|
|
|
|
|
Diane had book signings at ...
... the
Old Company Store,
101 North Main St., Catawba, NC 28609 on August 8, 2009.
...
Zander's Coffee House,
202 North Main Ave., Newton, NC 28658 on August 22, 2009.
...
Sentry Drug Center,
2622 East Main Street,
Boger City, NC on August 29, 2009. |
|
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
I met with Vickie Witherspoon Marlow in July and she shared the information
she had collected about the Witherspoon family. As a
result, several new Witherspoon pages were created. |
|
New webpage for
Witherspoon, Emanuel Alexander
(1859) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon,
Leander Denford Lutz
(1861) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, Jacob Napoleon
(1856 - 1926) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, David Hoyle
(1854 - 1928) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, Thomas Aderholt
(1852 - 1940) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, John Hart
(1850 - 1924) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, John
(1724 - 1778) |
New webpage for
Witherspoon, Thomas Wesley
(1747 - 1790) |
Additional information added to the
Witherspoon Descendancy and the
Witherspoon, Thomas Wesley
(1787 - 1856) webpage |
|
|
Krystal Setzer contacted me via email and shared her SETZER
lineage from Daniel Setzer (b. 1790) and Polly Wike. |
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
DNA Testing |
|
I contacted Norm Pence in Westminster, Colorado, who is a
25-Marker Match for the Loftin line (with a variation on one of
the markers by two numbers). Norm shared some basic
information about his family and it was added to the
DNA
Testing page. |
|
I contacted
Mary Anne (Butz) McCarty in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana,
who's brother (Edward) is an exact 12-Marker Match for the
Loftin line. She shared 6 generations of the Butz lineage
who came to the US from Germany. The information can be
seen on the
DNA
Testing page. |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
Our Israeli Folk Dance group has been working on several
performance pieces for our Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot Celebrations
in September and October. |
|
We continue with the Hebrew Aleph-Bet (ABCs) class. There
are 9 in the class that meets in our home on Friday nights.
All 22 consonants, as well as all the vowel markings, have been
learned. In the last class we'll spend time reading
Hebrew. |
|
|
2009 July |
|
Web Stats for July: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
July 2009: |
|
1 |
Catawba Station |
|
11 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
|
2 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
|
12 |
The Civil War |
|
3 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
|
13 |
DNA
Testing |
|
4 |
Family Surnames |
|
14 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
|
5 |
Photo
Links |
|
15 |
Sherrill
Family Descendancy |
|
6 |
Nicholas Lanier |
|
16 |
Fulbright
Family Descendency |
|
7 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
|
17 |
Loftin
Family Tree |
|
8 |
Deal Family Descendancy |
|
18 |
Givens Family
Descendancy |
|
9 |
Cemeteries |
|
19 |
Miller Family
Descendancy |
|
10 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
20 |
NC Counties History |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with July Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Noah Monroe Setzer |
06 Jul 1838 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Hattie Pearl Loftin |
07 Jul 1890 |
NC |
Loftin |
GrandAunt |
Jacob Israel Aderholt |
08 Jul 1775 |
NC |
Setzer |
3G-Grandfather |
Daniel Goble |
18 Jul 1641 |
|
Goble |
8G-Grandfather |
Johannes Wilhelm Herman |
18 Jul 1736 |
PRUSSIA |
Setzer |
4G-Grandfather |
Glennie Frances Loftin
(Cook) |
18 Jul 1826 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Daniel Goble |
19 Jul 1698 |
Mass. |
Goble |
6G-Grandfather |
Lewis Hubbard Goble |
23 Jul 1910 |
NC |
Goble |
Uncle |
Floy Hovis Loftin
(Ellers) |
26 Jul 1901 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Roy
Henry Loftin |
27 Jul 1899 |
NC |
Loftin |
Uncle |
|
(Left to
Right)
Frances Loftin Cook, Floy Loftin Ellers and Roy Henry Loftin |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
Mike Talbot, of Metairie, LA, contacted me with photos of
Grady Adams Loftin Sr. (b. 19 Jan 1893), his wife, Sallie
Ackiss, and son
Grady Adams Loftin Jr. Thanks Mike. |
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
Dr. Frank Witherspoon of Memphis, TN, contacted me via email and
shared some interesting information about Thomas Wesley
Witherspoon (b. 17 Jan 1747) and his wife Sarah Howard (b. 02
Apr 1761). Sarah died 14 Apr 1790 and Thomas died 19 Apr
1790. What I didn't know was that they died from measles.
Their son,
Thomas Wesley Witherspoon (b. 06 Jun 1787), was raised
by his grandmother Martha Pettigrew Witherspoon (wife of John
Witherspoon). Frank also postal mailed me additional
information on the Witherspoon family that I hope to get posted
on the website over the next few months. Thanks Frank.
You can contact Frank at
fwspoon@bellsouth.net |
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst/Pope,
Robinson) |
|
David Pope contacted me via email sharing photos of Annweiler,
GERMANY, where the
Pabst/Bobst/Pope
family was from. Thanks David. |
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
We met on Friday, July 10, and Friday, July 24, in Lincolnton,
NC, to study the Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith. To
find out more, check out this link:
http://curtis.loftinnc.com/festival_overview.htm |
|
Carolyn and I started teaching a 5-week Hebrew Aleph-Bet Class
(Hebrew A-B-Cs) in our home in Catawba. The class meets on
alternating Friday nights and will conclude on Friday, September
11, 2009. The Hebrew language consists of 22 consonants
and no vowels. Vowel markings can be added to the
consonants but are usually only used by children when they're
first learning the Aleph-Bet. |
|
|
2009 June |
|
Web Stats for June: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
June 2009: |
|
1 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
|
11 |
The
Setzer Family Tree |
|
2 |
Catawba Station |
|
12 |
The Civil War |
|
3 |
Loftin Family
Descendancy |
|
13 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
4 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
|
14 |
Jacob
Setzer I |
|
5 |
Loftin Family Reunion |
|
15 |
Pabst Family
Descendancy |
|
6 |
Deal Family
Descendancy |
|
16 |
Beatty Family
Descendancy |
|
7 |
Family Surnames |
|
17 |
Cemeteries |
|
8 |
NC Counties
History |
|
18 |
Corzine
Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
Kaiser Family
Descendancy |
|
19 |
Harwell
Family Descendancy |
|
10 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
|
20 |
Lanier Family
Descendancy |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with June Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Daisy Pearl Loftin (Herman) |
06 Jun 1914 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Thomas Wesley Witherspoon |
06 Jun 1787 |
PA |
Setzer |
3G-Grandfather |
William Sherrill |
07 Jun 1635 |
ENGLAND |
Loftin/Goble |
8G-Grandfather |
Sadie Elizabeth Loftin
(Lee) |
08 Jun 1909 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
William Able Beatty |
10 Jun 1761 |
NC |
Loftin |
4G-Grandfather |
Manley Wilson Cranford |
11 Jun 1821 |
NC |
Loftin |
2G-Grandfather |
Daisy McNeill Setzer
(Sigmon) |
15 Jun 1889 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandAunt |
Hannah Brewer (Goble) |
18 Jun 1645 |
|
Goble |
8G-Grandmother |
Washington Lafayette Loftin |
20 Jun 1859 |
NC |
Loftin |
G-GrandUncle |
Arthur Lee Loftin |
20 Jun 1884 |
NC |
Loftin |
GrandUncle |
|
(Left to
Right)
Daisy Pearl Loftin Herman, Sadie Loftin Setzer Lee,
Manley Wilson Cranford, Daisy Setzer Sigmon and Arthur Lee
Loftin (holding Marie) |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
We met on Friday, June 12, and Friday, June 26, in Lincolnton,
NC, to study the Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith. To
find out more, check out this link:
http://curtis.loftinnc.com/festival_overview.htm |
|
|
2009 May |
|
Web Stats for May: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
May 2009: |
|
1 |
Loftin Family Descendancy |
|
11 |
Thomas Loftin (b.1798) |
|
2 |
Alonzo Lester Loftin (b.1876) |
|
12 |
William Alexander Loftin (b.1851) |
|
3 |
Roy
Henry Loftin (b.1899) |
|
13 |
Setzer Family
Descendancy |
|
4 |
The
Loftin Family Tree |
|
14 |
Adam Sherrill
(b.1697) |
|
5 |
Royal
Lineage |
|
15 |
Slavery |
|
6 |
Rudisill
Family Descendancy |
|
16 |
Where To Find 'Em |
|
7 |
The
Setzer Family Tree |
|
17 |
Catawba Station |
|
8 |
Arthur Lee Loftin (b.1727) |
|
18 |
Johannes Wilhelm Herman (b.1736) |
|
9 |
NC Counties
History |
|
19 |
James Franklin Loftin (b.1827) |
|
10 |
The Civil War |
|
20 |
Jacob
Setzer (b.1730) |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 375 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with May Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Archibald Hamilton |
05 May 1743 |
MD |
Johnson |
5G-Grandfather |
John Marion Setzer |
08 May 1879 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandUncle |
Delilah Deal (Setzer) |
11 May 1809 |
|
Setzer |
2G-Grandmother |
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer |
11 May 1843 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-Grandfather |
Sam William Loftin |
13 May 1918 |
NC |
Loftin |
Father |
Martin Luther Goble |
14 May 1888 |
NC |
Goble |
Grandfather |
Jacob Harvey Setzer |
15 May 1837 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Daniel David Goble |
21 May 1669 |
Mass |
Goble |
7G-Grandfather |
W. Garland Loftin |
23 May 1887 |
NC |
Loftin |
GrandUncle |
Jones Garland Setzer |
23 May 1887 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandUncle |
Zettie Wilson Loftin
(Beatty) |
25 May 1881 |
NC |
Loftin |
GrandAunt |
Isabella McCorkle (Beatty) |
28 May 1771 |
NC |
Loftin |
4G-Grandmother |
Miles Ernest Setzer |
28 May 1874 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandUncle |
Sarah Houghton (Goble) |
30 May 1672 |
Mass |
Goble |
7G-Grandmother |
John Wilburn Setzer |
30 May 1840 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Willie Thelma Loftin
(Connor/Lanier) |
31 May 1911 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
Callie Elma Loftin (Huffman) |
31 May 1911 |
NC |
Loftin |
Aunt |
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick
Sylvanus Setzer, John Marion Setzer, Sam William Loftin, Martin
Luther Goble, Jacob Harvey Setzer, |
|
W. Garland
Loftin, Zettie Loftin Beatty (with Frances Loftin Drum - top),
Miles Ernest Setzer, Thelma Loftin Connor Lanier, Elma Loftin
Huffman |
|
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FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
The
2009
Loftin Family Reunion occurred on Sunday, May 17, 2009
at the Catawba Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. About 95
family members attended that included numerous 4-generational
groups. |
|
I created a
Windows Media Player Movie about Alonzo Lester Loftin
(and his father William Alexander Loftin) over a year ago and
totally forgot about it. I found it just recently and
decided to add it to the website. If you have Windows
Media Player installed on your computer, you should be able to
see it. Also, you can right click on the link, then "Save
Target as..." if you'd like to keep a copy on your computer.
Enjoy! |
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
Doug Sigmon from Hendersonville, NC contacted me by phone and we
chatted for a while about our mutual Setzer and Witherspoon
ancestors. Doug has researched the number of "twins" that
have descended from the lineage of John Setzer (b.1754) and
Catherine Bushart Barringer (b.1763). To date, he's
documented 174 sets of twins - now that's amazing! Doug
also mentioned that the Barringer Family Reunion will occur on
the second Sunday in October (11 Oct 2009) at St. James Church
in Newton at 1:00 PM for the descendants of Matthias Barringer
and Margaret Bushart. |
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing this month. |
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing this month. |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
On Saturday, April 2, 2009, the Beit Yeshua (House of Salvation)
Jewish Roots group from Lincolnton traveled to Salisbury, NC, to
join Beit Shofarot Messianic Congregation and observe Holocaust
Memorial Day. Beit Shofarot had invited 94-year-old Dutch
Jewish Holocaust survivor Frieda Roos Van Hessen to share her
testimony of how God had miraculously protected and spared
her during Nazi occupied WWII Europe even though many of her
family and friends perished. Prior to the war, Frieda had
been a notable concert and opera singer - even supplying the
singing voice for the Dutch version of Walt Disney's SNOW
WHITE. To learn more about Frieda or order her book,
Life in the Shadow of the Swastika, go to
http://www.friedaslife.com
You can also catch part of her testimony on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmqiwb0QQ9k&feature=related |
|
Shavuot (Pentecost) is a two-day Biblical Festival that
occurs in May-June each year. Shavuot is one of the
Springtime harvest festivals that is celebrated each year in
Israel and around the world by Jews and Christians. The
1st Shavuot occurred 50 days after the children of Israel left
their Egyptian bondage. After they crossed the Red Sea
Moses went up on Mt. Sianai where God gave him the Torah (the 10
Commandments or 10 Words) carved in stone. In the Brit
Hadasha (New Testament), Yeshua (Jesus) told his disciples to
tarry until they were filled with power from on high. He
promised them that He would not leave them alone, but would give
them the Ruach Ha Kodesh (the Holy Spirit) to be a Comforter to
them. The New Testament Shavuot of Acts 2 is also
remembered as the birth of the "church". |
|
Our Lincoln/Catawba County Jewish Roots group met on Friday, May
29th to celebrate the Biblical Festival of
Shavuot, that the scriptures describe in Leviticus 23 as
"perpetual", or eternal. |
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2009 April |
|
Web Stats for April: |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
April 2009: |
|
1 |
Loftin Family Descendancy |
|
11 |
NC Counties
History |
|
2 |
Adam Sherrill
(b. 1697) |
|
12 |
The Civil War |
|
3 |
Setzer Family Descendancy |
|
13 |
The Loftin Family Tree |
|
4 |
DNA
Testing |
|
14 |
Catawba Station |
|
5 |
Family Surnames |
|
15 |
Fulbright Family Descendancy |
|
6 |
Rudisill Family Descendancy |
|
16 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
7 |
Matthias Barringer |
|
17 |
Sampson Lanier Sr. |
|
8 |
Deal
Family Descendancy |
|
18 |
Sherrill Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
Kaiser Family Descendancy |
|
19 |
The
Setzer Family Tree |
|
10 |
Jacob Lanier Setzer |
|
20 |
Lanier
Family Descendancy |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 360 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with April Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Sarah Howard (Witherspoon) |
02 Apr 1761 |
|
Setzer |
4G-Grandmother |
Mahala Catherine Miller (Douglas) |
06 Apr 1830 |
NC |
Goble |
2G-Grandmother |
Mary Helen Goble (Sigmon) |
07 Apr 1924 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
James Henry "Legs" Goble |
08 Apr 1912 |
NC |
Goble |
Uncle |
Fannie Elizabeth Goble (Isenhour) |
10 Apr 1921 |
NC |
Goble |
Aunt |
John Henry Johnson |
12 Apr 1865 |
NC |
Johnson |
G-Grandfather |
John Casper Aderhold |
14 Apr 1715 |
GERMANY |
Setzer |
5G-Grandmother |
Elizabeth Pearl Setzer
(Sigmon) |
20 April 1887 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandAunt |
Corban
Goble |
22 Apr 1761 |
NC |
Goble |
4G-Grandfather |
Sallie AnnMae Setzer
(Little) |
25 Apr 1882 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandAunt |
Ida Lillian Setzer (Loftin) |
25 Apr 1884 |
NC |
Loftin/Setzer |
Grandmother |
Ivey Lee Setzer |
25 Apr 1884 |
NC |
Setzer |
GrandUncle (Twin) |
Lewis Carlan Goble |
28 Apr 1813 |
NC |
Goble |
3G-Grandfather |
|
(Left to Right) Mahala
Miller Douglas, Mary Helen Goble Sigmon, James Henry "Legs"
Goble, Fannie Elizabeth "Lib" Goble Isenhour, Elizabeth Pearl
"Lizzie" Setzer Sigmon, Ida Setzer Loftin |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
Phyllis White Mills from Florida contacted me with updated
information on the Helen Josephine Loftin (Mrs. Willard White)
lineage. Phyllis is the granddaughter of Arthur Lee Loftin
(b. 20 Jun 1884) of Catawba County, NC. You can see this
lineage on the
Loftin
Descendancy Page. |
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
Nothing new this month |
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing new this month |
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
Nothing new this month |
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
I suppose the reason I don't have more information on the
"family" this month is because I've been so busy preparing for
several Jewish Roots meetings during the month of April. |
|
On Friday, April 10, 2009, we hosted a
Passover Seder at Covenant Bible Church in Lincolnton with
about 180 in attendance. It was an absolutely wonderful
evening. If you've never attended a Passover Seder before,
you definitely should if you ever have the opportunity. |
|
On Friday, April 24, 2009, we hosted an
Evening Honoring Israel & Israel's 61st Birthday at Covenant
Bible Church in Lincolnton. Steve Martin of VISION FOR
ISRAEL was the guest speaker. The evening including
teaching, music, Israeli Folk Dance and even some Israeli food. |
|
On Sunday, April 19, 2009, we began a 7 week teaching series at
Freedom Church in Lincolnton on Israel, the Biblical Feasts, and
What the Church's Relationship With Israel Should Be. |
|
|
2009 March |
|
Web Stats for March |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
March 2009: |
|
1 |
Setzer Family Descendancy |
|
11 |
Johannes William Herman |
|
2 |
Adam Sherrill
(b. 1697) |
|
12 |
Jacob Lanier Setzer |
|
3 |
Loftin Family Descendancy |
|
13 |
Matthias Barringer |
|
4 |
DNA
Testing |
|
14 |
Sherrill Family Descendancy |
|
5 |
NC Counties
History |
|
15 |
The
Setzer Family Tree |
|
6 |
Rudisill Family Descendancy |
|
16 |
Family Surnames |
|
7 |
Goble Family
Descendancy |
|
17 |
Kaiser Family Descendancy |
|
8 |
Catawba Station |
|
18 |
Heavner
Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
Jacob Setzer 1 |
|
19 |
Loftin Family Reunion |
|
10 |
The Civil War |
|
20 |
The Loftin Family Tree |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 360 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with March Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Uriah Sherrill |
01 Mar 1728 |
MD |
Johnson |
5G-Grandfather |
Henry Theodore Setzer |
02 Mar 1846 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Frances Elizabeth Douglas
(Goble) |
05 Mar 1861 |
NC |
Goble |
G-Grandmother |
Marcus Elkanah Setzer |
10 Mar 1830 |
NC |
Setzer |
G-GrandUncle |
Wilhelm Behringer |
12 Mar 1692 |
GERMANY |
Setzer |
5G-Grandfather |
Miles Rankin Witherspoon |
13 Mar 1817 |
NC |
Setzer |
2G-Grandfather |
Levina C. Sherrill (Johnson) |
19 Mar 1832 |
NC |
Johnbson |
2G-Grandmother |
|
(Left to
Right) Henry Theodore Setzer, Frances Elizabeth Douglas
Goble and Miles Rankin Witherspoon |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
P. J. Sisseck of Cheney WA emailed me with additional
information on the
Sherrill &
Rudisill families. I'm still working through this
information. |
|
Nothing much for the Loftin line this month. |
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
The
Setzer Family Reunion for the descendants of
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer &
Margaret Witherspoon was held Saturday, March 21, 2009, in
the East Maiden Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. A new web
page was created with photos from the reunion. |
|
A new web page was created form
Marcus Elkanah Setzer (b. 1830) the brother of Patrick
Sylvanus Setzer and son of Jacob Lanier Setzer. |
|
Mary Rink "Mimi" Harbinson (a Setzer cousin living in Richland,
Washington) emailed me and shared lots of information and photos
from her line - Henry Theodore Setzer (b. 1846), the youngest
son of Jacob Lanier Setzer and Delilah Deal - including a photo
of Henry, as well as his home. I hope to create a page for
Henry Theodore Setzer soon and I'll add those photos at that
time. |
|
Kathy Goodson contacted me via email with a few corrections and
additions to George Setzer's family as seen on the
Setzer Descendancy Page. |
|
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
|
I had a few new leads in the Goble family this month. I
found
Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson's Death Certificate and
added it to her web page. Previously I had not been able
to find the 1900 Census. I finally found the 1900 Census
and found Nessie living in Iredell County with her widowed
mother (Nancy Johnson) and her brother Henry Pinkney Johnson.
This Census revealed that Nessie (age 14) was living next door
to Chrales "Charlie" Johnson (age 33), whom she would soon
marry. The obituary was added to the web page of
J. C. Goble - the son of Martin Luther Goble & Nessie
Johnson Goble. |
|
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
I finished up my research on the
FINK family as the beginning of the month. A new page
was added for
Arthur Burns Fink (b. 1915). |
|
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
On Friday, March 6, 2009, we celebrated the Biblical Festival of
PURIM. Purim is a festival about God's goodness and
deliverance. The festival is mentioned in the book of
Esther and recalls God's deliverance of the Jews from the hand
of the evil Haman. The shpiel (Yiddish for "play") for this year was
entitled PURIM WARS and was a science-fiction parody based on
the book of Esther, but with a
STAR WARS theme. |
|
We're currently in the planning & preparation stage for our 8th
annual
PASSOVER Seder, to be held in the Family Life Center of
Covenant Bible Church in Lincolnton, NC, on Friday April 10th at
7:00. Guests are welcome. Contact me at 828-241-2233
for more information. |
|
|
2009 February |
|
Web Stats for February |
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
February 2009: |
|
1 |
Loftin Family Descendancy |
|
11 |
DNA
Testing |
|
2 |
The Civil War |
|
12 |
Thomas
Loftin (b. 1798) |
|
3 |
Adam Sherrill
(b. 1697) |
|
13 |
The Loftin Family Tree |
|
4 |
Setzer Family Descendancy |
|
14 |
Where to Find 'Em |
|
5 |
Catawba Station |
|
15 |
The
Setzer Family Tree |
|
6 |
Sherrill Family Descendancy |
|
16 |
Jacob Lanier Setzer |
|
7 |
Genealogy
Humor |
|
17 |
Matthias Barringer |
|
8 |
NC Counties
History |
|
18 |
Kaiser Family Descendancy |
|
9 |
Jacob Setzer 1 |
|
19 |
Downtown - Purim Midi |
|
10 |
Rudisill Family Descendancy |
|
20 |
Beatty Family
Descendancy |
|
There are 42 unique Family Surnames
currently associated with this website and over 350 pages. |
|
Check Out These Ancestors with February Birthdays: |
|
Name |
Birthdate |
Birth
Location |
Family |
Relation to Me |
Mary Herman (Deal) |
05 Feb 1780 |
PA |
Setzer |
3G-Grandmother |
Alonzo Lester Loftin |
05 Feb 1876 |
NC |
Loftin |
Grandfather |
Judith Lewis (Sherrill) |
10 Feb 1735 |
NC |
Johnson |
5G-Grandfather |
John Hawkins |
14 Feb 1735 |
|
Johnson |
6G-Grandfather |
Michael Whitener Loftin |
18 Feb 1916 |
NC |
Loftin |
Uncle |
Johannes George Hermann |
19 Feb 1699 |
PRUSSIA |
Setzer |
5G-Grandfather |
|
Alonzo
Lester Loftin and Michael Whitener Loftin |
|
|
|
FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
|
I researched
numerous marriage bonds at the Register of Deeds in Lincolnton,
NC, but the really old ones are no longer in Lincolnton and have
been sent to Raleigh. I called (and emailed) the Archives
& Records Section of the Department of Cultural Resources in
Raleigh requesting copies of the following marriage bonds: (1)
James Loftin & Susanah Sherrill, m: 27 Dec 1796, (2)
Thomas
Loftin & Viney Baty/Beatty, m: 22 Apr 1821, (3)
Reuben Fisher & Mary Fisher, m. 10 Mar 1822, (4)
William Fisher & Jenny Harwell, m: 20 Jun 1796, (5)
Eldridge Edward Loftin & Mary Sherrill, m: 19 Dec 1808,
and (6) Henderson Loftin & Catherine Edwards, m: 08 Apr
1828. Those marriage bonds are scanned and added to
the appropriate web pages. |
|
James Loftin from Denver, NC, contacted me via email and shared
additional information about
Thomas Loftin (b. 1798) and his 2nd marriage to Margaret
Fisher. Prior to James' contact, we did not know
Margaret's last name. Five additional generations were added
below Thomas' son, William A. Loftin, on the
Loftin Descendancy Page. |
|
Reid Cranford from Charlotte, NC, and I talked on the phone
about the Cranford Family. He and I plan to get together
in the near future and share information. |
|
A link to our
Francis Marion McCorkle webpage has been added to the North
Carolina Patriots in the Revolutionary War Website, located at
http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncrevwar/patriots.htm |
|
Derick
Hartshorn maintains the
NC Gen Web
Project and has listings for numerous Catawba County
Families. He has added a link to our
Loftin Family Descendancy Page (the only Loftin listed on
his site). He has also included a link to our
Setzer Family Descendancy Page. Derick's numerous
sites are amazing. I spent about 6 hours one day just
reading on this one:
http://www.hartshorn.us |
|
I added a personal account about my car - my 1997 "little red"
Miata. I call it
the Incrediable Miata Story. |
|
|
FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
|
I researched
numerous marriage bonds at the Register of Deeds in Lincolnton,
NC, but the really old ones are no longer in Lincolnton and have
been sent to Raleigh. I called (and emailed) the Archives
& Records Section of the Department of Cultural Resources in
Raleigh requesting copies of the following marriage bonds: (1)
Jacob Lanier Setzer & Delilah Deal, m: 18 Mar 1829, (2)
Miles Rankin Witherspoon &
Sarah Elizabeth Aderholdt, m: 11 Nov 1844 and (3)
Thomas Wesley Witherspoon & Peggy Margaret Rankin, m: 06
Jun 1801. Those marriage bonds were scanned and added
to the appropriate web pages. |
|
This month has
also seen the addition of information on three Setzer family
branchs:
The Motz Family,
The Aderholdt Family and
The Pettigrew Family. Individual pages to these
branches include
Hans Jacob Motz,
Sarah Elizabeth Aderholdt,
Jacob Israel Aderholdt and
Frederick William Aderholdt. A particularly
interesting read is the
Pettigrew Family Sketch written by William Pettigrew (son of
James Pettigrew III, b. 1713, Crilly House, Tyrone Co, Ireland).
William gives an interesting account of his father, grandfather
and great-grandfather. I have also added a
Pettigrew Family Tree that connects to the Witherspoon,
Setzer and Loftin families. |
|
|
FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
|
Nothing new this month. |
|
|
FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
|
I've spent
"hours" doing internet research on the Fink family and
finally came up with some information in the Statesville
LANDMARK - a Newspaper from the 1800s. Through Census research, I found the
names and birth dates of Daniel Fink (b. Abt. 1806) & Elizabeth
(Unknown)'s children. This information has been added to
the Fink Descendancy page, as well
as Daniel Fink's page.
Information about
David Alexander Fink,
Moses David Fink,
Daniel Monrow Fink,
Jacob Henry Fink,
Sophia C. Fink and
Susanah L. Fink's families has also been added to the Descendancy page. |
|
Additional information about the Sherrill's who served during
the Civil War in NC has been added to the
Civil War Page. |
|
|
The
Jewish Roots of our Christian Faith |
|
Genealogy is
not my only interest. I've decided to include this section
in the "NEWS" section, although this is more of a personal
interest than a Genealogy one. In addition to this
GENEALOGY website, I also maintain a JEWISH ROOTS website that
deals with everything from
Israeli Folk Dance and
Israel, to the
Biblical Festivals mentioned in Leviticus 23 (as well as
all through the New Testament). Jesus was "Jewish", and
His Hebrew name was Yeshua. He lived a Jewish life and
observed all of the Biblical Festivals. Sadly, most of the
church has no knowledge concerning this part of the scripture. |
|
Purim (the Feast of Esther) is the first Festival we'll
observe in 2009. It is based on the book of Esther and
occurs on March 10 - 11, 2009. Carolyn & I attend Covenant
Bible Church in Lincolnton. Covenant is an
Interdenominational Church with 500+ members. We also
co-lead a "Jewish Roots" home group that is associated with
Covenant. We celebrate all the Festivals in the Family
Life Center at Covenant each year. Part of the Purim
Celebration is to perform a Purim Schpiel (A comedic Purim
play). |
|
I've actually
written two plays that are posted on the Jewish Roots website
and each year I get several requests for permission to use my
play. This year I've receive a request from a Jewish
Rabbi/Chaplain who is in the USAF and stationed in Iraq, for
permission to use the play with her group. That's really
cool! All the various "Jewish Roots" web pages are photo
intense so you can see what's happening. |
|
I've also been contacted by a Reformed Jewish Assembly in
Lancaster, CA, requesting permission to use the play. |
|
Want to take a look? I have two Purim plays that are
currently available. (1)
The Traditional One, and (2)
Purim Wars (a "Star Wars/Sci-Fi Parody) |
|
Why Jewish
Roots? As I said earlier, Jesus/Yeshua was Jewish.
About 99% of the Bible was written by Jews. Romans
9-11 says that God's not broken covenant with the Jews.
It says we (a wild olive branch) have been grafted in the
natural branch. Scripture tells us to pray for the peace
of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6-7) - it tells us that
God has given the Jews a Divine promise to the land of Israel (Genesis
15:18-21) - it further says that salvation has come to
us through the Jews (John 4:22).
Genesis 12:1-3 says that God will bless those who bless
Israel and curse those who curse Israel. Genesis
17:7-8 says that the covenant that God has with Israel
is an "everlasting" covenant. Genesis 22:17-18
says that through the seed of Abraham (the Jews), all the world
will be blessed. Isaiah 14:1 says that God
will "again" place the Jews in their land, and the stranger
(Gentiles) will cleave to them. The scripture further says
that together Jew & Gentile compose "one new man".
Ephesians 2:14-15 |
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2009 January |
|
Web Stats for January |
A few months back my son, Philip, installed a program on my
computer called "Web Statistics" that lets me monitor visits to
my Family Genealogy website. Weekends and holidays are the
most popular times when folks are reading up on the latest
family history. For the month of January the website had
150 visitors on Martin Luther King Day (19 Jan 2009), when most
were out of work. |
|
For 2008, there were over 11,000 unique visits, with December
having the largest number of visitors (1285). I taught
Math for 30 years, so numbers and statistics always fascinate
me. |
|
What are folks looking at when they visit the Family Genealogy
website? These are the Top 20 sites for the month of
January 2009: |
|
1 |
The Setzer Family Descendancy |
|
11 |
The Kaiser Family Descendancy |
|
2 |
The Loftin Family Descendancy |
|
12 |
History of NC Counties |
|
3 |
Adam Sherrill (b. 1697) |
|
13 |
DNA Testing |
|
4 |
The Rudisill Family Descendancy |
|
14 |
Where to Find 'Em |
|
5 |
Family Surnames |
|
15 |
Slavery |
|
6 |
The Civil War |
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16 |
The Goble Family Descendancy |
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The Loftin Family Tree |
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Jacob Lanier Setzer |
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The Setzer Family Tree |
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Roy Henry Loftin |
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Jacob Setzer I |
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Alonzo Lester Loftin |
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The Sherrill Family Descendancy |
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Curtis Dean Loftin |
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There are 42 unique Family Surnames
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Check Out These Ancestors with January Birthdays: |
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Family |
Relation to Me |
Laura Rossie Cranford (Loftin) |
02 Jan 1855 |
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Loftin |
G-Grandmother |
Thomas
Goble |
02 Jan 1590 |
ENGLAND |
Goble |
9G-Grandfather |
Robert Johnson |
07 Jan 1778 |
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Johnson |
3G-Grandfather |
John Witherspoon |
10 Jan 1724 |
SCOTLAND |
Setzer |
5G-Grandfather |
Sally Lavinia Beatty (Loftin) |
12 Jan 1798 |
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Loftin |
3G-Grandmother |
Beulah Vernesta Johnson (Goble) |
14 Jan 1887 |
NC |
Johnson/Goble |
Grandmother |
Thomas Wesley Witherspoon |
17 Jan 1747 |
PA |
Setzer |
4G-Grandfather |
Mary Martha Lomax (Cranford) |
29 Jan 1829 |
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Loftin |
2G-Grandmother |
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(Left to
Right) Laura Cranford Loftin (with Lee and Verdie Lee),
Beulah "Nessie" Johnson Goble and Martha Lomax Cranford |
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FAMILY: Loftin
(Beatty,
Corzine,
Cranford,
Fisher,
Givens,
Harwell,
Kaiser,
Lanier,
Lomax,
McCorkle,
Rudisill,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Washington,
Work) |
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During January
I added marriage licenses for
Zettie Wilson Loftin (Beatty),
Frances Ivey Loftin (Drum),
Charlie Roosevelt Loftin,
Mike Whitener Loftin,
James Edmund Loftin,
Arthur Lee Loftin,
Oliver Cromwell Loftin and
Washington Lafayette Loftin to their respective pages. |
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For years we could only trace the Loftin family lineage back as
far as John Loftin and Martha Lanier. Both Peggy Loftin Brotherton and John Smith felt that John Loftin's father was
Cornelius Loftin ( ) but we didn't have the data to
support it. Thanks to Ann Parker for sharing the Loftin
lineage connection between John and
Cornelius Loftin (b. 1714). With the information I
received from Ann, we now connect all the way back to Leonard
Loftin (b. 1610 - 1616) who was the first Loftin in America. |
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Ann Parker also gave me the name of Martha Lanier's father,
which allowed me to work on that lineage. Martha Lanier's
grandfather,
Sampson Lanier, Sr.
married Elizabeth Washington. Elizabeth appears to be a 3rd cousin to
George Washington, the 1st President of the United States.
Through this lineage, there is also a connection to the Kings &
Queens of
England,
France,
Scotland,
Sweden and
Germany. They all married relatives, so it seems if
you find a connection to one - you're suddenly descended from
them all. |
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Renee Loftin Clemmer was kind enough to share a copy of
Martha Lanier Loftin's Last Will & Testament with me.
This is a little humorous since she's a little annoyed with one
of her son-in-laws. |
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Rick Kaiser contacted me with corrections for the
Kaiser lineage. Rick has one of the largest databases
of Leuzigen, Switzerland, "Kaisers". The Kaiser lineage
connects to the Loftin family through their Sherrill family
lineage. |
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Madeline Hallman Lynch contacted me and donated additional descendancy information for her branch of the
Sherrill family. Madeline lives in Utah and works on
that line. |
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Sallie C. Loftin Henderson, from New Mexico, contacted me with
additional Loftin descendancy. She descends from Alonzo
Kelly Loftin. Additional information was added to the
Loftin Descendancy page. Pages were added for
Grady Adams Loftin Sr. and
Grady Adams Loftin Jr. |
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I managed to contact Ron Loftin, in Conroe, Texas, and had
several enjoyable emails. I also managed to get a copy of
the book, THE LOFTIN CHRONICLES, by Don Loftin.
The book provided possible origins of the Loftin name. |
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Frank Butler, of Charleston, SC, contacted me with information
about his branch of the
Loftin
family. He descends from Elizabeth Loftin and James
Edwards. Elizabeth was a sister to
Thomas Loftin and daughter of
James Loftin and Susannah Sherrill. |
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FAMILY: Setzer
(Aderholdt,
Barringer,
Bovey,
Bushart,
Deal,
Heavner,
Herman,
Ikert,
Miller,
Motz,
Rankin,
Witherspoon) |
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Tina Evans contacted me with information concerning the Setzer Descendancy from Jacob Setzer, Sr. to Jacob Setzer II, to
Christopher Setzer, to Thomas R. Setzer, to David Christopher
Setzer, to David Ogden Setzer, to George Setzer. This
lineage, as well as spouses and some children, has been added to
the Seter
Family Descendancy. |
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Jim Gautsch, from Wisconsin, contacted me with information in
the
Ikert family. The Setzer family connects to the Ikerts
through
Jacob Lanier Setzer's wife, Delilah Deal. I hope to
have more of his information posted in the near future. |
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Linda Aderholt Harral, from Cherryville, NC, contacted me and
provided information about the
Aderholdt/Aderholt family.
Jacob Adverholt & Elizabeth Heavner as well as his parents,
Frederick William Aderholt
and Maria Elizabeth Janetta Isheim,
are buried at the Beaver Dam Church in Cherryville, NC (in
Gaston County, NC, near Gastonia). Unfortunately, the
church is closed and the church & cemetery are fenced in. |
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Christy Yarnell, from Pullman, Washington, contacted me with
information about her branch of the
Barringer family.
John Setzer I married Catherine Bushart Barringer.
Like us, Christy descends from
Matthias Barringer and Margaret Bushart. |
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Elaine Clayton contacted me and shared information from her
branch of the
Barringer family tree. She descends from John Paul
Barringer (b. 22 Jun 1752) and Christina Catrina Killiam.
Elaine commented on the number of Barringer and Setzer names
that are also traditional Jewish names and asked if I was aware
of any Jewish ancestry. |
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FAMILY: Goble
(Babst/Bobst,
Douglas,
Faber,
Fulbright,
Hefner,
Meinhert,
Miller,
Pabst/Bobst,
Robinson) |
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Boyd and Beckie Goble, from Newton, NC, donated a photo of Evie
Hefner Goble's headstone. It can be seen on
Lewis Carlan Goble's webpage. They also shared
photos of Rufus Dagenhart &
Martha Ann Goble Dagenhart's headstones. |
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Linda Jones, from Taylorsville, NC, contacted me with additional
information about her branch of the
Goble
descendancy from
Martha Ann Goble Dagenhardt. Linda shared
photos of Martha Goble Dagenhardt and her daughter & son-in-law,
Lovie Dagenhardt and Gus Carrigan. |
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Allen Miller contacted me with information on the Miller family.
He also shared photos of Barbara Ann Miller, Mahalia Catherine
Miller, Joshua Douglas Miller,
Frances Douglas Goble, and the D. J. Fulbright Family.
Barbara Ann, Mahalia and Joshua were children of
Jacob Miller. |
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FAMILY: Johnson
(Corzine,
Fink,
Hamilton,
Kaiser,
Leslie,
Lewis,
Moore,
Sherrill,
Upright,
Wilkinson) |
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Randy Cook shared a copy of
David Fink's claim for a Revolutionary War pension.
The papers also include the name of David's children and his
personal property and belongings at the time.
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had served in the Revolutionary War in
the German Regiment in Pennsylvania. After the war, he and
his family settled in Cabarrus County, NC.
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Sherry Atwood contacted me and had information on the lineage
from Uriah Sherrill and Judith Lewis. I hope to get this
data added to the Lewis or Sherrill Descendancy soon. |
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Richard Roberts, from Ferndale,
California, contacted me and shared
200 Years of Hamilton Letters.
These letters are absolutely wonderful and well worth reading. |
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If you have additional photos of the family that you'd think
others would enjoy seeing on the website, let me know. |
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A special thanks to those who continue to
provide photos and information. |
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Additional photos or information, contact
Curtis D. Loftin. |
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