Family As Being Descendants Of The Same Ancestors

I was born in Barron, Wisconsin to my Mom and Dad, Jennie and Jesse Nitchey. When I was brought home While I was being born my parents where in the process of building our three story house that we still call home today.

Hill, North Carolina. I have three brothers plus one half brother and two half sisters i'm the babygirl on both my mom and dad side of the family.

My maternal grandparents are JC Williams and Clara Goree and they were both born in 1910 and born and raised Sprotts (Marion), Alabama. My grandparents lived in segregated AL; JC ethnicity was black, southern Baptist, farmer, and Clara was combination of black and American Indian, homemaker, and farmer. Clara and JC wedded in 1926 and had their first child (Bobbie) shortly afterward. Subsequently, this union birth a total thirteen children and my mother (Mary) was number 11 of 13. The children worked well together to ensure their basic needs were met; however, once they became of age, the children all left to start their own careers and families.

Holly. My father, Earl W. Stafford Jr., the Child of Earl W. Stafford Sr. and Amanda Stafford, was born in Mt. Holly, New Jersey in 1971. My grandparents, Earl Sr. and Amanda Stafford met when Earl Sr. came home on leave from the military. Before Earl left for Southeast Asia, during the Vietnam War, He fell in love with Amanda. After a year and a half, on September 19, 1970, Earl and Amanda Stafford were married. From this marriage my father, Earl Jr., my uncle, Mark Sr., and my aunt, Jessica Stafford, were

My grandma, Alma Jean, was born in 1935 in Silo, Oklahoma, just outside of Durant. Her birth certificate says she was born in Durant because Silo was too small to be considered a real town. She lived there on a farm with her parents, Orval and Maggie Dale.

Family is a very vital social group for any individual as well as society. It is the focal point around which life of every individual revolves. The day usually starts with family and also ends with family but in between we used to discharge our professional, social commitment. The desire to be with the family reflects the strong emotional bond individual share with family. Family is the basic unit of society and in its most simplest form it may consist of a husband, wife and children .In a broader sense it may refers to all relatives of several generations may be connected to each other by blood, marriage or adoption .The married couple not only lives under one roof but also stay connected physically, mentally, emotionally, socially moreover financially. They are supposed to complement each other by meeting need and aspirations of each other. A family basically based on the institution of marriage. So it is very much significant on the part of both husband and wife primarily about the need to have a healthy functional behavior for a life time to meet the commitment they are extending to each other.

This paper summarizes the ancestral immigartion of my primary paternal ancestors. The Thompson surname in itself traces its roots back to Reverend William Thompson (abt. 1598 to abt 1666). Within this paternal lineage are the surnames Willis, Meade, and Stevenson.

Hollie Ann Ivey was born to Gary Ivey and Tina (Owens) Ivey on December 30, 1995. She was born in Stevenson, Alabama, a small town in Jackson County in North Alabama. Her father and his family are from Stevenson. Hollie Ivey’s mother, originally from Gadsden, moved in next door to her father when Ivey’s grandfather accepted the pastoral position at a church in Stevenson. After they had married and Ivey was born, her family made the decision to move back to Gadsden. When she turned 8 years old, they moved to Hokes Bluff, Alabama, which is just outside Gadsden. The Ivey lived there until she was 17 years old, then they moved to the neighboring town of Glencoe, where they live now.

Charles and Elizabeth now have two more members in their family. Their first grandchild, Charlie Koehler, is born in East St. Louis back in 1903 and their second and third grandchildren, Grace and Irene Hall, are born in 1906 and 1907. Now, in 1908, they add two more grandchildren with the births of Orval Koehler and Charlie Hall. Unfortunately, they all live in East St. Louis and therefore Charles and Elizabeth are unable to see them on a regular basis. They are helped by the recent addition of a $1.25 ($34 in 2017) round trip train ticket that can be purchased on Sundays.

My parents are James and Kelly Crooks and my sister is Jordan Crooks. My father, James, and my uncle Dave are the sons of my grandfather, David Crooks and my grandmother Maralee Marreel Crooks. My grandfather is the son of Robert Ray Crooks and Eva Mae Rudebeck Crooks. My Great Grandfather had eighteen brothers

Have you ever seen the TV show the “Walton’s?” If you have, then you will definitely be able to identify how unique the place was where I was raised. I was raised in North Arkansas in a small community called Onia. In fact, the road that I lived on was called Lawrence Road. It was named this because all of my relatives lived down this road. My Grandpa, who is now a retired Baptist preacher, lived down this road along with his brothers and sisters. The church that I grew up going to was also pastored by my grandfather for over thirty years and it was about two miles down the road. The community bordered the Ozark National Forest so it was very rural and isolated. Most of the traffic on Lawrence Road was mainly the people who lived

I was a resident of a small community a few miles outside of Holly Springs, MS,

born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley in a small town called Porterville. My

The word “family” is often used in connection with a person’s ancestry. Most families are based on kinship. Members belong to the family through birth, marriage, or adoption. Family plays the most vital role in our daily life and family is the finest thing that you can ever desire for. It’s the family who assists their child in hardships of life and give affection no matter what happens. Human personality reflects on what his /her family status is and what their families have taught them.

Family means many things to different people, yet the word itself can bring about a host of emotions from anyone who hears the word uttered. As a child growing up in the 60s and 70s the family dynamic was defined by the people we grew up with were related to by blood, and extended to the many family members of the different generations that made up the family unit.