Friday's Photo: Connections to my Giddens and Bryan Families - Joseph W. McMichael and Willie Marie Bryan

Joseph Walker McMichael and Willie Marie Bryan, ca. 1940 [1]

Yesterday, I posted the obituary of Joseph Walker McMichael.[2] I wanted to add a photo, but checked my digital files and did not find one. It wasn't until after I posted the obituary that I thought to look in my paper files. Julia McMichael Brittain (1942-2018) sent me copies of the above photo and much more in 1999.[3] 

This chart shows the relationship between Willie Marie

and my family. Julia, Willie Marie's grandaughter, was 

my third cousin-once-removed on my father's Bryan

side of the family. [5]

I knew how Willie Marie was connected to my Bryan family; however, until this morning, I had completely forgotten that Joseph Walker McMichael was connected to my Giddens family. 

Julia was my first source of information for both my Giddens and Bryan families when I began my research. She answered my genealogical query on the old Genforum in 1998 after my mother asked me to try to find something on my "new Internet" about her Giddens family. [4] Julia responded and sent me a large envelope containing an indexed descendants report of my Giddens family. 

My father, not wanting to be left out, asked me to find something about his great-grandfather, Reddick Bryan.  A post by Julia on the Bryan Family Genforum showed that she was also a descendant of Reddick Bryan.[6] 

Julia declared us double cousins. [7] We were third cousins-once-removed on my father's Bryan side and fifth cousins on my mother's Giddens side. 

This chart shows the relationship between Joseph Walker McMichael

and my Giddens family. Julia, Joseph's granddaughter, was my fifth

cousin on my mother's Giddens side. [8]  

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Diana

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Sources 

    1. Joseph W. McMichael and Willie Marie Bryan, photograph, ca. 1940; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Julia Brittain, Texas, 1999.

    2. Diana Bryan Quinn "From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Joseph W. McMichael," blog entry, 4 November 2021, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2016/06/from-files-of-marguerite-cook.html : accessed 5 November 2021).

    3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189429739/julia-brittain : accessed 04 November 2021), memorial page for Julia McMichael Brittain (27 Feb 1942–28 Apr 2018), Find a Grave Memorial ID 189429739, citing Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. Maintained by Jan Baughman (contributor 47586068).

    4. Giddens Family Genealogy Forum, "Re: Mitchell Giddens-Giddensville, NC," discussion list, 9 December 1998, Genealogy.com,  GenForum  (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/giddens/104/: accessed 5 November 2021).

    5. Julia Brittain,  "Ahnentafel Chart for Reddick Bryan," 1793 - 1991; supplied by J. Brittain, Cypress, Texas, 1999. Also, Diana Quinn,  "Ahnentafel Chart for Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan," 1793 - 1991; supplied by D. Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2004.

    6. Bryan Family Genealogy Forum, "Anyone Kin to NC/GA BRYANs?," discussion list, 19 December 1998, Genealogy.com, GenForum (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bryan/558/: accessed 5 November 2021).. 

    7. Email from Julia Brittain (Texas) to Diana B. Quinn, 5 January 1999; held in 2021 by D. Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA).

    8. Julia Brittain,  "Ahnentafel Chart for John Giddens," 1755 - 1991; supplied by J. Brittain, Cypress, Texas, 1999. Also, Diana Quinn, "Ahnentafel Chart for John Giddens," 1793 - 1974; supplied by D. Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2004.