Friday's Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall lived in Bienville Parish, Louisiana in 1930

This photo was found in the Frye family collection. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall were living in Bienville Parish in 1930. Was this home in Bienville Parish? In 1930, Jack and his wife owned their home in Ward 4 and had two teachers as boarders - Amelia Brewer and Jessie Teddlie. Neighbors included the families of Bennie Madden, Jason Lacy, James E. Scott, Campbell C. Wedgworth, and Charles W. Frye.  

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Sources 

1930 U.S. Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, supervisor's district no. 2, enumeration district 7-13,  p.3B, dwelling 57, family 60, Jack Wall household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34336194:6224?: accessed 24 February 2022); citing NARA microfilm T626, roll 785. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall, scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019.

Gathering Giddens: Jemima Giddens, Wife of William Jones of Wayne County, North Carolina

On the 1800 U.S. Census naming John Giddens as head of household, there were two white females living in his household. One was between the ages of 10 and 15, and the other was under the age of 10.[1] Jemima Giddens may be one of those girls. There is no documentation naming John as the father of Jemima, but the three documents described in this post are enough to infer a relationship. 

Jemima is first found in The Wilmington Gazette as marrying in Wayne County on 11 December 1806. Isaac Giddens was married the same day. Jemima married William Jones of Wayne County.[2] As Jemima Giddens was said to be from Wayne County and John Giddens was the only Giddens head of household in 1790 and 1800, I feel safe believing she might be John's daughter.[3] 

Jemima's husband's Jones family was probably very well known to the Giddens family. Land of  William Jones Sr. was situated close to land owned by John Giddens, and  John Giddens was one of two men who was charged with settling the estate of William Jones Sr. in 1786. The six children named in the probate for William Jones Sr. were Sarah Taylor, John, Polly, Elizabeth, Nancy, and William.[4]

Friday's Photo: The John Quinn and Ann Hawkins Family of Labane, County Galway - 1929

Andrew, Frank, John Senior, an unidentified visitor, Maura, Ann, Joe, Jack, and William
Update: The unidentified visitor is William Joseph Quinn who left Ireland for the U.S. in 1921. His mother, Bridget Brannelly, died in 1929 and his passport shows he visited near that time.

This is the family of John Quinn and his wife, Ann Hawkins of Labane in Ardrahan, County Galway. I copied this when visiting John's grandson, Owen, in County Galway.[1]

This family is one of my brick walls. DNA, family stories, and a family photo tell that this Quinn family, of Labane, is connected to my husband's Quinn family who lived in the townland of Caherawoneen, near Kinvara in County Galway. However, records don't yet tell us how they are connected. 

John and Ann Quinn, with daughter Maura

John Quinn's parents were John Quinn and Sarah Burke. This is the earliest known generation of Quinns living in Labane.[2] 

The John Quinn, pictured above, had two sisters, Cecelia and Josephine, who came to the United States and lived in Boston.[3] In my husband's collection of family photos, there is a photo of Cecelia and her son John taken in Boston. My husband's Aunt Kitty identified Cecelia as her father's cousin.[4]

Andrew and Frank

My husband's cousin, Helen, told me about her parents' visit to the Frank Quinn family on a trip to Ireland in the 1950s. At the time, Frank and his wife, Maureen, had 17 well-behaved children. Two more children were born after the visit.[5] 

Joe

Joe lived for a while with my husband's grandfather, William Quinn, in New York City. Cousin Helen remembered Joe, his time in the Army, and even the name of his girlfriend.[6]  

Jack and William

William Joseph Quinn (1894-1959)

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    1. Quinn-Hawkins Family, photograph, 1929; scanned image held by D.B. Quinn, 2022, from the privately held photo collection of Owen Quinn, Ireland, 2016.

    2. Photographed family trees drawn by Owen Quinn (Ireland), n.d.; photographs held by D. B. Quinn (VA), 2022. 

    3. Ibid.

    4. Cecilia Quinn Foley and John Foley, photograph, ca. 1943; scanned image held by D.B. Quinn, 2022, from the privately held photo collection of William Quinn, Virginia, 2022.

    5. Telephone conversations between H. Quinn (NY) and D. B. Quinn (VA), between 18 September 2020 and 29 December 2020. Transcript held in 2021 by D.B. Quinn (VA).

    6. Ibid.

Friday's Photo: The Hairston Home in Seymour, Texas - Is it Still Standing?

This second photo identified the home as 
"Res. Phil Hairstone  Seymour"

Phillip A. Hairston, my great-grandfather, was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1852. After the Civil War, his family moved to Falls County, Texas where Phillip married my great-grandmother, Lodema "Dink" Walker Criswell. My grandmother, Myrtie Hairston, was their only child to survive past infancy. 

In 1883, the family moved to Erath County, Texas where Myrtie met and married my grandfather, Redic E. Bryan. 

Phillip, Myrtie, and Lodema - about 1890 in Erath County

In 1905, Myrtie, Redic, their two daughters, and Myrtie's parents, Phillip and Lodema, moved to Baylor County, Texas where they settled in the Levelview Community. Although Myrtie and Redic moved frequently, Phillip and Lodema remained in Levelview until about late 1916 or early 1917 when Phillip and Lodema moved into a new home in Seymour. 

Phillip spent less than a year in the home as the day he and Lodema moved into the house, the doctor had to be summoned. Phillip had kidney cancer. He died on 9 November 1917. The following pictures and the house photos are thought to have been taken at the Hairston residence on the day of Phillip's funeral. 

For more about Phillip Hairston and a photo of the home in Levelview, go to 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #7 Phillip A. Hairston.

UPDATE: There was much in this small article about the Hairston
home. So from this photo of the Banner article, I know the Hairston home was on the west side of town. My grandparents Redic and Myrtie Bryan inherited the house but did not live in it. They traded the Hairston house for the J. M. Bailes place in 1921, also on the west side of town, and owned by Mr. D. B. Hamilton (previously owned by W. H. Nichols Jr). Mr. Hamilton and his family moved into the Hairston home. My grandparents, who lived on River Road in 1920, moved into the J. M. Bailes home. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ausley must have been renting the Hairston home from my grandparents and they moved to the house my grandparents had just vacated (maybe the one on River Road).

Daughters of Myrtie Hairston and Redic E. Bryan - Marie, Willa Mae, and DeRay
A first cousin, Monte Hammett, is the tall man with the hat. 

Hairston "Buster "Albritton Bryan, son of 
Myrtie Hairston and Redic E. Bryan is thought
to be about 11 years old in this photo. 

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Diana

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Sources

    Diana Bryan Quinn "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #7 Phillip A. Hairston" blog entry, 18 February 2014, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-7-phillip.html : accessed 10 February 2022).

    Hairston family photo, photograph, ca. 1890; scanned images held by D. B. Quinn, original image found in the privately held photo collection of Jacqueline D. Skinner, Colorado, 2000.

    Hairston funeral photos, photographs, ca. 1917; scanned images held by D. B. Quinn, original images found in the privately held photo collection of Carla Noah Stutsman, Texas, 2014.

Gathering Giddens: Isaac Giddens - from North Carolina to Alabama

Isaac, his children, and his brother Abraham were found on membership lists for the Belleville
Baptist Church in Conecuh County, Alabama. [1]

I have not found direct evidence showing Isaac Giddens, born in 1782, to be the son of John Giddens of Wayne County, North Carolina. But, I have found records that indirectly point to Isaac as John's son. My first found record of Isaac Giddens was in John Giddens' probate record.  Isaac purchased items from John Giddens' estate on 10 December 1802. Isaac, the only Giddens making purchases, bought a set of hatters tools, twelve hogs, two steers, a mare, and five barrels of corn. [2]

According to this clipping in the 23 December
1806 issue of the Wilmington Gazette, Isaac 
married Fame Futch. This name differs from
numerous family trees that name Isaac's wife
as Phama Patterson. [5]

In 1806, on December 11th, Isaac Giddens married Fame Futch. According to the newspaper announcement both were of Wayne County. [3] John Giddens was the only Giddens in Wayne County in 1790 and 1800 so, can we safely assume that Isaac was his son? [4]

Isaac was found with his wife and children in Wayne County on the 1810 U. S. Census.[6] And, the 1810 Tax List showed that he owned 100 acres of land.[7] Isaac's land was situated on Jethro's Marsh Branch - the same location as land owned by John Giddens, at least three of his siblings, and by John's widow, Sarah.[8] Isaac sold that land before 1815 to Cullen A. Blackman and it doesn't appear that he owned land again in North Carolina.[9] 

Friday's Photo: Captain Joshua Sledge of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

A few weeks ago, I posted photos of the children of Captain Joshua Sledge and his sisters - Friday's Photo: Three Bienville Parish Families - Sledge, Martin, and Bryan. This week, I am posting additional photos of Captain Joshua Sledge. These are from the collection sent to me by Mary Martin Smith.[1] She is pictured in the photo below with her uncle, Captain Joshua.  

Captain Joshua Sledge, born in Van Zandt County, Texas, was the son of Milton James Sledge and Sinthia Nolan. He married Catherine Lillian Cowart of Bienville Parish in 1904. They are buried in the Springhill Cemetery in Ringgold.[2]  

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    1. Captain Joshua Sledge photos, photographs, n.d.; scanned images held by D.B. Quinn, 2022, from the privately held photo collection of Mary V. Smith, Alaska, 2004; original images photographed between 1973 and 1993.

    2. Laura Decker, "Laura Ann Martin Decker," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/114525353/family/familyview?cfpid=350132377968&dtid=100 : accessed 9 January 2022). 

Correcting Mistakes in Bryan Family Trees And How You Can Help.

We all have mistakes in our family trees. I have plenty and for the past year have spent much time correcting mistakes, adding sources, and trying to raise the overall quality of my family tree. 

However, I need help from those with Bryan family trees to correct four mistakes. When I was a newer researcher I unknowingly misled many, many Bryan family researchers. I see these four mistakes almost every time I look at family trees related to my Bryan family on Ancestry and other genealogical websites. These mistakes involve three sons of Reddick Bryan who lived in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The sons are James, Joseph B., and Tillman C. 

How You Can Help

These mistakes are seen in so many of Reddick Bryan's family trees. If you correct them in your trees, there will be fewer incorrect trees for future genealogists.  If these sons of Reddick Bryan are in your tree, please follow the steps below. 

Mistake #1 - Joseph B. Bryan

This is NOT Joseph B. Bryan. It is actually his half-brother, James Bryan. Please remove this photo from Joseph B. Bryan's profile. If James Bryan is in your tree, add it to his profile. 

My explanation of why this needs to be changed can be found at Friday's Photo: Joseph B. Bryan or James Bryan?

Mistakes #2 and # 3 - James Bryan

#2  The Photos

Please add this photo to James Bryan's profile. See Mistake #1 for more about this. 

 

This is NOT James Bryan. Please remove it from his profile. This is James Anderson Bryan, son of Joseph B. Bryan. James Anderson Bryan was the father of Albert Brown Bryan. For more about this photo and how I was able to correctly identify it as James Anderson Bryan, read Friday's Photo: James Anderson Bryan, 1858 - 1885.

#3 James Bryan, son of Reddick Bryan - His Name

Mistake #3 was the result of a careless error on my part. I had a website by 2002, first with AOL Hometown and later with Rootsweb Freepages. On those sites, I carelessly wrote James Bryan's name as James B. Bryan. Please remove the "B." James did not have a middle name. Read more at James Bryan - No Middle Initial.

Mistake #4 - Tillman C. Bryan

The above three photos are all of Tillman C. Bryan, son of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan. The photo below is NOT Tillman C. Bryan, son of Reddick and Elizabeth. The photo below is the Tillman C. Bryan II, son of Tillman C. Bryan and his wife, Mildred Manning Prothro. 

Please remove this photo from the profile of Tillman C. Bryan and add it to his son's profile - Tillman C. Bryan II. To learn more about this read Friday's Photo: Is This Really the Tillman Bryan Born in 1830?

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need help with these photos. Find my email on the "About Me" tab at the top of this page or comment on my Facebook page.  

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Sources

Bryan family photos, n.d.; digital images held by D. B. Quinn, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

Bryan family photos, n.d.; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Diana B. Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. 

Tillman C. Bryan, photograph/tintype, ca.1860; scanned image held by D.B. Quinn, from the privately held photo collection of the H. Forstmann, CT, 2020. Used with permission.