Friday's Photo: Augustus Reddick Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

The photos and clippings from today's post were all found in the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. Marguerite's mother wrote "Uncle Reddick "Bud" Bryan" above the photo.[1] Augustus Reddick Bryan, the son of Joseph Bryan and Sarah Margaret Wimberly was born on 1851 July 23 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  He was the grandson of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan and it is assumed he was given the middle name Reddick to honor his grandfather.[2] 

Reddick's siblings were Laura Frances, William Walter, Lucy Elizabeth, James Anderson, John Terrell, Alice Martha, and Joseph "Josie" Sarah Catherine.[3]

Augustus Reddick Bryan and Erie Ontario Nix

Augustus Reddick Bryan married Erie Ontario Nix on 14 May 1874. They had three daughters; Tulette, Alma, and Alice. Reddick's brother, James Anderson Bryan, and Erie's sister, Sarah Frances Nix, were married. The couple died of influenza within days of each other and left a young son. Reddick and Erie raised the young child, Albert Brown Bryan.[4] 

Reddick died on 28 November 1917. Erie died on 2 May 1934. Both are buried in Wimberly Cemetery.[5]

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    1. Augustus Reddick Bryan photos and clippings, n.d.; digital images, 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. Used with permission. 

    2. Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), 305-331.

    3. Ibid.

    4. Ibid.

    5. Ibid.

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - July 5, 1923

My grandparents, Redic E. Bryan and Myrtie Hairston, and my great-grandparents, Phillip A. Hairston and Lodema Criswell, moved to Baylor County in 1905. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was born in Seymour in 1920. He was the youngest of seven children born to Redic and Myrtie. 

In April 2019, I visited the Texas State Library and Archives to read Baylor County Banner issues that could not be found online or on microfilm. I photographed articles with information about my father's family who lived in Seymour. While sorting through my family finds, I realized I had photos of articles that might interest others looking for family. I have pictures of numerous articles from 1923 and a few from other years. I will post as time allows. 

Note that my Aunt Willa Mae Bryan was Willie Mae as a
young child.
I believe that her name was originally Willie May. 

Thank you to Matt Gwinn at the Baylor County Banner for giving me permission to post these clippings.  

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Sources 

Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 28*, No. 41, 5 July  1923. Print. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

Friday's Photo: Benjamin F. Trott and Daughter Annie

The back of this photo from the Frye family collection identified B. F. Trott and Mrs. W. A. Gibbons.[1] 

Benjamin F. Trott was the father of William Jackson Trott who married Lula Laura Cook in 1893 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Lula was the daughter of Josie Bryan and Joseph W. Cook.[2] 

Mrs. W. A Gibbons is the former Annie Trott, daughter of Benjamin F. Trott and sister to William Jackson Trott. She was married to Wylie A. Gibbons.[3]

I suspect that this photo was not taken in Bienville Parish but at the home of Benjamin Trott or Annie Gibbons in Bibb County, Alabama. There is no date on the photo but Benjamin Trott died at age 83 in 1924.[4]

Other posts about this Trott family can be seen by clicking on the links below. 

Friday's Photo: A Trott Family Home in Bienville Parish

Friday's Photo: William Jackson Trott and Lula Laura Cook Wedding Photo - Bienville Parish 1893

Friday's Photo: The Trott Sisters, Lillie Mae, and Allie Belle, of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Friday's Photo: The William J. Trott Family of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Lula Laura Cook Trott

Friday's Photo: Sam Trott

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    1. B. F. Trott and Mrs. W. A. Gibbons, photograph, before 1924; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. 

    2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N1-GGS : 13 January 2022), William Trott in household of Benjamn Trott, Sixmile, Bibb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).  Also, Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), 350.

    3. "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J68C-H94 : 7 September 2021), Annie Trott Gibbons, 1952. Also, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD51-P73 : 11 January 2021), Annie Gibbons in entry for Wiley Andrew Gibbons, 1936.

    4. Death of B. F. Trott, Centreville Press (Centreville, Alabama), 

31 Jan 1924, p.4; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97861107/b-f-trott-obit/: accessed 18 March 2022).

Learning How to Look For My Irish Ancestor's Townland

Finding my 2nd great-grandmother's townland in Ireland was never high on my list. On her marriage record in New Hampshire, Julia Harvey was Johanna Harvey, born in Ireland and the daughter of Patrick Harvy of Limerick and Joanna Hartigan of Clare. She married Joseph Albert Glynn, my second great-grandfather of Putney, Vermont 9 June 1861, only a year after she arrived in the United States.[1] Her husband's family was very unlike hers as both his mother's and father's families can be found in the United States long before the revolutionary war. 

Carrie Glynn with Julia Harvey Glynn

Putting Julia's name and parents' names into search engines never yielded pertinent information about a townland. Family says she was born in Limerick but there are 1,982 townlands in County Limerick along with many Harvey families.[2] Looking for Hartigan didn't help as Joanna was not found. 

I always assumed Julia came to the United States by herself and had no family nearby. But that was an incorrect assumption as a few years ago, DNA proved me wrong by revealing her three sisters all in Vermont. I had three more names but still did not know where or how to find the townland in Limerick.

Before I spent any more time or money, I knew that educating myself should be my first step

Understanding Irish Research

After reading articles, perusing websites, and watching videos, I knew what church and civil vital records were available to search, where to find a variety of records, strategies to use when searching online resources, and so much more.  Below are some of the valuable resources I have used to familiarize myself with Irish research.

Looking at FamilySearch Research Wikis when beginning a research project provides you
with information about geography, records available, and more. Ireland Genealogy at the FamilySearch Research Wiki yields research strategies, tools, tutorials, and resources for each county. 

The Irish Genealogy Toolkit is a fabulous resource for all aspects of Irish research. 

Anything by John Grenham is full of good information. I read How to trace your Irish family history: a step-by-step guide and watched his YouTube videos, Tracing Irish Ancestors Using Online Resources. His three long videos revealed a large number of resources. Telling how he used the search engines at a variety of online websites helped me determine which paid sites I might try.  

Details about placenames, surnames, available records, and more can be found at Irish Ancestors, John Grenham's part subscription, part free website. Watching "Irish Ancestors: Welcome to the site" before using the website is extremely helpful.

Tips for finding the origins of Irish ancestors were found at the following links. 

A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Hometown

Five Steps for Finding that Hard-to-Find Irish Ancestor

Finding Your Irish Immigrant Ancestors 10 Places to Start Your Search in the U.S. 

The excellent RootsTech 2021 session, Mournful Exodus: Strategies for Finding Your Irish Ancestors' Origins is a three-part webinar providing strategies for solving Irish immigrant research problems. 

Finding Julia

Equipped with more knowledge, I found what may be Julia's home in Ireland and more about her parents. 

I subscribed to RootsIreland.ie for one month and used the flexible search engine to search the baptismal records for children whose mothers had the surname Hartigan in the counties of Limerick and then Clare. My best results were three children, Mary, Bridget, and Jud whose parents were Judith Hartigan and Patrick Halvey (not Harvey) of the townland Quinnpool in the parish of Parteen, County Clare. Parteen is on the Clare and Limerick border. The Diocese for this area was the Diocese of Limerick.[3] 

The records at RootsIreland.ie are abstracts so a look at the actual documents found in the Irish Catholic Parish Registers at NLI (National Library of Ireland) was warranted. Records showed that Patrick and Judith had daughters, Mary in 1833, Bridget in 1836, and Judith (not Jud) in 1839. One daughter, Catherine was missing, but records did not start until late in 1831, most likely after her birth.[4] 

At RootsIreland.ie, I learned that Johanna, Joanna, and Judith were name variations for the name Julia. And, Judith and Johanna were often interchangeable.[5] 

There was much more about this family at RootsIreland.ie and Irish Catholic Parish Registers. Patrick Halvey married Judith Hartigan on 27 November 1830 in Quinpool, Parteen, County Clare.[6] In 1852 Judith Halvey, Julia’s mother, was living in Quinpool in Parteen.[7] She married Hugo (or Hugh) Crowe of Quinpool in 1853.[8] Judith Crowe of Parteen died at age 78 after having bronchitis for three months. She died as an occupier in a Work House in Limerick on 19 February 1892.[9] At age 78, Judith would have been born in about 1814.

More to Learn and More to Find

I could stop with what I have, but I don't believe I have enough documentation to say this is definitely Julia's family. There were four sisters in this family. All lived in Vermont for a time and all married men who worked for the railroad. Continued learning will help me find more in both Ireland and the United States. 

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Sources

    1. "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6Z-GGH : 22 February 2021), Albert Glynn and Johanna Harvey, 09 Jun 1861; citing Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,262.

    2. Irish Townlands, Townlands.ie (https://www.townlands.ie/: accessed 6 March 2022).

    3. Baptismal/Birth Records for Ireland, RootsIreland.ie (http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/quis.php?type=birth&new=1: accessed 6 March 2022).

    4. "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634992#page/46/mode/1up :  accessed 16 March 2022), Parteen Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Limerick, "Bapt  Sept 26 1831–Feb 14, 1877," page 46; digitized from NLI microfilm 02410 / 03. Also, "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634992#page/28/mode/1up :  accessed 16 March 2022), Parteen Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Limerick, "Bapt  Sept 26 1831–Feb 14, 1877," page 28; digitized from NLI microfilm 02410 / 03. Also, "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634992#page/12/mode/1up :  accessed 16 March 2022), Parteen Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Limerick, "Bapt  Sept 26 1831–Feb 14, 1877," page 12; digitized from NLI microfilm 02410 / 03. Also, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16921531/catharine-m-daley : accessed 17 March 2022), memorial page for Catharine M Daley (1831–1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16921531, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).

    5. First Names, RootsIreland.ie (http://www.rootsireland.ie/help/first-names/: accessed 6 March 2022).

    6. "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634991#page/30/mode/1up :  accessed 16 March 2022), Parteen Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Limerick, "Marr July 1814-Nov 9 1819 Feb 4 1821 - Jan 10 1836," page 30; digitized from Microfilm 02410 / 02.

    7. Griffith's Valuation 1852: St. Patrick's Parish, Clare County Council Libraries (https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/griffiths_parish/st_patricks.htm: accessed 6 March 2022).

    8. "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634993#page/8/mode/1up :  accessed 16 March 2022), Parteen Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Limerick, "Feb 9 1847 - Jan 22 1877," page 8; digitized from Microfilm 02410 / 01.

    9. Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1892/06041/4720769.pdf : accessed 6 March 2022); digital image, Judith Crowe, death, 19 February 1892; citing Group Registration ID 04720769; filed 25 February 1892, in the District of Limerick in the County of Limerick, stamped no. 04720769 and 363, entry no. 174.

Photographs

    Ireland Photos, photographs, 2016; scanned image, originals and scan from the privately held photo collection of Diana Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022.

    Carrie Glynn and Julia Harvey Glynn, photograph, ca. 1885; scanned image, held photo collection of Diana Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. Location of the original photo is unknown. 

Gathering Giddens: Elizabeth Giddens of Wayne County, North Carolina married William Bryan

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] Elizabeth Giddens may be one of those girls. Elizabeth is one of five of John's children found in documents naming the senior John Giddens. 

I only found one record naming Elizabeth. This Wayne County deed named Elizabeth as an heir of John Giddens. According to the deed, Elizabeth and her husband, William Bryan, who lived in Wayne County, sold land to Jesse Norris for 136 pounds.[2]

This land on Jethroes Marsh contained seventy-four acres. Jethro's Marsh Branch is seen in deeds for land sold by other children of John Giddens as well as the land Sarah Giddens received as her dower. [3]

Friday's Photo: DeRay Bryan, a Seymour High School Graduate

This may be a photo of a music group. Two of Dad's sisters,
DeRay and Willie Mae, can be seen in this photo.

My father's sister, Monte DeRay Bryan was born 118 years ago today in Erath County, Texas but spent most of her childhood in Baylor County. I first saw this photo in September 2001 on a research trip to Texas. There were several old yearbooks in the library in Seymour where I copied photos and learned much about Dad's siblings. Many of the old Seymour High School yearbooks can now be found on Ancestry.com. 

This photo was found in the 1920 Jackrabbit. DeRay was a senior that year. To see more about DeRay, her first teaching contract in Seymour, and additional photos read 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #3 Monte DeRay Bryan. Her senior photo and more can be found at #52ancestors Post Fourteen: Monte DeRay Bryan. 

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Seymour High School, The Jackrabbit 1920 (Seymour, Texas), no page number, The Baylor County Free Library, September 2001; digital copies held by D.B.Quinn, 2022. 

"That's okay. If we don't know, we just put down John." A Not so Funny Story of Contradictory Evidence

There were three records naming Cecelia Quinn Costello's husband. A marriage record in 1895, a ship's manifest in 1898, and Cecelia's death record in 1946. The first two records show him as Thomas Costello while the death record shows him as John.

This death record appeared to be without flaws. It was thoroughly completed and, except for a husband named John, facts matched the information I knew. Generally, I could not ignore this contradictory evidence. I would locate all possible records and analyze these records and their sources in an attempt to determine the correct name. However, in this case, I did not do any of that. I knew the backstory. 

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On 22 December 1946, Helen, my husband's cousin, accompanied her father and
sister to a nursing home where her father's Aunt Cecelia had died earlier that day. The woman completing the death record asked the name of Cecelia's late husband but, her father did not remember it. The woman said, "That's okay. If we don't know, we just put down John." Helen and her sister found this extremely funny as their father's name was John. 

Helen was laughing as she told me this story. I couldn't laugh. All I could think about were the genealogists looking for all of those men named John.

 

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Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1895/10519/5831616.pdf : accessed 15 July 2021); digital image, Thomas Costello-Celia Quinn, marriage, 31 January 1895; citing Group Registration ID 2200685; filed 14 March 1895 by W. J. Nally, registrar. 

New York, Bureau of Records and Statistics, Department of Health, New York County, death certificate number 27230 (22 December 1946), Cecelia Costello; Bureau of Records and Statistics, New York City. 

Telephone conversations between H. Quinn (NY) and D. B. Quinn (VA), between 18 September 2020 and 29 December 2020. Transcript held in 2022 by D.B. Quinn (VA). 

UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? : accessed 14 November 2021); 17 November 1898, Teutonic, ticket number 35103, entry for Thomas Costello and Celia Costello; The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27.

Friday's Photo: Seymour School 1911 - See Details When Color is Added

Students and teachers at the school in Seymour, Texas 1911. 

I have been spending time these last two days taking advantage of some of the great educational opportunities at RootsTech 2022. I enjoyed trying some of the photo editing apps and programs introduced in the sessions. However, I like what I was already using at My Heritage for colorizing. 

I am not particularly fond of colorizing as I like the old photos as they are, but when I want to enlarge and study an image, sometimes adding color helps me find details not previously seen. 

When comparing colorizing programs, I used this photo posted about five years ago, Friday's Photo: Seymour, Texas 1911. It originally belonged to Eunice Ellis. Click on the link to see the original version and learn how I acquired the photo. 

Colorizing darkened some of the faces with marks on the photo and distorted a few faces. I was looking for two aunts but was no more successful than before I colorized it. However, I did notice details not noted previously and enjoyed the process. 

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"Seymour, Texas 1911," photograph; scanned images, original photograph from the privately-held collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. 

Gathering Giddens: John Giddens, Another Son Who Moved from North Carolina to Alabama

In my mind, I imagined the Giddens brothers living and working together in Alabama. Knowing that Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob lived in the southern portion of Alabama, I was surprised to find John Giddens in Madison County. John's home, Madison County, is at the top of the state and borders Tennessee. Isaac and Abraham first lived in Conecuh County bordering Florida. Abraham later moved to nearby Monroe County. Jacob lived in Barbour County bordering Georgia and marked by the circle on the right.[1]

John Giddens is another Giddens who is thought to be the son of John Giddens, a planter and early settler, in Wayne County, North Carolina. There is no direct evidence showing John as a son of the senior Giddens, but a few documents do provide some convincing indirect evidence. In 1800, the census showed two males living in the senior John Giddens' home between the ages of 16 and 26. The younger John is thought to be one of those males as he was not named a minor in the senior John's probate file in 1802. This would give young John a birth year of no later than 1784.[2]