Friday's Photo: Charles Lavelle Davis Jr.

Charles Lavelle Davis Jr. 

Source: Lavelle Davis, photograph, abt. 1943; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. 

This photograph, found in the Frye family collection, appears to be Charles Lavelle Davis Jr. Inside the folder "Lavelle Davis" is written along the side. Charles Lavelle Davis' obituary states that he was born in Hope (Fryeburg) in Bienville Parish, lived in Minden, and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. [1] Click on the link in the citation to see a transcription of his obituary and other photos. 

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1. Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/112692286/charles-lavelle-davis : accessed 25 July 2021), memorial page for Charles Lavelle “Skeeter” Davis Jr. (21 Jun 1923–20 Jun 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112692286, citing Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by JB BERRY (contributor 47068852).

Friday's Photo: Bridget "Delia" Murray, County Clare to Iowa

Bridget "Delia" Murray

Source: Bridget Delia Murray, photograph, n.d.; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Mary Fahey, Iowa, 2000.

Bridget "Delia" Murray was a daughter of James Murray and Celia Linane (also seen as Cecelia Linnane) of County Clare, Ireland. [1] Bridget "Delia" Murray boarded the U.S.S. Etruria on 15 October 1899, in Queenstown, Ireland, and arrived in New York City on October 22nd. Delia's ticket was paid for by her sister, Mary Murray and she was going to stay with Mary in Dubuque, Iowa. [2] In 1900, Delia was working in Dubuque as a servant for the William Peabody family. [3]

Joseph F. Kingsley and Bridget "Delia" Murray

Source: Murray - Kingsley Wedding, photograph, 1908; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Mary Fahey, Iowa, 2000.

Delia married Joseph F. Kingsley, a widower with three children, on 11 August 1908. [4] Children living in their household in 1910 were Samuel A., Eugene W., and Susie M. Kingsley; all children of Joseph and his first wife, Lillian Gear. [5] Delia and Joseph had one child, Cecelia Mary Kingsley. [6] Joseph, a retired streetcar conductor, died in 1938 after a fall from a ladder. [7] Delia died on 25 March 1970 and is buried in the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Dubuque.[8] 

Delia was an older sister of Susan Murray Quinn, my husband's grandmother. When Delia left Ireland, her youngest sister, Susan was three years old. Delia never returned to Ireland to see family but did see her sisters, Ellen Murray (Sister Columbkill), Sarah Murray Meehan, and Katherine "Kate" Murray McGing as they visited Delia in Iowa. [9]

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1. mkf74285, "Fahey Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119439030/person/322005198837/facts accessed 10 July 2021). Also, National Library of Ireland, "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634164#page/75/mode/1up :  accessed 15 June 2021), New Quay Parish (County Clare), Diocese of Galway, "Bapt  Oct 5 1854–Dec 30, 1880," page 75; digitized from NLI microfilm 02441 / 05.

    2. "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-4SSX-V?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-QPD%3A1600492313 : 1 July 2021), Roll 88, vol 149-150, 22 Oct 1899-26 Oct 1899 > image 32 of 664; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    3. 1900 U.S. Census, Dubuque County, Iowa, population schedule, Julian, ward 4,  enumeration district 108, page 6, dwelling 101, family 116, William H. Peabody household; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4119847_00564?8: accessed 21 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623.

    4.“Wedded at St. Patrick's,” Dubuque Times Journal, 11 August 1908, p.3, col. 5; database and images, Newspapers.com (https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/dubuque/dubuque-times-journal/1908/08-11/page-3/ : accessed 16 June 2021).

    5. 1910 U.S. Census, Dubuque, Iowa, population schedule, Dubuque, ward 4,  enumeration district 129, page 13A, dwelling 9, family  9, Joseph F. Kingsley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328297-00144? : accessed 8 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 402.  Also, Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/211813760/lillian-b.-kingsley: accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for Lillian B. Gear Kingsley (unknown–4 Jun 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211813760, citing Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by daveat1910 (contributor 47196943).

    

    6.1920 U.S. Census, Dubuque, Iowa, population schedule, Dubuque, ward 4,  enumeration district 140, page 4B, dwelling 76, family 82, Joseph F. Kingsley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6061/images/4300690_00530? : accessed 8 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 488.  

    7. “Dubuquer Dies in Ladder Fall,” Dubuque [Iowa] Telegraph Herald, 1 November 1938, p. 1; database and images, Newspapers.com (https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/dubuque/dubuque-telegraph-herald/1938/11-01/ : accessed 16 June 2021).

    8 . Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/148363544/bridget-delia-kingsley : accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for Bridget Delia “Delia” Murray Kingsley (15 Aug 1882–25 Mar 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148363544, citing Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Mr. Badger Hawkeye (contributor 46542485). 

    9. Email from Mary K. Fahey, (Iowa) to Diana B. Quinn, 4 June 2021; held in 2021 by Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA).

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - June 7, 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. 

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. 37. 7 Jun 1923. Print. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

10 Years Ago Today . . .

Ten years ago today, I posted my first blog post. Thank you to Thomas MacEntee for the inspiration. In June of 2011, at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, Thomas MacEntee described blogs as "cousin bait."[1] My website was "cousin bait" so I knew this might even be better as I could write regularly without the difficult task of constantly updating my website, AND find even more cousins. [2]

My first post was about the photo of my grandfather at a Woodsmen of the World Conference. [3]  Comparisons of other photos lead me to believe Redic E. Bryan (left) was in his twenties dating this photo sometime in the 1890s. 

The next two posts were also about the 

Woodmen of the World organization. 

My grandmother, Myrtie Hairston Bryan, belonged to a Woodmen Circle in Seymour, Texas and apparently, there was a Woodmen Circle for young girls as well. The photo at the top of this page was most likely taken in Seymour sometime in the 1910s.  More about the photo can be seen here. [4]

Terrell Bryan, my great-grandfather, was buried in the West End Cemetery in Stephenville, Erath County Texas. His Woodsmen of the World cemetery stone (right) is a tree trunk with vines. You can read more about his stone here. [5]

Thank you to all who read my blog. Some of you actually found the "cousin bait" and I am so grateful. 

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    1. Amy Coffin, Lisa Louise Cook, Pat Richley-Erickson, Nancy Loe, Thomas MacEntee, Randy Seaver, "Blogger Summit I - Beginner to Blogger in 60 Minutes" (presentation, Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, Burbank, CA, October 10-12, 2011).

    2. "Researching Bryan, Hairston, Criswell, Davis, Glynn, Giddens, Murray, Driscoll, Staubach, and Quinn" (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bryanquinn/genealogy/index.htm : accessed 2 July 2021). 

    3. Diana B. Quinn, "W.O.W.," blog entry, 3 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html : accessed 2 July 2021).

    4. Diana B. Quinn, "W.O.W. Women," blog entry, 13 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/wow-women_08.html : accessed 2 July 2021).

    5. Diana B. Quinn, "More W.O.W.," blog entry, 6 July 2011, Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog,  (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-wow.html : accessed 2 July 2021).

Bridget Quinn, wife of Patrick Murray, was from County Galway

Patrick Murray and Bridget Quinn

Murray-Quinn photograph, before 1975; scanned image, acquired from 

the privately-held collection of C. Bury, Ireland, 2004. 

My husband's grandparents were Susan Murray of New Quay in County Clare and William Quinn of Caherawoneen near Kinvara in County Galway. Susan had a brother, Patrick Murray also of New Quay, who married Bridget Quinn of Ballinderreen in County Galway.[1] Both William Quinn and Bridget Quinn lived only about five miles from each other in County Galway. I wondered if there was a connection between the two families. 

In 1899, Bridget Quinn was born in Ballinderreen, not far from Kinvara. Her parents were Patrick Quinn and Mary Larkin. [2] Her grandparents were John Quinn and Rose Neilan [3] and Martin Larkin and Winnifred Bermingham.[4] The marriage record of Martin Larkin and Winnifred Bermingham name their fathers, Pat Larkin and John Bermingham. [5]

Documents connecting these two Quinn families were not found in civil and Catholic parish records as records in the areas where they lived are sparse before the 1860s.[6]

Bridget Quinn's family is shown in the chart below. Copies of birth and marriage documents can be seen by clicking on the links in the citations at the end of this document. 

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    1.Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1931/09017/5262896.pdf: accessed 20 May 2021); digital image, Pat Murray-Bridget Quinn marriage, 17 February 1931; citing Group Registration ID 1349845; filed 4 April 1931 by T. J. Connoly, registrar, in the District of Kinvara in the Union of Gort in the County of Galway, unidentified register and folio, "First Page," stamped no.5262896 and 227, entry no. 104.

    2. Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02025/1776840.pdf: accessed 20 May 2021); digital image, Bridget Quinn birth, 14 September 1899; citing Group Registration ID 9932937; filed 20 September 1899 by C. McNally, registrar, in the District of Kinvara in the Union of Gort in the County of Galway, unidentified register and folio, "Second Page," stamped no.1776840 and 238, entry no. 390.

    3. National Library of Ireland, "Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI", digital images, National Library of Ireland (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634144#page/6/mode/1up :  accessed 12 June 2021), Kilcolgan  Parish (County Galway), Diocese of Galway, "Bapt  12 Nov. 1854 to 21 July 1881; Marr 29 Jan. 1871 to 06 Sep. 1884," page 6, Baptism and birth record for Patt Quinn; digitized from NLI microfilm 02442 / 13.

    4. Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03355/2230287.pdf: accessed 12 June 2021); digital image, Mary Larkin birth, 14 March 1870; citing Group Registration ID 8269693; filed 25 April 1870 by Dennis J. Hynes, registrar, in the District of Ballindeerrin in the Union of Gort in the County of Galway, unidentified register and folio, stamped no.388 and 2230287, entry no. 422.

    5. Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, "Civil Records," database with images, IrishGenealogy.ie (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1869/11423/8195944.pdf : accessed 12 June 2021); digital image, Martin Larkin - Winifred Bermingham marriage, 08 April 1869; citing Group Registration ID 3065660; filed 5 August 1869 by Dennis J. Hynes, registrar, in the District of Ballindeerrin in the Union of Gort in the County of Galway, unidentified register and folio, stamped no.8195944, entry no. 24.

    6. John Grenham, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993). This book was first published in Ireland in 1992. 

Friday's Photo: Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Mother!

Taken at John Street 
School, Franklin Square, NY

I have always loved this photo. Mom was nine years old and living in Franklin Square, New York.  

Happy Birthday, Mom! 

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School Photo, photograph, 1941; scanned images, from the privately held photo collection of E. M. Bryan, Virginia Beach, VA 2021. 

Friday's Photo: Happy Birthday to my Favorite Aunt!

Aunt Janet's 88th birthday is today. When I found these photos, I noted her wedding date, June 17, 1956, was the day before her birthday. She is pictured above with her husband, Jimmy, and her parents Edith and Claude Davis. 

Aunt Janet is my mother's sister and is always so much fun. I didn't really know my father's sisters.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Janet!

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Janet and Jimmy's wedding, photographs, 1956; scanned images, from the privately held photo collection of E. M. Bryan, Virginia Beach, VA 2021. 

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - May 24, 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. 

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

This graduation announcement was sent to family in Erath County by my father's brother, Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, who is named in two of the clippings.
The photo below was his senior class picture. 

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Sources 

Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, photograph, 1923; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021. 

Harrison, O. C., The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 28, No. 35. 24 May 1923; photographed newspaper clippings. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

Seymour High School Graduation Announcement, 1923; scanned image, originally held by the Noah family, now privately held photo collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021. 

Friday's Photo: Mary Murray

Mary Murray married William J. Kingsley on October 10, 1899.
 

Source: Murray - Kingsley Wedding, photograph, 1899; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of 

Mary Fahey, Iowa, 2000.

 

Mary came to the United States about 1895, leaving her home in New Quay, County Clare, and like so many immigrants, never returned.[1] Her parents were Cecelia Linnane and James Murray. Mary was the eldest of eleven children.[2] Mary went to Dubuque, Iowa, where her aunt, Sarah Murray Cassidy, was living. A few years later, she was joined by her sister, Bridget "Delia." Mary and Delia worked as servants and eventually married brothers William and Joseph Kingsley. [3]

Mary's sisters Sarah, Catherine, and Helen immigrated to the United States in 1911. Her sister, Julia, and brother, Patrick, remained in Ireland. It is not known what became of her brother Tom. Mary's youngest sister, Susan, was not born when Mary left for Iowa, and even though Susan came to New York in 1920, they never met.[4] 

In addition to twins who died in infancy, Mary and William had daughters, Sarah and Marion, and sons, William, Joseph, and Henry.[5]  William Kingsley died in 1915, leaving Mary, a widow, with five children between the ages of 5 and 13.[6] Sadly, Marion and Henry preceded Mary in death.[7] 

Mary died in 1955 and is buried with William at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery at Dubuque, Iowa.[8] Her obituary can be seen at Sunday’s Obituary: Mary Murray Kingsley.

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[1] 1910 U.S. Census, Dubuque, Iowa, type of census, Dubuque, ward 4,  enumeration district 128, page 10B, dwelling 200, family 234, William Kingsley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328297-00109?pId=137126189 : accessed 8 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 402. 

[2] Diana Quinn, "My Family - Bryan, Regan, Albritton, Hairston, Davis, Giddens, Glynn, Bradshaw, Britt, Quinn, Murray, Driscoll," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/45260559/family/familyview?cfpid=410088574056: accessed 9 June 2021). 

[3] Letter from Mary K. Fahey (Iowa) to Diana B. Quinn, 16 December 1999; held in 2021 by Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA). Also, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKW-KHC : 4 November 2017), William Kingsley and Mary Murray, 10 Oct 1899, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing reference Bk 6 pg 179, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,403.

[4] Letter from Mary K. Fahey (Iowa) to Diana B. Quinn, 16 December 1999; held in 2021 by Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA). Also, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKW-KHC : 4 November 2017), William Kingsley and Mary Murray, 10 Oct 1899, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing reference Bk 6 pg 179, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,403.

[5] mkf74285, "Fahey Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/119439030/family/familyview?cfpid=320185019759&dtid=100: accessed 9 June 2021). "Bible Page with Births" shared by mkf74285 on 05 March 2018. 

[6] Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/143054917/mary-kingsley : accessed 11 June 2021), memorial page for Mary Murray Kingsley (24 Jul 1873–25 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143054917, citing Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa; maintained by Raymond Kilius (contributor 46912848).

[7] "Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61442/images/101821083_02805?pId=498118 : accessed 9 June 2021), death certificate entry for Mrs. Marian Cecelia Lee, 9 December 1940. Also, “Six From City Lost on Carrier: Missing in Torpedo Sinking of the Liscome Bay,” Des Moines Tribune (Iowa), 8 December 1943, p. 1; database and images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/322759336/ : accessed 8 June 2021).

[8] Find A Grave, memorial 143054917, for Mary Murray Kingsley.