Remembering My Enslaved Ancestors
For #Juneteenth2021 I posted the names of my enslaved ancestors ALL DAY. I did one name per tweet for impact. With the exception of my 2nd great-grandfather’s 4 siblings, these are all my direct ancestors and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many that I don’t know yet. Continue reading Remembering My Enslaved Ancestors
Articles My Mama Saved
When I was home, I got these from my mama. They are pretty discolored and after I scanned them and started playing with the color I saw that someone wrote “Grandmama” and “Granddady” above them on the first article. I don’t know if I did that. I probably did. Oops. Both articles appeared in the Suffolk News-Herald. I don’t know the date for the first … Continue reading Articles My Mama Saved
Time stood still …
Time stood still for a moment when I found this. I’ve known about it all my life and didn’t know it was documented. I found this in the Virginia Pilot dated 03/04/1966. The town newspapers make no mention of this that I’ve seen. The whole tone of this seems patronizing. Continue reading Time stood still …
The Schoolhouse Museum
The Smithfield Schoolhouse Museum was built in 1932 as an addition to the Christian Home School, circa 1924, a historic Rosenwald School. The Christian Home School was originally on two acres of land in the Chuckatuck area in the eastern part of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In the 1920’s, Julius Rosenwald, a former Sears, Roebuck and Company president, contributed $4.3 million to build more than 5,000 … Continue reading The Schoolhouse Museum
Memorial Day #latepost
I visited grandparents, great grandparents, great great grandparents and other ancestors in Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties. Continue reading Memorial Day #latepost
Madam C.J. Walker Teaching the Art of Hair Growing
Even if I wasn’t doing genealogical research, I would love looking at old newspapers. I found this on a page with something else. It’s from the Black newspaper, The Southern Indicator, February 15, 1913, out of Columbia, South Carolina. I found this on the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America site. Continue reading Madam C.J. Walker Teaching the Art of Hair Growing
Chancery Lawsuit Against the Estate of Solomon Butler 1909
My 3rd great-grandfather on my Allmond side was Solomon Butler who was born free. I can see him on the 1850 census as living in the home of William Allmond who also had an enslaved black woman named Charlotte, my 3rd great-grandmother. In 1854, William Allmond died and somewhere between then and 1860, Charlotte was still on the farm with William’s widow, Susan. However, I … Continue reading Chancery Lawsuit Against the Estate of Solomon Butler 1909
License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side
Aside from the census, I have not been able to find many sources about my great-grandparents on the Johnson side so I was happy to find this notice in The Watchman and Southron, Sumter, South Carolina, December 16, 1916. Here’s the notice in context of other things on that page. Continue reading License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side
Grandfather Portrayed in Black History Month Program
I found this church announcement in The Smithfield Times, Volume 72, Number 8, dated February 20, 1991. One of the historical Black figures that were portrayed in the Black History Program was my grandfather, Calvin Allmond. I was stunned … especially since he passed away in 1978. Continue reading Grandfather Portrayed in Black History Month Program
Second Cousin Once Removed On The Eley Side
I found a second cousin once removed on my Eley side on MyHeritage. I’ve not used Ancestry’s DNA tools yet but I imagine that this is similar to Thrulines. On MyHeritage this feature is called Theory of Family Relativity™. Note that they used another person’s tree to link mine to my cousin. Her grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers. Her parent is the first cousin … Continue reading Second Cousin Once Removed On The Eley Side
