I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

I just broke my whole family tree, well not the whole tree but definitely the Johnson line. Family oral history says that my great-grandfather Charley Johnson was born Charley Lesane but due to circumstances in the South he changed his name to Johnson when he moved to Philadelphia. But then I found this marriage notice from Mayesville in 1916, I was definitely confused. Here was … Continue reading I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

kenyaDecember 11, 2022December 17, 2024Leave a comment

A Quick Visit to South Carolina

We drove to Hemingway, South Carolina, for barbecue. I was game because why not? Also, I have two family lines that are from South Carolina (Mayesville and Summerville). Both of sets of paternal great grandparents moved to Philadelphia from these towns in the 1920s. Mayesville is on the way and Summerville is not that far and I wanted to see them. It was just a … Continue reading A Quick Visit to South Carolina

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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

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I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

A Quick Visit to South Carolina

License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side