Genealogical Resources for the Following Families:
Spalding, Spaulding, Gumm, Gum, Kimball, Kimble, Kimbell, Myers, Meiers, Meyers, Ware, Long, Lathrop, Lothrop, Lowtrip, Lindsey, McDonald, Shaw, Kennedy, Melton, Milton, Morgan, White, Brown, Chambers, Williams, Wilson, Thurman, Raines, Stasny, Stazny, Stastny, Staztny, Stroub, Hawkins, Hokans, Håkans, Pischal, Pickle, Claypool, Claypoole, Claypole, Robertson, Roberts
Welcome to Aunt Bea's Genealogical Pages! Due to the many generous contributions of information from family members, we have undergone a much needed renovation ~ if you have contacted me with information you would like to see included within these pages and do not see it within the next few weeks, please contact me again! Aunt Bea is a little befuddled these days and I may have misplaced your information, but this in no way means that it is not important! So please e-mail me again!
HOW TO VIEW THIS WEB PAGE: The buttons in the Table of Contents section to the left contain the following links:
IN-LAWS & OUT-LAWS: OUR FAMILY TREE: My Legacy Family
Tree program -- click on "surnames" to find the ancestor(s) you are searching
for.
TALL TALES & TRUE STORIES: This section
contains stories about our family that have been sent to me by generous family
members and others, and from published family histories that I have been able to
locate.
OUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTORS : This section contains stories and photos of our ancestors, both Yankee and Rebel, who fought in the Civil War. No matter which side they fought on, their stories are fascinating.
LOST & FOUND: OUR FAMILY HISTORY MYSTERIES: This section contains stories about lost family members and and some other interesting questions, such as "How is Judy Garland related to our family?"
THE OLD BURYIN' GROUNDS: This section consists of pictures of our family cemeteries. It is heavily graphic and will take time to download.
OUR DAGUERREOTYPES: Another heavily graphic section with assorted family photos.
SEARCH THIS SITE: Click here to quickly find any ancestors you are searching for.
WORLD FAMILY TREE: I highly recommend you check out this AMAZING project started by Ancestry.Com -- its FREE! The Ancestry World Tree contains more than 200 million names in family trees submitted by their users. The Ancestry World Tree is the largest collection of its kind on the Internet. They need your help for the Ancestry World Tree to flourish. When you submit your family tree you help the Ancestry World Tree grow. Your file will remain your own. Only you can change, update or remove your work from the tree, and Ancestry pledges never to sell your data or charge anyone to search the Ancestry World Tree.
I would like to be able to take credit for this site and all it contains, but
in truth, I have to thank all the wonderful family members whom I have met
courtesy of the Internet. They have generously shared their research, their
(our) stories, and their photographs with me. Without them, this site would not
be possible!
My heartfelt thanks to:
John
Deward Pruitt (1937-2003),
Great-Grandson of Jesse Merritt Spalding & Penelope Melton Spalding
Laura Spalding, wife of William L. Spalding, Grandson of Jesse Merritt
Spalding & Penelope Melton Spalding
Vic Jeter, Great-Grandson of
William Wallace Kimball & Mary Catherine West Kimball
Deborah
Beatrice Valenta, Great-Grandaughter of Arthur Hines and May Bertha Hawkins
Hines
Dolores Raines-Sutton, Grandaughter of John Allen Raines
Ruth Hokans, wife of Corlyn Hokans Grandson of Anders Henrik Klemets and
Johanna Karolina Håkans
Sue Ann Long Jiru, my first cousin and Spalding,
Gumm, Hawkins, White, Kimball, and Long families descendant.
Joyce Cora
Williams Miles, Grandaughter of Roe T. Williams, and Lois Sandra Williams Gates,
Great-Grandaughter of Roe T. Williams
Mamie Alma Kersey Coltharp,
Grandaughter of William Robertson White and Sarah Frances Brown-White
Rita G. Louk, Grandmother of descendants of Festus W. Gumm
Lloyd Nichols, Grand Nephew of
Anna Doughty and Newton Gumm -- check out Lloyd's web site
and especially Lloyd's
ancestor Elijah Nelson Doughty's "Diary of Civil War
Travels
!"
Opal Lee (Morgan) Gilmore, descendant of Calvin Jefferson (Kerb) Thurman and James Granville (Dee) Thurman
Vanessa Trampleasure, descendant of Mary Angell's brother John
Tim McCarthy, Great-Grandson of Matts Andersson Håkans, a/k/a Martin Anderson and Lena Svartbeck
Paul Swasey, Great-grandson of Anders Hendrik Håkans and Annastena Ehrs Håkans, Grandson of Matts Andersson Håkans, a/k/a Martin Anderson, and Lena Svartbeck
Bruce N. Morrison, Claypoole and Gumm family researcher. Please visit his fascinating and informative site! Bruce has posted many very interesting pictures that are definitely worth a look, especially a new photo of our ancestor, Norton Gum Jr.'s tombstone located in the Mackey Cemetery near Streator, Illinois!
JoAnne Thomas and Willie Alexander, White and Robertson family researchers who have devoted much time to tracking down these ancestors! Thank you both so much for sharing your information and for all your hard work and dedication to this endeavor!
