My great-grandmother, Marie Watson Anderson, was always busy. Born Lucy Marie Anderson in Texas in 1899, she spent most of her life in Oklahoma. At some point, she had her name legally changed to Marie because she liked it better than Lucy. She worked as a housekeeper, raised … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Thursday: Great-Grandmother, Josephine: FOUND!
One of the biggest mysteries in the search for my family's history was that of my great-grandmother, Josephine Burton Ford for whom this blog is named. Born and raised in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, she was married there, raised a family there, but disappeared after the 1920 … [Read more...]
This Week's Genealogy Find: Another Cousin
The foundation of my research on my paternal ancestors comes from documents donated by my distant cousin, Renee Smith. Renee gave her information on our family, including the amazing photo of my great, great-grandmother, Temple Burton with her former owners, the Stuarts to Ray … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest Thursday: My 60 year-old Grandparents earn their GEDs
When my maternal grandparents were in their 60s, they decided to go back to school to get their GEDs. Alonzo Walton and Louise Coleman Walton both grew up on farms around the turn of the century. The Waltons owned theirs, and the Colemans were sharecroppers. Like a lot of … [Read more...]
Surname Saturday – The Burton Family
After finding my great, great-grandmother Temple Burton's tombstone this week, it seems right to focus on the surname Burton for Surname Saturday. According to a myriad of ancestry and genealogy sites on the internet, Burton is of English origin and means "settlement by a … [Read more...]
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