Re: Etheridges of GA
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Re: Etheridges of GA
Ruth Maynard Pridgen 6/24/08
I was on Vacation and just got your post.We are cousins!My connection to the family is through my grandmother Winnie Evelyn Royal Fitch. I remember Aunt Mattie from when I was a small child and I recall she was very sweet and had nice laugh. She shared a lot of favor with my grandmother. Their hair, the shape of their face and some of their facial features were so similiar that they could never deny they were sisters..ha. I also remember Aunt Helen and Uncle A.J.The rest of the family I do not recall. Gilla Matilda died 10 years before her husband after suffering a stroke.Albon came down with TB and had to go to a sanatorium near Washington, DC on the Maryland side (I believe). He died there.Albon Royal and Gilla Matilda Etheridge Royal are buried in Richmond at Forest Lawn Cemetery not far from my grandparents. According to my father Albon called Gilla "Myrtis".
Since I posted this message I think I have uncovered a little bit about the Etheridge family.Gilla was the daughter of Lucius Etheridge and Mary "Winnie" Branan and Lucius was the son of Lewis Etheridge.Here is what I have, see if it mirrors your findings:
Descendants of Lewis Etheridge
Generation No. 1
1.LEWIS ETHERIDGE was born Abt. 1800 in Washington County, GA, and died Bef. 1850 in Wilkinson County, GA.He married LUCINDA "LUCY" KINGERLY PEASON Abt. 1816.
Children of LEWIS ETHERIDGE and LUCINDA PEASON are:
i.BENJAMIN F.2 ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1823.
ii.WILLIAM B. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1824.
iii. JOHN F. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1826.
iv.JONAH P. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1827.
v.LEWIS M. ETHERIDGE, b. April 11, 1833, Wilkinson County, GA; d. July 03, 1908, Wilkinson County, GA.
vi.MISSOURI ETHERIDGE, b. 1836.
vii.EXIE ANN ETHERIDGE, b. 1841.
2.viii.LUCIUS ETHERIDGE, b. 1835, Georgia; d. Aft. 1880.
Generation No. 2
2.LUCIUS ETHERIDGE (LEWIS1) was born 1835 in Georgia, and died Aft. 1880.He married MARY "WINNIE" BRANAN January 24, 1866 in Wilkinson, GA, daughter of JAMES BRANAN and MARGARET RIVERS.
Children of LUCIUS ETHERIDGE and MARY BRANAN are:
i.LUCY3 ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. February 02, 1896; d. Alabama; Stepchild; m. P. C. JOHNSON.
ii.OTTO ETHERIDGE, b. 1889; Stepchild; m. ANNIE ?.
iii. HERBERT ETHERIDGE, b. 1879; m. ? BOONE.
iv.WILSON S. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1868.
v.LELIA L. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1870.
vi.LUCIUS P. ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1872.
vii.JOEL ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1874.
3.viii.GILLA MATILDA ETHERIDGE, b. October 08, 1877, Wilkinson County, GA; d. December 03, 1939, Richmond, Virginia, interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
ix.LEWIS ETHERIDGE, b. Abt. 1879.
Generation No. 3
3.GILLA MATILDA3 ETHERIDGE (LUCIUS2, LEWIS1) was born October 08, 1877 in Wilkinson County, GA, and died December 03, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia, interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.She married ALBON J. (JAMES?) ROYAL Bet. 1893 - 1894 in Wilkinson County, GA, son of WILLIAM ROYAL and FRANCES BAILEY.
Children of GILLA ETHERIDGE and ALBON ROYAL are:
i.MARTHA "MATTIE" EVAGELINE4 ROYAL, b. May 1895; d. November 22, 1971, Rocky Mount, NC; m. FRANK E. DAVIS.
ii.HELEN ORLENA ROYAL, b. July 22, 1896; d. December 30, 1985; m. (1) W. ALBERT PARKINSON; m. (2) JOHN ADAMIC.
iii.WILLIAM F. ROYAL, b. October 16, 1899, Georgia; d. November 07, 1930; m. ELEANORE? SEALS.
iv.WINNIE EVELYN ROYAL, b. November 01, 1901, Augusta, Georgia; d. April 27, 1973, Richmond, Virginia; m. JOHN LUTHER FITCH, April 17, 1919, Richmond, Virginia.
v.AGNES ROYAL, b. Bet. 1901 - 1907; d. spinal meningitis.
vi.ETHEL MAY ROYAL, b. Abt. January 23, 1907, South Carolina; m. PERCY CLAGGETT GUTHRIDGE.
vii.ALBON JAMES ROYAL, JR., b. June 17, 1913, South Carolina; d. March 12, 1993, Richmond, Virginia; m. JANE ELIZABETH SMITH, 1938.
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