African American Finner Pics
If there is anyone here who has and is willing to share any pictures of African American Finners from the Southern regions and Michigan regions of the US, via email, please post a message here or send an email to: [email protected] .
For clarification, the family reportedly hails from Alabama, and more specifically Birmingham. Paternally, William or Wayne Finner (sorry, its either William or Wayne, but which name is unclear), married Fannie Harris, brother, Sam Harris, and eventually the family migrated to Detroit. The family of W. Finner, objected to the marriage as Fannie Haris was deep chocolate in tone, with hair down her back, and W. Finner was so fair that he appeared to be caucasian.
Any information that you have would be welcome. I am also interested in getting more information on the origin of African American Finners in the US.
For this particular family, the men have very rich dark features, i.e, dark hair, dark thick moustache's, think Billy Dee. The men usually have "bow legs". The family owned or ran a restaurant in Detroit, at some point, the eldest, Elsie, now deceased was so fair that she passed for Caucasian or Jewish woman...just to give you a feel for the family.
If it helps, the children from the Finner-Harris union were or are named: Elsie Finner (married and divorced, Nathaniel Howard, prior to her death, Wayne Nathaniel Finner (Tina, wife), Sidney Carl Finner, William "Puddin" Finner, Iola Finner (now deceased, was married to Willie Mabry), Bernice Finner (a nurse, now married to Gerald B. McAdoo, DDS, family practice in Michigan)& Hercules Finner (my beloved father, who made his transition on 8/1/93. 2 children died after birth, Flossie and Charles.
Children of this family: Gerald & Jernice McAdoo (children of Bernice), Elsie Bernice Finner, Julye Ann Finner-Sewell-Finner, Linda Carolyn Finner, Brenda Renee Finner, Patricia Finner and Wayne Nathaniel Finner (children of Wayne & Tina Finner. Wayne had other children, names unknown 2 boys and 2 girls, from what I am told. Paris M. Finner, Phd, Atty at Law (dgtr of Iola Finner-Mabry). VerShaun (dgtr of Hercules Finner and Thelma White.
Fannie was a beautiful full-figured, chocolate brown woman, with prominent upper teeth, known for her cooking. She formerly resided on Cadillac in Detroit.
Associated relative: Albert Finner of Detroit.
Any help that you can offer would be most appreciated!
Thank you and God bless you in your search.
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Barry Kelly 8/01/04
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