COPELAND, GARESCHE, ORDWAY, GARRETT
The mother of William H. (Hampton?) Copeland (over 90 yrs old?), Lucile Copeland Garrett (deceased in Tampa, FL), and Ellen Copeland ______? (also deceased in Tampa, FL, was Eunice _______?? COPELAND (later, Stafford and Gaston), and their father was _____? COPELAND. We have recently started this family project, as these are parts of my children's other tree branches. We believe the Copelands and probably Eunice's parents and family (____?) were living in GA, maybe at one time in Floyd Co., GA.
I was married in Tampa, FL, to Garesche Ordway "Doc" Garrett, Jr. (deceased) who was only child and son of Lucile Copeland and Garesche Ordway Garrett, Sr. (also called "Doc"). Garesche, Sr. lived in his own home in Maryland for many years where he worked there and in Washington D.C. for a famous ice cream company, before he retired and later moved to Florida in about 1985. We don't know who were his parents, or even where he was born, except that he sometimes mentioned that all his names were people's last names and that is why he decided he wanted to be called something friendly, like "Doc" when he was a young boy.
We already have 3 surnames in their father's name: Garesche, Ordway, Garrett. I have noticed all three surnames in my researching other people in past years. We expect it will be challenging and interesting, as usual.Anytime someone has info that differs with ours, please feel free to still let us know, and of the source(s) supporting our info and we will give you our source(s) if you like, even if it is family lore.
We know all about that family lore, true, exaggerated and outright pure fancy stuff like that; however, the stories and their variations are usually from family that we loved dearly, so forgive us if we hang on a little longer to believing Grandad or Aunt Sadie, or old cousin Guy, would never lie to us.I should add however, that some of the family stories have led us to find verified relatives who they or their info led us to other verified family info.So, we just don't know until we test it and let it be critically picked apart by people who may know a lot more than we do.And whatever the story, there's usually a lot of usable info included in it for something or somebody.And my stories are always the truth!! And if I really don't know sdomething, I don't mind telling anybody just that.
If these names above (or any of them) are connected with someone or someone knows of a link back a generation, or to siblings, or is found in someone's family branches, or in a census you're browsing through, or any other historical, or family website, please let us know, here, or contact me at: [email protected].
Thank you for your kind attention. Sincerely, Annadella Paschal
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Frank Paige 7/17/11
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Frank Paige 7/17/11
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Bill Caldwell 7/17/11
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Annadella Paschal 7/17/11
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