Re: Newsom / Evans Link
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Re: Newsom / Evans Link
Thomas Kerwin 8/06/10
Thank you soooo much for all the questions!!:-)
Here goes!!
James Harrison Evans, b.28 Sept 1879d.9 Jan 1949
s/o Ira Evans b. 1844d.1919
s/o Tarlton Evans 1816-1880
s/o Hastings E. Evans 1766-1860
s/o Emanuel Evans.
Ira Evans was married 3 times.
1. Elizabeth Jane Wiley. They had 4 kids (I have them if you need them)
2. Elizabeth Sword (this is the marriage James Harrison came from and therefore, my line)
3. Mary Evans. Producing children as well.
I have the marriage license for James and Dide (Dee-Dee).On it, Dide spells out her full name but it's not ledgible.The transcription of the document prints her name as Didevin Newsom, but even the last name looks questionable to me.Listed as witness, or signing for Dide it simply says "her parents" and does not list them or their names.
The census is the 1900 census for Mingo County.James Harrison always went by "Harry" or "Harrison", not by James.Harry Evans & Didy Mae are listed as having been married for 3 years (22 March 1897 is the marriage date).She was 16 when she married and Harry (James) was 17.In 1900 they had a 2 year old daughter, Etta Evans.Etta is my grandmother.
The family story is that Dide (which is what all the family and kids called her) was a grand daughter or related to the grand daughter of Jane Wiley in Kentucky, who was abducted by indians.In trying to verify this I have tried everything I can think of and I cannot find out who "Dide" is or even verify her last name!I haven't even started to verify if Elizabeth Jane Wiley is granddaughter, but I'm pretty sure she is.Unfortunately, James is not from that line, therefore, I'm not.
But any help, suggestions, leads, AYTHING you can offer to help me find out who Dide was would be fantastic and I would be forever grateful!A lot of my family research was done years ago, before the internet, all by hand, phone calls and personal interviews so by the time I got it, there was not much left to do.I simply wanted to document what I already had and I've found a few errors, such as a date being off by a few years or a different spelling of a name, or a child being left off of a list of 14 kids, simple things like that, but when I came to her, Dide, my lineage stops.Dead End.Blank.Some one has her listed as the daughter of Rebecca Dillon (1851-1910) and John T. Newsome (1843-1922) but that's not working out either and they provided no documentation or sourses.
Now, I did find a Didema Hall, born 1881 in Kentucky.This is the closest name I've ever come across.And Didema could be broken down to Dide mae. She's the daughter of Thomas hall (1840-1917) and Martha Patsy Whitaker (1861-1929) but that doesn't seem to be working out either.
So....
What else would you need to help?
Can you point me in a direction?Offer some suggestions?
I'll take anything at this point!! :-)
Thanks!
Terri
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Re: Newsom / Evans Link
Thomas Kerwin 8/07/10
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Re: Newsom / Evans Link
Terri Rangel 8/07/10
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Re: Newsom / Evans Link