Hello fellow Cantwell Researchers!!! I haven't researched in quite awhile, but the
recent passing of my Grandmother has led me back... :) Mary Barchlo Cantwell is my Great
Great Grandmother. She married John Terry VanOrnum.
Mary Barchlo Cantwell b: Jan 4, 1880 in Kansas
m: Jan 15, 1898 Magalia, CA
d: April 25, 1936 Chico, CA
The reason I am contacting you all is that my Grandmother, Geraldine Helen VanOrnum-Parks
(passed away 8-14-2011) had told me that either Mary (Molly) or her mother (Margaret Ann
Jewett/Jewart?) was full blooded Cherokee. We even have a Picture of Mary (Molly) wearing
moccassins (sp?) holding my Grandma Parks and her cousin Tink Smith. Any help would be
much appreciated! I also have Cherokee blood on my father's side! I am so excited to
find out any information that may lead me down the correct path! Just getting back into
the swing of things again when it comes to genealogy, so any pointers would be much
welcomed! Thank You!!!!
Tracy L. Copeland-Copper