I've been very fortunate and had some success so far, researching my
father's side of my family: ARNETT/ARNOTT in Monroe County KY, and NETHERTON
in Clay County TN. I've also managed to research successfully some of their
ancestors' lines back quite far (all of them to at least the 1700's, and
some back to the 1500's): e.g., POLAND, DENTON, FORD, JOBE, and PLUMLEE.
I've identified the following places they have lived in the U.S. and the
Colonies: Orange County (Goshen), NY; MD; VA; WV(pre-Civil War VA); IL; and
IN. I also know some of them are from Germany and others are from various
countries in Great Britain. If anyone needs help with those names, let
me know, and I'll see if I have anything that would be of any interest or
assistance to you. You're all welcome to whatever I have that you'd like to
have.
On the other hand, I haven't been nearly as fortunate researching my
mother's side of my family. I believe I have found the two lines of my
maternal grandmother's family: her father Frederick GROENINGER (who way
probably born near Evansville IN), and his father Frederick ("Fritz") and
mother Juliana (who were both born in Germany
in the early 1800's and probably came to IN in the 1850's after they had
married); and
her mother Margaret A (Ann?) EDWARDS, and her father Peter and mother
Lucinda OWENS (EDWARDS lived in KY by no later than the mid-1850's and was
married in
Wayne Co. KY to Lucinda who was from IL). Any further help on tracing those
lines back to the 1700's or further, would be greatly appreciated.
=========>But my maternal grandfather's side of my father is still largely a
mystery to me. Researching them has been a little tough because they're
relatively common surnames, especially CARTER.
My mother's father was Roy Brockman CARTER, b. July 13, 1895 in Southern IL
(probably); m. Ella Mae GROENINGER on October 1, 1914 (I think this was a
fabricated figure to hide the result of a certain indiscretion of my two
grandparents); d. March 19, 1960, in Danville IL. Although I believe they
started their married lives somewhere in Southern Illinois, Roy eventually
got a job as a mailman on the railroad route between Chicago and Cairo IL.
Danville IL was in the center of that route, so Roy and Ella relocated to
Danville sometime before my mother Betty J. CARTER was born in 1931.
Roy's parents were William Lafayette CARTER, b. abt. June 5, 1875; m.
Margaret Annette McMURTRY on May 30, 1893; d. February abt. July 28, 1950
(probably all somewhere in Southern Illinois). I don't have Margaret's date
of birth, but I believe she died on February 1, 1942.
I believe William and his wife raised their family somewhere in Southern
Illinois, but it could have been in Southern Indiana or somewhere in KY.
Both of them could well have been born, lived their whole lives, died, and
are buried in Southern Illinois--probably mid- to East Southern Illinois.
William Lafayette CARTER'S father may have been John Brockman CARTER. Once
source told me she believed either William or his father (John) was one of a
set of triplets. Unfortunately, no dates or places regarding the various
events in his life are known to me.
Due to its being such a common name, I've had very limited success
researching it up to now. I'd love to find a match for Roy B. or William L.
CARTER. Although I'm almost positive the name is British--though I suppose
it may be a modified form of the French name CARTIER--I don't know whether
it's English, Scottish, Irish, or perhaps even something else. I'll just
bet CARTER is an old, established name with a large, interesting history,
many of whose descendants still exist somewhere in Great Britain today.
Hope to here from someone soon.
Thanks everyone. I promise my future messages won't be so long. I just
wanted to introduce myself in this one.
John B. Arnett, Sr.
lifemaster(a)email.msn.com
"It's a terrible thing to lose your mind."
---- J. Danforth Quayle, former Vice President of the United States
John B. Arnett, Sr.
lifemaster(a)email.msn.com
"It's a terrible thing to lose your mind."
---- J. Danforth Quayle, former Vice President of the United States