Hello Cousins!!!!
I received a letter last night that mentioned doing a roll call and
thought it was a great idea to get to know everyone. I hope you will
all agree.
My name is Stacy Oliver. I live in California and I told Ted last
night that I was a Chadbourn because my grandfather was, but truth be
told, I was also born a Chadbourn. It is easy for me to forget that
because I was adopted. I was given up at two months age and only five
years ago reunited with my birth family. My natural mother, or
birthmother, was a Chadbourn and I was born a Chadbourn as well. I
started doing our genealogy because of her mother. Grandma has been
told her whole life that she was related to President Lincoln, but never
how she was related, although we knew it was from the Hanks side, which
is Lincoln's mother. So, since Grandma is eighty now, I thought it was
about time she knew how it all went together. I thought I would stop
after finding that, but nooooooo, just couldn't do it! I had to find
out more. So, here I am with a real puzzle to figure out on my
Chadbourn side. Here it is:
I was born a Chadbourn, my mother was born a Henry. Her father was
born a Henry as was his father before him. However, my Great Great
Grandfather was born a Chadbourn. When he was still living at home, he
and his father had a major fight. As the story goes, he was so angry he
told his father "I am leaving your house and I am not even taking your
name with me!" He then dropped the Chadbourn and went by his middle
name of Henry. Right after my mothers birth, my grandparents changed it
back to "right the wrong" as grandpa put it. So you can see, I am going
to have my fun trying get through this one. So far, I have my
grandfather, and his father, and that is where I end. My grandfather
was Dundas Guy Henry Chadbourn. And his father was Walter Guy Henry.
Well, that is about it, I have kids and family that all think mom has
become possessed by the genealogy demons, but other than that life just
trucks along!
Cannot wait to hear from everyone else!
God Bless,
Stacy