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Surnames: Chambers, Chalmers
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
My 'brick wall' for sereral years has been William Richard Chambers and his wife
Biddy Ann. I have been wondering if my Chambers line was orginally Chalmers since their
were a few Chalmers families in VA at the time of his birth and I have not been able to
connect him to any of the Chambers families in VA. Family tradition states that he was
from TN and his name is Richard. The 1850 Texas Co., MO census reflects that his name was
William and was born in VA about 1820. The 1850 census reflects that Biddy's name is
Bida and she was born in KY about 1824. I have also found Biddy's name reflected as
Beda and Media. I have not been able to identify Biddy's maiden name or the county of
her birth. Their children were: Payton, Sarah, Elizabeth and William. This family last
lived in Laclede Co., MO - they moved their shortly after the 1850 census was taken.
Please let me know if know of this Chambers family. More information about this family can
be found at:
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~crrking/Chambers/cham_gen.htm
Also I have been hoping to find more men with the last name of Chambers and Chalmers to
join the Chambers Y-DNA project. My Mills and Barnes family lines are participating in a
DNA study and it has been quite helping in narrowing my research and finding related
family lines. If more Chambers and Chalmers men join the Y-DNA study, it would help all
researchers on this list narrow down their research.
Information about this Chambers Y-DNA Project can be found on this page:
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~crrking/Chambers/chambers_dna.htm
Thanks, Charlene at crrking(a)charter.net