Fw: RE:Frances Coffey
by Gary and Debbie Nation
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary and Debbie Nation <gnation(a)caprok.net>
To: COFFEY <COFFEY_L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 8:37 PM
Subject: RE:Frances Coffey
> Calvin, I haven't tried anything yet but have learned a valuable lesson in
> genealogy. Do the research yourself. :-)
> When I first started doing the research about a year ago, my mother told
me
> that my gggrandmother was Frances Coffey Powell. I looked everywhere on
here
> & only found one Frances Coffey & that was a man. in one o fmy posts for
her
> husband, James King Powell, I got information that his wife was Winnifred
> Dodson & they sent me lot of information with the childrens names & dates
&
> I just took it all for fact. Found proof of Winnifred & James' marriage &
> just assumed that she was the mother of Cundiff Powell. I had already
> learned to verify information but just had let this one slip by me.
> Last week I got information from a man who saw my post on James & Cundiff
&
> he sent me information with dates & places to obtain the proof that
Frances
> was the second wife & he seperated the children by mothers for me & it
turns
> out there are even more children than I had.
> As I do the research on Frances I will post any Coffey information that I
> find. I do have a lot of information on the Powells if anyone is related
to
> this line.
> Thanks again for the tip.
> Merry Christmas everyone.
> Debbie
>
>