Author Archives: renebaron

Tennant – Grama Mattie

Posted on August 1, 2013 by renebaron

My grandmother Mattie was my Maternal Grandfather’s mother. I remember visiting her in Oklahoma as a child. I never knew her maiden name. You know how children are. It never entered my head that she had any name other than Grama Mattie. … Continue reading →

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Coakley – John Billington

Posted on July 28, 2013 by renebaron

Did you ever think that you could claim an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower? Well you can if you are on my Father’s side of the family. My 10th great grandfather, on my paternal grandmother’s side was John … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of This Blog

Posted on July 19, 2013 by renebaron

Just a posting to let you know that I’ve made a small change to make this blog easier for my whole family to enjoy. I originally divided my family up into four categories based on my four immediate grandparents’ surnames. … Continue reading →

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Stevens – Harry S. Truman

Posted on July 17, 2013 by renebaron

I appears that my new found cousin was correct, I am distantly related to Harry S Truman. You don’t have to go very far back to find Shipps in my family. My Grandfather Stevens’ mother was Minnie Blanch Shipp. That … Continue reading →

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DNA

Posted on July 14, 2013 by renebaron

I recently submitted a saliva sample to Ancestry.com for DNA testing. I got my results back and there was a small surprise. I found out that I am 91% British Isles, which I would have thought would be 100% and … Continue reading →

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Stevens – Henry Burl Stevens Sr.

Posted on April 15, 2013 by renebaron

This is my father’s father. At this age, he would have been living with his father, Cary Stevens, and his mother, Minnie Bell Shipp Stevens at the home of her father, William Henry Shipp and four of her sisters in … Continue reading →

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Stevens – Tank or Motorcycle?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by renebaron

I finally received the information I requested from the National Archives on my father’s military service. There wasn’t much because it appears that his files were burned in a fire in the Archives in 1973. They pieced together what little … Continue reading →

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Stevens – Henry Burl Stevens Jr-Military

Posted on March 13, 2013 by renebaron

I always knew my father served in WWII and drove a tank but I never knew much about what he had done and where he had served. Now that I am very interested, my father is gone and I can’t … Continue reading →

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Stevens – Barbara Mary Stevens McKay

Posted on March 8, 2013 by renebaron

This is my Aunt Barbara, my father’s sister. She was born on 27 June 1931 in Indiana to Georgia Mary Coakley Stevens and Henry Burl Stevens Sr. She was 7 years younger than my dad. He thought the sun rose … Continue reading →

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Stevens – A tough looking gang

Posted on March 8, 2013 by renebaron

You might think that this is a tough looking gang of “thugs”. But, a closer looks reveals these thugs to be Henry Burl Stevens Jr, Tom, Bill and dad, Henry Burl Stevens Sr. sitting on the front porch of their … Continue reading →

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