Surname Saturday: Charles Robert Brinlee and Patty Avo Poindexter

Charles Robert Brinlee
b. 30 Oct 1877, Texas
d. 11 Nov 1959, Los Banos, Merced County, California
& Patty Avo Poindexter
b. 16 Aug 1881, Austin, Travis County, Texas
d. 26 Sep 1977, Merced County, California
|--Clyde Lester Brinlee
|----b. 27 Jan 1900, Oklahoma
|----d. 11 Apr 1960, Firebaugh, Fresno County, California
|---& Alma Belle Graybill
|----b. 11 Mar 1900, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
|----d. 8 Feb 1986, Firebaugh, Fresno County, California
|----m. 10 Jan 1921
|--Montie Mary Brinlee
|----b. 28 Apr 1901, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|----d. Feb 1996, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma
|---& Perry Hollis Ivy
|----b. 2 Mar 1899, Texas
|----d. Feb 1985, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma
|----m. 8 Feb 1921
|--Una Fay Brinlee
|----b. 18 Feb 1903, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|---& Brit E. Lippencott
|----b. 9 Oct 1892, Texas
|----d. 6 Jun 1977
|--Francis Brinlee
|----b. 5 Nov 1905, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|----d. 3 Nov 1909, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|--Ellen Brinlee
|----b. 3 Nov 1907, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|----d. 28 Mar 1910, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|--Vivian Verne Brinlee
|----b. 20 Dec 1910, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
|----d. 18 Feb 1977, Sacramento County, California
|---& Virena Lambert
|--Clarence Omer “Runt” Brinlee
|----b. 28 Jul 1912, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
|----d. 26 Sep 1993, Merced County, California
|--Erma Lavada Brinlee*
|----b. 17 May 1915, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
|----d. 15 Aug 1999, Fallon, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
|---& Dee Boswell
|----b. 21 Feb 1906, Rotan, Fisher County, Texas
|----d. 28 Jan 1962, Apache Junction, Maricopa County, Arizona
|--Erma Lavada Brinlee*
|----b. 17 May 1915, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
|----d. 15 Aug 1999, Fallon, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
|---& Cyril James Howarth
|----b. 29 Aug 1908, Silkstone, Yorkshire, England
|----d. 17 Feb 1977, Palermo, Butte County, California
|--Charles Elmer “Tuffy” Brinlee
|----b. 31 Mar 1920, Streeter, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
|----d. 30 May 1997, Los Banos, Merced County, California

Charles Robert Brinlee was the son of Richard Mason Brinlee and Sarah Ellen Petit.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: John A. Kern and Julia Koehl

John A. Kern
b. Jan 1866, New York
d. 22 May 1948, Kings County, New York
& Julia Koehl
b. Mar 1868, New York
d. 1960
m. ca 1891
|--Julius Henry Kern
|----b. 28 Mar 1895, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
|---& Ida A.
|----b. ca 1898, New York
|----m. ca 1925

This is the family of John A. Kern and Julia Koehl, who was the sister of my husband’s great-grandfather Harry Koehl and the daughter of Julius Koehl and Josephine Lochner. I do not know whether John and Julia had any children in addition to Julius Henry. I suspect that John Kern may have been a relative of Philip Kern, who married Julia’s sister Augusta M. “Gussie” Koehl. This family was living in Brooklyn at the time of the 1920 census, but by the 1930 census had moved to Bergen County, New Jersey.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Thomas Holmes Stephens and Laura Jane Sims

Thomas Holmes “Tommy Homer” Stephens
b. Jan 1867, Texas
d. Oct 1906, Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
& Laura Jane Sims
b. 28 Jul 1865, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
d. 5 Jun 1944, Anna, Collin County, Texas
m. 22 Aug 1888
|--J. O. Stephens
|----b. 6 Jun 1889
|----d. 27 May 1890
|--R.H. Stephens
|----b. 9 Sep 1890
|----d. 22 Aug 1891
|--William Jess “Bill” Stephens
|----b. 8 Apr 1892, Powell, Marshall County, Oklahoma
|----d. 9 May 1942, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas
|---& Lora Hester Grider
|----b. 25 Aug 1892, Kentucky
|----d. 28 Nov 1955, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
|--Nellie Stephens
|----b. 18 Oct 1894, Oklahoma
|----d. 1982
|---& Mose Ike Johnson
|----b. 25 Mar 1894, Melbourne, Arkansas
|----d. 27 Jul 1972, Denison, Grayson County, Texas
|--Allie Stephens
|----b. 18 Oct 1894
|----d. 27 Jun 1895
|--Thomas Elmer Stephens*
|----b. 24 Aug 1896, Oklahoma
|----d. 21 Jun 1968, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas
|---& Willa Faye Hendricks
|----b. Mar 1900, Westminster, Collin County, Texas
|----d. Mar 1944, Westminster, Collin County, Texas
|--Thomas Elmer Stephens*
|----b. 24 Aug 1896, Oklahoma
|----d. 21 Jun 1968, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas
|---& Agnes Hammond
|--N. M. Stephens
|----b. 5 Jan 1898, Texas
|----d. 28 Sep 1898
|--Lorene Elizabeth Stephens
|----b. 11 Apr 1901, Oklahoma
|----d. Dec 1973, Blue Ridge, Collin County, Texas
|---& Paul Turner
|----b. 1901, Texas
|--Lee Ora Stephens
|----b. 19 Feb 1904, Oklahoma
|----d. 1995
|---& Roy Cantrell
|----b. 1 Mar 1886, Texas
|----d. 7 Nov 1969, Van Alstyne, Grayson, Texas
|----m. 1929

This is the family of Laura Jane Sims, daughter of Margaret Leek Brinlee (sister of my great-grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr.) and Thomas Holmes Stephens. I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: John Sims and Samuel Rebecca Hendricks

John Sims
b. 12 Nov 1859, Collin County Texas
d. 11 Feb 1937, Thalia, Foard County, Texas
& Samuel Rebecca Hendricks
b. 14 Nov 1861, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
d. 13 Jun 1944, Thalia, Foard County, Texas
m. 18 Nov 1880, Merkle, Taylor County, Texas
|--John Lewis Sims
|----b. 11 Aug 1882, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 5 May 1961, Ector, Fannin Co., Texas
|--& Bessie M. Bridges
|----b. 18 Jan 1886, Whitfield County, Georgia
|----d. 2 Jan 1919
|--Effie Sims
|----b. 1883, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|---& George Nash
|--Cassie Biannica Sims
|----b. 9 Apr 1886, Texas
|----d. 6 Nov 1975, Abilene, Taylor, Texas
|---& Elva Lewis Berry
|----b. 20 Apr 1884, Crockett County, Tennessee
|----d. 6 Mar 1968, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
|----m. 1906
|--Lillie Cleveland Sims
|----b. 14 Jan 1889, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 26 Aug 1957, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
|---& Fred Atlee Baker
|----b. 14 Dec 1886, Johnson County, Texas
|----d. 2 Feb 1950, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
|----m. 30 Dec 1906
|--Jessie Rose Sims
|----b. 27 Feb 1893, Texas
|----d. 15 Mar 1961, Vernon, Wilbargar County, Texas
|---& Grover Cleveland Phillips
|----b. 16 Feb 1884, Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee
|----d. 6 Jun 1964, Thalia, Foard County, Texas
|--Robert Lee Sims
|----b. 18 Oct 1895, Texas
|----d. 31 Jul 1975, Wichita Falls, Archer, Texas
|---& Blanche Estelle Randolph
|----b. 12 Apr 1895, Texas
|----d. 7 Nov 1980, Wilbarger County, Texas
|----m. 17 Jun 1922

This is the family of John Sims, son of Margaret Leek Brinlee (sister of my great-grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr.) and Robert Brown Sims, and Samuel Rebecca Hendricks. I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Family of Robert Brown Sims and Margaret Leek Brinlee

Robert Brown Sims
----b. 18 Nov 1825, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
----d. 5 Jul 1889, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
& Margaret Leek Brinlee
----b. 12 Feb 1834, Red River County, Texas
----d. 4 Dec 1910, Vineyard, Jack County, Texas
----m. 15 Sep 1856, Collin County, Texas
|--Houston Sims
|----b. 25 Feb 1858, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 7 Oct 1859, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|--John Sims
|----b. 12 Nov 1859, Collin County Texas
|----d. 11 Feb 1937, Thalia, Foard County, Texas
|---& Samuel Rebecca Hendricks
|----b. 14 Nov 1861, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 13 Jun 1944, Thalia, Foard County, Texas
|----m. 18 Nov 1880, Merkle, Taylor County, Texas
|--Robert Brown Sims Jr.
|----b. 6 Apr 1862, Texas
|----d. 1 Jan 1948, Cooke County, Texas
|---& Lenora Ella Howser
|----b. 6 Mar 1870, Missouri
|----d. 18 Jan 1971, Golden Acres Nursing Home, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
|----m. 15 Nov 1894
|--Mary Ann Sims
|----b. 19 Aug 1863, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 24 Mar 1900, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
|---& James Edward Brinlee
|----b. 3 Apr 1864, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 11 Feb 1908, Pauls Valley, OK
|----m. 21 Oct 1884, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|--Laura Jane Sims
|----b. 28 Jul 1865, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 5 Jun 1944, Anna, Collin County, Texas
|---& Thomas Holmes “Tommy Homer” Stephens
|----b. Jan 1867, Texas
|----d. Oct 1906, Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
|----m. 22 Aug 1888
|--George Sims
|----b. 27 Jan 1867, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|--Benjamin Sims
|----b. 1 Jul 1874, Stony Point, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 28 Jan 1944, Vineyard, Jack County, Texas
|---& Mary Jane Thetford
|----b. 7 Aug 1880, Texas
|----d. 21 Jan 1949, Jack County, Texas
|----m. 11 Feb 1906

This is the family of Robert Brown Sims, son of Robert Sims and Nancy Nichols, and Margaret Leek Brinlee, daughter of Hiram Carroll Brinlee Sr. and Elizabeth Ann McKinney.

Daughter Mary Ann married her first cousin James Edward Brinlee, who was the son of my great-grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. and his first wife, Diza Caroline Boone.

Son George is a bit of a mystery. The story goes that when he was about 18 to 20 years old, he left on horseback with a couple of other men. The other men returned after a few days with his horse and saddle but without him. They claimed that they had bought the horse and saddle from him but did not know where he went. He was never seen by his family again.

Surname Saturday: James Thomas Wicker and Geneva Helen Brinlee

James Thomas Wicker
b. 9 Aug 1877, Tennessee
d. 15 Mar 1962, Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
& Geneva Helen “Sis” Brinlee
b. 19 Jan 1884, Van Alstyne, Grayson Co., TX
d. 20 Oct 1957, Fannin County, Texas
m. 27 Oct 1906, Collin Co., Texas
|--Bertha May Wicker
|----b. Texas
|--Alice Estelle Wicker
|----b. Texas
|---& William Harvey Brown
|--Ida S. Wicker
|----b. Texas
|--James C. Wicker Jr.
|----b. Texas
|--Mary E. Wicker
|----b. Texas

This is the family of my grandfather Lawrence Carroll Brinlee’s half-sister Geneva Helen Brinlee. She was the youngest child of Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr. and Diza Caroline Boone. As you can see, I am still missing a lot of information on this family (though I do have at least approximate dates of birth for the children, which I have not included since they might conceivably still be living).

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Luther Lee Moore and Ethel Clara England

Luther Lee Moore
b. 31 Mar 1885, Dallas County, TX
d. Mar 1967, 85009 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
& Ethel Clara England
b. Nov 1895
m. 1914
|--Margie C. Moore
|----b. Texas
|--Mary E. Moore
|----b. Texas
|--Jennetta Moore
|----b. Texas
|--Horace Moore
|----b. Texas
|--Luther L. Moore Jr.
|----b. Texas
|--Perrin Moore
|----b. Texas

This is the family of my grandfather Kirby Runion Moore’s brother, Luther Lee Moore, and Ethel Clara England. Luther’s parents were Harlston Perrin Moore and Martha E. Lewis; Ethel’s parents were Horace England and Margaret Bell.

I have removed the dates of birth for the children, because some of them may still be alive. I do not have any dates of death for them, either, and there are in general quite a few gaps in my information on them.

Some time between 1926 and 1930 this family moved from the Dallas, Texas area to Arizona.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Claude Moore and Dona Pearl Phillips

Claude Moore
b. 12 Nov 1882, Dallas County, Texas
d. 24 Feb 1955, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas
& Dona Pearl Philips
b. 10 Apr 1887, Texas
d. 2 Sep 1955, California
m. 1906
|--Lillie Marie Moore
|--Bobbie Loraine Moore
|--Edwin C. Moore
|--Pauline Moore
|--Dorothy Lucile Moore
|--Cecil Perry Moore
|--Raymond Moore
|--Joyce Moore

This is the family of my grandfather Kirby Runion Moore’s brother, Claude Moore, and Dona Pearl Phillips. Claude’s parents were Harlston Perrin Moore and Martha E. Lewis; Dona’s parents were David and Henrietta Phillips (her maiden name may have been Creel).

I have removed the dates of birth for the children, because there is a slight chance that a couple of the younger children may still be alive. I do not have any dates of death for them, either, and there are in general quite a few gaps in my information on them.

In 1920 this family was living in Baylor County, Texas, so they would have been near the Kirby Runion Moore family. In 1930 the family lived in Wilbarger County, which is not far away.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Clifton Randolph Brownlee and Rosalie Moore

Clifton Randolph “Cliff” Brownlee
b. 14 Jan 1878, Lancaster, Texas
d. 19 Jan 1932, Lubbock Co., Texas
& Rosalie/Rosa Lee Moore
b. 24 Aug 1877, South Carolina
d. 22 Nov 1953, Kern County, California
m. 1905
|--Max Henry “Jack” Brownlee
|----b. 7 Nov 1905, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
|----d. 26 Dec 1976, Bakersfield, Kern, California
|---& Rebekah Fincher
|----b. 13 Dec 1914, Blackwell, Texas
|----d. 16 Aug 2001, Plainview, Hale, Texas
|--Blanche Elizabeth Brownlee
|----b. 5 Aug 1907, Texas
|----d. 14 Feb 1973, Kern County, California
|--& Nace Brower
|----b. 31 Jul 1899, Mississippi
|----d. Jul 1970, Bakersfield, Kern, California
|----m. 27 Feb 1926, Lubbock Co., Texas
|--Neva E. Brownlee
|----b. 1909, Texas
|----d. 2 Oct 1963, Bakersfield, Kern, California
|---& Fraiser
|----b. ca 1909
|--Robert Brownlee
|----b. 1914, Lancaster, Texas
|--Doris Brownlee
|----b. 1917, Texas
|---& Verbeck
|----m. ca 1945
|--James Brownlee
|b. 1921, Texas

This is the family of my grandfather Kirby Runion Moore’s sister Rosalie (or Rosa Lee) Moore and Clifton Randolph “Cliff” Brownlee. Rosalie’s parents were Harlston Perrin Moore and Martha E. Lewis; Cliff’s parents were Enoch Meminger Brownlee and Henrietta Randolph.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Lee Elmo Campbell and Etta Marie Moore

Lee Elmo Campbell
b. 21 Feb 1873, Dallas Co., Texas
d. 18 May 1935, Dallas Co., Texas
& Etta Marie Moore
b. 5 Jun 1875, South Carolina (probably Anderson Co.)
d. 12 Jan 1959, Garland, Dallas, Texas
m. 1894
|--Beatrice Ursula Campbell
|----b. Aug 1895, Texas
|--Minnie Campbell
|----b. Sep 1896
|--Roberta Campbell*
|----b. 6 Sep 1897, Hutchins, Dallas, Texas
|----d. 16 Feb 1970, Garland, Dallas, Texas
|---& Phillips
|--Roberta Campbell*
|----b. 6 Sep 1897, Hutchins, Dallas, Texas
|----d. 16 Feb 1970, Garland, Dallas, Texas
|---& Harmer
|--Ruby Campbell
|----b. Mar 1900
|--Uhl Ray Campbell*
|----b. 1902, Texas
|---& Grace Ragland
|----b. 1909, Texas
|--Uhl Ray Campbell*
|----b. 1902, Texas
|---& Elizabeth Jackson
|--Taylor Campbell
|----b. 23 Mar 1905, Hutchins, Texas
|----d. 21 Feb 1969, Garland, Dallas, Texas
|---& Juanita Andrews
|----b. 1914
|----m. 1929
|--Eula May Campbell
|----b. 1907, Texas
|---& Walter P. Simmons
|----b. 1907
|----m. 1927
|--Lloyd Campbell
|----b. 1910
|--Leon Campbell
|----b. 1912

This is the family of my grandfather Kirby Runion Moore’s sister Etta Marie Moore and her husband, Lee Elmo (also seen as “Elmore”) Campbell. Etta’s parents were Harlston Perrin Moore and Martha E. Lewis.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Family of Louis Boone Brinlee and Mary Jane “Mollie” Bennett

Louis Boone Brinlee
b. 13 Oct 1882, Collin County, Texas
d. 27 Jul 1957, Madera, California
& Mary Jane “Mollie” Bennett
b. 26 Jun 1884, Odessa, Texas
d. 8 Apr 1952, Madera, California
m. 17 Apr 1906
|--Clarence Oda Brinlee
|----b. 20 Apr 1902, Oklahoma
|----d. 15 Dec 1951, Oakland, Alameda, California
|---& Hettie Mae Bradley
|----b. 11 Mar 1904, Oklahoma
|----d. 26 Mar 1987, Alameda, California
|----m. 1922
|--Cordelia Iva “Cordie” Brinlee
|----b. 7 Mar 1908, Oklahoma
|----d. 5 Nov 1979, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|---& Leslie E. Walker
|----b. 22 Mar 1896
|----d. 13 Nov 1978, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Lonnie E. Brinlee
|----b. 10 Jan 1910
|----d. 22 Jan 1910
|--Ethel May Brinlee
|----b. 3 Nov 1911, Oklahoma
|----d. 20 Jun 1921
|--Harold E. Brinlee
|----b. 15 Feb 1915
|----d. 18 Feb 1915
|--Trinnie Izola Brinlee
|----b. 12 May 1916, Yeager, Oklahoma
|----d. 30 Dec 1978, Coalinga, Fresno, California
|---& Rude Hazle Parker
|----b. 2 Dec 1910
|----d. 10 Jun 2000, Coalinga, Fresno, California
|----m. 12 Oct 1937, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Raymond Louis Brinlee*
|----b. 24 Jan 1920, Oklahoma
|----d. 14 Aug 1983, French Camp, California
|---& Alta Lorraine Settle
|----b. 9 May 1930, Tulare, California
|----d. 24 Feb 1996, Stockton, San Joaquin, California
|--Raymond Louis Brinlee*
|----b. 24 Jan 1920, Oklahoma
|----d. 14 Aug 1983, French Camp, California
|---& Lola Mae Chambers
|----b. 1928
|----d. 1949
|--Aubry Boone Brinlee*
|----b. 30 Nov 1923, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|----d. 29 Oct 2006, El Sobrante, Contra Costa, California
|--& Helen Meek
|----m. 13 Feb 1941, Wewoka, Seminole Co., Oklahoma
|--Aubry Boone Brinlee*
|----b. 30 Nov 1923, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|----d. 29 Oct 2006, El Sobrante, Contra Costa, California
|--& (Private)
|----b. 6 Oct 1924, Quinton, Oklahoma
|----m. 15 Jan 1945, Reno, Nevada
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& Roger Galbraith
|----m. 1943
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|---b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& Ronald Thomas “Ron” Casey
|----b. 28 May 1926, Alameda, California
|----d. 16 Jan 1972, Contra Costa, California
|----m. 1946
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& James Avery Ligon
|----b. 16 Apr 1923, Quinton, Oklahoma
|----d. 18 Jul 1984, Kern County, California
|----m. 1950, Reno, Nevada
|--Lucille Lida Brinlee*
|----b. 8 May 1926
|----d. 13 Feb 2009
|---& John Johnson

Louis Boone Brinlee, youngest son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee and Diza Caroline Boone, was closest to my Grandfather Lawrence Carroll Brinlee in age among his older half-siblings and, according to my Uncle Bill Brinlee, was his favorite brother. According to him, Louis and Mollie moved out to California from Oklahoma in 1942, but sometime before my grandfather’s death in 1953 came back out to Texas to visit him, which made my grandfather very happy. They went together to visit the grave of their father Hiram. Clarence Oda Brinlee may have been Louis’ stepson.

Mary Jane "Mollie" Bennett was the daughter of John David Bennett and Exie Emmaline Casey.

I correspond with a couple of members of this family, but if there are any more of you out there, I would love to hear from you! You can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Family of Ambert Hatler Brinlee and Rosa Ella Roper

Ambert Hatler Brinlee
b. 17 Apr 1878, Bowie Co., Texas
d. 19 May 1964, Anna, Collin County, Texas
& Rosa Ella Roper
b. 22 Aug 1878, Collin County, Texas
d. 25 Mar 1946, Anna, Collin County, Texas
m. 4 Jan 1906
|--Ray Ambert Brinlee*
|----b. 25 Oct 1906, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 16 Mar 1991, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|---& Opal Bernice McGee
|----b. 1 Sep 1908, Duke, Jackson Co., Oklahoma
|----d. 24 Feb 1941, Precinct 3, Collin County, Texas
|----m. 3 Oct 1925, Collin County, Texas
|--Ray Ambert Brinlee*
|----b. 25 Oct 1906, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 16 Mar 1991, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|---& Amma Lucille O’Neal
|----b. 6 Oct 1906, Cherokee Co., Texas
|----d. 17 Dec 2000
|----m. 31 Mar 1945, Dallas County, TX
|--Lewis Gerald Brinlee
|----b. 10 Jul 1914, Anna, Collin County, Texas
|---& Bonnie Fay Johnson
|----b. 1 Jun 1918, Collin County, Texas
|----m. 18 Dec 1937, Durant, OK
|--Arba Dennis Brinlee*
|----b. 3 Oct 1919, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 21 Jan 1994, Henderson, Texas
|---& Reba Imogene Williams
|----m. 30 Sep 1938
|--Arba Dennis Brinlee*
|----b. 3 Oct 1919, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 21 Jan 1994, Henderson, Texas
|---& Hazel Lillian Baker
|----b. 14 Nov 1919, Ohio
|----m. 8 Sep 1951

Ambert Hatler Brinlee, who was the half-brother of my grandfather Lawrence Carroll Brinlee, was the son of Hiram Carroll “Dink” Brinlee, Jr. and Diza Caroline Boone. Rosa Ella Roper was the daughter of Lemuel Frederick Hawkins Roper and Virginia Caroline Humphries. I believe that “Bert” was married to a Susan Howard prior to his marriage to Rosa; he and Susan may have married around 1898, but I do not know when she died or whether they had any children. After Rosa’s death he married Lydia Ellen Stroud.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Family of John Ewing Brinlee and Dovie Edna McDonald

John Ewing Brinlee
b. 18 Dec 1875
& Dovie Edna McDonald
b. 27 Feb 1881
d. 15 Sep 1970, Temple, Cotton, Oklahoma
m. 24 Sep 1905
|--Chester Brinlee
|----b. 15 Jul 1906
|----d. 11 Nov 1915, Near Rockwall, Texas
|--Lester Randall Brinlee*
|----b. 20 Jun 1908, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 22 Jan 1986, Wilson, Carter, Oklahoma
|---& Bertha Akin
|----b. 1912
|----m. 1928
|--Lester Randall Brinlee*
|----b. 20 Jun 1908, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 22 Jan 1986, Wilson, Carter, Oklahoma
|---& Bessie F. Gober
|----b. 11 Jan 1916, Sangerton, Texas
|----d. 30 May 1997, Wilson, Carter, Oklahoma
|----m. 30 Sep 1940, Cotton Co., Oklahoma
|--Aline Brinlee
|----b. 1919, Oklahoma

John Ewing Brinlee, the son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. and Diza Caroline Boone, was my grandfather Lawrence Carroll Brinlee’s half-brother. Dovie Edna McDonald was the daughter of John Jerman McDonald and Mary Elizabeth Wallace. She was previously married to William E. Sanderson and had two children from that marriage: Arvel W. and Hazel Edna.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Family of Benedetto Davi and Maria Terzo

Benedetto “Benedict” Davi
& Maria Terzo
b. ca 1854
|--Rosa Davi
|----b. ca 1890, Sicily
|--Giovanna “Jennie” Mary Davi
|----b. 22 Dec 1893, Sicily, Italy
|----d. Oct 1985, Flushing, Queens, New York
|--& Vincenzo Vincent “Jimmie” Terrana
|----b. 26 May 1883, Sette Cannolli, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
|----d. Jun 1956, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
|----m. 1909
|--Michele Davi
|----b. ca 1899, Sicily

This is the family of my husband’s great-great-grandparents, Benedetto Davi and Maria Terzo. I know very little about this family, and most of what I know comes from: the Social Security application of Jennie Mary Davi Terrana, the New York Passenger Lists 1820-1947 on Ancestry, and a Terrana family history by Joseph F. de Rienzo (for the initial information on Jennie Davi). I also have the Naturalization Petition Certificate of Michael Davi, dated 11 February 1930. I believe this is Michele Davi, whose age was listed as 4 on the passenger list, since this Michael Davi was said to be 31 years old, so both point to a year of birth of 1898 or 1899.

Benedetto Davi came over some time before wife Maria Terzo (listed on the passenger record under her maiden name) and children Rosa, Giovanna, and Michele, who arrived in New York on 8 September 1903. Benedetto is listed as the relative whom they are to join upon arrival. Based on Maria’s age and that of her children, there were very likely other, older children.

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Surname Saturday: William Leon “Hoss” Brinlee and Myrtie Short Wilson

William Leon “Hoss” Brinlee
b. 27 Oct 1873, Blue Ridge, Collin Co., Texas
d. 5 Jan 1952, Collin County, Texas
& Myrtie Short Wilson
b. 23 Sep 1879, Texas
d. 27 Apr 1961, Wolfe City, Hunt County, Texas
m. 10 Jun 1897
|--Guy Leon “Square” Brinlee
|----b. 17 Oct 1899, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 30 Nov 1978, Greenville, Collin Co., Texas
|--Vernon Argos “Bun” Brinlee
|----b. 9 Nov 1903, Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas
|----d. 3 Apr 1985, Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas

William Leon Brinlee was the son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr. and Diza Caroline Boone. Myrtie Wilson was the daughter of W. A. Wilson and Lydia Short.

There are rumors that Vernon “Bun” Brinlee actually got married at one point while his parents were out of town but was too afraid to tell them, so he came home and lived with them as though he was still single. He is listed as single on the 1930 census and is living with his parents. There is at least one family tree that shows him married to a Mary Josephine McDonald on 17 September 1928, and I found a birth record on Ancestry in which a Mary Argos Brinlee is listed as the mother.

Bun and Square Brinlee continued to live on the family homestead after their parents died. Square acquired his nickname from being a square-dance caller, and Bun was apparently short for “Bunnen” (?=Vernon). They led an exciting life and worked in many different jobs: shoeing horses, farming, rodeo circuit rider, gunsmith, barber, and others. The story went that they themselves owned no guns and would allow no hunting on their farm (which did not have any electricity or other modern conveniences), but this was apparently a fiction they allowed people to believe; people who visited them as kids (their place was a favorite hangout to hear stories of the old days) said that they were allowed to hunt and fish. A book was written about them by Dr. Joseph Faulds called Conversations with Kid Cougar and Lim Hang High.

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Surname Saturday: James Larkin Arrington and Laura Lee Brinlee

James Larkin “Jim” Arrington
b. 27 Feb 1866, Collin Co., Texas
d. 17 Sep 1962, Collin County, Texas
& Laura Lee Brinlee
b. 17 Jan 1871, Missouri
d. 10 Dec 1937, Anna, Collin County, Texas
m. 1890
|--William C. “Will” Arrington
|----b. Apr 1890, Collin County, Texas
|----d. bef 1920
|---& Dora H. Wren
|----b. 11 Sep 1892, Texas
|----d. 12 Dec 1976, Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas
|----m. 1909
|--Hannah Arrington
|----b. Aug 1891, Collin County, Texas
|--Lillie Marge Arrington
|----b. Oct 1893, Collin County, Texas
|---& Raymond Cooper
|--George Washington Arrington
|----b. 7 Oct 1895, Westminster, Collin County, Texas
|----d. Dec 1977, Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas
|---& Freddie Warren
|----b. 1897, Texas
|----m. 1918
|--Lonnie Bryan Arrington
|----b. 21 Mar 1898
|----d. 9 May 1899
|--Bernice “Bessie” Ann Arrington*
|----b. 9 Jul 1901, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 16 Apr 1952, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
|--& Joseph Benjamin “Joe” Hemphill
|----b. 13 Oct 1898, Hall Co., Texas
|----d. Sep 1967, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
|----m. 1920
|--Bernice “Bessie” Ann Arrington*
|----b. 9 Jul 1901, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 16 Apr 1952, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
|---& Sterner
|--Eugene Grey Arrington
|----b. 12 May 1903, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 20 Dec 1980, Tarrant County, Texas
|---& Beatrice Duckworth
|----b. 1904, Texas
|----m. 1922
|--Margie Arrington
|----b. 1913, Texas
|--Modene Arrington
|----b. 5 Nov 1918, Collin County, Texas
|----d. 29 Jul 1919, Collin County, Texas

Laura Lee Brinlee was the daughter of Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr. and Diza Carolina Boone, and James Larkin was the son of George Washington Arrington and Hannah Hendrix. It appears that Laura was born in Missouri, though the sources are divided between Missouri and Texas: earlier censuses indicate Missouri, while later censuses and her death certificate indicate Texas. Her parents were living in Boone Township, Bates County, Missouri at the time of the 1870 census. (Her younger brother, William Leon “Hoss” Brinlee, was born in Texas in 1873.)

Jim and Laura’s daughter Bernice “Bessie” Ann Arrington was apparently killed in a homicide-robbery in 1952.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: Families of Elizabeth Anne “Doll” Brinlee and Leander Scott/Harve Mulder

Leander Scott
& Elizabeth Anne “Doll” Brinlee
b. 9 Jul 1866, Bates County, Missouri
d. 20 Sep 1950, Dallas, Dallas County, TX
|--Lora Mae Scott
|----b. Aug 1884, Texas
|----d. bef 1910

Harvey “Harve” Mulder
b. Feb 1852, Alabama
d. 19 Nov 1934
& Elizabeth Anne “Doll” Brinlee
b. 9 Jul 1866, Bates County, Missouri
d. 20 Sep 1950, Dallas, Dallas County, TX
m. 25 Dec 1887
|--Ardenie Lee Mulder
|----b. 5 Nov 1888, Texas
|----d. 11 Dec 1938, Collin Co., Texas
|---& Jesse James McDonald
|----b. 1 Nov 1886, Blue Ridge, Texas
|----d. 2 Sep 1968, McKinney, Collin Co., Texas
|----m. 1905
|----Harvey Carrol Mulder
|----b. 8 Aug 1891, Near Blue Ridge, Collin Co., Texas
|----d. 1957
|---& Cora Ethel McDonald
|----b. 28 Jul 1888
|----d. Dec 1978, Bonham, Fannin Co., TX
|----m. 1909
|--Willie Mulder
|----b. 23 Dec 1893, Texas
|----d. 11 Aug 1989
|---& Marion Luther Truelove
|----b. 8 Oct 1893, Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas
|----d. 4 Oct 1953, Dallas County, TX
|----m. 1916
|--Albert Leon Mulder
|----b. 1 Jan 1897, Blue Ridge, Collin Co., Texas
|----d. 5 Nov 1972, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
|---& Edna Hunter
|----b. 21 Apr 1902, Texas
|----d. 16 Nov 1978, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
|----m. 1921
|--Orous Ambert Mulder
|----b. 12 Apr 1901
|----d. 29 Oct 1985, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
|---& Edna Hendricks
|----b. 1901, Texas
|--Odessa Beatrice Mulder*
|----b. 24 Feb 1904, Texas
|----d. 19 Jun 1970, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas
|---& C. A. Sanford
|----b. 1903, Texas
|----m. 1929
|--Odessa Beatrice Mulder*
|----b. 24 Feb 1904, Texas
|----d. 19 Jun 1970, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas
|---& Guyton House Hunter
|----b. 19 Mar 1900
|--Odessa Beatrice Mulder*
|----b. 24 Feb 1904, Texas
|----d. 19 Jun 1970, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas
|---& Hilyard Wakefield Eubanks
|----b. 9 Aug 1901
|----d. 5 Sep 1973, North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas
|--Lonnie Odell Mulder*
|----b. 7 Jul 1907, Texas
|----d. 25 Oct 1985, Dallas Co., Texas
|---& Katherine Bessie Cassteel
|--Lonnie Odell Mulder*
|----b. 7 Jul 1907, Texas
|----d. 25 Oct 1985, Dallas Co., Texas
|---& Hellen Virginia Mullinix

Elizabeth Anne Brinlee was the second child of Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. and Diza Caroline Boone. Harvey Mulder was the son of George D. Mulder and Angeline Walker. Harvey’s first wife was Eveline Langham; they had children George Monroe, Elizabeth (who apparently died as an infant), Oscar, and James Calvin.

There are several mysteries, or at least some missing information, connected with this family. To begin with, I do not know anything about Leander Scott – parents, dates, or what happened to him. Doll Brinlee was a widow when she married Harve Mulder, so Leander Scott must have died some time between 1884, when his daughter Lora Mae was born, and 1887, the approximate year when Harve Mulder and Elizabeth Brinlee Scott married.

I also do not know what happened to Lora Mae, though it appears she had died by 1910, since the 1910 census indicates that one of Doll Mulder’s children had died by then, and the others are accounted for. I do not know when Lora Mae Scott died or whether she had married before she died.

The final mystery is who the parents are of the Duckworth grandchildren living with Harve and Doll on the 1910 and 1920 censuses, as well as an adopted Duckworth daughter shown with them on the 1930 census:

Claud/Cloyd and Roy Duckworth, grandsons, both age 9, are living with the family on the 1910 census.

Claud, grandson, age 19, and Jessie, granddaughter, age 15, are living with the family on the 1920 census.

Lora, adopted daughter, age 9, is shown with the family on the 1930 census.

Might Claud, Roy, and Jessie be children of Lora Mae Scott (they would have been the right ages – born between 1901 and 1905 – to have been her children)? And perhaps Lora was the daughter of Claud or Roy?

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

[Many thanks to Debbie Blanton McCoy for corrections in some of the locations associated with this family - some much appreciated assistance from a very kind fellow Texan!]

Surname Saturday: James Edward Brinlee and Ida Rosalee Brock

James Edward Brinlee
b. 3 Apr 1864, Collin County, Texas
d. 11 Feb 1908, Pauls Valley, OK
& Ida Rosalee Brock
b. 2 Jul 1871, Georgia
d. 27 Dec 1940, Aubrey, Denton, Texas
m. 26 Aug 1901
|--Ira Mae Brinlee
|----b. 4 May 1902, Texas
|---& Marshall Smith
|----b. Alabama
|--Audry Lawton Brinlee
|----b. 18 May 1904
|---& Viola Dora Matlock
|--Jimmie Gladys Brinlee
|----b. 15 Dec 1907, Van Alstyne, Texas
|----d. 30 Nov 1999, Lamar County, Texas
|---& Tonie Melvin Moore
|----d. 18 May 1976
|----m. 7 Jun 1924, Denton, Texas

This is the family of James Edward Brinlee (my paternal grandfather’s oldest brother) and his second wife, Ida Rosalee Brock. Ida’s first husband was George Washington McClerry; their children were Luther Pinkny McClerry, James Walter Lee McClerry, and Mattie L. McClerry. I would especially like to know more about Audry Brinlee’s wife Viola Dora Matlock, since I am related to a Matlock family that ended up in Texas.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

Surname Saturday: James Edward Brinlee and Mary Ann Sims

James Edward Brinlee
b. 3 Apr 1864, Collin County, Texas
d. 11 Feb 1908, Pauls Valley, OK
& Mary Ann Sims
b. 19 Aug 1863, Collin County, Texas
d. aft 11 Mar 1900
m. 21 Oct 1884, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|--Alfred Elonso Brinlee
|----b. 22 Nov 1886, Grayson Co., TX
|----d. 22 Nov 1886, Grayson Co., TX
|--Cela Brinlee
|----b. 21 Jun 1888, Texas
|----d. 26 Aug 1928, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|---& Thomas Ferlin Sweeney
|----b. 10 Jan 1882, Kentucky
|----d. 25 Mar 1959, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|----m. 27 Sep 1904, Collin County, Texas
|--Disa Caroline Brinlee
|----b. 19 Jan 1890, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK
|----d. 11 Jan 1961, Waco, McLennan, TX
|---& Ross Dolphus White
|----b. 6 May 1882, Rome, Georgia
|----d. 30 Mar 1952, Collin County, Texas
|----m. 1910
|--Clarence Edward Brinlee
|----b. 10 Apr 1892, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|----d. 22 Feb 1980, Holdenville, Hughs, OK
|---& Ethel Lena Bennett
|----b. 11 Oct 1886, Brightstar, Miller, Arkansas
|----d. 28 Feb 1985, Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma
|----m. 19 Jan 1911, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Hiram Carroll Brinlee III*
|----b. 1 Aug 1894, Holdenville, OK
|----d. 25 May 1972, Holdenville, OK
|---& Mary Ethel Russell
|----b. 28 Mar 1904
|----d. 23 Jul 1960
|--Hiram Carroll Brinlee III*
|----b. 1 Aug 1894, Holdenville, OK
|----d. 25 May 1972, Holdenville, OK
|---& Pearl Allstate Spear
|--Lena Patricia Beatrice Brinlee
|----b. 8 Sep 1897, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
|----d. 5 Nov 1989, Kimberling City, Stone Co., Missouri
|---& Isaac Newton Barber
|----b. 30 Jun 1892, Texas
|----d. Feb 1981, Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
|----m. 1921
|--Menard Cecil Brinlee
|----b. 11 Mar 1900, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK
|----d. 20 Sep 1901, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK

James Edward Brinlee was the oldest son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr. and Disa Caroline Boone. Mary Ann Sims was the daughter of Robert Brown Sims and Margaret Leek Brinlee. Margaret was the older sister of Hiram Brinlee, Jr., so James Edward and Mary were first cousins.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).

(Photo courtesy of several cousins who have been kind enough to send it to me.)

Surname Saturday: Elijah Norman and Margaret Agnes Kinsey

Elijah “Lige” Norman
b. 11 Jan 1874, Alabama
d. 15 Feb 1953
& Margaret Agnes Kinsey
b. 26 Jan 1874
d. 28 Sep 1918
m. 18 Oct 1894
|--Walter Denton Norman
|----b. 7 Dec 1895, Meyers, Garland, Arkansas
|----d. 4 Mar 1968
|---& Viola Irene Buck
|----b. 2 Dec 1904
|----d. Sep 1987, Crossett, Ashley, Arkansas
|----m. 4 Jul 1923
|--Joseph Ellis Norman
|----b. 7 May 1898, Arkansas
|----d. 2 Oct 1979
|---& Ida Mae Johnson
|----b. 29 Jan 1904
|----d. 4 Jul 1990
|----m. 29 Jan 1920, Garland County, Arkansas
|--Mary Susan Norman
|----b. 18 Feb 1901, Meyers Creek, Garland Co., Arkansas
|----d. 13 Jan 1980, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
|---& Gilford Elijah Powell
|----b. 20 Dec 1899, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
|----d. 4 Nov 1992, Richardson, Dallas Co., Texas
|----m. 3 Jul 1918
|--Elvia Prudence Norman
|----b. 15 May 1903, Meyer Comm, Garland Co., Arkansas
|----d. 8 Oct 2002, Mount Ida, Montgomery, Arkansas
|---& Isaac Lester Standridge
|----b. 8 Oct 1893, Arkansas
|----d. 17 Dec 1981
|----m. 2 Jul 1921, Montgomery Co., Arkansas,
|--Manuel Alexander Norman
|----b. 17 Jun 1905, West of Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas
|----d. 30 Jul 1985, Norman, Montgomery, Arkansas
|---& Lydia Fryar
|----b. 17 Jun 1906, Arkansas
|----d. Oct 1983
|----m. 24 Dec 1925, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
|--Nancy Olive Norman
|----b. 8 Dec 1907, Arkansas
|----d. 15 Mar 1968
|---& William Elmer Milholen
|----b. 4 Sep 1904, Arkansas
|----d. 2 Mar 1961

This is the family of Elijah “Lige” Norman (son of Joseph Madison Carroll Norman and Mary Patterson) and his first wife, Margaret Agnes Kinsey (daughter of Jessie Sanford Kinsey and Susan Emeline Wacaster). Margaret’s sister Lillie Catherine Kinsey was the second wife of Lige’s brother Newton Leonard Norman, and two of the children of her sister Prudence married into the Norman family: Simon Peter Tallent married Josephine Rebecca “Josie” Cannon, a daughter of Susan A. “Sudie” Norman, and Caldonia Emeline “Callie” Tallent married Lige’s half-brother Jessie “Judge Spivey” Norman.

I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).