Julie's Genealogy blog

Photo of Marinda (Fry) Whicker?

My mother let me scan what she believes to be a photo of Marinda (Fry) Whicker. If you click on the image, you get the photo with the background as well. If that is her Grandma Gibson's house in the background (Sarah (Whicker) Gibson) then it most likely is Marinda (Fry) Whicker.

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I need to research...

John Samuel Claxon
- br March 24, Owen CO., KY.Died Oct. 30, 1953, believe in Delaware CO., IN.
- since he was a Claxon, he was obviously related to my Claxon/Claxton
ancestors in Owen County, Kentucky
- Is he the same John Claxon as John D. "Sam" Claxon I have a photo of,
brother to my Elizabeth Katherine Claxon Oliver?
Points to research:
- census records in Delaware County, Indiana
- census records in Owen County in addition to what I have
- marriage records where available
- check my cemetery records also.
Source: info on him came from:http://genforum.genealogy.com/in/delaware/messages/51.html
in a message from Kenneth Ellis.

Research:
Thomas Oliver Whicker
1850 NC Forsyth Co US Federal Census pg313 taken 26th Nov 1850, Roll # M 432_630
Source of this info:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1841627&id=I5344
Suzanne Young Brayer

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While following up on this last I found my Marinda M. Fry at last! She is there in Forsythe County, North Carolina with her parents, Joseph and Elizabeth AND her siblings, Phebe C., Rebecca J. and Edward G.! This is something I have been looking for, for years and years, in order to find out what her mother's name was. And of course, I also got Thomas Oliver Whickers information, just where it was supposed to be. Thank you Suzanne for the reference!

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So I spent time researching that census and came up with a lot of Whickers in there as well as Smiths, a few Starbucks and a lot of CREWS that I made notes what pages they were on. I have to translate my notes into a web page now, for research purposes. But there's another generation beyond Marinda that I have gained...

My great-grandmothers

Here's a photo of my two great-grandmothers on my mothers side. Their names are Sarah Catherine (Whicker) Gibson (left) and Elizabeth Katherine (Claxon/Claxton) Oliver (on the right).

A little story about Sarah C. Gibson. My mother told me that as she was getting older, she started getting more childlike - she used to play like she had something in her pocket and it was a little secret she had, and she used to giggle.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Oliver my mother did not know quite as well. But she does remember her a little and she used to call my Uncle Bill (Oliver) pronounced it "Beelee".