Tombstone Tuesday - Stephen and Eliza Faudree

FAUDREE

STEPHEN          ELIZA

LEDFORD          CARNIFIX

JULY 8, 1857          MAR. 12, 1861

JAN. 3, 1929          July 22, 1929

 

Stephen and Eliza Carnefix Faudree were my great-grandparents.

Married 17 Dec 1878 in Monroe County, West Virginia, the couple had 10 children:

Ida C. [1880-1953]

Bervie Richard [1881-1909]

Pearl Pleasant [1883-1959]

Gordon Stephen [1885-1958]

Spurgeon Pierce [1888-1962]

Roy Dayton [1891-1952]

Faye E. [1895-1904]

**Mary Elizabeth [1897-1975]**

Zenna Zane [1900-1971]

Veda [1903-1993]

 

The couple is buried at the Baker/Faudree Cemetery located near Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia.

 

Baker/Faudree Cemetery

[photo from Find-A-Grave]

 

 

** Denotes my paternal grandmother.

 

 

Matrilineal Monday - Through My Paternal Grandmother

I thought I would switch up the Matrilineal Monday a bit, and follow the maternal lines of my paternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Faudree.

Mary Elizabeth Faudree [03 Jun 1897 - 01 Jan 1975] was the daughter of Stephen Ledford Faudree [1857-1929] and his wife Elizabeth Carnefix [1861-1929].

Mary Elizabeth Faudree

Elizabeth Carnefix was the daughter of George W. Carnefix [1831-1864] and Mary Susan Daugherty [b.1834].

Elizabeth Carnefix Faudree

Mary Susan Daugherty was the daughter of Philip Daugherty [1798-1871] and his wife Rachel Lake [1800-1890].

At this point the story ends. Although I am working on it daily! So hopefully next time I will have more to share!

Sunday Sing Along - I Feel Like Traveling On

Here's another great old Sunday song that I grew up on! Here's Loretta Lynn putting her spin on this gospel song!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

 

Happy Birthday to My Hero, My Daddy!

 

I love you Daddy!

Sibling Saturday - Anna and Adelaide

For those of you who have been following my blog this week, you will recognize the DuBois family whom I have been working on. This is the family of my gr-gr-gr-grandparents.

Born in 1840, my gr-gr-grandmother, Anna [Annette] was born to Nicholas DuBois and his wife Magdalain Houin. Anna was the DuBois' first born child.

In 1857 Anna married Joseph EVE [1829-1892].  Anna and Joseph had six children together:
Nicholas [1858-1923]; Lawrence [b.1860]; Alfred [b.1863]; Charles [b.1868]; Adeline [1867 - 1958]; Joseph [b.1870].

It is in 1870, following the birth of Joseph that Anna dies.

In 1871, just a few months after the death of Anna, Joseph remarries. This time to Anna's younger sister, Adeline. [It is Adeline that Anna's youngest daughter is named after. Adeline [the younger] is my great-grandmother.

Adeline [the elder] is left to raise Anna's six children, the youngest being a baby. At the same time, Joseph and Adeline begin having children of their own. Nine to be in fact! They are: Joseph [1872 - 1874; it is unsure if this is the same child as Anna's last born or not. If he is not, then Anna's son Joseph died as an infant.]; Frank [1874-1880]; Louis [1875-1968]; Mary [1879-1957]; James [1882-1962]; Hattie [1883-1967]; John Edward [1886-1966]; Gilbert [1888-1969]; and Flora [1890-1956].

To my knowledge, no photograph has been found of Anna. However, we have this lovely old one that shows Adeline, the dear sister who raised Anna's children...

Adeline Josepha DuBois Eve with one of her grandchildren and a beloved pet.

 

Absolutely priceless!

Family Recipe Friday - Blackberry Dumplings

This is one of our favorite desserts of all time! Rich, sweet, and a taste of pure heaven!

Blackberry Dumplings

 

Ingredients:

1 quart fresh blackberries, rinsed and drained [I use frozen when these are out of season]

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

 

In a heavy pot over medium/high heat bring the ingredients to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer.

 

Dumplings:

1-1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1-tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk [I usually have to add another tablespoon more]

 

Mix the dumpling ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl. Then drop by tablespoonful into the blackberry mixture. After dropping the dough into the pot, cover with a lid and leave to simmer for 20-30 minutes.

 

Dumplings will be light and fluffy and infused with the blackberry liquid.

 

Serve warm [one dumpling and a big spoon of berries per serving]. Top with vanilla ice-cream.

 

This is one of those summertime favorites that will have your tongue slapping your forehead silly wanting more!

Thankful Thursday - What's In A Name?

As you will know, if you have been following my blog for the past few days, I have been concentrating on my gr-gr-gr-grandparents, Nicholas DuBois and his wife Magdalain Houin.

I was able to locate the family on the 1880 Census. But, other than a few kindly hints, [long ago someone gave me a list of their children, but I'd had no proof] I was unable to tie them to my gr-gr-grandmother, Anna/Annette. I had been told that after her death, her husband married Anna's sister, Adelaide. But, again, I had been unable to find proof.

By the 1880 Census, the Dubois' were in their 70's and 80's, and Anna had already died. I feared I would never locate the family together!

Then this week, I decided to look at the family abstractly.

DuBois was French, this I knew. However, I had never taken French in high school [had I known I would love this search so much, I would gladly have opted for French over Spanish!]. So with the aid of an online translator, I found that DuBois literally meant "The Wood". So, let's see if we can locate a Census record with at least most of the family listed on it.

And suddenly there it was! Not just a census record, but how about three of them! We now have the 1840-1860 census records with all of the children, sans one [who is supposed to have died as a toddler], listed on them!

1840 Census

 

1850 Census

 

1860 Census

 

On the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Census my ancestor's were listed as the Woods family! But by the time the 1880 rolled around, they were using their native surname of DuBois. This is why I have had so many problems locating them!

Sometimes it seems we must step out of the box and try a new approach to get the results we most want. And that is my Thankful Thursday for the week!