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I'd love to find any of my cousins. Here are the names of the 13 - MAYBE in order from oldest:
Pauline, James, Dotty, Jethro, Ethel, Jackson, Myree, Richard, Thomas, Nancy, Martha, Jean, Catherine
Okay, that's probably not in the right order. At one time my Grandma had over 40 grandchildren. I am in touch with very few. I'd love to get in touch.
My Grandma lived in Poquoson, Va. Her husband, Jethro, passed away a long time before she did. I know only two of my aunts are still alive, possibly one uncle.
What is Grandma's full name? What are the last names of those cousins?
The best way I've found living people was to find the death notices/ obituaries of people who died that mentioned the children and grandchildren, usually with names of their spouses/partners and the city where they live.
I have a membership on genealogybank which has lots of newspapers. If you post some full names and death dates of the cousins' parents, I can look them up.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) — Saturday, November 14, 1992
YORK - Nancy Ann Harrell Spencer, 59, of Yorktown and a Peninsula resident for 45 years, died Friday, Nov. 13.
A North Carolina native, she retired in 1987 as an officer after 18 years at the Crestar Bankcard division.
Survived by her husband, Clyde Spencer; two daughters, Joyce Moaratty and Janice Payne of York County; a stepdaughter, Sheri Hubbard of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; three sons, Jerry Martin of Virginia Beach, Leon Martin of Hampton and John Martin of York County; two stepsons, Steve Spencer of Charleston, S.C., and Paul Spencer of York County; her mother, Edna B. Harrell of Poquoson; seven sisters, Pauline Cottee of Gloucester, Doris Bromley of Forksville, Pa., Ethel Perkins of Coventry, R.I., Myree Stuart of Hayes, Jean Lindholm of Auburn, Ala., Martha Boyd of Poquoson and Catherine Scaramouche of New Derry, Pa.; five brothers, James Harrell of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jethro Harrell of Falmouth, Maine, Jackson Harrell of Houston, Thomas Harrell of Ledgewood, N.J., and Richard Harrell of Port Royal, Ky.; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral at 7 p.m. Monday at Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, by the Rev. John E. Lightsey with visitation afterward. Burial will be private.
Here's what I could put together so far.
Of the 13 children of Jethro Oliver Harrell (1898-1966) and Edna Leslie Bailey (1904-1994), I could put 10 of them in birth order. Your known cousins would be in bold (or one might be you).
Pauline b. 1924- d. 1997 (husband ___ Cottee) Lived in Gloucester, VA
James b. 1926 Lived in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1992
Dorris/Dotty b. 1927 (Husband ___ Bromley) Lived in Forksville, PA in 1992
Jethro b. 1929- d. 2012 (wife Joan Smith) Lived in Fairmouth, ME in 1992. Son Jethro died 1989. Daughter Dianne Belskis, of Westbrook, ME. Daughter Shirley Harrell, of South Portland, ME. Daughter Maureen Harrell, of Viera, FL.
Nancy b. 1933- d. 1992 (husband 1 ___ Martin, husband 2 Clyde Spencer). Daughter Joyce Moaratty of York County VA. Daughter Janice Payne of York County VA. Son Jerry Martin of Virginia Beach. Son Leon Martin of Hampton VA. Son John Martin of York County VA.
Myree b. 1935- d. 2014 (husband 1 __ Lawler, husband 2 Ed Stuart). Lived in Hayes, VA. Daughter Victoria Gould of Denver, CO. Daughter Beth Emmons of Atlanta, GA.
Martha b. 1936- d. 2005 (husband Ronald D Boyd) Lived in Poquoson, VA. Son Clark Boyd. Son Mark Boyd. Daughter Ronda Dodge. Daughter GailGrecar.
Thomas b. 1942- (wife Joyce Antionnette Seeman) Lived in Ledgewood, NJ in 1992.
Richard b. 1943- d. 2011 (wife Margaret Swift) Lived in Owensboro, KY. Daughter Myra Kolle of Shephardsville, KY.
Catherine b. 1945- d. 2012 (husband Albert Scaramouche) Lived in New Derry PA in 1992. Children: Leslie Buchanan of IL. Lucy Watson-Fromm of VA. Lorraine Tilley of VA. Lynette Woodhouse of PA.
I could not find approximate birth dates for: Jackson Harrell--Lived in Houston, TX in 1992. Lived in Minnesota in 2014 Ethel Harrell--(husband ___ Perkins) Lived in Coventry, RI. Jean Harrell--(husband __ Lindholm) Lived in Auburn, Alabama 1992 and Coos Bay, OR 2014
Hope that gets you pointed in the right direction! It looks like Jethro and Edna's descendants moved all over the country!
Last edited by Tracysherm; 04-05-2016 at 02:43 PM..
Martha E. Boyd, born Jan. 11, 1938, passed from this life to her next life to forever be with the Lord Jesus on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. Born in Como, N.C., she moved to Poquoson at four years of age, where she went to school, married and raised four children before moving to Jamaica, Va., with her husband, Ronald Boyd, in 1999. Preceding her in death were her parents, Jethro and Edna Harrell; three sisters, Nancy Spencer, Doris Bromley, Pauline Cottee; a brother, Thomas Harrell; and two grandsons, Steven Shriver Boyd and Carl Boyd. Surviving family members are husband, Ronald Boyd; sons, Clark Boyd and Greer, Mark Boyd and Kathy; daughters, Ronda Dodge, Gail Grecar and Brandon; grandchildren, Marie B. Brown, Jason Boyd and Marshall Dodge. Also sisters, Ethel Perkins, Myree Stuart, Jean Lindholm and Catherine Scaramouche; brothers, James Harrell, Jethro Harrell, Jackson Harrell and Richard Harrell. Martha was a stay at home mom until the children were grown then she sold real estate on the peninsula for 10 years. She enjoyed bowling, arts & crafts, board games and most of all playing guitar and singing at cookouts, parties, nursing homes and funerals. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Hermitage Baptist Church, Church View. Interment was in Middlesex Memorial Cemetery, Urbanna.
Name of Deceased:Cathrine Scaramouche
Gender:Female
Age at Death:66
Birth Date:7 Nov 1945
Birth Place:Poquoson, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence (at time of death):New Derry, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date:16 Jun 2012
Obituary Date:18 Jun 2012
Spouse's Name:Albert Scaramouche
Parents' Names:Jethro O.
Childrens' Names:Leslie S. Buchanan, of Illinois, Lucy J. Watson-Fromm, of Virginia, Lorraine G. Tilley, of Virginia, and Lynette M. Woodhouse, of Pennsylvania
There were marriage certificates for several of the 13 "kids" on ancestry.com. Are you a member? If not, when I get the chance, I can scan and e-mail some to you. Though I can't guarantee I'll have the free time I apparently had yesterday!
Wow. It takes an act of congress (practically) to get paperwork for my own ex-marriage. LOL Thanks TracySam. I think I've got a good start! I'm in touch with Jethro and Catherine's kids!!! And I know Nancy and Myree's. Actually, my Aunt Kitty is not to far - I need to go see her. I started a fb group to add cousins to.
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