Family Tree Findings: 2008

As some of you guys know i have been working on my family tree
for some time. And I have to confess that sometimes I feel like pulling out my
hair because I hit a brick wall with one of my relatives,( like Grover lol) So
sometimes I find it's better to just put it away for awhile and then go back
later and try again. It seems the Collins family ( my family) is a mystery. So
hard to find any info on alot of them And I never thought I would gt this
far with them, So when I find goodies online like pictures and stories, It
is quite a hi! lol Some of the pics I have found on all sides of my family date
back all the way to the 1800's. So it is exciting to find these goodies. Below
are pictures I have found online from cousins I have ran into while doing
my research. Some I found on genealogy sites. all of these pics were found
online only the pic of of my sisters and I is actually from my own pvt
collection.

All these pics below were relatives from my dad's side of the
family. ( Large,Lovejoy,Collins,)

This one is one of my favorites

The lady Sitting down is Emaline "Emily" Lovejoy.

she is my 4th gr granmaw, On her lap is my grandmother Violet M. Collins
(05 Mar 1926-Nov 29,2007)

The little girl Beside them is my grandmaw's sister Marguerite
Collins. (18 Dec 1923-29 Nov 2003)

The Fella in the background is Roy Large brother to my great grandma
Myrtle.

This is my 3rd gr grandmother with my grandmother's sister Loretta.

Myrtle's Mother Mary Morrow Large

(Nov 1880-24 Oct 1939)

This pic was one of the pics I found online. I found on one of the
genealogy site. This is my Gr grandmother Myrtle Large with 2nd husband
Bob Bancroft.

Now the funny thing about this pic is that I found this online and
imagine my surprise when I showed it to my dad and told me that He was
the little boy on the horse.

He has never saw that pic before.

Myrtle's Mother Mary Morrow Large (Nov 1880-24 Oct 1939)
My 3rd gr grandmother

This is my gr grandmother Myrtle Probally around the time she
married Grover.

Myrtle Again

Edward Large (23 May 1905-April 1986)

He was brother to Myrtle and uncle to my grandmother.

This is my gr aunt Lorretta with her Uncle Edward Large

This pic came from my collection, I am the one in the middle and my
sister Jettie on right and Sister Patty on Left.

Taken in 1972 at our mother's parents home in Little Blaine, ky

This pic is of Ida and Ed Meadows, Ida Morrow is
sister to my 4th gr grandmother Mary Large.

Now for my Mother's side lol

These are the pics found on my mother's side. (Blackburn,Compton,Childers,And
Castle) I actually was able to gather quite a bit of info on the
Blackburn side. And learned some things I never knew. Things like
some of my family married into the Mccoy family, yes the famous
Hatfield and Mccoy Feud. But the Blackburns were no strangers to
Feuds themselves. They had a feud for several years with the
Johnson's of Pike county,ky, ( haven't found out exactly how it
started yet) but my 4th gr grandfather was found murdered on Sept
1864 in Pike co, Ky as He was walking home from Town. Noone was able
to prove exactly who his murderer was, But It has always been
rumored as being one of the Johnson family Members. During the time
of the feud. Several Blackburns and Johnson's went missing never to
be seen again or they were also found Murdered.

And the sadness that was felt when I realized that my great parents,
Ora and Minnie Blackburn, ( my mother never knew this about her
grandparents) as they had to bury 2 of their Children in less then 4
months. They lost My grandmother's twin sister, Irena Blackburn. at
3months old to meningitis, Only to turn around and loose their 2 yr
old son Arnold Austin Blakburn 3 months later in 1922 to scarlet
Fever.

My gr grandfather George Harrison "Harry" Castle (26
Aug 1872-Feb 1940)

He died the same year my mother was born. He
also fought in the spanish- american war.

The little Lady sitting in the rocker is my gr grandmother Stella P.
Compton, Wife to Harry Castle.(20 Oct 1878- 11 Jan 1965) This was
taken shortly before Stella passed away. The lady in the center of
the table with the glasses on is my mother's aunt Nancy Lou.

This is a pic of Stella's mother Mary Louanna Wolf. (10 Oct 1858-05
Apr 1934)

Wilson Perry Compton sr Husband to Mary Lou Wolfe.

My Grandparents Jean Blackburn and John W. Castle taken in 1939, my
mother was born the following June of 1940

My grandfather John W. Castle (June 4,1917-Dec
25,1979)

This is a pic of the old homeplace in Little Blain, Ky where my
grandfather, John W. Castle was raised. The people you see in the
picture are Okey Hale (nephew to my grandfather and his Daughter
Nancy)