Little Owens Family Tree Blog

May 21, 2022 Today my maternal grandmother, Mary Emma Kinser Chlastak , would have been 100 years old. 21 MAY 1922 - Born in Houston, Harris, TX to John Chester Kinser who was 30 and Anna Rose Meineke Kinser who was 28. She was the fifth of five children. Her older siblings were Myrtle Lucile , Ruth Evelyn , and twins John Chester and Gordon Wayne , were born before her. Homes :  1829 Maryland, Houston, Harris, TX. 1824 Fairview, Houston, Harris, TX. 7602 Moss Rose, Houston, Harris, TX. Schools : Lamar High School, Houston, TX - she was in the first graduating class. Jobs: Fine China department at Foley’s in downtown Houston, Harris, TX. 1930 - Residence - Houston, Harris, TX. 1940 - Residence - Houston, Harris, TX. 25 JAN 1942 - Married Rudy Raymond Chlastak [Houston, Harris TX]. 25 NOV 1943 - Birth of son, Rudy Raymond, Jr. [Houston, Harris TX]. My grandmother was in the newspaper. Top left corner. Letter from my grandfather during World War II Mary’s brother, Wayne w...

May 9, 2022 Today, John's maternal 2nd great-grandfather, Jacob Washington "Wash" Bogan , would have been 164 years old. 9 MAY 1858 - Born in Cedar Bluff, AL to Henry Shadrack Bogan, who was 33 and Amanda “Mandy” Horn Hoss, was 24 when he was born. He was the 5th of 11 children. In a written family history, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/169287930/person/362281616233/media/e805bcca-748a-43c9-b845-6eed37fdb9a7?_phsrc=PdJ3&usePUBJs=true&sort=-created , it states that they had 11 children. The first child, Edward , died at birth on 9 OCT 1851, Alice Alvaretta was born on 4 SEP 1852, Ellen Adeline on 19 JUN 1853 and William Patrick on 29 APR 1855 were born before Jacob . I also found this site, http://www.kfgeorgia.net/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=177&medialinkID=768 in which Margaret Bogan Bray and Carolyn Pirkle [pages 43-45] contributed the information so I feel that what they compiled is correct since Margaret's d...