Little Owens Family Tree Blog

December 31, 2022 Happy 156th birthday to my paternal great-grandfather, Andrew Crawford Owens. 31 DEC 1866 - Born in Cedar Bluff, Clay, AL, to Andrew Thomas Owens , age 29, and Martha Louisiana Raines , age 24. He was the fourth of eleven children. His older siblings were Lora Ulala , Lille Leota and Marcus Cleveland . 22 DEC 1888 - Birth of sister, Romie Ophelia [Hunt County, TX]. 16 JUN 1891 - Birth of brother, Cicero Taylor [Merit, Hunt, TX]. 1893 - Moved to TX. 15 JUN 1893 - Birth of brother, Hoyt Lafayette [Merit, Hunt, TX]. 16 JUN 1895 - Birth of son, Henry Grady [TX]. 24 NOV 1899 - Birth of son, Raymond Watt  [Hunt County, TX]. 1900 - Residence - Justice Precinct 5, Hunt, TX. 22 MAR 1903 - Birth of sister, Hinda Agnes [Hunt County, TX]. 22 DEC 1907 - Married Hettie Lou Goodwin in Scatterbranch Community, Hunt, TX, in a buggy, in the rain. She was 19 and he was 20. 22 SEP 1908 - Birth of son, Rayford Morris [Hunt County, TX]. 4 MAY 1910 - Birth of son, Cecil...

Happy 160th birthday to my maternal 2nd great-grandfather, Bernard B. Meineke .  There are so many different spellings that I’ve found for his name. I’m going with Bernard since that is how I found it spelled the most. Other spellings are Bernhart, Banhart, Barrhart, Banhardt, Barnhard, Bernhard and Banshard. I’ve also seen Meineke spelled as Minacor, Meinecke, Mineki, Manecke, Meinecke and Mineke. I’m really not sure how much of what I’ve found is correct due to all the different spellings. 27 DEC 1862 - Born in Harris County, TX to Albert Meineke , age 44 and Mary Nolte Meineke , who was 39.  I’m unsure about his siblings as several census records are missing. I am going with these since they lived near him on the 1900 census. Theado , Charles and Henry . According to the 1900 census, his mother said she was the mother of eleven children and that three were living so perhaps the others I found are his siblings but I’m not going to include them until I have more proof. ...