Brinson, Terrell, Shumaker, and May families
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THE FAMILY SEARCH WEBSITE. THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
Trying to figure out what to call your distant cousin? Even if you ...
EVER FOUND YOURSELF ASKING, “SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A SECOND COUSIN?”OR DEBATING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A “FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED”?
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THESE BRINSON FAMILY PHOTOS WERE IN A BOX OF STUFF THAT MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, EDNA TERRELL BRINSON “MAMAW”, GAVE TO MY MOTHER, CATHERINE SHUMAKER BRINSON, BEFORE 1961.
I really appreciate ...
SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME RECENTLY WHO OUR DIRECT LINE ANCESTORS – BRINSON – ARE. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH TOO ...
RECENTLY, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE HISTORY OF OUR TERRELL FAMILY IN AMERICA, SO SEARCHED “TERRELL” ON GOOGLE, AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THE “TERRELL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC.”!
The ...
HENRY HECTOR BRINSON MADE THIS HIGH CHAIR FOR HIS FIRST BABY.
The baby’s name was Hazel Alva Brinson, and she was born on December 30, 1902.
Henry Hector Brinson, known as “H.H.” or ...
I WAS THRILLED TO FIND THIS BRINSON COAT OF ARMS AMONG MY MOTHER’S GENEALOGY MATERIAL!
The text reads:
The Historical Research Center
Family Name History
Brinson
There are a number of explanations ...
I FOUND AN ARTICLE ABOUT CATHERINE IN THE NEWSPAPER!
More than twelve years ago, in 2008, Catherine Shumaker Brinson took an impromptu trip to Vicksburg, and managed to give an interview for an article ...
THIS BEAUTIFUL ROARING ’20s BRIDE, NELL BRINSON LUMPKIN, WAS MY FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, AS WE BOTH DESCENDED FROM ADAM WASHINGTON BRINSON.
Prior to Nell’s wedding on August 8, 1929, her mother, ...
TWO YEARS AGO TODAY WAS MY MOTHER’S FUNERAL, AND THE PIANIST PLAYED “HALLELUJAH”.
I’m sure there were people who thought that was totally inappropriate. But Catherine wanted it, and ...