My Elusive Jeremiah and Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland

I am beginning to wonder if there were two different Emeline Cobb Roland/Rowland/Rolins? And, two different Jeremiah Rowland/Rolands all married to the partner with the same name. In other words two different sets of Jeremiah and Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland both living in the same areas and at about the same time? What are the odds of that happening?

Here are documents and sources of the Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolen that I have;

The first document that I have of Emeline Cobb is on the 1850 Federal US Census for Mississippi, Pontotoc Co. She is listed as being 12 years old, her father is William Cobb and her mother is Prudence Cobb. It says her place of birth was S.C.

I have more documents citing evidence of Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolin, but none with the name of Sarah Emeline Cobb Rowland/Roland/Rolen.

Do you have any documents with her name as Sarah Emeline Cobb/Rowland/Roland/Rolen on them?

I am trying to discover if there was more than one Emeline Roland living in Saline and Faulkner Counties between 1856 and 1880.

I don't have any documents that confirm or cite the death or where she is buried of my Emeline Cobb/Rowland/Roland/Rolen.

If anyone has such information would you share it with me?

I posted this on the bulletin board at Ancestry.com in reply to a post talking about Sarah Emeline Cobb Rowland.  

I thought it would be good to put this on my blog as I work researching that branch of my Family Tree.

So Much To Do And So Little Time

 Time for me is moving so fast.  I think I'm in fast motion even though I live a very relaxed, non stressed life.  I enjoy my life and it is full of many things that I enjoy.  2009 arrived and I was ready to blog.  I set up my blog, shared a few thoughts, and before I knew it, Spring was here.  Time to get outside to plant flowers, roses, and work in my yard.  

 The bluebirds have captivated me and I can't miss one day of their lives.  They've built a nest.  Four eggs soon were in the nest and now there are two baby birds in there.  I sure hope the other two eggs hatch.

The male bluebird protects the nest and dives at any birds that get near it.  I think he is even helping to feed the new, tiny bluebirds.

I'll not give any more excuses for neglecting my blog.  I have a plan to share some of my genealogy research.  I've been reading blogs of my genealogy friends and learning ideals that have helped me with my research.  

I've found some new cousins that are working on the same Roland/Rowland Family Tree, so, I've decided it might help our discussions of our different lines to put my line up to give some perspective.

Yes, I do have Ancestry. com where I do research and where I have a Family Tree, but, I will be using my blog in a way that I can't on Ancestry.com.

  In the days to come I will be sharing documents that I have discovered that I am hoping will establish my branch on the Roland/Rowland Tree.

My Daddy And Me

This is my first time to join the Genea-Bloggers, as a group, in blogging together about the same ideas and the same subject. I'm thankful for these ideas as I have been pondering and pondering what and how to begin this new year of 2009 on my blog.

So, I begin with one of my favorite pictures of "My Daddy and Me."  

My dad wanted to have our pictures taken together.  Mom says he told her to get me ready for him to take me to town to have our pictures made.  This has become a precious picture to me as I, remember him, and think of him.  He died in 1988 of pancreatic cancer.  I plan to see him someday in heaven.

The picture was taken in Cotton Plant, Arkansas when I was two years old.  Dad would have been about twenty five years old.

My dad was very handsome.  I was always so very proud the next day, after he had visited my teachers at the school's open house.  The teachers, in front of the whole class,  would always tell me how handsome they thought my father was. 

He was a very over-protective father, while I was growing up, with boundaries that he enforced.  I am thankful now as I see it was a father who loved his daughter and wanted the best he could give me with his protection and guidance.

 

Family Names In My Tree

Future blogs will include the following branches with links under their names leading to them.  I hope to tie them all to this blog as the main entry or portal to them.

My mother's paternal line in the tree that I research are Haas, Grimm, Bauer from Baden, Germany.  Those are my mother's paternal line in the tree.

My mother's maternal branches are Roland/Rowland, Aikens, and Cobb.

My paternal branches include Dunlap, Pleasant, and West. 

My father's maternal line is Gills.    I know of my Grandmother Willie F. Gills, who died when my father was five years old and her mother, my Great Grandmother Eliza Ann Gills.  I do not know Eliza Ann Gills' maiden name.  So, the line ends here for my father's maternal line.  It became one of the famous brick walls for me that I hope to conquer. 

Just a tidbit of information to reveal an interesting life for Eliza Ann Gills that married Williamson P. Gills, who was a Civil War Veteran from Tennessee.  When she married him she had previously been married to one of his cousins and she had two little girls.  My Grandmother and her sister Cora.  So, she already had the name of Gills when she married Williamson P. Gills and the young girls were Gills.  I know this information from my Aunt Violet, my father's sister.

The interesting twist to their story for me to discover is who was the father of my Grandmother Willie F. Gills? 

My blogs will include these family names, with pictures, and many records and documents that I have collected in the past years.

Hopefully as I document the story of their lives it will become an interesting story for all who love Family History and the research process of discovery.

Each discovery has been a jubilant, rewarding discovery.

Today I learned how to back up my blogs at Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers

That is a wonderful site that helps the learning curve to not be so steep!  Thank all of you so much for all the work you do on the Bootcamp for Genea-Bloggers.

 

The Holidays Are Here!

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Our son is home from his second tour in Iraq. That truly is something for which I am thankful. We will soon be reunited with him, his family, and our daughter and her family for Christmas. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks.

Not a lot of information in this blog, but I did want to update before it looks like I have neglected it.

I do want to add this link to the website where I am learning HTML Goodies

That is a great site to help the beginner with html.

The Best Is Yet To Be

"Come grow old with me the best is yet to (come) be"., by Robert Browning. I have always loved that saying. It came to my mind as I was thinking of about what I am wanting to share.

The best is yet to be, because I have learned how to make hyper-links in my blog that will take the reader to other places on the internet when they click on the links. Now, I can add other places of interest that will help me with my new blogging experiences.

As I organize my research here through my blogging efforts I will be creating and dedicating a special page to each family. The first family that I will start with is my mother's paternal Haas family.

Learning Curves and Goals

As I'm thinking about my blog today, I'm thinking this is the ninth day since starting my blog and I have so much to learn about creating a blog that will be interesting and one that will tie my genealogy research together into a readable form.

I'm thinking of learning curves that I'm still trying to master. Learning does create challenges to learn new ideas, information, knowledge and skills. When a new learning curve has been mastered, the rewards in life are rewarding and beneficial to growth and accomplishment.

From birth until the day we die we are on a journey of learning, growing and transformation.

Sometimes we are fortunate enough to pass on ideas, experiences, and accomplishment to others. I'm thinking now of the many Professional Genealogist that I have been meeting online through Facebook, their blogs and podcasts.

It's these positive accomplishments, through goals and challenges, that they started somewhere in their journey one day they took on and accomplished one learning curve after another. I'm sure their passing this on to others is very rewarding in many ways.

So, it is as we participate in the journey of life. These thoughts inspire me to be motivated to set goals and strive to accomplish them so that one day I might be able to pass on to others what I have learned and accomplished.

So, now, let's see if I can learn how to put links to other sites in my blog. So, far my blog is plain vanilla, but with time, I hope it will morph into an enjoyable, informative blog telling about my family history.