Subject: Re: Aloha! From: Timmy Date: March 13, 1999 Cindy Sidwell wrote: > > Bet that greeting threw ya! My name is Cindy Sidwell, born and raised in > Greer, SC but married a Navy man some 18 years ago and for the last 10 years > (will be the end of March) live in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. > > Last year while going through paperwork I had filed away for some time, I > came across my mothers genealogy she had worked on in the early '80 that she > did for a family reunion. You see, my Mom died in 1986, Dad in 1987 and I > have been away from family so long that I have been kind of numb to even > want to know my history which is a shame because I have 2 teenage sons that > have never had the luxury to even visit their grandparents on Sunday > afternoons! Finding those papers really piqued my interest again! Mom's > history (her dad Norman OLIVER from Pickens, her mom Irene BOWLING from I > think the same) is pretty well documented for her dad through her family > bible, for her mom was done for the reunion. I want to find out more about > them, but I really don't have anything about my dad's side past his parents. > His name was James Willard YEARGIN. He had 1 brother, William Benjamin and > 2 sisters, Francis and Jo Ann. His sisters, my aunts are still alive but > living so far away kind of makes it difficult to communicate much more than > the the I love yous on holidays (we have been lucky enough to see them and > siblings a couple of times since living in Hawaii, but we spend all our time > catching up on the present time, don't have time to ask about the past). > James Willard YEARGIN's parents were Pascal Isaiah YEARGIN and Elizabeth > BRIDLE. I can tell you a couple of his brothers played professional > baseball, and my dad played in the mill league in Taylors and Greer. > > Any information anyone has would be greatly appreciated! YEARGIN is such an > uncommon common name, about the only information I have found on the > Internet was about one of my great uncles baseball stats on the CNN/SI site! > I would also love to know the origin of YEARGIN too. > > Aloha, > > Cindy YEARGIN-SIDWELL > > (SIDWELL from TN will be my next project!) > Hello, My name is Jennifer and I have Yeargins'(9) in my family tree.They go way back and I have hardly none of present generations.They lived in the 19th century.If it sounds intresting to you, please let me know. Jennifer- [email protected] ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |