Category: Eken
Maude Hoots married Claus Eken connecting the Eken branch to the Hoots branch of my family tree
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Lucy Tetterton
Lucille Tetterton Hoots was my 3x great grandmother. Her daughter Maude Hoots Thompson/Eken was the mother of my great grandmother, Margaret Thompson Myers/Hounihan who was the mother of my paternal grandmother, Clema Myers Starr. Lucy was born 26 July 1860 in Alsey, Illinois. Alsey is in Scott County. It is 22 miles southwest of Jacksonville,…… Read more
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Clema Alberta Myers
My paternal grandmother died 39 years ago today, Nov 3 1986 at the age of just 62. She had fought cancer for several years prior to her death. Clema Alberta Myers Starr was the youngest child of Raymond Jasper Myers and Margaret Evelyn Thompson. Born 10 December 1923 in Danville, Illinois, her father Raymond abandoned…… Read more
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From Clarissa to Clema
Clarissa Jane Wishon (DNA match confirmed) was my 4x great grandmother; she was born in Kentucky in 1830, the last of seven children for Adam and Nancy Miller Wishon (5x great grandparents). Adam was a plasterer and later a farmer. The Wishons moved to West Central Illinois shortly after her birth from Kentucky, from North…… Read more