November 15

Margaret Gard married David S. Reel 15 November 1855

PHOTO: David Simonds Reel and Margaret Gard Reel

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Margaret was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Lucretia Gard Gibson 

PHOTOS: Asa Gibson and Adaline Lucretia Gard Gibson

[Author's note: I never can get over how much Asa Gibson resembles Ron Burford.]

Asa and Adaline Lucretia Gard Gibson were the parents of my great-grandmother Lora Gibson Burford.

PHOTO: Lora Gibson Burford and Alexander Oscar Burford

Lora and Alexander Burford were the parents of my grandfather Lester Burford.

PHOTO: My grandparents Lester and Cleffie Burford, with their children Wathada (my mother), Morris, Bob, and Ron

This is the connection between our family and the Gard branch of the family tree.

November 14

John Dallas Treat married Mabel Gertrude Myers 14 November 1925

John was a brother of my grandmother Christie Treat Thomas

PHOTO: Christie, John, and their sister Madge

(their brother Ray is not in this photo)

This is the earliest picture I have of Mabel (and Madge)

Interesting tidbit -- Madge and Leonard got married 08 November 1925 -- 6 days before John and Mabel. (Christie married Bill Thomas 19 April 1924. Ray never married.)

PHOTO: Mabel, John, Christie, Massie (John and Christie's mother).

I don't know whose house this is. Maybe Aunt Eileen could tell me...?

PHOTO: John, Mabel, their son Jack and his wife Joanie, Christie and Bill Thomas (my grandparents). This picture was taken in front of John and Mabel's house in Bangor, Michigan.

PHOTO: Mabel and John on their 25th wedding anniversary.

This was cropped from a large group photo (below):

I'm not sure where this event took place, or where this group photo was taken -- Do you remember, Aunt Eileen?

PHOTO L-R: Ray, Christie, Bill, Ralph Till (Madge and Leonard's son), Massie Treat, John Treat, Bernarde Thomas (Bill and Christie's son), Mabel, Richard (Bill and Christie's son, my dad).

I believe this picture was taken in the living room of Bill and Christie's house a few miles south of Bangor, Michigan.

PHOTO: My mother (Wathada), brother Ricky, and me (Dianne), with John and Mabel and Madge and Leonard. This picture was taken on the front porch of Madge and Leonard's house in Bangor, Michigan 1958.

November 13

 Eugene Robert Spain died 13 November 1982, age 67

Eugene was the husband of Nellie Jane Searcy.

Nellie Jane was the daughter of Edith Burford.

Edith was the daughter of Alexander Oscar Burford (my great-grandfather) and his first wife Helen Virginia.

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Isaac William 'Jeff' Reed died 13 November 1976, age 85

PHOTO: Elmer and Elvin Reed

Elvin Reed married Wilma Arnold, daughter of George Arnold

Elmer Reed's 2nd wife was my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

(Cleffie and Wilma were cousins)

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Mary Lou Frazee Sykes died 13 November 2018, age 85

William G. Thomas was a brother of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas

PHOTOS: William G. Thomas, Charles Thomas

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Neil Wallace Burford was born 13 November 1914

Neil was a brother of my grandfather Lester Burford.

PHOTO: George, Lester, Neil Burford

PHOTO: My great-grandmother Lora Burford (center) with children (L-R) Lester, Juanita, George, Deb, Bernice, Judy, Helen

November 12

Alvis Jackson was born 12 November 1919

Alvis was the son of Ben and Etta Arnold Jackson

Etta was the sister of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

PHOTO: Alvis Jackson and Cleffie Hicks Burford (my grandmother) 1990

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Eulene Estel Carter married Ray Daugherty 12 November 1938

Eulene was a daughter of John and Amy Carter

John was a brother of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold

PHOTO: Eulene and Ray Daugherty

I got lucky this morning and fell into a bunch of pictures of Eulene and Ray on a Rootsweb page. This is one of the pictures I found there.

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Ina Parker married Neil Walls 12 November 1930

PHOTO: Pearl Parker, Pearl's twin daughters Ina and Mina

I don't have a picture of Neil Walls.

Pearl Parker was a brother of my great-grandmother Massie Parker Treat

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Isadore Halstead Ford died 12 November 1881, age 51.

I don't have a picture of Isadore. She was the wife of William Ford.

 

William Ford was the father of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas.

 

PHOTOS: Nancy Ford Thomas

William Ford was also the father of Alice, Charles, Kate, Stephen, and Effie Ford.

PHOTO: Stephen, Alice, Nancy Ford

PHOTO: Alice Ford Miller

PHOTO: Charles Ford

PHOTO: Kate Ford

I don't have a picture of Effie Ford. She died young.

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Kate Ford married George Adams 12 November 1880

PHOTO: George A. Adams

PHOTO: George and Kate Ford Adams (cropped from group photo below)

PHOTO L-R: George Adams, Chris and Bill Thomas, Richard (my dad, in front of Bill), Kate Ford (front), Harry Wieland (back), "Mabel and Bill S" (I don't know who they are)

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William Kenneth Lafkin died 12 November 1976, age 53

He was the husband of Dorothy Mae Arnold

Dorothy Mae was a daughter of Marlie and Birdie Arnold.

PHOTO: Aunt Birdie holding Dorothy Mae

Marlie was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

November 11

Bertha Lee Arnold Averill died 11 November 1994, age 56

Bertha Lee was a daughter of George Arnold and Eula Mae Burnett

George Arnold was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks

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Christie Beatrice Treat Thomas died 11 November 1978, age 74

Christie Thomas was my grandmother.

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David Raymond Burford was born 11 November 1913

David was the son of Raymond Burford.

Raymond was a half-brother of my grandfather Lester Burford.

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Howard Raymond Siggins was born 11 November 1942 

Howard is the husband of Effie Ford Siggins

Effie is the daughter of Otho Simeon Ford

Otho's grandfather, Charles Ford, was a brother of my great-grandmother Nancy Ford Thomas

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Nancy Jane Evans Carter died 11 November 1895, age 57

Jane was my great-great-great-grandmother

She was the mother of Adaline Carter Arnold

Adaline was the mother of Annie Arnold Hicks

Annie was the mother of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

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John Henry Arnold died 11 November 1909, age 40

Henry was my great-great-grandfather

He was the father of Annie Arnold Hicks

Annie was the mother of my grandmother Cleffie Hicks Burford

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Youl Glen Garrett was born 11 November 1942 in Banner, Arkansas

Youl Glen Garrett was the son of Ed and Verlie Arnold Garrett

Verlie was a daughter of George Arnold

George was a brother of my great-grandmother Annie Arnold Hicks