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Stuart Marvin Cornett and Gincy Malinda Long

Posted: August 3, 2011 in Genealogy, generations, Gincy Caroline Malinda Long, research, Smythe County Virginia, Stuart Monroe Marvin Cornett
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Stuart and Gincy were my great grandparents and Stuart was also the grandson of James Monroe Cornett and Mary Ann Cornett. He was born on September 22, 1881 in Grayson County, Virginia and died on February 3, 1966 in Smythe County, Virginia at the age of 84. His immediate family includes his wife, Gincy Malinda Caroline Long and their 14 children.

Stuart Monroe/Marvin Cornett (09/22/1881-02/03/1966)

Gincy Malinda Long (07/01/1886- 09/24/1978)

Married April 5, 1905 by Rev. Johnson Stamper

Children
Born
Married
Died
Della Pauline
Wayne Wright
02/06/1906
02/14/1904
11/23/1924
02/07/1963
01/10/1979
Mary Frances
Verlin Cornett
Frederick L. Corriston
05/04/1908
01/19/1905
04/24/1910
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
04/16/1972
09/10/1979
Anna Mae
James Dean Russell
07/12/1910
03/06/1908
07/01/1928
N/A
07/14/1986
Grover Fred Cornett
Wave L. Kiser
08/31/1912
07/15/1919
10/07/1939
N/A
01/20/1987
Lucia Rose Cornett
Walter Allen Cornett
07/08/1914
12/29/1909
07/15/1928
11/2010
06/30/1967
Pearl Mildred
Harmon Harold Hash
05/08/1916
07/17/1913
04/07/1939
N/A
08/04/1986
Elbert Wayne Cornett
Edith Roberts
05/04/1918
07/04/1926
07/12/1941
N/A
N/A
Charles Estel Cornett
Velma Louise Parks
05/02/1920
07/13/1925
10/04/1941
N/A
N/A
Lillie Edna
Millard C. Parks
04/10/1922
05/29/1921
05/22/1941
N/A
N/A
Carl Wesley Cornett
Margaret Emaline Watson
03/21/1924
02/22/1929
08/01/1949
N/A
N/A
Ora Lee
Stanley Franklin Anderson
11/10/1925
05/26/1927
12/16/1946
N/A
06/10/1993
James Donald Cornett
Doris Jeanne Leonard
07/22/1928
07/03/1931
09/20/1952
N/A
N/A
Billy Cornett
Jackie (Wadie) Richardson
07/05/1930
01/19/193_
08/10/1949
(Divorced)
N/A
N/A
Claude Scott Cornett
Betty Sue Shepherd
11/30/1932
07/26/1934
12/05/1953
(Divorced)
N/A
N/A
 

I have been researching the Cornett line for some time now and have been adding data as it becomes available to me. It is a long process when trying to incorporate data tables of the information supplied to me, in hard copy form I might add. But it is all coming together. Patience is a virtue I am learning, as I like things completed NOW. But in genealogy you have to be patient, so I’m taking baby steps!

 

Through The Looking Glass

Posted: July 25, 2011 in ancestor, brick wall, documents, Facebook, family historian, generations, historical maps, Oahu, old newspapers, past, technological advances, technology
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Our ancestors of past generations would probably think that living in today’s digital world of computers, the iPad, and even our smart phones, as alien. In their days, they were lucky if they even had a land line! Knowing what I know now, depending on Internet and my iPhone on a daily basis, I would be lost without them; I couldn’t imagine living life day to day without these items which have become so common in our world today. 

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My Smartphone



Taking you back in time, imagine life without any technology whatsoever. You don’t have electric or gas stoves, but wood burning stoves instead, you don’t have computers to write your family and friends an email or the ability to share photos, but you have to hand write everything down to the last letter, there was no such thing as a washer and dryer, you had to use an old washboard for every article of clothing you wore. Which by the way, had to be taken to the nearest lake or creek to be washed and you can just forget your handy dryer with your lavender scented fabric softener sheets! And what…no FaceBook? My husband’s grandmother, Evelyn is still in awe, when I show her pictures on my iPhone and she doesn’t understand how they got there! I have tried many times to explain to her what FaceBook really is and how you can share photos of family and comment on them. My favorite part of this is the way she says, “You can do this on the computer? It does that? Oh, how nice!” (Laughing) Oh the possibilities! We haven’t even really started to break the mold as far as what technology can do for us today.

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Time To Do Your Laundry!



So with this great thing called technology, I am searching and scouring the various websites and resources in search of my family. Making contact with relatives I never even knew I had, all through the use of the Internet and my laptop! Ha! Who knew?? But being out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, living on Oahu, I find that I am forever grateful for the high tech world I live in, and being able to re-connect with family I haven’t seen since I was probably six years old! 


The digital world has turned my laptop into a great tool. I now have the power to see through the looking glass (my laptop screen) to the world that was once my ancestors, and see not only photos of them, but also see the homes where they lived, the town where they grew up, the ability to see historical maps as they were back in the 1700-1800’s, searching old newspapers and census records, and so on. 


Today, my research is at a standstill somewhat, as I am waiting to receive documents from a family member that will give me something solid and concrete as far as actual data and birth records. Having contacted several members of my family, who I might add, are gathering photos and documents for me as I type this article. I hope to read and go over these very soon!


Hopefully I will be able to tear down one or more of the brick walls that seem to have stopped me in my tracks. 


Happy Hunting!!