Guestbook for Hainings, Harrowers, Powells, Richmonds, and Related Families
Hainings, Harrowers, Powells, Richmonds, and Related Families
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Submitted by Name: Linda Carol Reinstein From: Philadelphia E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi,
Helen Reventz was my great aunt. My maternal grandmother was her sister, Alma Reventz. They were daughters of Anna Reventz. I think there was an Uncle Emile too. I don't know anything about their father at all.
My grandmother Alma, married George Franey and they had 3 children, George, Alma, and William. My mother was Alma Franey Benyak. George and William are still alive. My mom passed in 2015.
I have two older sisters, Joan and Kathleen.
Thought I would share.
Best Regards,
Linda Benyak Reinstein
Admin reply: Hi, Linda —
Thanks for visiting my website, and for providing some additional information. Your great-aunt is in my tree as a way to identify a woman who married into my family tree. It also lets people like you know where your own family tree intersects with mine.
I have made a note of your information in my personal family file, but I don't trace the families of the "in laws" simply because I don't have the time or energy to trace families that aren't really related to me. There is just no end to genealogy research. When I was very new, I did trace in-law families and it got to be that I wasn't spending time on my own research. So I had to set some limits.
I hope you and your family are staying well, Kirsty Haining Everett, Washington
Added: January 30, 2021
Submitted by Name: Joseph clark From: Caseyville il E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hello I was wondering why you do not have the sibling to Vincent Leo CLARK and Catherine Walsh clark listed
Admin reply: Hi, Joseph —
Sorry for my belated reply! I started to answer you and then got distracted.
Actually, the siblings of Vincent Leo Clark ARE listed on the website. However, since it's laid out in pedigree-format, you have to click on his father's name to see all the children in that generation.
I don't, however, have parents or siblings listed for Catherine Walsh. That's because she is the "in law" from my point of view. I don't have anything against people who marry in, but genealogy is pretty endless... I set some limits just to help keep myself sane. One of those limits is that I don't usually trace the families of those who marry into my family tree.
I think you must be my half-fourth cousin. I will also send you a reply by direct email.
Best wishes, Kirsty Haining Everett, Washington
Added: January 8, 2021
Submitted by Name: Tom Shaw From: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland E-mail: Contact
Submitted by Name: Jack Callon From: Glasgow / NZ / Brisbane currently E-mail: Contact
Comments: I noticed a reference to one of my namesakes, John Callon in NZ and his father, John Callon, who died in 1957.
Your tree is so large, and I couldn't find a way of locating a link between those two and the rest of your family.
Any help you can offer?
Regards
Admin reply: Hello, Jack —
It's very nice to hear from you. If you are a descendant of your namesakes, then it's likely we are distantly related. My connection is through the wife of John Richard Callon (1904-1985), Marion Hamilton Jeffrey. If you go back up the tree in the Jeffrey/Jaffrey line a few generations, there will be some common Jaffrey ancestors in Irvine, Scotland.
I will contact you by direct email soon.
Thanks for visiting my website!
Kirsty Haining Everett, Washington
Added: August 26, 2020
Submitted by Name: Mary Denise Plummer-Jones From: Shiloh, Il E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi Kirsty Mable Louise Crow Moore is my mother. Her first husband Leonard W Plummer Sr is/was my biological father. Paul Robert Moore is/was my step father. Paul and Louise Moore we’re married on November 26, 1964. Also Leonard W Plummer Jr was not Louise’s son. He was Leonard’s son by his first marriage. I am Louise’s only biological child. I have a daughter by my first husband and she has 3 daughters. This updates for the lineage of my grandparents Mary Zilphia Wilson Crow and Sam Crow. Also Sam Crow had a biological sister named Mellie Crow. I do not know her married name. I met her when I was very young. She died before Sam. She also had a son. I am not in touch with any of my family as there was a rift at the time of my grandfathers death. Thanks for all of your time and effort. I have enjoyed reading it and may be able to identify some of the pictures in my basement. Denise
Admin reply: Hello, Denise —
I'm so happy to hear from you. We are fairly closely connected — third cousins. I will contact you by direct email soon.
Thank you for correcting the marriage date of your mother and her second husband. I've fixed it in my tree at home, although it will be some time yet before it is updated online.
Thanks for visiting my website!
Regards, Kirsty Haining Everett, Washington
Added: August 6, 2020
Submitted by Name: Ann Callicrate From: Robertson Wyoming E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hi Kirsty Just crashed into your website while looking up a distant relative : Lydia Jane Ivey. She is my greatgrandmother on my mother's (Ruth Agnes Flood)side. I don't do genealogy, but I'm really interested. Maybe we are related!
Admin reply: Hi, Ann —
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we are not related. Likely we do have a bunch of mutual cousins, but my connection comes from the other side of the family tree. Ida May Flood, sister to your Ruth Agnes Flood, is the "in law" from my point of view. She married my relative, Andrew Ralph Cobbs, and so all of their children and grandchildren (etc.) are related to me through Andrew and related to you through Ida.
I don't think I know anyone from this branch of the tree that's doing family history research, but if I come across someone I'll put them in touch with you.
Better watch out though! You say you're not into genealogy now, but it can be pretty addictive.
Name: Linda Carol Reinstein
From: Philadelphia
E-mail: Contact
Hi,
Helen Reventz was my great aunt. My maternal grandmother was her sister, Alma Reventz. They were daughters of Anna Reventz. I think there was an Uncle Emile too. I don't know anything about their father at all.
My grandmother Alma, married George Franey and they had 3 children, George, Alma, and William. My mother was Alma Franey Benyak. George and William are still alive. My mom passed in 2015.
I have two older sisters, Joan and Kathleen.
Thought I would share.
Best Regards,
Linda Benyak Reinstein
Admin reply: Hi, Linda —
Thanks for visiting my website, and for providing some additional information. Your great-aunt is in my tree as a way to identify a woman who married into my family tree. It also lets people like you know where your own family tree intersects with mine.
I have made a note of your information in my personal family file, but I don't trace the families of the "in laws" simply because I don't have the time or energy to trace families that aren't really related to me. There is just no end to genealogy research. When I was very new, I did trace in-law families and it got to be that I wasn't spending time on my own research. So I had to set some limits.
I hope you and your family are staying well,
Kirsty Haining
Everett, Washington