Photograph(s) copyright Shaun O'Boyle
Shaun O'Boyle poetically captures images of Bethlehem Steel, the site of death for my great-grandfather Walter PEELER (1879-1921.)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Images of Bethlehem Steel
Shaun O'Boyle poetically captures images of Bethlehem Steel, the site of death for my great-grandfather Walter PEELER (1879-1921.)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Rosa PEELER (a.1885-1962)
However Rosa PEELER (c.1885-1962) of Washington County, GA continues to elude me.
Rosa was married to Walter PEELER in 1902 by Reverend James Veal, where she gives her maiden name to be DIXON. She then has four children: Izora, Isadore, Douglas (Bick/Walter) and Amos James (.A.J.) before her husband dies tragically in a Steele Mill accident in Dauphin County, PA 1921. Rosa moves to Atlanta with her youngest son A.J. before eventually moving with them north to Philadelphia and New Jersey. All of her sons went north, however her daughter Izora remained in Washington County and married Miles ASBERRY.
Rosa died in 1962, and was returned home to Sandersville. She was memorialized at Marshall Grove Baptist Church, C.J. Jordan officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. The Sandersville Progress obituary reads that at that in addition to her children and their spouses, she left a brother and two sisters.
Additionally, my cousin Mae Bell Azberry had been told me that her Grandmother Rosa had a younger brother named Ralph, and possibly a sibling in Florida who sent oranges. Mae Bell passed away this September.
She was also said to be kin to the WALKERS and the ARMSTRONGS. One census record claims that she is cousin to Susan VEAL. And I have been told that she worked a boarding home while in Atlanta with a woman named Sue. Her children' Social Security applications however give her maiden name as HALL and BUCK.
Rosa was married to Walter PEELER in 1902 by Reverend James Veal, where she gives her maiden name to be DIXON. She then has four children: Izora, Isadore, Douglas (Bick/Walter) and Amos James (.A.J.) before her husband dies tragically in a Steele Mill accident in Dauphin County, PA 1921. Rosa moves to Atlanta with her youngest son A.J. before eventually moving with them north to Philadelphia and New Jersey. All of her sons went north, however her daughter Izora remained in Washington County and married Miles ASBERRY.
Rosa died in 1962, and was returned home to Sandersville. She was memorialized at Marshall Grove Baptist Church, C.J. Jordan officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. The Sandersville Progress obituary reads that at that in addition to her children and their spouses, she left a brother and two sisters.
Additionally, my cousin Mae Bell Azberry had been told me that her Grandmother Rosa had a younger brother named Ralph, and possibly a sibling in Florida who sent oranges. Mae Bell passed away this September.
She was also said to be kin to the WALKERS and the ARMSTRONGS. One census record claims that she is cousin to Susan VEAL. And I have been told that she worked a boarding home while in Atlanta with a woman named Sue. Her children' Social Security applications however give her maiden name as HALL and BUCK.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
African American Genealogist for Hire
Working remotely from my home in Western PA, I offer genealogical services including court house look-ups, census, wills and deeds, veterans records review, etc.... I am able to get clients started on their hunt for their roots through their family trees. I am also available for cemetery services such as collecting rubbings and light grave up-keep.
Please comment if interested.
Autumn Redcross
professional genealogy services
Please comment if interested.
Autumn Redcross
professional genealogy services
Monday, November 10, 2008
Digital Library on American Slavery
Search the Petitions
The Digital Library on American Slavery, a cooperative effort of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is a searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. Designed as a tool for genealogists and historians, the site provides access to data collected from legal petitions filed from 1777 to 1867 in all fifteen slaveholding states in the U.S. This information documents where, when, and by whom slaves were owned, and provides insight into where, when, and how free people of color lived.
Click Here for the Digital Library on American Slavery
The Digital Library on American Slavery, a cooperative effort of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is a searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. Designed as a tool for genealogists and historians, the site provides access to data collected from legal petitions filed from 1777 to 1867 in all fifteen slaveholding states in the U.S. This information documents where, when, and by whom slaves were owned, and provides insight into where, when, and how free people of color lived.
Click Here for the Digital Library on American Slavery
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
African American Civil War Memorial 10th Anniversary Celebration
10th Anniversary Celebration
African American Civil War Memorial
July 16 – 18, 2008, Washington, DC
Thousands of Descendants of the 209,145 U.S. Colored Troops who fought during the American Civil War will descend on the Nations Capital!!!!
REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
· 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM -Tenting on the .old camp ground. . Tented Prayer Breakfast, Garrison School (formerly known as Camp Barker, Experience Living History)
· 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM -Workshops, & Displays
Thursday, July 17, 2008
· 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM - Arlington Amphitheatre Sunrise and Memorial Service, High Ranking Military Officer as Guest Speaker
· 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Capitol Hill Commemoration, Welcome by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Members of Congressional Black Caucus
· 6:00 PM -SNCC Reunion, Book Signings & Historic Video Presentations
Friday, July 18, 2008
· 10:00 AM -12:00 PM - 10th Anniversary Wreath Laying at Spirit of Freedom Memorial
· 6:00 PM - VIP Reception
· 7:00 PM - Celebrity Descendants Gala Freedom Awards Banquet, Washington Convention Center, Congressional Resolutions presented to Pvt. Julius Cesar Tingman, USCT (Comedian, Chris Rock ancestor).
· Afro-centric, Historic Tours of U Street and Anacostia, East of the River
REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE
Visit our website at www.afroamcivilwar.org - or call Lyndia Grant, Project Director@ 202-518-3192
or Call the Civil War Museum @ 202-667-2667: Honorable Dr. Frank Smith, Founding Director
Shamele Jordon
jordonsh@jersey.net
Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery
We cordially invite you to attend the official opening(s) of "Lest We Forget" - Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery. We have (2) locations, Philadelphia, PA (Port Richmond) and Lawnside, New Jersey. We will host an Open House at our Philly museum located 3650 Richmond St. Phila. Pa 19134, Thursday, June 26, 2:00- 6:00 PM
We will also host the Grand Opening of our Jersey museum located 327 White Horse Pike, Lawnside New Jersey, July 4th, 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM.
Press Release and driving directions to both locations are attached. We are excited to finally be able to share our compelling collection of slavery artifacts and Jim Crow Memorabilia with you. Feel free to bring a friend and share this information with others. Hope to see you at either or both events. ~ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ~
J. Justin & Gwen Ragsdale, Curators
Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery (856) 427-4262 www.lestweforgetmuseumofslavery.com
We will also host the Grand Opening of our Jersey museum located 327 White Horse Pike, Lawnside New Jersey, July 4th, 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM.
Press Release and driving directions to both locations are attached. We are excited to finally be able to share our compelling collection of slavery artifacts and Jim Crow Memorabilia with you. Feel free to bring a friend and share this information with others. Hope to see you at either or both events. ~ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ~
J. Justin & Gwen Ragsdale, Curators
Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery (856) 427-4262 www.lestweforgetmuseumofslavery.com
Friday, April 18, 2008
conversations with the slave owning famiy
A few weeks ago I made contact with the descendants of my ancestors' slave owners. It was a fine conversation until they asked why I was inquiring about the PEELER lineage. When I responded with my belief that their ancestors probably owned mine, another voice on the line spoke up.
He doubted that Berry PEELER, a man of God, and Chaplin in the Civil War would ever have had slaves! His wife tempered his remarks explaining that most everyone had farms in the mid 1800's, in middle Georgia!
Good point.
He doubted that Berry PEELER, a man of God, and Chaplin in the Civil War would ever have had slaves! His wife tempered his remarks explaining that most everyone had farms in the mid 1800's, in middle Georgia!
Good point.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Meeting David Wilson
Seems like a great program I missed.
‘Not the descendants of victims but victors’
Film traces one man’s journey to track down his family’s past in slavery
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