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James White born in Scotland between 1900 and 1911 most likely 1903. He came to America and met and married my mother about 1933 or 1934. He did become a naturalized citizen. His mother stayed in Scotland.
For reasons I do not know, Aurelia and "Jimmy" White were divorced. Shortly afterward, in 1937, Aurelia changed her name to Aurelia Joyner and had a new Social Security card issued showing that name.
After a while, Aurelia and "Jimmy" White remarried. I know that I was in Atlanta, GA, between 1936 and 1938 and I assume they remarried during that time..
In 1943, Aurelia and "Jimmy" White were again divorced. I was sent back to Bradenton, FL, to live with my maternal grandmother, Nancy (Joyner) Kempson. After the WWII started Jimmie joined the signal corp as he had a leg problem. After that he managed to enlist all the way and went to Scotland and England. My next contact with "Jimmy" was 1950 when I come home on leave from the Air Force. I did meet his bride, Judy from England, who he had met during the war, about 1944. Judy was an ambulance driver. Judy had cancer and died then Jimmie moved to the east coast of Florida. I tried many times to find him and didn't until after he died. I still miss him. He was over 6 feet tall and a brick mason by trade. If I could have picked my father it would have been Jimmy, he was a very kind and wonderful person to me and everyone he met.
"Jimmy" played bagpipes and had a kilt. I was in Scotland 1953 (on duty with the USAF, a WAF) and I found his tartan. I cannot for the life of me remember the colors. I once had a sweater, bought in Ayr, Scotland with the colors.
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THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ADA BRASWELL
WILLIAM FRANCIS and ADA BERTHA (WAGNER) BRASWELL had sixteen children- eight boys and eight girls. All the children, with the exception of the baby, Ada Mildred, lived to marry and have families of their own.
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Note N45 Index
Selected U.S./Internat'l Marriage Records, 1340-1980
Braswell, Burnie Bennett Marriage Year : 1864
Marriage Location Code : TN
Gender : M
Birth Year : 1837
Birth Location Code : NC
Spouse : Scruggs, Virginia
Birth Year : 1847
Birth Location Code : KY
Source Number : 5383.002
Source Type : Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents
Number of Pages : 1
BURNIE BENNETT BRASWELL, son of SAMUEL BRASWELL and younger brother of Vincent, John and William BRASWELL, was born in 1837 and died in 1900. His information can be found on page 18 and his family tree can be found on page 6. The children of BURNIE BENNETT and VIRGINIA (SCRUGGS) BRASWELL:
1. Julia Ann BRASWELL was born February 2, 1865, in Nashville, Tennessee, Confederate States of America. She married Carol Newton Russell who was born April 30, 1861, in Springfield, Missouri. He was the son of Baker and Martha Mills Russell. Carol Newton and Julia Ann came to Oklahoma in two covered wagons with stock and furniture and five children. They came to Anadarko, Oklahoma, and did not like it and returned to Missouri. In a short time they returned to Hobart, Ok-lahoma, when Hobart was a "tent-town". There were no roads and they followed Elk Creek south until they came to Little Bow Moun-tain, and settled on rich valley land ten miles south of Hobart. Indians were still living back of the mountain and there was lots of game and the grass was very tall. They dug a "Dug-out" house the size of a room and placed a large tent over this until lumber could be bought for a house. Three of their ten children were born and lived here until grown and married. Carol Newton Russell died December 19, 1933, in Anadarko, Oklahoma, and was buried in Hobart. Julia Ann died January 9, 1945, in Hobart, Oklahoma. Children of Julia Ann BRASWELL and Carol Newton Russell:
A. Nellie Boyd Russell was born September 20, 1866, near Springfield,
Missouri. Nellie was an enterprising and independent woman who
owned her own hat store business in Anadarko, Oklahoma. She later
moved to Hobart where she met and married Fort Lewis Snyder in 1931
(she was 45 years old). After his death, she married Herbert Oster.
Nellie died about 1962, she had no children.
B. Vertie Lee Russell, born July 22, 1889, near Springfield, Mis-souri.
She married Adolphus A. McNutt in 1914 and lived first in Hobart and
then moved to Anadarko, Oklahoma, before settling in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Vertie died about 1970. The children of Vertie Lee and
Adolphus:
1. James Russell McNutt served in the U.S. Army and was killed
in Europe during the early part of World War II. He never married.
2. LaVertie McNutt married (?) Armstrong and lived in Anadarko.
They had two boys and two girls (1946).
3. Genevieve McNutt married, had children and lived in Anadarko.
4. LaJuana McNutt married Kenneth Holtzclaw. They lived in
Bell, California, approximately from 1938-1947. After their
divorce, she went back to school in Oklahoma City to become a
school teacher. She later moved to the central part of Texas
and taught in elementary school. Their children:
a. Katherine Holtzclaw
b. Pauline Holtzclaw
5. Mack McNutt served in the U.S. Navy in the Submarine Service
during World War II. He moved to Oklahoma City where he
married Avis and raised two sons (1946).
6. Don Alverado McNutt was born sometime around 1927 and died in
1929 at approximately two years of age.
C. Burnie Bennett Russell was born July 21, 1891, near Springfield, Mis-
souri. He married Anna Battles in 1911 and they lived on a farm near
Hobart, Oklahoma. Burnie died August 8, 1934. Their children:
1. "Charlie" Russell
2. Christine Russell
D. Ernest Russell was born July 30, 1893, near Springfield, Mis-souri.
He died in 1899.
E. Hollie Russell was born November 16, 1895, near Springfield, Mis-
souri. She married Guy Lester in 1914 and they lived in Hobart. They
had one daughter:
1. Guylia Agnes Lester married Herbert Hess and lives in
Bakersfield, California. They had three sons.
After her divorce from Guy Lester, she married William Stan-field
about 1933. Hollie died in Bakersfield, California, about 1940.
F. Meree Russell was born December 29, 1897, near Springfield, Missouri,
and died in infancy, July 17, 1898.
G. Edna Coral Russell was born September 4, 1899, near Springfield, Mis-
souri. She married Thomas Emil Gray, son of John Francis and Amy Lou
(Stringer) Gray, April 11, 1919. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of
World War I. Emil died in Hines, Illinois March 3, 1941, and was
buried in Hobart, Oklahoma. Edna worked at the Veteran's Hospital in
Chickasha, Oklahoma, and commuted daily from Anadarko. On early win-
ter mornings, she was often the first to break trail through the snow
on the highway. In 1947, Edna moved to California and lived with her
oldest son, Van Thomas Gray. She later lived with sons John and Ivan
Gray in 1958. Edna passed away July 25, 1976, in Chico, California.
The children of Edna and Emil Gray:
1. Hollie Lucile Gray was born January 8, 1920, in Law-ton, Ok-
lahoma. She married Max Doyle Woods and lived in Woodland
Hills, California. After their divorce, she moved to River-
side, California. The children of Lucile and Max:
a. Doris Louise Woods lived only one day.
b. Theresa Woods was killed at the age of five by her
own school bus.
2. Van Thomas Gray was born November 14, 1921, in Anadarko, Ok-
lahoma. He married Mary Sellers on February 14, 1958, in Los
Angeles, California. During World War II, Mary served as a
U.S. Army nurse and Van served in 45th Division, 158th Field
Artillery Band (Trombone), U.S. Army. He later served near
Manilla in Batangas Harbor, on the island of Luzon, Philip-
pine Islands, as Landing Craft N.C.O. Van, as an employee of
North American Aviation during part of World War II, helped
in the building of the B-25 "Billy Mitchell" medium bombers
(the first bombers to fly over and bomb Tokyo, Japan). He
also helped to build the P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Van
later worked for Rockwell International (after it bought out
North American Aviation) and worked on many projects
including: "Apollo" earth orbiting spacecraft and other to-
the-moon spacecraft, the original (experimental) first four
B-1 Bombers, and the original three Space Shuttle Vehicles.
Van retired after forty-two years of service from Rockwell
and is currently living in Orem, Utah. Van adopted two
children from Mary's first marriage and they had two more
children:
a. Richard Lee Gray was born February 28, 1949, in Long
Beach, California. He married Susan Lee Eastwood
and they live in Salem, Oregon. Their children:
1. Leah Gray
2. Yvonne "Vonnie" Gray
3. Marsh Gray
4. Amber Gray
5. Reed Gray
b. Marylynn Gray was born August 28, 1951, in Denver,
Colorado. Her first marriage was to James B. Held
and they had two children:
1. Jennifer Lynn Held
2. Jeanette Louise Held
Marylynn's second marriage was to Jack Hughes, their
children:
1. Jessica Hughes
2. Sarah Hughes
3. Jacob Hughes
Marylynn and Jack built their own home in Sedro
Woolley, Washington and live there with all five
children.
c. Christina Diane Gray was born January 18, 1959, in
Los Angeles, California, and is currently living in
Orem, Utah. Her first marriage was to James Edward
Ludloff and they had four children:
1. Jared Edward Ludloff
2. Katherine Jewell Ludloff
3. Lisa Michelle Ludloff
4. David James Ludloff
d. Van Thomas Gray, Jr. was born June 27, 1961, in Long
Beach, California, and is currently living in Orem,
Utah.
3. John Carroll Gray was born November 13, 1923, Anadarko, Ok-
lahoma. He married, and later divorced, Dorothy Car-penter.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the U.S.
Army during the Korean Conflict. John is living in Orland,
California.
4. Jalydia Janeen Gray was born October 29, 1928, in Anadarko,
Oklahoma. She married Stanley Frank Mykytka, 1944, in Chick-
asha, Oklahoma. They are currently living in Miami, Florida.
The children of Janeen and Stanley:
a. Stanley Thomas Mykytka
b. James Milton Mykytka
c. Marilyn Jalydia Mykytka
d. Richard Frank Mykytka
e. Teresa Lee Mykytka
5. Ivan Milton Gray was born August 21, 1933, in Anadarko, Ok-
lahoma. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1957. He is
currently living with his brother John at 205 South Street in
Orland, California.
6. Julius Leon Gray was born January 15, 1936, in Anadarko, Ok-
lahoma. He is a MD and served in a U.S. Navy Hospi-tal during
the Vietnam War. Julius married Sharon Caldwell, 1956, in
Gardenia, California, and they are currently living at
13939 Summit Drive in Whittier, California. Their children:
a. Judith Lynn Gray is married to Kirk Mac-Dowell and
has two children:
1. Patrick MacDowell
2. Kelly MacDowell
b. John Emil Gray is married to Brenda Lee Dangleis.
c. Brent James Gray is married to Nancy Johnson.
d. Brian Charles Gray
G. Bruce Russell was born April 14, 1903, in Hobart, Oklahoma. He
married Dellia Shrader in 1922 and they lived on a farm near Hobart,
Oklahoma. Bruce died about 1937 in Hobart. Their children:
1. Hollie Dee Russel, their only son.
2. Marilyn Russell
3. "Baby" Russell, a daughter.
H. Jessie Russell was born April 12, 1905, in Hobart, Oklahoma. She
married Fredrick Allen Buckner in 1922 and they lived near and in
Hobart. She died November 12, 1984. The children of Jessie and
Fred:
1. Fredrick Allen Buckner, Jr. "Junior" served in the U.S. Army
in World War II and became a career Army man. He was married
twice and had a child from each marriage. He died in 1956
after his second heart attack.
2. Imagene Joyce Buckner died in infancy April 29, 1929.
I. JaLydia Russell was born January 9, 1909. Her first marriage was to
Dallas Parrish, and her second marriage was to Thomas Milton Sparks
December 26, 1936. Milton died June 24, 1973, in a San Antonio hospi-
tal. He was a veteran of World War I. He and JaLydia lived at 900
Maple Street, Uvalde, Texas. They owned and operated a large ranch
in the Nueces Canyon and every year many hunters flocked to this
ranch for deer season. JaLydia continues to make her home in Uvalde.
The information on the family of Julia Ann Braswell was provided by Van
Thomas Gray of Orem, Utah.
2. William Francis BRASWELL was born August 28, 1870, in Barren Plains, Tennessee, and married Ada Bertha Wagner in the Oklahoma Ter-ritory. His information can be found on page 20.
3. Ann Eliza BRASWELL was born in Tennessee in 1872. She married Jim Buck in Springfield, Missouri, about 1890. It was Ann Eliza's father-in-law, S.S. Buck, who buried Burnie Bennett BRASWELL. The children of Ann Eliza and Jim Buck:
A. Luther Buck was born in 1899 in Springfield, Missouri. He married
Addie Bell Petit who was born July 15, 1890. Addie Bell Buck died
Friday, December 7, 1973, and Luther Buck died Sunday, Decem-ber 9,
1973. The double funeral was held in Hobart and burial was in the
Mooreland Cemetery. Luther and Addie had two daughters:
1. Edna Mae Buck who married (?) Wheeler.
2. Corabel Buck who married (?) Simpson.
B. Leonard Buck was born about 1895, Missouri. In 1974 he had his home
in Florida.
C. Mabel Buck was born about 1904 in Oklahoma. She married Dr. Harold
Ingraham. Harold died April 29, 1970. Mabel lives near Ok-lahoma
City, Oklahoma. She became a pharmacist, and she owns and operates
her own drug store in Nicona Park, Oklahoma. She is a small active
woman who enjoys her life and work. The children of Mabel and
Harold Ingraham:
1. Jack Ingraham
2. Marita Ingraham
3. Bill Ingraham
Ann Eliza's second marriage was to a Mr. Forthage. She passed away August 8, 1930.
4. George Featherston BRASWELL, the youngest son of Burnie Bennett and Virginia, was born about 1878 near Springfield, Tennessee. He lived and traded with the Indians in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Ok-lahoma. He changed his name to George Franklin early in life. He moved to Arkansas where he married Aider Spyres in 1900. They farmed in Woosley, Arkansas, for about two years. In 1902 they moved to Missouri. George and Aider had two children:
A. Letty BRASWELL was born 1901 in Woosley, Arkansas. She married
James Doyle about 1917. Letty died August of 1973. Their children:
1. Marie Doyle born about 1918
2. Mary Doyle born about 1920
3. Lee Ella Doyle born 1921
4. Claude Doyle born 1923
B. Lee BRASWELL was born March 25, 1903, Pierce City, Missouri. Lee and
his sister Letty were reared by their grandparents, the Spyres, in
Woosley, Arkansas. He married Irene Stuver in 1936. Lee and Irene
lived at 6854 Elmwood Road in San Bernardino, California. Lee died
in March of 1988. They had one son:
1. Raymond BRASWELL was born in 1951 in Louisiana. Raymond is a
fireman for the Santa Fe Railroad. He married Gayle Powell
in 1969. They have one child:
a. Suzanne Lee BRASWELL born August 5, 1970.
George Franklin BRASWELL'S second marriage was to Maise Condrey about 1908. They had one son:
A. James BRASWELL was born 1909. In 1926, Chelsea, Oklahoma, James was
killed by a freight train.
George Franklin BRASWELL next married Kate Young a Cherokee girl. They had three children:
A. Joe Fern BRASWELL, who served in the armed forces in Italy.
B. David BRASWELL
C. George BRASWELL
The last marriage of George F. BRASWELL was to Mary Walker of Amarillo, Texas. She had two children from a previous marriage- Henry and Bea-trice.
George Franklin BRASWELL was a very colorful character and led a full life (see page 155), he died September 2, 1933 near Vinita, Oklahoma.
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Note: One picture on file:
C.N. Russell family, 1905. Standing left to right: Julia Ann (mother), Vertie Lee, Nellie Boyd, Burnie Bennett, Hollie, Carol Newton (father). Front: Jessie, Bruce and Edna Coral.