More Turnbow Research

Today I have been looking for my line of Turnbow's on the 1930 Census. It sounds easy enough, but I do not have a subscription to ancestry so I have to do some detective work with the "index" through ancestry of 1930 census. I was able to find my "people" though and through Heritage Quest -- available free via Maricopa County Library website -- I found the following in the census:

1930 > OKLAHOMA > SEMINOLE > ECONTUCHKA TWP
Series: T626 Roll: 1930 Page: 190
Line 70, 148, 157
Turnbow, Alonzo Head O $200 R No M W 36 M 22 No Yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 86 _ _ _ _ Yes Battery repairman Own Shop 7623 W Yes _ No
- - - Rosie M. Wife-H _ _ _ _ F W 34 M 20 No Yes Oklahoma, Arkansas, Arkansas, 86 _ _ _ _ Yes None
- - - Elmer L. Son _ _ _ _ M W 12 S _ Yes yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 86, _ _ _ _ Yes None
- - - Edna M. Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 11 S _ Yes yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 86
- - - Thelma N. Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 9 S _ Yes _ Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
- - - Ruby D Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 7 S _ Yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma

1930, Ponca, Lincoln, Oklahoma
Series: T626 Roll: 1911 Page: 115
Line 35, Sec 2, 102, 306
Turnbow, Allen D. Head R _ _ yes M W 40 M 21 No Yes Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas _ 87 _ _ _ _ yes Farmer General Farm _ O yes _ No_ 102
- - - Millie (may be Hillie or Willie) F Wife-H _ _ _ _ F W 34 M 14 No Yes Texas, Texas, Texas _ 87 _ _ _ _ yes none
- - - Henry A. Son _ _ _ _ M W 18 S _ No Yes Oklahoma, Texas, Texas _ 86 _ _ _ _ yes None
- - - Rubby L. Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 16 S _ yes yes Oklahoma, Texas, Texas _ 86 _ _ _ _ Yes None
- - - William M. Son _ _ _ _ M W 12 S _ yes yes Oklahoma, Texas, Texas _ 86 _ _ _ _ Yes None
- - - Cleo M. Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 10 S _ yes yes Oklahoma, Texas, Texas, _ 86 _ _ _ _ Yes None
- - - Ruffus H. Son _ _ _ _ M W 8 S _ yes no Oklahoma Texas Texas _ 86 _ _ _ _ _ None
- - - Oma (Orna) L. Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 6 S _ yes No Oklahoma, Texas, Texas _ 86 _ _ _ _ _ None

Ponca, Lincoln, Oklahoma
Series: T626 Roll: 1911 Page: 117
Line 89, in household of Robert Mums
Turnbow, Leavie Servant _ _ _ _ M W 64 D _ No Yes Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi _ 87 _ _ _ _ Yes Servant Crinet Family 9596 W yes _ no _

Ponca, Lincoln, Oklahoma
Series: T626 Roll: 1911 Page: 119
Line 5, 172, 184
Turnbow, Clarence Head R _ _ yes M W 25 M 21 No Yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma _ 86 _ _ _ _ yes Farmer General Farm _ O yes _ no _ 169
- - - Hazel Wife-H _ _ _ _ F W 22 M 17 No Yes Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas _ 86 _ _ _ _ Yes None

Line 7, 173, 184
Turnbow, Nath Head O _ R yes M W 49 M 21 No Yes Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi _ 86 _ _ _ _ Farmer General Farm _ O yes _ No _ 170
- - - Mary Wife-H _ _ _ _ F W 45 M 18 No Yes Oklahoma, Ohio, Tennessee _ 86
- - - Everett Son _ _ _ _ M W 20 S _ yes yes Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma 86 _ _ _ _ yes None
- - - Paul Son _ _ _ _ M W 18 S _ No Yes Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma _ 86 _ _ _ _ yes Laborer Farm
- - - Silas Son _ _ _ _ M W 12 S _ yes yes Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma _ 86 _ _ _ _ yes None
- - - Eline (Ekine?) Daughter _ _ _ _ F W 8 S _ yes yes Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma _ 86 _ _ _ _ _ None

As time (and my energy) permits I will be looking for more of my ancestors. I have felt a desire to find these people and connect the Turnbow descendants. :)

Do you have anyone to add?

Dece

Sorting photos

This week I have been sorting photos and creating online albums where my fellow genealogy enthusiasts and dear cousins can look at the scans that I have. Perhaps with the help of my family we can put a name to the faces and faces to the names. :)

On the right side of this blog you will see "Genealogy Links". Click on any of the family files and you are taken to that album on Photobucket. Browse through photos and digitized records (census, marriage records, death certificates, etc) and if you would like a higher resolution of any of the photos, let me know and I'll see if I can get a higher res scan.

Right now I am focusing on my paternal lines, but I hope to have my maternal photos and source documents digitized and available, too. One thing at a time, right? :)

You probably received your census form this week in the mail. Please remember to fill it out and send it in. I am so grateful for the census takers of the past. They've given me so much information -- and I know the Lord will bless them for it! My mother was a census taker in 1980, and at the time I had no idea how important this work is... I was just sad because my mom was at work and I had to go to Grandma's house until my dad came to pick us up. I loved being with my Grandma, don't get me wrong, but being home with mom was what I really wanted.

If you have any photos you would like to share, please email me. I would especially like to find photos of my Kerley and Hardt ancestors. Oh, truth be told, I'd like photos of all of my ancestors! :)

Have a great week and happy hunting!
Dece

Turnbow, Turnbough, Turnbaugh etc

Did you ever hear stories of how your ancestor -- some grandmother way, way, back -- was a Cherokee Indian or some other tribe of Native American? It seems as if every family has a tradition like this, but so few of us are able to PROVE this with census data, tribal membership numbers, and the like.


I am also one that was told that somewhere in my Turnbow ancestry, there was Cherokee blood. Proving it has been impossible!

(photo: Alan Starks, Wilmer TURNBOW Starks, Elzie Lincoln Starks)

I am going through my records, collecting census images, and photos of my Turnbow ancestors. My Great-Grandmother, Wilmer Turnbow Starks, was the daughter of Levi Turnbow and Nancy Elizabeth Munhollan(d). I realized as I have been working on this that there are a dozen ways to spell (and misspell!) Turnbow. Genealogists have to look for clues all over the place, as sometimes it's as simple as imagining you are an indexer. What do the letters TURNBOW mesh into? Tumbow, Tumbough, Tumbol... I feel like I am a handwriting detective sometimes! :)

I will begin posting photos, documents, and other pertinent photos and data to a folder offsite, but a link will be found in my "links" section of this blog. I hope it can help you in your search for your elusive ancestors. :)

Off to dig through indexes...
Dece