Lane Reunion 2012

This past weekend we had our 46th annual Lane family reunion. It was a great time with at least 90 family members in attendance! I was thrilled to meet several family members that I do not remember ever meeting before. I also had the chance to learn more about some of those unknown people in my grandmother, Rhodees Lane Orr's, photo album. My cousin, Barbara, recognized some of her mother's family. I have gone back to those pictures I posted here and put updates with the names she shared with me. The reunion was slightly bittersweet since my father was not there. He would have been thrilled with seeing so many family members and some he had not seen in so long. My cousin, Barbara, also brought me a picture of my father from when he was a teenager. I was so happy to see that and to catch a glimpse of him as a younger man.

Trip To Jonesville

 My husband surprised me yesterday with a stop in Jonesville, VA. I had found out roughly where the cemetery was where my great-great-grandparents, James and Martha "Pattie" (Vermillion) Orr, are buried and I was eager to see if we could find it. It was within the measurements that were always given in relation to a special tree that had been in front of the family's house. My father had always told me that the cemetery was behind the house, but in fact it is to the side of the house. I was able to finally see the graves of my great-great-grandparents!

Elizabeth Price

I found information on another sister of my great-great-grandfather, Thomas Rees Price. I might add that we had copies from a family Bible that mentioned all of the children (minus the last born) of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Jones) Price. So I had names and birth dates, but there were no marriage or death dates. I got a e-mail from Ancestry about Pennsylvania records online so I went and looked for my family. I found the marriage records for two of the other siblings in Schuylkill County, PA where the family lived for most of the time they were in PA. I did look at records in Lehigh County where they lived for a short time before moving to Knoxville, TN. That is when I found information on the other sister of Thomas's. She is child number six and the last child that I had no further information on after birth and one census with her family. When I had seen a copy of Eliabeth (Jones) Price's will it listed two witnesses as Thomas B Glick and Lizzie P Glick. The record at Ancestry said that Thomas B Glick married Elizabeth Price (dau. of the late Jonathan P.)! Then I found census for the Glick's and Lizzie's age matches my Elizabeth Price! So very excited! AS far as I can see they had no children, but I would love to see if there is a picture of her anywhere!