User Home Pages: Rolison, Railey, Lee, Mills, Tubbs, Megg, Pickett, Fleming
| "...In all of us is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hallow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, and an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness..." ---Alex Haley-- Several years ago, I started researching the Lee/Rolison/Pickett/Tubbs,Meggs/Railey/Mills/lineage from which many reading this descend. Although, far from complete,I felt the need to compile and assimilate the findings thus far. The research is a combination of many sources. Perhaps, the most significant is that of my sister Ruth Rolison Denison who began our family research back in the late 60s and 70s as part of her fulfillment to the LDS/Mormon Church of which she is a member. One of the church's tenet is that families are eternal, they do not end at death. as part of church doctrine, it is a religious obligation to identify their ancestors and link themselves to those ancestors. Members must make special covenants with their ancestors that will unite them for eternity. In doing the initial research, Ruth was fortunate to have an opportunity to speak with and documented oral histories of two of the oldest living descendants; Effie Cora Rolison Kemp (Fresno, California), granddaughter of George W/E Rollison, and our aunt Lela Belle Hutchinson Barnes (Georgia)granddaughter ofWilliam Levi Lee and Josephine A. Pickett. Ruth's early research provided a springboard on which we have used to dive into the family genealogy you'll find here. In actuality, the material summarized in these pages is only a modest start. Yet, I wish to share with all those of like mind and sincere interest something of our shared and collective family history.Where possible, and if permitted, I have included sources and listed the contact information. By so doing I hope to provide a small window to our past which may let in a bit of light and spark an interest in some of you to delve deeper into our small but unique clan and help decipher the role we've all played in a certain place and time. It is time to sit down and reminisce with our older kinfolk be they grandparents, great-grandparent, granduncles, grandaunts, great-granduncles, great grandaunts, older first and second cousins, and even older neighbors and acquaintances of these people. It is time to pull out that old forgotten box of family mementos, family photographs, and records and start sharing the valuable information with others. You never know when a photograph or an old letter might bring to light a clue or lead someone else has been looking for years. It is time to share what we know about ourselves and our families, no matter how small or insignificant we might feel the contribution to be! It is time to search for and locate those old family cemeteries that will surely be gone in years to come. It is time to reconnect with living relatives both near and far as we learn more about our family's origins. It is time to gain pride in ourselves, our family and our heritage. It is time! Jan Rolison Farren OUR ANCESTORS Included in the family records listed below are brief profiles of key ancestors which are currently being researched. Where possible I have include birth and death dates,and geographical locations. Since we consider this an ongoing project, and as, the information that is presented here has come from many sources, I ask your forebearance on any errors you might find. Please, feel free to contact me personally with any changes or corrections. This homepage is dedicated to our beloved sister Mary Ann Rolison Becknell August 28, 1943 --July 28, 1998. A mother to us all. Martha Annette Rolison Williams Nettie Ruth Rolison Denison Glenda Faye Rolison York Sara Elizabeth Rolison Ridling Janice Rolison Farren James Emmett Rolison | Rolison, Railey, Lee, Mills, Tubbs, Megg, Pickett, Fleming Updated July 28, 2011 |
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