This has been a long off and on process regarding the history of my family. And I guess it really started in 10th grade with a History class, and having to do a family tree project. The family Bible just didn't hold enough information for me. I have found that it tends to be a little more difficult when the family that you are researching is African American. I really got frustrated when I could only go as far as my great grandfather, John Pious Fenwick, because looking for slave schedules, and associations took a lot of time and effort. My father joined the Service in 1942, and after he was discharged, he and my mother, Ruby Wilton Robinson married, and moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Many others of the Robinson and Fenwick Families left Springfield (Fenwick's) and Bardstown (Robinson's) in Kentucky and moved to Louisvlle, Kentucky or to Indiana.
I feel that now is the time to put forth some real effort in talking to family members, and historians, in order to make a difference to my nieces and nephews regarding my generation being 3 generations form that of slavery. My father was a good source of information regarding what he knew of Pious, and his aunts and cousins. I will soon be making more trips to Washington and Nelson Cos.,in Kentucky in order to increase the information that I already have gathered regarding the people that came before me, by going to family reunions, talking to relatives, and going through tons and tons of information.

• Three Generations from Slavery (22 KB)
  Welcome to the Fenwick Family Page. This is a page for the Fenwick and our extended families

• Mildred Robinson (207 KB)
  This is a photo of my Aunt taken in the 1940's.
• Winnie Linton and Basil Linton Jr. (90 KB)
  The Linton's. Taken in 1962 in front of Florence Batton Robinson's home in Bardstown, Kentucky.
• Vickie Fenwick (70 KB)
  This is my 1st Grade picture from Virginia Avenue Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Charles, Ruby, Sharon Fenwick,and Philo Patterson (157 KB)
  Attending a family wedding.
• Charles Victor Fenwick (77 KB)
  This photo was taken in 1942, when my father enlisted in the Army Air Corps.
• Dorothy Fenwick (161 KB)
  This picture was taken in the 1940's. Dorothy currently lives in New York State.
• The Fosters, Pattersons, and Bells (72 KB)
  Just a family hookup. On occassion, Phyllis or Michele come back to Louisville to visit, and we get together.
• Christmas 1961 (69 KB)
  This was Dawn Michele Fenwick's 1st Christmas.
• Phyllis and Vickie 1957 (130 KB)
  This picture was taken in our back yard in Louisville, Kentucky. I was about a year and a half. Phyllis was 8 years old. The back yard looks nothing like this now.
• Philo Patterson age 3 (91 KB)
  Philo climbing the sliding board.
• Charles and James Arnett Fenwick (208 KB)
  Charles visits his brother Arnett, who still lives in Springfield, Kentucky
• Phyllis Patterson 1970's (42 KB)
  Phyllis at rest.
• Ruby Stone Robinson and Phyllis Fenwick (109 KB)
  This photo was taken in the early 1950's
• The Robinson Women 1937 (97 KB)
  This is the Robinson women taken in Bardstown, Kentucky.
• Jason's 1st Birthday (91 KB)
  Charles and Ruby Fenwick (holding Jason), and Philo Patterson.
• Ruby Robinson Fenwick (94 KB)
  This is a photo of my mother in the 1950's, when they lived in the Eastend of Louisville.
• Michael Leo Holt (107 KB)
  This is an elementary school photo of one of my cousins.
• The Fenwick's 1990 (136 KB)
  This picture was taken when the Fenwick women got together at Daddy's house in Louisvile.My mother died in 1985.
• Michele Helps Clean Up (180 KB)
  Michele helping Daddy clean up in front of the house.
• The Robinsons 1937 (294 KB)
  The Robinson Family taken in 1937 at their home in Bardstown, Ky.

• 1893 School Census (1 KB)
  This is a page from the Washington Co., Kentucky School Census.
• Fenwick Marriages 1877-1908 (3 KB)
  This contains the marriages of John Pious Fenwick, John Pious II, and Teresa Fenwick.

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