Thetford Ancestry

Generation 1

               

1.  William Thetford (b. About 1824 in Kentucky – d. About 1867 in Clark County, Arkansas)

                

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Generation 2

1.  William Thetford (b. About 1824 in Kentucky – d. About 1867 in Clark County, Arkansas)

+Married Permelia Sturdivant (b. About 1824 in Mississippi – d. About 1870 in Grayson County, Texas) On 1 December 1841 in Warren County, Mississippi

            Children:

1)       Hiram J Thetford (b. 1842 - d. ? )

2)       Wiley Martin Thetford (b. 1844 - d. 1909)

3)       Sarah Ann Thetford (b. 1847 - d. ?) 

4)       Mary Jane Thetford (b. 1849 - d. 1871) 

5)       William Henry Thetford (b. 1851 - d. 1930) 

6)       Joseph Thetford (b. 1853 - d. 1928) 

7)       George Thetford (b. 1855 - d. ?) 

8)       Simon Thetford (b. 1858 - d. 1905)

9)       Permelia Thetford (b. 1864 – d. 1905)

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Generation 3

1.   Hiram J Thetford (b. About 1842 in Mississippi – d. After 1862)

Wiley Martin Thetford

 











2.   Wiley Martin Thetford (b. 16 November 1844 in Claiborne County, Mississippi – d. 10 December 1909 in Jack County, Texas?))

+Married1 Amanda Priana Crisp (b. About 1854 in Arkansas – d. About 1878 in Grayson County, Texas) On 20 July 1873 in Grayson County, Texas

               

            Children:

1)        Eather Ellen Thetford (b. 1875 – d. 1964)

                       

+Married2 Eliza Laster (b. About 1857 in Missouri – d. About 1890 in Nocona, Texas) On 3 July 1879 in Grayson County, Texas

               

            Children:

2)       Mary Jane Thetford (b. 1880 – d. 1949)

3)       Georgia Ann Thetford (b. 1882 – d. 1884)

4)       Wiley Solomon Thetford (b. 1884 – d. 1948)

5)       William Cleveland Thetford (b. 1886 – d. 1967)

6)       Mattie Lee Thetford (b. 1888 – d. 1888)

7)       Albert Washington Thetford (b. 1890 – d. 1960)

Wiley Martin Thetford's children: Standing l-r - Albert (Abb) Washington, William (Wild Bill) Cleveland, and Mary Jane; Sitting l-r - Wiley (Bud) Solomon, Eather Ellen and her baby, Howard Harvard "Harvey" Norman

3.  Sarah Ann Thetford (b. About 1847 in Arkansas – d. After 1860)

4.  Mary Jane Thetford (b. About 1849 in Clark County, Arkansas – d. Before 1875 in Grayson County, Texas)

+Married Peter C Ravia (b. About 1851 in Texas – d. About 1937 in Texas) On 3 April 1871 in Grayson County, Texas

5.  William Henry Thetford (b. 3 March 1850 in Clark County, Arkansas – d. 19 November 1930 in Jack County, Texas)

+Married Mary Jane Bean (b. 28 March 1858 – d. 29 April 1950 in Jack County, Texas) On 5 April 1876 in Sherman, Texas

               

            Children:

1)       Betty Ann Thetford (b. 1877 – d. 1956)

2)       William Abner Thetford (b. 1880 – d. 1947)

3)        Rufus Albert Thetford (b. 1883 – d. 1964)

4)        Virgie Mae Thetford (b. 1888 – d. 1958)

5)        Luther Lewis Thetford (b. 1890 – d. 1976)

6)        Eva M Thetford (b. 1893 – d. 1968)

7)        Odis Leonard Thetford (b. 1895 – d. 1994)

8)        Mayme Belle Thetford (b. 1897 – d. ?)

9)        Ivy Viola Thetford (b. 7 May 1901 – d. 1990)

6.  Joseph Thetford (b. 18 January 1854 in Clark County, Arkansas – d. 22 June 1928 in Cook, Texas)

+Married1 Mary Agnes Myrick (b. About 1861 in Texas – d. 12 February 1894 in Clay County, Texas) On 18 August 1875 in Grayson County, Texas.

               

            Children:

1)       Mary Ellen Thetford (b. About 1878 – d. ?)

2)       Alfred Thetford (b. About 1879 – d. ?)

3)       Sadie T Thetford (b. About 1883 – d. ?)

4)       Benjamin Ray Thetford (b. 1885 – d. 1959)

5)       Martin Simon Thetford (b. 1887 – d. 1975)

6)       James Edgar Thetford (b. 1890 – d. 1968)

7)       Dovie Mae Thetford (b. 1891 – d. 1976)

+Married2 Elizabeth Amelia Rice (b. 26 March 1861 in Tennessee – d. 23 June 1929 in Texas) In about 1894

               

            Children:

8)       Almeda Thetford (b. 1896 – d. 1959)

7.  George Thetford (b. About 1856 in Arkansas  – d. After 1880)

8.  Simon P L Thetford (b. About 1859 in Arkansas – d. After 1920)

+Married Della Downey (b. ? – d. ?) On 20 March 1884 in Grayson County, Texas

            Children:

1)       Sadie Thetford (b. 1902 – d. ?)

2)       Louis Thetford (b. 1904 – d. ?)

9.  Permelia Thetford (b. About 1864 in Arkansas – d. After 1900 in Texas)

+Married Joseph Curtis Arven (b. 15 February 1859 in Kentucky – d. After 1900) On 9 October 1881 in Lamar County, Texas

            Children:

1)       Mamie Arven (b. 1884 – d. 1962)

2)       Nannie Arven (b. 1888 – d. ?)

3)       Clide A Arven (b. 1889 – d. 1963)

4)       Clivey Arven (b. 1889 – d. 1971)

5)       Christopher Arven (b. 1892 – d. 1961)

6)       Mary E Arven (b. 1896 – d. 1988)

7)       Cecil Arven (b. 1898 – d. ?)

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Generation 4

Eather Ellen Thetford Norman & Grandkids

 1.  Eather Ellen Thetford (daughter of Wiley Martin Thetford and Amanda Crisp) (b. 6 November 1875 in Sherman, Texas –  d. 29 November 1964 in Borger, Texas)

+Married James Thomas Norman (b. 15 May 1874 in Jack County, Texas – d. 15 November 1950 in Lamesa, Texas) On about 25 June 1899 in Jack County, Texas

Children:

1)       Howard Harvard Norman (b. 1903 – d. 1983)

2)       William Tracy Norman (b. 1906 – d. 1994)

2.  Mary Jane Thetford (daughter of Wiley Martin Thetford and Eliza Laster) (b. 8 August 1880 in Montague County, Texas – d. 28 January 1949 in Jacksboro, Texas)

+Married Ben Sims (b. 1 July 1874 in Texas – d. 28 January 1944 in Vineyard, Texas) In Texas

Children:

1)       Bessie Lillian Sims (b. 1906 – 1998)

2)       Joseph Bailey Sims (b. About 1909 – d. 1995)

3)       Junior Roscoe Sims (b. About 1913 – d. 1994)

4)       Hazel Inez Sims (b. About 1914 – d. 1962)

5)       Carvel C Sims (b. 1915 – d. 1997)

6)       Oleta Virginia Sims (b. 1917 – d. 2000)

7)       Theodore Sims (b. 1919 – d. 2003)

8)       Voda Marie Sims (b. 1921 – d. 1942)

3.  Wiley Solomon Thetford (son of Wiley Martin Thetford and Eliza Laster) (b. 21 April 1884 in Grayson County, Texas – d. 23 September 1948 in Jack County, Texas)

+Married Fannie Green (b. 17 August 1895 in Texas – d. 9 June 1963 in Jack County, Texas) In Texas

Children:

1)       Mellvirdia Thetford (b. 1915 – d. 1992)

2)       Oscar L Thetford (b. 1918 – d. 1996)

3)       Wiley Thetford (b. About 1921 – d. ?)

4)       Roy H Thetford (b. 1922 – d. 1997)

5)       Lelia Thetford (b. 1924 – Living?)

4.  Albert Washington Thetford (son of Wiley Martin Thetford and Eliza Laster) (b. 3 March 1890 in Texas – d. 2 June 1960 in McKinney, Texas)

+Married Edith May Davis (b. About 1913 in Texas – d. 3 April 1967 in Mineral Wells, Texas) In Texas

Children:

1)       Margret Mary Jane Thetford (b. 1937 – Living?)

2)       Alberta Louise Thetford (b. 1946 – 1999)