Category Archives: Howell

Research into the Howell Family Line Including the following individuals with

  • 2. Clarence Fletcher Howell.
  • 92. Lewis Bryan.
  • 184. Robert Bryan.

Pankey’s in the News – Judith Pankey Dies

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Don Taylor

Howell Research Howell-Pankey Line By Don Taylor In the News” is my reporting of discovered newspaper articles and advertising regarding ancestors I am researching. Judith (Ligon) Pankey is the first wife of my wife’s third great uncle, Thomas Armstrong Pankey. … Continue reading →

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Marriage Bond – Thomas Pankey & Martha Cannon

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Don Taylor

Amanuensis[i] Monday Howell-Pankey Line By Don Taylor This image is one of those cases where the document was extremely fragmented. But, by using similar documents it becomes fairly easy to fill in many of the gaps with what would be … Continue reading →

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Thomas Pankey & the Early Censuses

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Don Taylor

Howell Research Howell-Pankey Line Census Sunday By Don Taylor Following families in the early census records is always tricky. Today, I am looking at the 1810 Census and Thomas (and Martha) Pankey of Cumberland County, Virginia. From my other research, … Continue reading →

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Binford – Surname Saturday

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Don Taylor

Howell-Pankey-Binford Line By Don Taylor Name Origin Ancestry indicates that Binford is an English habitational name from Binneford in Crediton, Devon, based upon the personal name Beonna and Old English ford (ford). Geographical Forebears indicates there are only about 3,136 … Continue reading →

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Grandparent surnames in the 1940 Census

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Don Taylor

[Last Saturday, Randy Seaver, in his blog Genea-Musings, suggested looking at grandparent surnames and seeing how many are in the 1940 Census. He also asked if we had done a “one-name search” for any of those surnames.] My four grandparents … Continue reading →

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