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Hi,
Im new to this site. Researching family as directed by 2 different tribes when I inquired about enrollment, lead me down a rabbit hole which brought me here. Because of the times, my fathers side of the family rarely talked so I would listen in to conversations to try to get info. I did Ancestry DNA, but that gave me mostly my mothers side. My name is Karen parker, my uncles always called me Singing Wolf. My fathers name was Edward Parker, my grandfather Frank R. Parker born 1895 (henry county, va), He had a sister named Alice Sully that I dont quite remember. My great grandfather T.O Parker born 1866 henry co. va (married to Loula born 1872(nee Williamson). Listening to my father and uncles talk, I heard mention of marrying/mixing with other tribes such as Rappahannock and when they started moving closer to NJ, with the Lenape. Any insight or any relation to anyone to help me on my search is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for letting me join this site/forum.Ok, I cant “edit” my post, but I need to change some locations/dates! Ive been digging around on different sites and census stuff all that.
Ok, so my tree (fathers side)
My dad was Edward Charles
his dad/my GF: Frank R Parker (born in CAROLINE county, va.)
my GGF: Phillip G.B. Parker (I found things that indicate the GB is george Burkett/burkitt…seems a strange “middle name”)his wife the name changes, it is something like Ally/Allie/Alwilda/alwilla
My Great great grandfather: Taliaferro Parker
ALL virginia, ALL Caroline county.
NONE of them were ever slaves. On censuses it’s always changing. some years it says black other years (closer to my grandfather) it says white. But, from research Ive done, there were a couple of reasons. At one point, it was “safer” to be considered black than it was to be an indian. Also, ….sorry, forgot the name, but there was some sorta law thing passed when they made a reservation in virginia, when they drew the lines for the reservation, anyone living outside the line got listed as mulatto or black. When my grandfather moved north, he put “white” on the census. Ive come across a cousin that I started messaging from a DNA site. (her line branches from my grandfathers sibling who married a black man up north) she is black as is her family/cousins/etc (we shared pics). Whereas my grandfather (who married an irish woman (mary nettie donovan), father, uncles/aunts, myself, are white passing. I really wish I wouldve pushed harder for family info when everyone was still alive!!!
Still searching for Parker’s in virginia to try to connect some dots and find out where the few stories Ive heard and my name came fromHi horcgal,
Do you see the edit button on your posts when you are logged in? We have been working on the editing functions for the site.
I’m not familiar with your specific lines, but I have seen the Taliaferro surname in several posts on SaponiTown. Have you tried searching that? It is a common naming pattern in our group to give surnames as first or middle name to children to keep the name alive. Certainly there are Native ancestors from our group whose descendants have a present-day identity of both black and white passing.
I know what you mean by the “strange middle name”. My gg-grandfather has a similarly structured name, Dora MCS Smith. He mostly went by Dora M Smith, his full name was Dora Moses Cornelius Skinner Smith. The GB as George Burkett reminds of the CS as Cornelius Skinner in his name. I would think it is referring to someone by that name, but I have not yet been able to verify that to my satisfaction.
Not sure if any of that helps?
-Marc
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