Rosetta Johnson, third wife of Daniel Rhoads, and our matriarch named her mother as Elizabeth Maydine from France on her brother’s death certificate. Why? Well, we will never really know what she thought or understood, but here is a short study of her Madden family. UPDATE 10/4/2021: During a re-review of records I noticed that Daniel was … Continue reading Rosetta’s Madden Family. Facts vs. Family Lore
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Sarah Wood
It has been an excellent week for genealogy research. Many posts ago, I wrote about Rosetta’s grandfather, Charles Madden, and his wife, Sarah Wood. I had received the lead on them from a fellow researcher who has Madden DNA connections to us. Charles’ probate record identifies his wife, Sarah. Their marriage return identified her as Sarah (Sally) Wood. Marriage … Continue reading Sarah Wood
Woodfin
Some members of our family have the distinguished middle name of Woodfin. It started several generations ago with my great-grandfather, a son of Rosetta Johnson and Daniel Rhoads. The origin of this name (to our family) is a complete mystery and I lose sleep (occasionally) over it. My grandmother told my Uncle that Woodfin was … Continue reading Woodfin
Charles Madden
I think there is enough evidence to say with certainty that Charles Madden was Elizabeth's father. Just to recap from her biography, I was at a dead end with Elizabeth until I was contacted by a fellow researcher who is a DNA match on FTDNA.com. She provided me with some additional information, much of it … Continue reading Charles Madden
Elizabeth Madden
While going through my messages on Ancestry.com again, I re-read a message from 2017 by a researcher who said we had a DNA match (through our autosomal DNA donor on AncestryDNA.) For whatever reason, I failed to respond to her, but I made up for that recently. Lucky for me, this researcher had information enabling … Continue reading Elizabeth Madden
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