Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
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Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh

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Carolyn J. Cherryh formerly Cherry
Born 1940s.
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Biography

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Carolyn Janice "C. J." (Cherry) Cherryh was born on the 1st of September 1942 in St. Louis, MIssouri, United States, and primarily raised in Lawton, Oklahoma.[1] She grew up riding horses and spending the weekends on "gran's farm."[2] She is the great-granddaughter of Missouri Duff and Louisiana Carolina Boone.[2]

Carolyn began writing stories at the age of ten.[1][2] She received a Bachelor of Arts in Latin in 1964 and a Masters in Classics a year later.[1] She started her work as a teacher, but continued to write in her spare time.[1]

Carolyn has written more than eighty books since the mid-1970s, winning awards for several of them.[1] She now lives in Washington with her wife Jane Fancher, who writes science fiction and fantasy.[1]

When Carolyn's family starting moving to Texas, she and Jane moved to Spokane, Washington.[2] She took up figure skating at the age of sixty-one and now skates daily.[2] Carolyn counts herself lucky for being able to do what she loves best for a living.[2]

Awards & Honors

See Wikipedia for a full list of awards she has been nominated for.
  1. Hugo Award - Novel - Downbelow Station - 1981
  2. Hugo Award - Novel - Cyteen - 1988
  3. Hugo Award - Short Story - Cassandra - 1978
  4. Locus Award - Novel - Cyteen (1988
  5. John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer – 1977
  6. NESFA Edward E. Smith Memorial Award - The Skylark – 1988
  7. Guest of Honor at BucConeer, the 1998 World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore
  8. Asteroid 77185 Cherryh, discovered March 20, 2001 and named in her honor
  9. Oklahoma Book Awards – Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award 2005
  10. Guest of Honor at FenCon IX in Dallas/Fort Worth on September 21–23, 2012
  11. SFWA Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award – 2016
  12. Prometheus Award for Best Novel 2020 —Alliance Rising
  13. Robert A. Heinlein Award – 2021

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "C. J. Cherryh," as viewed on Wikipedia 2 March 2022
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Cherry, C. J. "Who is C.J. Cherryh?," as viewed on cherryh.com 2 March 2022.
  • "C. J. Cherryh," as viewed on Wikipedia 2 March 2022
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John Cherry
carolyn john cherry again 1948. im sure we are cousins ! david 1801 is where the problem comes begins. research shows the confusion here. two lines. one line goes to davids father is john riley 1773 and his father as robert cherry 1720. this line takes you to south carolina 1750s- the other line takes you to jacob cherry 1752 through virginia colony. so the big question is which father is davids 1801. jacob 1752 virginia or john cherry 1773 , chester south carol[na. both lines go back to picardie france 1350. go figure !!! hope you have the time to clear this up.
posted by John Cherry
Fulkerson-232 Scott Fulkerson
Carolyn, would you mind adding yourself to the category [Hugo Award Winners]? We are working to set up profiles for all those who have won this award and would love to have you included with the others. Thank you.
posted by Scott Fulkerson
Selman-334 David Selman
Hi Carolyn,

Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles!

It’s very important to read and understand the Help:Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines laid out on that page.

Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.

David ~ WikiTree Pre-1700 Greeter

posted by David Selman
Kittredge-46 Glenn Kittredge
It is the Autosomal DNA that is most useful for genealogy research. I found someone on Gedmatch who had ancestors for my Murray ancestor in Scotland. The Murray clan is evidently a major clan in Scottish history and shows up as the charaacter Ian Murray in The book series Outlander.
posted by Glenn Kittredge
Kittredge-46 Glenn Kittredge
No DNA? I find it helpful if put on Gedmatch. Never now whose tree you will match.
posted by Glenn Kittredge
Cherry-4063 Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
MTDNA H5b

Brother tested also H5b and Y is G-M201.

posted by Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
John Cherry
if you received my post from 9/30/23, please let me know.
posted by John Cherry
Dillon-677 Irene Dillon
Hi CJ,

Congratulations, you have now been a WikiTree member for one month! Here are some further ideas to help you make the most of our site.

Beyond The Basics of WikiTree is a guide to some more advanced features of WikiTree.

If you would like to help out in other areas, the opportunities can be found at Volunteers Needed.

If you haven’t found us already, WikiTree is active on many Social Sites. We also have a blog with news of WikiTree events and further ideas from WikiTree members.

If you have any questions, I can be contacted via my profile page.

Irene (WikiTree Mentor)

posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Irene Dillon
Lavoie-74 Liander Lavoie
Hi CJ! Now that you've had a bit of time to enjoy WikiTree, here are a few more features you may find useful:

Ideas on what to include in a profile can be found on the Bio Ideas and Styles and Standards help pages.

If you need to describe an event, an heirloom, or a location relevant to your research, you may like to learn about Free Space Profiles.

Lastly, sometimes you'll run into unresponsive profile managers. We have a process for resolving those unfortunate situations.

If you have any questions, please ask!

~Lianne, WikiTree Mentor

posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Liander Lavoie
Cherry-4063 Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
I have MT-DNA through Ancestry which validates the lately-added Georgia Gertrude Scantlan line ---and a big thank you to everyone who worked on that project!---I'm specifically H5b, with roots in ancient Syria, and travel via the farmer cultures that made it to Europe by the Southern Route. My brother David took the Y-DNA test, and is G-M201.... a trail that began in the Caucasus and reached France via northern Germany---my guess is Carolingians. I don't know how or where to enter these, but they're there on Ancestry---or were: the whole upper part of my paternal line is suddenly missing, and this may be a glitch---or an accidental erasure. I do have paper records, so it's not a panic.
posted by Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
Cherry-4063 Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
Curious how to enter people....eg, my paternal great-grandfather, third-great, etc. Do I search Wiki for a number?
posted by Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
Wright-7062 Terry Wright
Hi CJ ,

Thank you for joining WikiTree. As a WikiTree Mentor I am available to answer any questions or help solve any issues you may be having.

How To Use WikiTree is a good place to start. It is a step-by-step-guide to WikiTree basics. Our Forum is searchable or you can post a question there. The Help Index is also an important place to find how to do most tasks.

It is very important that no duplicate profiles are created in WikiTree. Please read this page for clues on avoiding profile duplication

Feel free to ask me via my profile page if you have any questions dont forget to read and sign our Honor Code ~Terry~

posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Terry Wright
N.-17 Maggie N.
Welcome aboard to Wikitree, CJ

If you need any help getting started, make sure to read How to use WikiTree for Yourself. Thank you for joining our collaborative tree. Maggie N

posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Maggie N.
Cherry-4063 Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
I understand and will abide by the rules. My actual name is Carolyn Cherry. I used to teach history, specialty in the Ancient Med, Ancient Europe. I've been doing genealogy for some time, and have run down a fair few of my lines, some of which have extensive research behind them, some of which I seem to be the only one working on. I'll help where I can.
posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
John Cherry
hello Carolyn, My line goes through myself 1948, johnnie 1927, woody 1901, allen 1869, william 1840, david 1801 . however there is confusion. the line i have always worked through after david 1801 is john 1773 and robert 1720. this line is from antrim ireland. david cherry 1690, now starts the confusion. the other line is showing jacob 1752 suppossibly the father of robert coming through virginia colony. my line came through south carolina about 1750. Im guessing that you are familiar with this contradiction. there is a lot of disagreement. i know we are all closely related. my father johnnie 1927 all lived in comanche, okl. earlier sherman/ denison,texas. my email is [email address removed]
posted by John Cherry
N.-17 Maggie N.
Cj, if you would like to join our collaborative genealogy community at Wikitree, please read the honor code and let us know .
posted on Cherryh-1 (merged) by Maggie N.
Cherry-4063 Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh
Happy to do, but the honor code troubles me, because it seems to preclude mistakes, which I am sure I make and I don't promise to be infallible. OTOH, I will just mark my entries as tentative or the like, which will perhaps at least give a clue to those interested.
posted by Carolyn (Cherry) Cherryh

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