MaryJo (Key-Flowers) Wilson
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MaryJo (Key-Flowers) Wilson

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Ms MaryJo M. Wilson formerly Key-Flowers aka Flowers
Born 1940s.
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Sister of [private brother (1930s - unknown)] [half], [half] and [half]
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== Biography ==with apologies to Governor Price Daniels:

MaryJo Key-Flowers was born on May 19, 1948, in Liberty, Liberty, Texas. Liberty is about 60 miles northeast of Houston, Texas. Her biological mother, Frances Beretta Key, was unmarried and her biological father, Stanley Milton Flowers wasn't in the picture at all. MaryJo was adopted at birth by a couple from Houston, Texas, Joe Boy Moffett and Alice Elizabeth Shone. MaryJo led a privileged life in Houston but always wondered about her bio-family roots back in Liberty. When her adoptive mother and aunt told MaryJo her "adoption story" it was always that Frances Key wasn't married and she gave MaryJo up for adoption to give her a better life. It was speculated that Frances might have been involved with a married man there in Liberty. MaryJo her mother and aunt always laughed and said that Texas Governor, Price Daniels, (who was also from Liberty) was her father! This joke turned out NOT to be the facts of her birth though! Yes, Frances wasn't married but MaryJo's biological father may never have lived in or near Liberty, Texas. Stanley Milton Flowers was born in Jones County, Mississippi.

A very helpful DNA match (1st cousin once removed) who tested with Ancestry.com was MaryJo's key to unlocking the mystery about the charming cad, Stanley Milton Flowers. The Flowers family were surprised about the location of MaryJo's birth since no one in the family who was still alive (It was 2014) really knew why or when he might have visited Liberty, Texas. They knew he had lived for a time in Marianna, Arkansas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and that he lived the last 24 years of his life in Billings, Montana. MaryJo found The 1940 census that was enumerated on April 8, 1940 with Stanley and wife #2 (Fannie Mae) living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. However, when she found Stanley's WWII Draft Card, dated October 16, 1940, he and Fannie Mae were living in San Antonio, Texas. All we know for sure is DNA tells us that some hot Texas day in August of 1947, he spent some time with Frances Beretta Key. Nine months later, MaryJo was born.

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  • First-hand information. Entered by MaryJo Key at registration.

1940 US Census enumerated April 8, 1940 WWII Draft Registration Card dated Oct 16, 1940


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Hi there,

Are you still researching the Key family of Northumberland County, Virginia?

Thanks,

Jason

posted by Jason Lee Edwards
I just want to say, I so love your biography.

And my 10th cousin through https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-481205 DNA is really a break through for people :)

posted by Karen Jones
Hello,

I am a WikiTree DNA Project Volunteer Helper. I wanted to let you know that when you post DNA test information on a WikiTree profile, WikiTree needs to be able to see the profile Family Tree Tab (top of WikiTree Profile) to make DNA connections down the ancestral lines.

I would like to suggest that you consider changing the privacy level on this profile and all of the ancestors to be at a level that allows everyone to see the Family Tree tab. Click the "Privacy" tab and set your level to "Private with public tree" or "Private with public biography and tree". For further information on the available Privacy levels needed to facilitate this, please see: Wikitree privacy controls

Thank you, Meghan

The book was a discarded library book. It is primarily a biography of F.S. Key and his immediate family/environment. The Phillip Key on page 2 is the progenitor of the Key family in the US. There is a basic family tree in the book that you can piece together as you go through the book. It shows some relationships of family and people/persons of interest in American history such as Chief Justice John Marshall, his sister Ann and her marriage to Roger Taney and others. Several sources the author thanks is the Representatives' Reading Room of the Library of Congress, the Maryland Historical Society, the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore and the Boston Public Library. Remember that this book was copyrighted in 1937 so some places may no longer exist.
posted by [Living Van Fossen]
A source that may apply to Phillip Key is "Francis Scott Key Life And Times" written by Edward S. Delaplaine, copyright 1937. In particular page 2.
posted by [Living Van Fossen]
Hope you enjoy your WikiTree ride, Mary Jo!
Hi!

Just checking in with a few quick tips

Free Space pages are wiki pages for supplementing your family history. They can be used to profile anything of significance such as a special pet, a meaningful event, a school you attended, a family heirloom .... They're "anything pages".

Not sure what to include in a profile? Check out our Biography Ideas and Styles and Standards help pages.

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

~Terry~ ??

posted by Terry Wright
Hi MaryJo! About your DNA tests:

We don't actually upload the test results, we just type in the information about the tests we have taken. Go to http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Key-1354/89. Click the DNA Tests tab and add the information to Add A New Test. You will do this once for the Ancestry test and again for the 23andme test. As you add people to your Family Tree tab, the DNA connections will start to appear. Please read through our DNA Project page for more information: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:DNA and let me know if I can be of further assistance. Welcome to WikiTree!

posted by Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Hi MaryJo, with regards to the DNA tests, I'm going to get someone to help you. It may not be straight away as we are all in different time zones, but they will either private message which goes to your email that you registered at wikitree with. Or they will comment here on your profile. In the meanwhile have a look around wikitree, enjoy. Michele
posted by Michele Bergin
Hi MaryJo

You are now a member of the WikiTree Community. Please note we are trying to build one Collaborative Tree which means one profile per person. It is important to ensure no duplicates are entered as you add any Profiles to WikiTree.

If you need any help getting started check out the Help section,or head over to the G2G forum, you might want to check out the introductory WikiTree video that a member created.

Our Mentor Team are a friendly bunch of volunteers who will be glad to help you with specific problems if you have any.

Good luck growing your branches, and thanks for offering to help with our shared tree :)

~Michele~

posted by Michele Bergin
I took the ancestry dna test and the 23 and me dna as well. I have no idea how to download the ged from either site. I would love to share my results on WikiTree and see what I can find about my ancestry since I am adopted and have limited information. I have my birth mother's name and a possible on my birth father.

Thanks in advance for any help with this!

Welcome MaryJo!

As a guest, you can search for your ancestors and participate in G2G, where you can ask questions that you didn't find an answer to in WikiTree Help (see the "Help" drop-down menu at upper right–for additional links that may be of use, please click my name and check out the links I list under my "Greeter" section–especially the Sources links and the links to my fellow greeters Debby and Maggie, who also have helpful information on their profile pages).

If you would like to join WikiTree, and help with our mission of one tree, please read the Honor Code, volunteer, and post a comment on your profile page; we'll be glad to add you to the WikiTree community.

Happy Hunting!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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