I live in Dallas. My mother grew up in Houston. Although she was born in Hondo, they moved to to Houston when she was 3. I used to visit my grandparents and the rest of Mother's immediate family when I was a kid. That was some trip back then. When I was preschool age, we had to get up at 4 AM. The old model T Ford would have been packed the night before with luggage in the back seat and an extra battery on the running board. A quilt would have been placed on top of the luggage and Ken and I were put down to sleep some more. Some of the roads were only deep ruts. We would arrive at Grandmaw and Grandpaw's house at the end of Columbia Street next to the White Oak Bayou at about 9 that night. Think of our ancestors travelling on foot or horse drawn wagon. How long would the same trip have taken them?
When I was older, I could take a train called, I think, the Sunshine Special. I still have relatives in the area. I certainly have had my memories stirred up today.
Ken lives in Palestine, TX. and my younger brother, Steve, lives in the country near a place called Caddo Mills. It is close to Greenville.
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Olive McMillin, family knowledge.
"Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD5D-S3D : accessed 8 July 2015), Olive Belle Moore, 02 Feb 1925; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
Name: Olive Belle Moore
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 02 Feb 1925
Event Place: Dallas, Texas
Certificate Number: 9538
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C44W-9PZ : accessed 8 July 2015), Olive B Moore in household of Wilford S Moore, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0060, sheet 4B, family 56, line 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2317; FHL microfilm 2,342,051.
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
District: 0060
Sheet Number and Letter: 4B
Household ID: 56
Line Number: 67
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 2317
GS Film number: 2342051
Digital Folder Number: 004548206
Image Number: 00330
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Wilford S Moore Head M 29 Texas
Eleanora Moore Wife F 27 Texas
Kenneth Moore Son M 7 Texas
Olive B Moore Daughter F 5 Texas
"Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V84H-NWS : accessed 8 July 2015), David Ross Mcmillin, 21 Jun 1950; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
Name: David Ross Mcmillin
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 21 Jun 1950
Event Place: Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Ralph Vern Mcmillin
Mother's Name: Olive Belle Moore
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Welcome cousin Olive! Dad passed your email on to me. I'm happy to help you get merged into the online tree Dad and I have on wikitree. Glad to see you on here! Hugs, Cuzzin Lisa
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