2022 WikiTree Challenge 7: The challenge for Elizabeth Gracen from Highlander is over. [closed]

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Hello WikiTreers! The seventh WikiTree Challenge of 2022 has started! Our guest star is Elizabeth (Ward) Gracen, former Miss America and actress known for her roles in HighlanderCoherence, and many other TV series and movies.

The week officially started on Thursday, March 31st at noon EDT (5pm GMT) and will end at noon EDT (5pm GMT) on Thursday, April 7th. Check with your captain if you need the link to join us in the Zoom kick-off chat on the 31st. We'll be viewing her interview and talking about possible research tactics.

You don't need any particular research skills to help. Anyone can play a role. We'd love to have you join us!

WikiTree profile: Elizabeth Gracen
closed with the note: Thank you for participating!! Check the G2G for the current registration
in The Tree House by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
closed by Mindy Silva

42 Answers

+9 votes

Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandfather John Franklin Ward or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Connection Bounty: Bounty claimed and verified on this line!

Brick Wall AncestorMahala Ann (Scarlett) Hamilton

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
I made a connection to the tree from GG-Grandfather [[Ward-37605|Phillip M Ward (1835-1899)]] to his brother [[Ward-37919|Richard Ward (1855-1935)]] then to his wife [[Green-47095|Mary Ellen (Green) Ward (1854-)]].   I connected her to her father [[Green-33330|George Washington Green (1812-1870)]] who was already existing on the greater tree!
I made a connection through her 5th GGF Phillip Ward.  His Daughter Amy Ward connected to Amy (Ward) Wickersham  Ward-16944.  I also Connected his wife Emey Ward to Allen-1468
This line already had a connection bounty, but thank you Tabatha!!
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Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandmother Estelle Jones or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Connection Bounty: Bounty claimed and verified on this line!

Brick Wall AncestorBenagah Pennington

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
I have ancestor Estelle Jones' mother, Miranda Avaline (Pennington) Jones attached to father and mother who have profiles on wikitree (Pennington-4139) and Tankersley-328. I will be continuing to fill out this line. Putting in some research notes as I go. Could use someone that is very Civil War records savvy to clear up a question or two with some conflicting information. Having a great time :-)

Thanks for working on those! Since you are in Discord you can post in there for that Civil War help. Let me know if you need anything else. 

+9 votes

Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandfather Lucien Edwin Vester or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Connection Bounty: Bounty claimed and verified on this line!

Brick Wall AncestorGeorge Washington Green

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
I have ancestor David Y Vester attached to father who was already on wikitree as Vester-107.
Nice work Lukas! I love all the information you put in the biography!
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Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandmother Virginia Tabitha Young or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Brick Wall AncestorEphriam A Young

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
George W. Young had parents James Young-5969 and Mary Ann Stokes-573 attached during this challenge.  This is not correct. This family lived in Arkansas in 1850 and 1860.  

the George W. Young we are looking for living in Perry County, Arkansas in 1850 and 1860 where he married in 1869 and is listed in his father's estate. I am correcting now.

Added Census detail to her record. Kathy already added her mother's record. I started on her maternal grandfather. No G-Grandparents readily available. Louis/Lewis appears to have possibly been a family name. There is a Louis Edwards in Perry Alabama on the 1830 Census. Potential maternal great-grandfather?

Males: 1 - age 5-10 (possibly Franklin/Featherston?), 1 - age 15-20, 1 - age 30-40

Females: 1 - age under 5, 1 - age 5-10, 1 - age 10-15, 1 - age 15-20, 1 - age 20-30

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-N4B : 20 February 2021), Lewis Edwards, Perry, Alabama, United States; citing 60, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 2,330.

Still looking to see if there's a way to link up these two. The thread between them is pretty thin at the moment.

That line appears to be showing from an Ancestry tree. Edwards is a common enough name there could be multiple that could be conflated or confused with one another.
If Lewis is a great-grandparent, his wife may have been Sarah Barefield - a Lewis Edwards married a Sarah Barefield in Perry, Alabama on 7 May 1829. Might be too late if Franklin/Featherston was born 1826, although they may have married late. Still looking.
Do we have the connections verified or corrected on these lines? It sounds like there is a bit of mystery there...
Grandparents are verified. 1 G-Grandparent has been verified. Nothing beyond this.
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Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandmother Myrtle Irene (Wilson) Pickens (Adoptive) or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Connection Bounty: Pickens connection bounty claimed,

Pickens Brick Wall AncestorLaban McDonald

Wilson Brick Wall AncestorWilliam Green Morgan

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
+9 votes

Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandfather William Edward Wallace, or have questions or research notes on this line.

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No Brick Wall Ancestor: (see the next great-grandparent)

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
William Wallace father is William Wallace and his mother is Cordelia Butler, connected Cordelia Bulter to Butler-1279.  Woot that is 3 connections!
David Wallace connected to Wallace-5666
William Wallace father also has a connection Wallace-764  but I didn't notice it until after I created his profile and so I don't know how to merge the two?
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Comment here if you break a brick wall, find mistakes in the tree of Elizabeth’s great-grandmother Louisa May Belle Strain or have questions or research notes on this line.

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Brick Wall Ancestor #1: Mary Jack Wilson

Brick Wall Ancestor #2: John Williams

by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
edited by Mindy Silva
+12 votes
Sign me up.
by Tommy Buch G2G Astronaut (1.8m points)
Great Tommy! Thanks!!
+14 votes
Met her in 1981 at U of Arkansas football homecoming. Literally walked right into her.
by J Hutton G2G3 (3.3k points)
How awesome is that?! Thanks J!
+14 votes

I’m in for the challenge.  I love this series.

by Kathy Rabenstein G2G6 Pilot (315k points)
Great Kathy! Thanks!! You've done such beautiful work on the profiles.
+13 votes
This one looks interesting. I'm in.
by Anne Guglik G2G6 Mach 4 (42.7k points)
Great Anne! Thanks!!
+12 votes
I'm in again this week!
by Leila Keller G2G6 Mach 1 (17.9k points)
Great Leila! Thanks!!
+12 votes
I would like to participate!
by Michelle Enke G2G6 Pilot (407k points)
Great Michelle! Thanks!!
+11 votes
Please sign me up I hope to be able to contribute more to this challenge
by Anon Sharkey G2G6 Pilot (112k points)
Great Anon! Thanks!!
+14 votes
Holy Smokes! She was born in my home town! I'm in!
by Angela Dicks G2G4 (4.5k points)
Great Angela! Welcome to the challenge!
+13 votes
We are direct decendants of the same woman, 18th cousins
by Wendy Johnson G2G Crew (910 points)
Great Wendy! Welcome to the challenge!!
+13 votes
I would like to join
by Homer Thiel G2G6 Mach 1 (11.5k points)
Great Homer! Thanks!!
+12 votes
Please sign me up!
by Melody Nabors G2G4 (4.5k points)
Great Melody! Welcome to the Challenge!!
+13 votes
I have many ancestors in Arkansas and would love to learn new skills. Sign me up!
by M Mason G2G3 (3.8k points)

Great M! Welcome to the Challenge!!

+13 votes
I would like to give this a try!
by Kathleen Parker G2G6 Mach 1 (11.3k points)

Great Kathleen! Welcome to the Challenge!!

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