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LATTA,
BULLOCK |
Does
anyone know which branch this Thomas
Latta was in?
Stockton Daily Argus, Stockton, San
Joaquin Co., CA 26-31 Oct. 1857
Saturday, 31 Oct. 1857 - CONVICTED --
Ezekiel Bullock has been convicted of
murder in the 2nd degree, for the
killing of Thomas Latta, in
Sacramento, on the 9th of June last.
The 'Bee' says that during the entire
trial of Bullock, his wife has been by
his side watching with great anxiety
each phase of the case, often turning
upon him a pair of sorrowful eyes and
a pale, care-worn countenance.
As he was leaving the court room on
the day of his conviction, she forgot,
for a moment, everything else but her
affection for the once happy husband
of her heart, and falling upon his
neck sobbed in the most heart-breaking
manner, until forcibly removed.
During the night session, bullock held
in his arms a little burly-headed
child about 4 years old. |
Sue
Cox, Branch 17, Salem, WV
cscox57@verizon.net |
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LATTA |
I just
received the newsletter (issue 33,
Fall 2007) and saw my information on
page 26 query #8. In the next
newsletter under additions could you
please put Latta Brfanch 23 #38 Jessie
Latta b. March 30, 1879. Sorry I
didn't make it clear in the email.
Thanks. |
Nancy
Lata,
RLatta6374@aol.com |
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LATTA,
EARWOOD |
I just had
to write when I found the Latta
Genealogy Newsletter website. My
mother was Gwendolyn Loraine Latta
(not listed in your files) and was the
granddaughter of Oscar Latta, Texas
Ranger, Company C. (photo attached is
from
http://libraries.ou.edu/etc/westhist/Rose/ranger5.html)
My mom always spoke with admiration
about her Latta heritage, and had
stories of her father's wild family.
She was born in Del Rio, Texas to
Frank and Lorena Latta. My mom's
mother was young, and her husband and
his family had "Wild West" values --
lots of drinking, fighting and
shooting. My grandmother took my
mom and went back home to her mom,
divorcing Frank Latta. The
website has Oscar Latta married to
Mamie Earwood as Branch 1, which is
why I am writing to you. I've
never done any genealogy research, so
I am not going to be any help to you,
iunfortunately. My mom has
passed away. Her father was
Frank, and the only other child (that
I know of) was from his Indian wife
Beulah, a girl named Nancy, who would
have been born aroung 1954 -- and
married Paul Hand and lived in San
Antonio. My mom spent a few
weeks in the summer during her
childhood visiting her father, but
didn't visit as an adult until she got
word that he was dying, so we all went
to visit a couple of times -- he was a
dear man -- I wish I could have known
my grandfather longer -- he had
apparently settled down quite a bit!
Frank was the son of Oscar, I believe,
and he had a brother named Lawrence.
I met one cousin of my mom's,
Lawrence's son, Ross Latta, who was
married to Joan. I also met
their son Steve, and could probably
find him again if needed. He had
at least 2 siblings, but I n ever met
them. My mom would have
absolutely loved this website. I
don't know why I never thought about
researching (by that I mean Googling!)
the Latta name with her while she was
alive. She died in 2005, and was
so proud of her Latta family.
Frank
A. Hamer and Oscar Latta, Company C,
Taxes Rangers, 1908.
It
was just great to see this website,
and if you have any questions or more
information, I would live to hear from
you. I am pretty sure my mom was
born as Gwendolyn Lorraine Latta on
Jan. 1, 1931 in Del Rio, Texas.
(A new year's baby -- the doc was
called from a party to deliver her,
and wore his tux during the delivery,
or so goes the story.) Here is
some info from the Val Verde (borders
Erath County) County Cemetery I found
the other night. I believe "Lizzie" is
Pernetta Latta, my great-great
grandmother (apparently never married
though!), Oscar was her son, my
great-grandfather, and a Texas Ranger;
Lawrence is my great-uncle, I've heard
the name "Lofton" and believe he's a
brother to Lawrence and Frank.
Lawrence had children, but the only
one I knew was Ross, who had children,
and the only one of those I know is
Steve. Frank had my mom,
Gwendolyn Lorraine Latta, and a
daughter, Nancy. Frank Latta, my
grandfather isn't listed here, but he
was born July 26, 1903, and died in
July 1971. He married my
grandmother, Lorena Martha Roberson,
in San Antonio, in November of 1929,
they divorced in 1933. From the
cemetery info:
Latta, Lawrence - b. Sept. 17, 1900,
Jan. 17, 1965
Latta, Lizzie, 1847-1933, mother of
Oscar Latta
Latta, Lofton H., March 19, 1913 -
Nov. 29, 1963, Texas TEC5 CO C 7
Engineer BN World War II
Latta, May - May 1, 1878 - Apr. 17,
1963
Latta, Oscar - Sept. 14, 1868 - Aug.
1, 1954 - He Hath Done What He Could
Latta, Paul - Sept. 17, 1910 - Dec.
31, 1928
Thanks fo rthe note back; I have an
uncle who does genealogy -- my
mother's half brother, so not a Latta.
I'll copy him on this note to see if
he wants to add anything. |
Diane
McGinn, 281-337-2814,
diane.mcginn@innovene.com |
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Email
address correction |
Good
evening. Just wanted correct the
typo in the last LGN newsletter on my
e-mail address. It should be
lmsjfs@knology.net. If
anyone has tried to contact me and
either received a bounded message or
nor reply at all, please try again
using this address. Regard. |
Cindy
Stiene, Br. 15, Note 03, and Note G. |
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LATTA,
JOHNSON, WILLIAMS |
I glanced
at page 22 when I first received the
most recent newsletter, Fall 2007.
But tonight I had a chance to look at
it in some detail. The Fayette County,
KY LATTAS are Branch 22, related most
closely to Kim Latta of Burlington,
Iowa. These Lattas descend from
Harvey McDowell Latta, married Fannie
Johnson 29 Apr 1845, Woodford County,
KY. Harvey was the son of Matthew
Latta and Polly Williams. This
latter couple also were parents to my
ancestor, William W. Latta and Mary S.
Williams, his wife. The Robert
Latta identified in the 1900 Census
was a son of Harvey McDowell Latta and
Fannie Johnson. Harvey had a
second marriage, but no children from
that marriage so far as I can tell.
Kim Latta gave me enought into to tie
in these later Lattas with what I have
found in my own research. Cathi
Vannice and I hope to do some more
research on Branch 22. What we
need to do is read the order books in
Woodford County KY to see what more
information they contain on Lattas
living in that area in the late 1700s
and early 1800s. |
Virginia Curulla, Treasurer,
vcurulla@mac.com |
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LATTA,
MUSILOVA |
Hi.
Just wondering who this family might
'belong to'. A friend of mine recently
sent an email to a bunch of her
friends - one of her friends noticed
my last name "Latta." This
friend of my friend recently wrote me.
Her name is Ivana Musilova - she
currently lives in Bratislava,
Slovakia, but did live here in
Ontario, Canada from 1968-1973 before
returning to Slovakia. Her
mother's maiden name was Latta.
Ivann's Mom is Jolana; her father's
name was Juraj Latta and he had a
brother called Ladislav Latta.
Ladislav has a son, Igor who currently
lives in Toronto. He is Ivana's
mother's cousin. The family came
from Pichne, a small village near the
Ukrainian border, about 7 km from the
town of Snina. She couldn't getmuch
information from her Mom, but all she
knew was that Juraj Latta's mother
died when he was about 3 years old and
his father remarried and had another
daughter. Ivana's grandfather
was born in 1922, and he died 9 or 10
years ago. Ivan'as grandmother
still lives in Pichne and she will be
84 this year. She did say that
the next time she visits her
grandmother in Pichne, she will try to
find out more or she will go to the
city hall and try to find more of the
family history. Thanks so much. |
Jody
Latta-Poljanski, Branch #13,
jpolanski@sympatico.ca |
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LATTA,
GRIEVE |
I am
looking for any information on my
grandfather, John Latta, who came from
Belfast, Ireland to Canada sometime
around 1918 or so (not sure on this).
He met my grandmother, Mary Grieve, on
the ship over, and they settled in
Edmonton, Alberta and had five
daughters. John Latta was the
oldest of several siblings, but the
only one that I know of by name is
James. Thank you for your help. |
Rebecca
Sykes Johnston, and my address is 5789
Kerry Lane, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.
email:
djohnston2@shaw.ca |
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LATTA,
GRIEVE |
Hello
Rebecca: It is so amazing to hear from
another Latta Family whose ancestor
was a contemporary of my Great
Grandfathers. Besides my family
line which is listed in Branch 16,
there were also other Latta Families
from Branch 13 that were here in
Edmonton between 1898 to 1950s.
Some have moved on to other areas but
my family still resides here. At
present there are Irish, Scot and
Eastern European Lattas in Edomonton.
Would you count as one of your family
members "Polly Latta? There are
several Johns and Josephs that my Dad
could not connect to any Branch.
Some even ran hotels and then they
seemed to have disappeared. Dad
spent hours looking for more
information bout the other Lattas that
cropped up in the early phone and
Henderson Directories. Without much
success. Are any of your family buried
her? There are several
Gravestone that I think belong to your
family at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
I could take digital images and email
to you if you like? Do you still
have family in this area? If
your ancestors came from Ireland, my
Dad was of the opinion that the Irish
Branches were all related. We
currently have a DNA study involving
the Y chromosome male descendancy) One
Surname Project underway and I am
writing the first report fight now and
hope to have it ready for the May
issue of the "Latta Genealogy
Newsletter". No doubt as we
speak Ken, the Editor whom you
contacted, will have entered your
query to the newsletter. Will have to
look some things up but I will get
back to you about anything that I can
come up with. Sincerely, |
Kathy
Latta, Branch 16, Edmonton, Alta.,
lattakj@telusplanet.net |
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