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ISSUE THIRTY-THREE QUERIES
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LATTA/STEPHENS |
I'm the gg-grandson
of Hugh Latta born 4/11/1814
Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA and
Elizabeth Stephens born 3/24/1820
Juniata Twp., Perry Co., PA. My
mother is the G-granddaughter of Hugh
Latta through the Thornton Latta line.
Does anyone have any records on a
Margaret Latta born around 1900 in
Scotland. She was a missionary
in Swaziland, Africa from 1931 to
1954. On one of her furloughs
she resided at 3 West Avenue, Viewpark,
Uddingston, Scotland from 1938 to
1939. I have no other
information. I do have several
typed and hand written letters with
that address on them. I
think she is a distant cousin. |
Kenn
Miller, Nashville, TN,
kennbar@comcast.net |
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LATTA |
I've
managed to trace my Latta family tree
via statutory registers and census
records back to the 1840's in
Scotland. Prior to that I think
they hailed from Ireland, which is
what the attached census record from
1841 of Robert Latta/Hannah Latta
tells me (they were my ggg-grandparents),
and then I've drawn a blank as I've no
way of knowing where in Ireland they
came from . Robert & Hannah's children
were all born in Scotland. Generations
of my family all appear to have worked
in Lanarkshire mines until my father's
birth (in London) in the 1930s.
From 1901 the family have lived in the
Hamilton area of Lanarkshire . I have
no living generation above me.
Other surnames arising via marriages
pre 1902 are McCallum, Murray,
McFarlane, Gorman and Brodelty.
Kind regards, |
Sally
Latta,
Sally.Latta@glasgow.newsquest.co.uk |
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LATTA/GARNER |
I am
sending this to you since it seems my
Latta family has no branch listed and
no one may be aware of it. My
Great grandfather was Ferman Latta.
Family tradition is that he was born
in Barcelona, Spain and came to Teas
by way of Mexico. He married
Mary Ann Garner in Hood Co., Texas
around 1880. She died probably
between 1890 and 1900. He left
his children (one of them my
grandfather James Latta) with her
parents in Blossom Texas, near Paris,
Texas, and apparently left for Mexico
again, near the Texas border where
rumors are he started another family.
My grandfather supposedly went to
Mexico in the 1920s to find Ferman and
supposedly did find his new family,
but I don't know what he discovered
since all my aunts, uncles, and my
father are now deceased. I never
got a chance to ask after I became
interested in genealogy.
As far as
Ferman being from Spain, all I have is
the family story. Records wise,
he is in the 1880 Census for Hood Co.,
tExas and listed as being born in
Mexico although his race is listed as
"white". Later census years
showing his children all list
their father as being born in Mexico
too, but still race as "white".
So to me it looks as though he most
likely may have been born in Mexico.
It may be this his parents may have
come from Spain to Mexico. So
the pieces missing are where in Mexico
did he live as a child and who were
his parents. Ferman was probably
born around the early 1860s based on
the 1880 census. This is all I
have on him so far. It is
interesting that near the Texas-Mexico
border in Jim Wells county there is a
small cemetery called Lattas Cemetery.
All I know about it is the name but do
not know who is buried there. When I
get the chance I plan to go visit it.
Thanks, |
Jim
Latta,
jmplatta@sbcglobal.net |
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LATTA |
Hi, I hope
you can assist me with a project I am
working on. There was at least
one, possibly two, men by the name of
Will Latta who owned a steamboat year
in California, PA and Elizabeth, PA,
in the 1860s-70s. I have
tried to sort out some facts about him
(them?) but am not coming up with
much. Thanks, |
John J.
Hudlik, Ph.D., Pittsburgh, PA, Jkudik@aol.com |
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