Showing posts with label Fearless Females. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fearless Females. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Fearless Females - A 6 Word Tribute to Darkie Tadpole Fisher

"Died too young, but never forgotten."


Darkie Tadpole was the second child of David Tadpole Jr. and Polly Vann, citizens of the Cherokee Nation. She was born about 1870 in Indian Territory. As an adult, she married Johnson Fisher Jr. and they had two daughters, Elizabeth (Lizzie) and Nancy. Darkie was included on the application her family made during the Dawes enrollment period, but sadly, she died in childbirth before the Final Roll. She was only 32 at the time of her death.



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Friday, March 4, 2011

Fearless Females - Day 4 Dick and Nancy's Marriage Licence

My maternal great grandma, Nancy Fisher, and great grandpa, Dick Carey, were married February 18, 1916. I find it interesting that her age is incorrect. On the marriage application/license, she is listed as 18, but since her birthday, according to her birth affidavit in her Dawes application, was May 30, 1900, she was actually only 15 years old when she married. She would not turn 16 until May later that year.



What a young bride my Grandma Nancy was! We don't know anything about how she got married. We just know she did. And that she truly loved her husband. Dick was killed in 1937 and left her a widow with nine children. Despite the fact she was still a young woman, she never remarried. One time I asked my mom why Nancy never married again and she said, "Well, because she loved grandpa."

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading.

CC
The Granddaughter


copyright 2011, Polly's Granddaughter - TCB

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Fearless Females - Day 1 Polly Boots Smith

In honor of National Women's History Month, I will be following the Fearless Females daily blogging prompts of Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog.

One of my female ancestors I would like to learn more about is my great great grandma, Polly Boots Smith. She was born about 1852 and died about 1909. From the Guion Miller applications filed by her and her children, we know she was the daughter of Boots and Lizzie Scott. We also know she was the mother of Sam Smith, Ellen (Smith) Swimmer, Susie Whitewater, Joe McKay, Jim Pickup, Dick Carey and Jim Bean.

What we don't know are the names of very many of her ancestors. From her Miller application, she stated her maternal grandfather was Dick Scott and her paternal grandmother was Gahoga. Those are the only names we have to give us clues to her ancestry. 

From all the information available, it seems the Dick Scott who was her grandfather was also the grandfather of my other Grandma Polly, Polly Vann Tadpole, daughter of Ave Vann and Betsy Scott. That line is fairly easy to research and information is readily available. But, what about Boots and his mother, Gahoga? Exactly who were they and what other Cherokee families are they connected to? At this point in time, we just don't know.

Though I have exhausted many of the Cherokee resources available, there are still a few that might eventually provide more information or insight into Polly's ancestry. If I learn something new, it will be an extremely exciting find. If I don't, that will be okay too. After all, I know Polly was my grandma. She was a living, breathing, dynamic woman who raised a lot of children on her own. Simply knowing I descend from her brings me a great sense of pride and even if I never learn another thing about her genealogy, that pride and knowledge of her and her life is more than enough to satisfy me.

Those are my thoughts for today. 
Thanks for reading. 

CC 
The Granddaughter
copyright 2011, Polly's Granddaughter - TCB