Email from Fannie Lindner: My father's first name
was Marion as is my brother's first name. The problem is we do
not know his last name. Barnes was the last name of one
of the persons, a relative who reared him among others he
also lived with. He also once went by Harris
since he lived also with Harrises, who were grandparents. The homes he lived in were in Hart County
GA. My parents were married in Hartwell GA in 1930.
Marion born in 1907 in Hartwell, Hart Co.
GA, was reared by a Barnes woman and later by his maternal
grandparents, the Harris family. He never knew what his real
surname was. He died without us knowing anything about
him. My brother, also named Marion, did the DNA testing thru
Family Tree DNA and the results have come in. We match the markers
for the Shirleys in E3b haplogroup. I have talked to Bennett
Greenspan of FTDNA and he says we also have the NULL marker which
runs in this group. We are SHIRLEYS, and at last we know the
surname of our father.
1. Marion Barnes-Shirley, b.
May 1, 1907 Hart County Georgia, d. 1963; Marion was the
son of Minnie Harris Craft, daughter of Elisha Harris of Hart
Co Georgia and wife Mary (Mae). See 1920 Hart Co GA census
below the photo to see the complete family of Elisha Harris.
Marion Barnes-Shirley and wife
Nobie Gaines
married Nobie Gaines, on August
25, 1929; she was born March 10, 1912, died December 12, 1998.
children of Marion Taylor Barnes-Shirley and wife Nobie
Gaines:
Children of Marion
Taylor Barnes-Shirley: Juanita Sue Mitchell, Dorothy Akrie,
Marion Earl Barnes-Shirley, Vernelle Bacon, Barbara Jean Cheatham
(not pictured: Fannie Linder)
2.i Juanita Sue Barnes-Shirley
married Mitchell
2.ii Dorothy Barnes-Shirley
married Akrie
2.iii Marion Earl Barnes-Shirley
2.iv Vernelle Barnes-Shirley
married Bacon
2.v Barbara Jean Barnes-Shirley
married Cheatham
2.vi Dr. Fannie Barnes-Shirley 3rd daughter of Marion
Taylor Barnes-Shirley See
Fannie's Bio
married Raymond Linder
Raymond and Fannie Barnes-Shirley
Linder
children of Fannie Barnes-Shirley and Raymond Linder
3.i Raymond Terence Linder (Visit his website http://www.goodstewardship.com/about.htm)
married Christine
Raymond Terence Linder and wife Christine
3.ii Diandra Linder
Diandra Linder |
Cassandra |
3.iii Michael Craig Linder - He
is Vice President of Sales & Chief Marketing Officer
married Colleen Jo
Michael Craig and Colleen Jo Linder
children of Michael Craig Linder and wife Colleen Jo
4.i Logan James Linder
Logan James Linder
(part of) Marion's 6 children and
60+ grand to great-great-great children
Research:
Hart Co GA for 1910 African American family in Militia
Dist 1114 - SmithElisha Harris 53 GA, GA GA Mary, wife 44 Anderson,
son 17 Vinnie, dau 14 Llewellyn Strange, grandson 9 Marion
Harris, grandson 2 GA, GA GA
1920 Hart Co Georgia Census (annotated to
show relationships to Marion)
Elisha Harris [raised Marion] b. 1854; Marion's grandfather
Lisha's wife, Mary ("Mae") b. 1870; Marion's
grandmother
Julia Harris Hill b. 1840; Elisha's sister; Marion's
great-aunt
Neeley Harris Rucker b. 1860; Elisha's sister;
Marion's great-aunt
Minnie Harris Craft b. 1884; Elisha and Mary's daughter;
Marion's mother
Vinnie Harris b. 1897; Elisha and Mary's daughter;
cousin of Marion
Candy Harris b. 1903; Elisha and Mary's son;
cousin of Marion
Sis Strange b. 1906; granddaughter of Elisha;
cousin of Marion
Rosa Strange b. 1907; granddaughter of Elisha;
cousin of Marion
Marion Taylor Harris b. 1907; grandson of Elisha;
our Daddy; Minnie's son
Willie Strange b. 1908; grandson of Elisha;
cousin of Marion
Nathaniel Craft b. 1912; son of Minnie; step-brother
of Marion
Zeapher Lee Craft b. 1914; daughter of Minnie; step-sister
of Marion
Annie Ree Craft b. 1918; daughter of Minnie;
step-sister of Marion
MINNIE HARRIS CRAFT is my father's mother.
She is shown as married here and has other children who were
my father's stepsisters and stepbrothers, all born after my father
and after her marriage. I have all of that and more in my
genealogical files: 1920 Census
HARRIS: Daddy's mother's family
The Harris Household in which Daddy (Marion) was raised is taken
from the 1920 Census (14 members):
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