This post on Susan Webster Faulkner is a fishing expedition. Let's get this out there from the start.
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She's a brickwall for me, and one of my second Great Grandmothers. It's quite frustrating, because I at least know the parents of most of my Great Great Grandparents, if not their Great Great Grandparents. Am I asking too much? But for Susie and her husband, John Faulkner, it stops with them.
I know Susie, as she was called, was John's second wife. He had at least 3 older children, who are too old to be Susie's children, who named their mother as "Patty". Perhaps her name was Martha, or perhaps Patricia.
So I am hoping, somewhere out there is someone who knows from whence and from who, John and Susan Faulkner came.
The first census the family shows up in is the 1850 census of Lanesboro, in Anson County. The first thing you notice is that the older children are waayyy to old to be thier children. Golden names his mother as this mysterious Patty on his marriage license. Asariah (Eseniah) is named as the son of Susan Webster Faulkner. Perhaps. But the unnamed newborn was most likely hers. John was labeled a cropper, I take that to mean sharecropper. No one in the neighborhood shared their surnames of Faulkner or Webster.
You would think with names like Golden and Asariah, their line could be easily traced, at least back one more generation, but NO.
Now here they are in 1860. Notice how Susan should have aged 10 years, but she has only aged 4, and John has jumped 20 years, to a more accurate age. Martha Manus, listed her as a servant, was Martha Faulkner Manus, his married (widowed?) daughter by Patty. And because one son, James Coleman, was listed with his middle name, the transcribers ran with it and made all the younger children Colemans, but they were not. John is labeled a farmer, but they owned nothing. This was a poor family. And it would get larger.
By 1870, my Great Grandmother Sarah Frances Faulkner has made her appearance. She's the infant. Many of the older children have gone out on their own. John is working as Farm Labor for a Caulde family.
By 1880, they are gone, but the children aren't. However their records are spotty. I don't know where John and Susie are buried, or from whence they came. They had an enormous family of 14 children, and John had at least 4 more by his first wife, Patty. All of Susan's children who lived to have death certificates, and there were many, named her as a Webster. Webster was not an Anson County name.
My line, Sarah Frances, aka Fanny, would marry William A. Turner in Anson County in January of 1887. He would die young and she would remarry to Brantley M. Thompson. Some of her sisters also married into the Turner Family, who lived near Red Hill Church, close to Ansonville.
So here's the deal - if anyone else descends from this family, or knows anything about John Faulkner and his first or second families, from whence he came, or about Susan, and any Websters in Anson County, especially Lanesboro, please contact me via this blog.
RIP Grandma Susie. Hope I find you.
She's a brickwall for me, and one of my second Great Grandmothers. It's quite frustrating, because I at least know the parents of most of my Great Great Grandparents, if not their Great Great Grandparents. Am I asking too much? But for Susie and her husband, John Faulkner, it stops with them.
I know Susie, as she was called, was John's second wife. He had at least 3 older children, who are too old to be Susie's children, who named their mother as "Patty". Perhaps her name was Martha, or perhaps Patricia.
So I am hoping, somewhere out there is someone who knows from whence and from who, John and Susan Faulkner came.
| Name: | Susan Falkner | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age: | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1825 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1850: | Lanesboro, Anson, North Carolina, USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attended School: | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line Number: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dwelling Number: | 1075 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Family Number: | 1076 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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The first census the family shows up in is the 1850 census of Lanesboro, in Anson County. The first thing you notice is that the older children are waayyy to old to be thier children. Golden names his mother as this mysterious Patty on his marriage license. Asariah (Eseniah) is named as the son of Susan Webster Faulkner. Perhaps. But the unnamed newborn was most likely hers. John was labeled a cropper, I take that to mean sharecropper. No one in the neighborhood shared their surnames of Faulkner or Webster.
You would think with names like Golden and Asariah, their line could be easily traced, at least back one more generation, but NO.
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| Lanesboro is in Mid-West Anson |
| Name: | Susan Folkner [Susan Falkner] |
|---|---|
| Age: | 29 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1831 |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birth Place: | North Carolina |
| Home in 1860: | Lanesboro, Anson, North Carolina |
| Post Office: | Wadesboro |
| Dwelling Number: | 416 |
| Family Number: | 376 |
| Cannot Read, Write: | Y |
| Household Members: |
Now here they are in 1860. Notice how Susan should have aged 10 years, but she has only aged 4, and John has jumped 20 years, to a more accurate age. Martha Manus, listed her as a servant, was Martha Faulkner Manus, his married (widowed?) daughter by Patty. And because one son, James Coleman, was listed with his middle name, the transcribers ran with it and made all the younger children Colemans, but they were not. John is labeled a farmer, but they owned nothing. This was a poor family. And it would get larger.
| Name: | Susan Falkner | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age in 1870: | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1827 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dwelling Number: | 167 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1870: | Lanesboro, Anson, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Post Office: | Wadesboro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Keeping House | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred Father: | John Falkner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Household Members: |
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By 1870, my Great Grandmother Sarah Frances Faulkner has made her appearance. She's the infant. Many of the older children have gone out on their own. John is working as Farm Labor for a Caulde family.
| The Caudles- Pathway to Ascension |
By 1880, they are gone, but the children aren't. However their records are spotty. I don't know where John and Susie are buried, or from whence they came. They had an enormous family of 14 children, and John had at least 4 more by his first wife, Patty. All of Susan's children who lived to have death certificates, and there were many, named her as a Webster. Webster was not an Anson County name.
My line, Sarah Frances, aka Fanny, would marry William A. Turner in Anson County in January of 1887. He would die young and she would remarry to Brantley M. Thompson. Some of her sisters also married into the Turner Family, who lived near Red Hill Church, close to Ansonville.
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| Luther Contantine "Tine" Faulkner, son of John and Susan |
So here's the deal - if anyone else descends from this family, or knows anything about John Faulkner and his first or second families, from whence he came, or about Susan, and any Websters in Anson County, especially Lanesboro, please contact me via this blog.
RIP Grandma Susie. Hope I find you.