Showing posts with label Frank Brumfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Brumfield. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 7 and The Genealogist Tool Box

Frank Brumfield has been identified as a child of Liddie Brumfield Caston by the late Rodger Dale Wilson in 2007. No documentation of the relationship has been located at this time.   Frank Brumfield born before 1870  is not enumerated in the Federal or state census as a child of Liddie.  

I have identified three individuals who might be a child of Liddie. There is the possibility of a fourth unidentified person.

Name

Spouse

Frank Brumfield

Liza (Elizabeth) Anderson

Frank E. Brumfield

Janie Foster

Frank Brumfield

Priscilla Ann Ricks

 

Assumptions that have been identified concerning Richard, Irvin, Tom, and Frank Brumfield:

1. They all are brothers and have the same mother Liddie and father Louis.

2. The brothers have the same maternal autosomal DNA.

3. The brothers lived in the same geographic area for most of their lives.

4. Genealogy research of Frank Brumfield and his family tree is available and accurate.

5. All the brothers had descendant of children.  

6. Results of most of the brothers' descendants' DNA are available.  

I have not been able to definitely find Frank Brumfield son of Liddie at this time. I will continue using the genealogist toolbox I have developed for research. I will also continue to look for more tools.

THE GENEALOGIST TOOLBOX

1) Interview the relatives especially the oldest living relatives 2) the family Bible 3) United States federal census population and agricultural records  4) state census records 5) school census records  6) homestead records from the Bureau of Land Management 7) birth certificates 8) death certificates  9) marriage certificates  10) birth announcements  11) divorce records 12) city directories 13) Social Security applications and records 14) military records including pensions 15) newspaper articles 16) obituaries 17) school yearbooks 18) personal letters  19) photographs with identified individuals 20) cemetery records and headstones 21) church records 22) wills and estates records  23) funeral home records 24) ship manifest  25 ) court records  26) bill of sales  27) genealogy information of FAN; friends, associates, and neighbors 28) historical books  29) genealogy books  30) Freedmen labor contracts 31) Freedmen bank records 32) slave insurance policies  33)  WPA and slave narratives 34) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) records 34)voter's registration 35) Southern Claims Commission 35) Ellis Island and immigration records 37)  Louisiana slave database (Enslaved.org) 38) Use DNA analysis to find family members. Ancestry DNA has the largest database. Upload DNA test results to My Heritage, 23 and Me, Family Tree DNA. GED match can be used with caution.

The search continues.

---- The Tree Gardener

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 6

 

In identifying Frank Brumfield, the son of Liddie Brumfield Caston, the names of his spouse and children were my first research goal. In Finding Frank Brumfield Part one, there are 3 possible individuals who were the son of Liddie. I have previously identified two of the three individuals named Frank Brumfield who maybe the son.

 Frank Brumfield was born in Mississippi on September, 1844 or 1846. He married Priscilla Ann Ricks in 1864. She was born in Louisiana on October, 1849, 1846 0r 1850. Their birth and marriage information were obtained from the 1870 1880, 1900 federal census enumerated from the 2nd Ward, Tangipahoa, Louisiana.

Frank Brumfield died approximately in 1905 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. Priscilla Ann Ricks Brumfield died on February 2, 1923 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. To this union, they had 15 children who have been identified. The maiden names all spouses have not been identified at this time.  

Their children were:

NANNIE BRUMFIELD was born on 26 Nov 1876 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States. She died on 22 Dec 1935 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Restville Cemetery Worth, Illinois). She married Washington Thompson on 31 Dec 1888 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. He was born in 1864 in Louisiana

 ELLA BRUMFIELD was born about 1868 in Louisiana.  

LEON BRUMFIELD was born about 1879 in Louisiana. He died on 01 Jan 1931 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa, Louisiana. He married CHARLOTTE.

 ARDELLA BRUMFIELD was born on 15 Aug 1876 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA. She died on 25 Oct 1966 in Bogalusa, Louisiana (Bogalusa Cemetery). She married GRANT BRUMFIELD, son of Gale Brumfield and Harriet Washington, on 01 Feb 1897 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA. He was born in Oct 1869 in MT Herman WA, Louisiana. He died on 03 Jan 1928 in Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana.

 MAGGIE BRUMFIELD was born about 1877 in Louisiana. She died in 1970 in Louisiana

 HENSON BRUMFIELD was born in Jan 1880 in Louisiana.  

HANNA BRUMFIELD was born in May 1892 in Louisiana. She died on 01 May 1922 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA. She married HENRY PAYNE STEWARD. He was born in 1884 in Louisiana. He died on 18 Mar 1963 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA.

 CORINE BRUMFIELD was born in Sep 1884 in Louisiana.

 ADDIE BRUMFIELD was born in May 1886 in Louisiana.

 WASHINGTON BRUMFIELD was born in Jun 1887 in Louisiana. 

DOCK BRUMFIELD was born on 22 Sep 1875 in Lewiston, Louisiana. He died on 18 Jun 1947 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. He married Lucinda Brumfield in 1897. She was born about 1884 in Louisiana.

LOUIS BRUMFIELD was born on 23 Feb 1883 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA. He died in 1941 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA. 6.

 HIRAM BRUMFIELD was born in 1883 in Louisiana, United States. He died on 18 Sep 1956 in Kentwood, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States. He married Dixie Brock, daughter of Andrew Brock and Julia A. Blankson, on 14 Feb 1907 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. She was born in 1890 in Louisiana.

FRANK BRUMFIELD JR was born in 1875 in Louisiana, United States. He died on 22 Jun 1959 in Independence, Louisiana USA.

 ADA BRUMFIELD was born in 1901. She died on 20 May 1940 in Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She married PARKER.


 In my next post I will describe the methodology I plan  to use to find Frank.


----The TreeGardener


Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 4

 Understanding Genetic Genealogy

 

My goal is to provide a basic understanding of genetic genealogy.  I know biology and genetics can be boring to anyone not interested science.  Now I know you wished you stayed awake in biology!  


What is DNA? DNA or Deoxyribonucleic Acid is the name of the molecule that carries the genetic information for reproduction of all living things. It has a double helix structure and located in the nucleus and small amount of the mitochondria of a cell. The nucleus and mitochondria are organelles (little organs) in a cell.  You body consists of millions of cells. 


DNA molecule
DNA molecule

Human cell: pink center is the nucleus and pink hot dog shapes with mustard are mitochondria

Okay now... what are chromosomes? A chromosome is located in the nucleus and mitochondria of a cells holds protein and DNA. All humans without any genetic abnormalities has 23 pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus.   


                             National Center for Biotechnology Information (US).



At this time there are 3 tests for genetic genealogy:
1.       autosomal DNA represents the 22 non-sex determining chromosomes in an individual
2.       Y-chromosome DNA represents the sex chromosome present in males
3.       mitochondrial DNA represents the maternal (from the mother) only DNA in a man or woman. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus it does the same amount.

In finding Frank Brumfield, the Ancestry.com autosomal DNA test was used in conjunction with the family tree or pedigree.  Below is a chart of the percentage of DNA that is expected to be transferred at each of Frank Brumfield's descendants.  


 

Percentage of DNA

Generation

Frank Brumfield

100%

 

Child

50%

First generation

Grandchild

25%

Second generation

Great- grandchild

12.5%

Third generation

Great-great-grandchild

6.25%

Fourth generation

Great-great-g- grandchild

3.12%

Fifth generation

Great-great-g-g- grandchild

 1.56%

Sixth generation


--- The Tree Gardener


Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 3

 

In my previous blog post (Finding Frank part 2), I named Jesse E. Brumfield as a child of Frank Brumfield. My two astute cousins who are my blog readers identified my error. He is a descendant of Liddie Brumfield Caston from her son Richard Brumfield and Ellen Walker.

The question remains did Frank Brumfield have a child named Jesse (Jessy, Jessie) ? The answer is yes but the sex of the child in the 1900 and 1910  census is different.
The Pike County, Mississippi 1900 federal census Jesse Brumfield is enumerated as a son 4 years old born June, 1896. 

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XT-1CT : accessed 14 September 2021), Frank Brumfield, Beat 1 (part of), Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 5B, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,825.







In the Pike County, Mississippi 1910 federal census Jessie is enumerated as a daughter 14 years old.  Her brother Elijah 15 years old is listed above her name. Other family members are enumerated on the previous page.

United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDN-4LX : accessed 14 September 2021), Jessie Brumfield in household of Frank Brumfield, Beat 1, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 6B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 756; FHL microfilm 1,374,769.


It is apparent that the use of census records has errors and may affect the family trees lineage. I have used the census records and school records to determine the  first and second generation descendants of Frank Brumfield. The accuracy of these records is questionable. I have made a reasonable but not an exhaustive search.  My search tools were Ancestry.com and Family Search websites  From research information Frank Brumfield had 10 children 42 grandchildren.  Knowledge of the descendants is necessary to analyze DNA results. 

More information to follow.

---- The Tree Gardener

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 2

 In identifying Frank Brumfield the son of Liddie Brumfield Caston, the names of his  spouse and children was my first research goal. DNA  analysis links would be based on his these identified descendants who have submitted DNA. All descendants were not know to have children.

I have identified one of the three individuals named Frank Brumfield who maybe the son of Liddie Caston Brumfield. Frank Brumfield was born in September, 1855 in Mississippi. He died in about 1935 in Mississippi. He married Liza Anderson about 1879. She was born in approximately in 1862 and died in Mississippi.  To this union they had 10 children which have been identified.   

      Frank Brumfield and Liza Anderson had the following children:

1.         NOAH BRUMFIELD was born on 01 Nov 1877 in Mississippi, USA. He died in 1950 in Mississippi. He married (1) CALLIE FORREST, daughter of Willie Forrest and Mary Harris, on 23 Dec 1905 in Pike County, Mississippi (Book L/Page 476). She was born on 14 Oct 1885 in Mississippi. She died on 15 Mar 1967 in Mc Comb, Pike, Mississippi. He married (2) MAGGIE BRUMFIELD. She was born on 14 Oct 1885 in Mississippi. She died on 15 Mar 1967 in Pike, Mississippi.

2.         NOLA BRUMFIELD was born in Dec 1882 in Mississippi. She died in Mississippi date unknown at this time

 3.         VICTORIA BRUMFIELD was born on 04 May 1885 in Magnolia, Mississippi. She married Henry Jefferson on 28 Dec 1909 in Pike County, Mississippi (Book J O Page 274). He was born on 12 Oct 1879. Date of their deaths unknown at this time

4.         LULA BRUMFIELD was born on 20 Apr 1888 in Mississippi, USA. She died in Sep 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She married Walter Dillion on 24 Feb 1926 in Pike County, Mississippi (File # 0034741 Book/Page Z/210). He was born  in Mississippi. Date of his death unknown at this time.

5.         GUSSIE BRUMFIELD was born on 01 Jul 1890 in Magnolia, Pike, Mississippi. She died on 07 Jul 1974 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. She married Jasper Graves, son of Amos Graves and Adeline Collins, on 22 Mar 1914 in Pike County, Mississippi. He was born on 23 Mar 1891 in Covington, Mississippi, USA. He died on 30 Sep 1955 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana .

6.         OTIS BRUMFIELD was born on 03 Mar 1892 in Fernwood, Mississippi, United States. He died in Sep 1978 in Covington, Saint Tammany, Louisiana.

7. ELIZA BRUMFIELD was born in Nov 1894 in  MississippiDate of her death unknown at this time.

8. JESSE E. BRUMFIELD was born on 21 Jun 1897 in Mississippi. He died on 15 May 1963 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. He married Hattie Turner, daughter of Turner, on 24 Dec 1919 in Pike County, Mississippi (File # 0036515 Book W" page 71). She was born about 1901 in Mississippi. She died on 17 Jun 1963 in Rochester, Monroe, New York.

9. OWEN BRUMFIELD was born on 03 May 1900 in Mississippi, USA. He died on 27  June 1965 in Mississippi, USA (Pleasant Hill Cemetery Vicksburg, Mississippi). He married Lucille.  Date of her death and maiden name unknown at this time.

 10.    ELIJAH BRUMFIELD was born on 08 Apr 1922 in Mississippi, USA. He died on 30 May 1963 in Ontario, New York (Riverside Cemetery Rochester New York). He married Willie Mae Tillman on 24 Oct 1948 in Rochester. New York. Date of her death  unknown at this time.


--- The Tree Gardener

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Finding Frank Brumfield Part 1

 DNA Analysis

Liddie Brumfield Caston born 1825 in Mississippi had children with the surname Brumfield and Caston.  Liddie and the presumptive father Louis Brumfield had 4 known identified children  Richard, Irvin, Thomas and Frank. These children born in Mississippi prior to the end of the Civil War were enslaved.  Information of the lives of Richard, Irvin and Thomas have been given in previous blogs.  Frank Brumfield identification has been elusive.

I have been searching for Liddie’s Frank. Finding Frank Brumfield has been a genealogy brick wall. From family history, I know there was a Frank Brumfield.    I have identified 3 black individuals with the name Frank Brumfield. They lived in the same geographic area corresponding to the slave owners surname Brumfield in Washington Parish, Louisiana  and Pike County, Mississippi. This is also the geographic area that Liddie Brumfield Caston lived.  The estimated date of birth are similar ranging from 1845 to1855.  

My initial goal was to present my research for each of the three Frank Brumfield to determine Liddie's son. The research records I found did not allow me to definitively identify Frank Brumfield. I was however have been able to identify Frank Brumfield through genealogy research and genetic autosomal DNA analysis.  

The Facts and Assumptions that have been identified concerning Richard, Irvin, Tom and Frank Brumfield:

1. They all are brothers and have the same mother Liddie. It is the presumption or reasonable to assume that they have the same father Louis.

2. The brothers have the same maternal autosomal DNA.

3. The brothers lived in the same geographic area during most of their lives.

4. Genealogy research of Frank Brumfield and his family tree are available. 

5. All the brothers had descendant children.  

5. Results of most of the brothers descendants DNA are available.  


The Challenges of DNA Analysis in finding Frank Brumfield

1.  Ancestry.com DNA data base was used.  Ancestry.com  has the largest commercial DNA data base at this writing.  There are other commercial DNA data bases available which were not included.   I will not be disclosing specific DNA results or the names of descendants of recently deceased or living individuals used in identifying  Richard, Irvin, Tom and Frank Brumfield to protect their privacy.  

2.  Not all known living descendants of Richard, Irvin, Tom and Frank Brumfield have submitted DNA samples for analysis and comparison.  The DNA samples submitted may not be considered a  significant size number.

3.  The public published family trees in Ancestry.com and Family Search.org along with personal research of Richard, Irvin, Tom and Frank Brumfield was used to identify Frank Brumfield. These family trees may contain incomplete information.

4.  Not all descendants of Richard, Irvin, Tom and Frank Brumfield have submitted public published family trees in Ancestry.com and Family Search.org. There maybe DNA matches without family tree information which can be correlated together.  

5. Frank Brumfield date of birth is thought to be between 1845 to 1855. Pike County, Mississippi 2010 federal census states there are approximately 40,000 and Washington Parish, Louisiana 47,000 residents. Over 100 years ago the population was much smaller.  Frank Brumfield DNA tested descendants maybe related through more than one ancestral line.    

    

 To use a phrase from the book Alice in Wonderland  by Lewis Carroll  I will be going "down the rabbit hole", entering the situation of finding Frank Brumfield using  genetic genealogy. 

Special thanks to cousin K. S.


------The TreeGardener


Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Gail (Gayle) Brumfield

 

 first identified Gale Brumfield with his children  in the 1885 Pike County, School census. He is listed with  Edmund Downs, Frank Brumfield, Eli Brumfield, Robert Brumfield, Irvine (Irvin) Brumfield, Tom Brumfield and Calvin Caston. It is from this school record I am convinced he knew these men and their families. I decided to search for more information about Gale Brumfield.  









I was able to locate Gail (Gayle) Brumfield in the 1870 Federal Census in  Washington Parish, Louisiana. It is important to note that everyone was born in Mississippi except William 2 years old born in Louisiana. It is inferred that  Theonise Brumfield is his wife. She however was not his wife from other information to follow. The children's names which are enumerated with Gayle Brumfield correspond to the names in the 1885 Pike County, Mississippi school census. 

Year: 1870; Census Place: Ward 2, Washington, Louisiana; Roll: M593_535; Page: 224A; Family History Library Film: 552034



Household MembersAge
Gayle Brumfield45
Theonise Brumfield28
George Brumfield14
Louisa Brumfield12
Sylvia Brumfield10
Rosellia Brumfield8
Martha Brumfield6
Jeannette Brumfield4
William Brumfield2



Gale Brumfield is enumerated in the 1880 Federal census in Edward Dykes, Washington Parish, Louisiana. In this census record his wife is identified as Harriet. Also, Willie 10 and Sylvia 21 are identified as Gale Brumfield's nephew and niece. Theonise Brumfield who is no longer enumerated was possibly Gale Brumfield's sister.


Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Edward Dykes, Washington, Louisiana; Roll: 473; Page: 167D; Enumeration District: 194




Household MembersAgeRelationship
Gale Brumfield60Self (Head)
Harriet Brumfield48Wife
George W. Brumfield25Son
Sylvia Brumfield21Daughter
Rosellia Brumfield19Daughter
Martha A. Brumfield17Daughter
Jennetta Brumfield14Daughter
Grant Brumfield11Son
Wesley Brumfield9Son
Oliver Brumfield7Son
Oscar Brumfield5Son
Joseph Brumfield1Son
Willie Brumfield15Nephew
Sylvia Brumfield21Niece


From labor contracts from Washington Parish, Louisiana (seen in previous blog), I was able to identify the wife Sarah (Sally) and two children Keziah (Kizzie) and Charlotte (Lottie) of Eli Brumfield. Eli Brumfield was enumerated with them in the Federal Census of Pike County, Mississippi.  Gale Brumfield’s wife Harriet was identified in the labor contract and the 1880 Federal census for Washington Parish, Louisiana.  I do not know at this time if Gale and Harriet Brumfield are related to Eli, Isham, or Charlotte. Their lives and children however are intertwined with each other.    


----- The Tree Gardener