#52 Ancestors – No. 16 – Katherine Hickman

This post is number 16 in the series of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy’s website.

That one elusive female ancestor

I never really had an female ancestor that I couldn’t find a name of the birth parents.  My third great-grandmother, Katherine HICKMAN is the exception.  Katherine (Catherine) HICKMAN is the mother of Katherine Traylor GUY who is the second wife of David Wayne ROLL.  K. Guy and D. Roll are the parents of #52 Ancestors No. 7 – Ollie Cromwell Roll.

In the beginning, there is Katherine Hickman’s marriage record to Clydus Alexander Guy in 1846.  They were married in Grainger County, TN.  The young couple move into Kentucky and raise their family.  All records after her marriage are in her married name.

Death certificates for one of her sons list Martha as the mother’s name.  That could be a clue or an error.  The 1880 Census records that both her parents were born in TN. That’s my starting point in trying to find her family.  Katherine was born about 1826 in Tennessee. I will have to scour the 1830 and 1840 census for Hickman’s to see if a female is listed in her age group on the schedules. Hopefully there are not too many Hickman’s.  Katherine & Clydus children’s names are generic to see if there might be a naming pattern.

One clue could be in my second great grandmother’s middle name of Traylor.  Is it a family name, friends name, or location. Yes, I wrote location.  I have another female with the middle name of Decker.  She was named for Decker Station, Indiana where the family lived when she was born.

I recently upgrade to Family Tree 2014.  I’ll try out the Plan function, similar to creating a project plan or task list.  I will be able to keep track what records or databases I have searched to find out about Katherine Hickman.

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