Tag Archives: Stickney

Clydine Catherine Stickney -Part 2

Posted on March 5, 2024 by forwardlylookingback

I was initially surprised to learn of Clydine’s top of her class accomplishment and had never heard about it from my father or anyone else in the family. All I knew growing up was that she was a school librarian, but it turns out she was much more. Continue reading →

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Clydine Catherine Stickney – Part 1

Posted on February 13, 2024 by forwardlylookingback

Clydine Catherine Stickney was born August 6, 1897 in Jonesboro, Coryell County, Texas, the youngest child of James Franklin and Elvira Tennessee (Perry) Stickney. She was very much the baby of the family born nearly eight years after her next … Continue reading →

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William Stickney the Immigrant

Posted on January 21, 2024 by forwardlylookingback

The commonly accepted birth information of the English immigrant William Stickney is questioned due to lack of genealogical proof. The popular account comes from Matthew Adams Stickney, but even he noted that the information was “inferred.” Another account by Emily Stickney Spencer presents a detailed line of descent, but fails to provide concrete evidence. It is suggested that further research in Cottingham, Yorkshire may provide substantial answers. Continue reading →

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Catherine Margaret (Childers) Stickney

Posted on December 21, 2023 by forwardlylookingback

Catherine was born in Kentucky on April 11, 1820, fourth child and eldest daughter to Goldsby and Mary E. (Thomas) Childers. Her family, originally from Kentucky had settled a short time near Quincy, Illinois before coming to Texas in 1833 … Continue reading →

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Poll Tax Receipts

Posted on November 10, 2023 by forwardlylookingback

Election day caused me to look back at Texas poll tax receipts I have in my family archives. To vote in Texas one had to pay a poll tax of $1.50 to $1.75. Poll taxes were first implemented in the … Continue reading →

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On This Day – Chloe Angeline (Stickney) Hall – was Born

Posted on November 1, 2023 by forwardlylookingback

Chloe Angeline (Stickney) Hall was born at Rodman, New York to Theophilus and Electa (Cook) Stickney on this day in 1830. She went by her middle name Angeline Stickney and before she married, Asaph Hall March 31, 1856, pursued the … Continue reading →

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