I am trying to find info on great-grandparents? HELP!?

Question

Their names were Osha Lewis and Dan Cecil Wilcox. They lived in Lee County, Va. PLEASE HELP! =]

I mean I need to know their ANCESTRY!

Answer 1

God Bless You and Good Luck in your search. Now...I have heard that the Salvation Army has resources to help locate missing family members. And you might resource geneology.com.
I am very touched by your quest...it's a special gift to want to find someone!

Answer 2

There are some sites you can go to like: www.peoplefinders.com , people.yahoo.com, www.intelius.com, www.ussearch.com, www.onesite.com/browse.one, www.PeopleLookup.com, www.zabasearch.com. These are just a few. You enter as much information as you know and boom, you get it. The only thing is you usually have to pay a little fee. But, if you really want to find them, it will be worth it. Also, to know their age helps some also. Good luck.


I also came across these two names and info on a site. If the number is wrong, you could always write a letter to the address provided.

Dan Wilcox
13109 Pelmira Ridge Ct
Herndon, VA
[phone]


Daniel C Wilcox
10758 Lake Forest Dr
Manassas, VA
[phone]

Answer 3

On the 1930 census they were enumerated in Lee Co., VA; #312, Rocky Station District -
Dani Wilcox, 36, married at 24, Coal Miner, TN TN TN
Osia 32, married at 20, KY KY KY
Ines, female, 7, VA TN(father) KY(mother)
James E., 4&4/12 VA TN KY
Earl C., 1&1/12 " " "

Dan Wilcox registered for the WW1 Draft in Ralston, Bell Co., KY, where he was a miner for the Atlas Coal Co. He was born March 23, 1894, in Gans?(Gain?), Tennessee; he was Tall, Slender, Blue eyes, and Brown hair. 6-5-1917.

1900 census - Osie Lewis, born Sept 1898, was a daughter of Wilson Lewis, Sept 1863, KY KY KY, and Elizabeth ?, Feb 1864, KY KY KY; #84, Cutshin District #3, Leslie Co., KY; 6-7-1900.

That's all I could quickly find.

Answer 4

Consider this:

IF (big IF) you are now 16 and the result of a long line of teen-aged lovers:
You were born 16 years ago, in 1991;
Your father was born 16 years before that, in 1975;
Your grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1959;
Your great grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1943.

IF (Another big IF) you are now 80 and the result of a long line of men who had a child by their second wife when they were 60:
You were born 80 years ago, in 1927;
Your father was born 60 years before that, in 1867;
Your grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1807;
Your great grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1747.

Your Great-Grandfather born in 1943 could have been a 26-year old soldier in Viet Nam in 1969. When he got home in 1970 he might have gone to a disco in a powder-blue double-knit polyester leisure suit.

Your Great-Grandfather born in 1747 could have been a 29-year old soldier serving under George Washington in the American Revolution in 1776. When he got home in 1781, he might have danced a reel in the hard-packed dirt between the house and the barn, in a pair of silk knee breeches and shoes with silver buckles.

Both examples are extreme, both are physically possible, both show why a birth year or even a birth decade help more than the phrase "my (great) grandfather".

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1920;Census Place: Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia; Roll: T625_1896; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 45; Image: 273.

Demel [Daniel] Wilcox 24 Head, b. Ky, father b. USA, Mother USA
Oska Wilcox 22 Wife, Ky, Ky, Ky
Anna Riddle 19 boarder
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This is Osha / Oska's brother, as will be revealed a bit later.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Daniel Lewis
Name: Daniel Lewis
City: Not Stated
County: Lee
State: Virginia
Birthplace: Kentucky
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1895

He is single, b. in what looks like "Cutshin", Ky
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This looks like Oska / Osha

1900; Census Place: Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky; Roll: T623 538; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 72.

Wilson Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1864 Kentucky White Head
Elizabeth Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1870 Kentucky White Wife
Felix G Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1884 Kentucky White Son
Mary Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1886 Kentucky White Daughter
Levi Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1887 Kentucky White Son
Joannaie Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1889 Kentucky White Daughter
Martha J Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1891 Kentucky White Daughter
Nancy C Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1894 Kentucky White Daughter
Daniel M Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1896 Kentucky White Son
Osil Lewis Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky abt 1899 Kentucky White Daughter
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http://www.oakridger.com/stories/033001/obi_0330010049.html

Stella Ruth Brooks
Clinton Resident

Stella Ruth Brooks, 69, of Clinton, died Thursday, March 29, 2001, at St. Mary's Health System in Knoxville.

Born April 8, 1931, in St. Charles, Va., she was the daughter of Dan and Osha Lewis Wilcox, who are deceased.

Mrs. Brooks was the widow of Hubert Brooks.

She is survived by her sons, David Brooks and his wife, Linda, of Clinton, James Brooks and his wife, Susan, of Maryville and Earl Brooks and his wife, Joyce, of Claxton; her grandchildren, Elizabeth and Josh Brooks, Ben, Dan and Katie Brooks and Jessica and Sarah Brooks; and by several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by another son, Carl Brooks.

The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 31, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the Rev. Michael Petty officiating.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 1, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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Given that, I looked at Lee County again.

1930; Census Place: Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 2449; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 253.0.

Dom Wilcox 36 (Says b. Tenn here)
Osia Wilcox 32
Ines Wilcox 7
James E Wilcox 4 4/12
Earl C Wilcox 1 1/12
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1910; Census Place: Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia; Roll: T624_1633; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 571.

Wilson Lewis 47
Elizabeth Lewis 46
Nancy E Lewis 16
Daniel M Lewis 14
Osie Lewis 12
Judie Lewis 5
Omie Lewis 11/12
Mary F Shepherd 25 (Daughter, married)
Deppel Shepherd 4
Arnold Shepherd 2
Theodore R Shepherd 2/12
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I can't find Daniel in 1900 or 1910.

Answer 5

Right on!

Try these:
Google family members names i.e. "Mary Smith" + "family tree"; try "Smith Family Genealogy Society", etc.

Free sites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

There is so much more...