fre Ce > Cashion 2 Rreasen Demnttey Reid Cashion Professor Lynn M, Raymond owrr 1103 2 November 2015 My Mateal Family Tree ‘My family’s background and history is long and rich with culture. Looking into my family history I discovered that not much is known about my Pathe ancestrybecase his role fh ver young adhe ded afew yeas afer, soe never got in ouch or knows anything about his father's family. Going off this information I delved into my mother's ancestry and was shocked on how much information there was, My mother has hooks that include ll the history for both her maternal and paternal lineage where I found all my information needed for ‘These bool fided inti iF d ere the project. These books provided information on countries of origin, how they arived to obotn, America and what they did once they eame here. These book also include ther jobs and any posen nilitary service that may have occurred. My mother’s maternal side is Womack. The Womack ancestry can be traced all the way back to the 164 century to Henry Womack of Norfolk Co, England, The first Immigrant from the ‘Womack family to immigrate to America was William Womack somewhere from 1644-1655 the year is unknown, but the method of travel was by boat as one ofthe first hundreds of eolony doa settlers. Upon arrival to America William purchased a lot of land'and became a farmer, atypical Bogenh trend for the Womack family The majority of my research was on my great grandfather and great grandmother, Dexter Jones Womack and Iva Hunter Womack. My great grandfather Dexter ‘Womack was born on February 27, 1884 and died on April 3, 1952 and Iva Womack was born ‘on October 9, 1894 and died on March 5, 1985. Dexter Womack was a farmer by occupation hadCashion 2 a large plot of land about 120 acers in size based in Johnston Country North Carolina. Upon his death the land was divided between his nine living children, One of his many children being my grandmother Rachel Elizabeth Womack later known as Rachel Womack Johnson, Rachel was born on November 25, 1928 and died on January 12, 1982, I never knew my grandmother on my maternal side but from what I have been told she was a beautiful strong woman, very compassionate and loved by all. My grandmother then had five children one of whicifay mother Susan Elizabeth Johnson, My mother, born September 8, 1960, currently works as a Vice- president at Piedmont Electric Cooperative and is mother to both my sister Sarah Elizabeth Cashion and I Her paternal side [I need to gather more on lineage, lost information but am gathering when I go home J. My grandfather William C. Johnson was bom on June 8, 1928 and died on .. My grandfather owned and ran Johnson’s Lumber Company out of Sanford, North Carolina till it closed down, then opened and ran his own toy shop. My grandfather loved to play card ‘games such as poker and Texas Hold'em. Looking at this history I found plenty of other cool parts of my lineage. I found that ancestors on both the Johnson and Womack sides of my family fought during the Civil War for the Confederacy. Also throughout this project I have found out some hobbies my ancestors all shared. My ancestors were all farmers and loved to hunt and fish, just like I do. Currently my mother is in Tees ofmy Great grandfather's shotgun. This shotgun belonged to William Johnson and was then passed down to my grandfather William C. Johnson, mid OBE shotgun was made by Bayard Arms in the late 1800’s and is in great condition. Previously this, ‘was used for hunting and providing food for his family to eat, now it is used as an heirloom and will be passed down eventually.Cashion 3 Alero ve Researching my maternal lineage has beei-ver¥ fun and’informative. | feel more knowledgeable about my ancestry, but wish I had more information on my father’s side of the family. This see hued am Steen ary Bey bon aid oar scones ns dion ‘that my ancestors were farmers and that they helped their local communities by growing and providing food for our country to thrive. This project has allowed me also to determine my cayot detent ethnicity of not axty British’but also Scottish and Irish, and I am very proud of this. Fo * Courced (2 )