| From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:42:23 EST Subject: WRONG FACTS To: [email protected] HI I AM RESPONDING TO YOUR POSTING OF MON jUN 25,2001 11:56 PM YOU ARE WRONG BOYD CLAIR OHARA DID NOT LEGALY CHANGE THE NAME AFTER WW 2 IN FACT AFTER STUDDING ALL OF YOUR POSTINGS YOU ARE WRONG I SHOULD KNOW I AM HIS SON AND YOU NEED FANNYS INDIAN NAME TO TRACK HER AND SHE WAS IDIAN CHEROKEE SORRY CAN NOT RELEASE INFO ! BEST OF LUCK THE REAL OHARA |
Dear Mr. Boyd Gary O'Hara, Sr., Since we can not return email to you directly I thought I let you know where my information came from this way. I appologize that the citation was not on my posting I do try to provide users with source information so they can make their own verifications of information. Which I highly recommend genealogy researchers do. The source for the name change is cited in my database as being from a telephone conversation with Ms. Sharon O. Spates of Hedegesville, WV, your sister I believe. When I ask her about the descrepancy of the spelling variations from some church records. She informed me that her father, Boyd Clair O'Hara had petitioned the Courts to have his name changed from O'Harra to O'Hara. William, George and Fannie all spelled their last name O'Harra in legal documents and church records. My understanding is that "Sidney" Traveny may have changed the spelling on the tomb stones at BVC when the orginal tombstones were vandalized in the 80's. As to Fannie, thank you for the lead I will definately verify that with the Cherokee Family center. Fannie and her parents are shown in the 1910 US Census in Lumberton, NC retrieved from the National Archives, Washington, DC. The family however is listed as Black. Other childrens names, such as Benejamin, who was on the deed with Fannie's father William and Fannie for the property in Cambria County, were listed. Thank you for this conformation of Cherokee Ancestry. It will make my search much easier and may explain the reference to the family as Black in the census. It would be easier if you would share her "Indian Name" but acknowledgement that she is Cherokee and not Lumbee is very helpful. If you would like to review my research to date, I sent a copy of my version of the O'Hara family tree to Ms. Spates about a year ago with a good bit of supporting documentation. I have not had a response from her but I do know that her health is not good. Thank your for your good wishes and please express our hopes of improved health to Ms. Spates Sincerely, D. O'Hara |
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