Delk Family History (and more!)

New photos are posted. They are of John Delk, George Washington Delk, John Henry Delk, Elmer Delk, Theodore Delk, Fernandis Delk, Priscilla Delk, Franklin Delk, Charles Wesley Delk, Sarah (Delk) Maitlen, and her daughters, Martha and Harriette. Speaking of the Maitlens, I will be working on that line this week. For those who do not know, my Great-grandfather, Elmer, married his first cousin, Martha. Martha’s mother, Sarah (Delk) Maitlen, is John Delk’s sister. And no, I do not have an unnatural tick because my Great-grandparents are first cousins. To help visualize all of this, I am working on a descendant chart for all of the family members. I will also start adding  a third category, documents, such as obituaries, newspaper articles and similar items.

If anyone is having problems with any of the pages, or if you notice some mistakes, please drop me a line at delkbrian@earthlink.net. And to add to that, if you have anything you want posted, let me know and I will get it put in.

I have now finished, for now, updating letters between the various family members. A picture is starting to form on how close knit the family was. Fernandis, or Nan, Theodore, and Elmer traveled west and back. Theodore’s son died at an early age. And the girl’s wrote about romance. I also stand corrected about having pictures of all of Ethelred’s children. We do not have one of Isaac or Isabelle. Isaac died in 1864, so it is doubtful we will ever find one of him, and Isabelle we can not make a definite identification. On the other hand, we have one of all of John’s children.

Speaking of photos, now that I have batch of letters done, I am now going to start on some photos and setting up a second family, The Maitlen’s, who would be my Great-grandfathers wife, Martha Maitlen. They were also kissing cousins. More on that later.