Comments on: A White Father: Direct Evidence http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/ Taking Back What Was Once Lost Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SusanL. http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1920 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:13:09 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1920 Interesting and a great find. I thought that in Texas at that time a law forbid a negro from inheriting from a white father. Or was it okay if it was not challenged?

]]> By: yesroda http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1824 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:42:12 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1824 It appears that Ann died while the Henry, Richard and Texas were young.

]]> By: Catherine http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1816 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:46:58 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1816 Truly wonderful… thanks for sharing. Best of wishes, Catherine.

]]> By: Mariann Regan http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1814 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:42:44 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1814 This is so heartening. I don’t remember another example of a white man expressly naming and claiming “colored” children, as in a will. I think there is one example in Gates’s series “Finding Your Roots” of private acknowledgement–but there are plenty of examples of privately providing for mixed-race children, even in my own family.

If only more white fathers had done this, on a regular basis. That might have been some small step towards healing the long, traumatic wounds of slavery.

]]> By: Heather Roelker http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1811 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:28:53 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1811 What a great story! I wonder what happened to Ann?

]]> By: Toni http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1809 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:03:12 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1809 Thank you for sharing. What a find…

]]> By: michael henderson http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1808 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:29:00 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1808 Great blog post Melvin. It’s these kinds of genealogical finds that help to encourage each of us to continue to seek evidence of our family mysteries which often times end up as skeletons in our ancestral closest. I too had such a tale passed down several generations about how “they” would not allow us to use daddy’s last name according to a part of the family’s oral history. Like your friend, I too went on a search to discover answers as to why and discovered an amazing story part of which is now documented as a PBS segment titled the Galvez Papers. see here:http://video.pbs.org/video/1918385492/ No one can’t dispute the fact that I now have proof in the form of several documents that shade new light on a much biggest family story.

]]> By: Renate http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1804 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:49:57 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1804 Wow! That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. :)

Renate

]]> By: Andrea Kelleher http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1803 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:31:06 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1803 That is an incredible find! Finding documentation like that is rare indeed. Great post and thanks for sharing!

]]> By: claimingkin http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/a-white-father-direct-evidence/#comment-1802 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:51:28 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=1677#comment-1802 This is an incredible find indeed! WOW! And the fact that it’s documented makes it even sweeter!

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