The Woolevers are in the maternal line of my family. My mother was Lorraine Lynch (Threet) the oldest of 7 children of Roy Lee Threet and Flossie Belle Jones. She was born 6/19/1933 in Rock Island, Oklahoma, and died on 12/5/75 in Santa Cruz, California, of breast cancer. My father was Richard Lynch who was born on 11/27/1927 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and died on 3/19/1981 in Santa Cruz, California, of pneumonia.
Her father, Roy, was born on 10/18/1911 in Red Oak, Oklahoma, and died on 3/29/1965 in Marysville, California, of heart disease. Her mother, Flossie, was born on 7/4/1915 in Rock Island, Oklahoma, and died on 2/26/1981 in Santa Cruz, California, of uterine cancer.
Roy's parents were Carey Threet (legal name apparently William Curry Threet according to census data) and Nellie Martha Woolever. Carey was born 2/16/1884 in Oklahoma and died in 1923. Nellie was born 8/21/1888 in Oklahoma and died 4/15/1971 in Cameron, Oklahoma. She was the youngest child of Andrew Jackson Woolever and Gertrude Hunt.
Andrew was born in 1854 in Waldron, Arkansas. His wife Gertrude was born in 1856 in Arkansas also. They had 6 children. His father was John Wiley Woolever and his mother was Mary Louise Parker. John was a Union veteran of the Civil War enlisting from Arkansas.
John Wiley was born in 1834 in Tennessess and died in 1863 during the Civil War in Arkansas of cholera??? Mary Louise Parker was born in 1934 in Joplin, Missouri. John and 2 of his brothers passed in 1863 of diseases they caught during the Civil War.
John's parents were George Abraham Woolever and Fanny Francis (or Linch) depending on the source. According to message boards Fanny was full blooded Cherokee of the White River Band??? George was born in 1810 in North Carolina and Fanny was born 1817 in Missouri??? They had 12 children.
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This is an interest turn of events. I won't go into all the my mom says, grampa says.. I have no record(s) in my family whereto concerning George Abraham Woolever ever spelled his name other than such nor do we maintain any records of Mary Frances Lynch Woolever being referred to as "Fanny(ie)" The only time I ever saw that was an old will drafted for George before his death where he referred to his wife as Fannie. I'm guessing here... internet regurgitation?
Diane, Also about Wooliver, Andrew Jackson Wooliver and his wife Mary-Elizabeth Gertrude Hunt are the parents of my great grandmother Mahulda Elizabeth Wooliver-Parks. I can tell you Mahulda WAS definately Cherokee and she had no problem letting you know that. She and my Great grandfather James William Parks were married in Chickasaw Oklahoma. That was pretty much Indian Territory at that time. What made me go back and check other than the reference to "Fannie" which is a substitute for Frances. The name to associate to female most often is Frances to remember princes for her and Francis for His, be that as it may..I would suggest sticking to the facts as you know them and the ability to put your hands on a document. When you see more than a few references to i.e. Fannie Frances it's probably a regurgitated statement. Confirming "Indian" anything is like a needle in a haystack. You know who your family is which is obvious. However, if you choose to pursue that line I would suggest checking the Cherokee Nation rules of intermarriages. Also look for listed marriages between intermarrying couples on reservations. No White Man could marry a Cherokee without permission and for her to keep her property they must live on the reservation. Mahulda lost her property because James her husband removed her from the reservation. Why you may ask? Because he refused to be called "the squaw man". Mahulda also referred to her son's wife who was blond and from IL, as "that pale faced woman with hair that look like barn straw". mmm hmmm. I have no doubt, btw, Andrew Jackson Woolever and his wife Mary-Elizabeth Gertrude Hunt were present at that wedding. Their name is listed on the document. Check Chickasaw, OK and surrounding reservations to learn more about your Indian heritage. Mahulda was born in Logan Co., Ark. I'm sure there were a few there too.
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