Genealogy: Bonnie Beth Whitacre (1947-1994)

3 months ago

I'm experimenting with posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.

Bonnie Whitacre was born in 1947 and died in 1994. This easily makes her one of the most contemporary people I've posted so far. For obvious reasons, you won't find a lot about living or often times recently deceased individuals on genealogy sites. Because she is so recent and children are most likely living, there is little info available in that regard. Other than basic birth and death info and an obituary, there isn't much to go on.

I am related to Bonnie on my Father's side via my Father's, Mother's Mother (my great-grandmother). According to Gramps, Bonnie is my sixth cousin twice removed.

I use GenoPro to maintain my family tree because I like the "Genogram" user interface. However, I mainly use Gramps to generate reports which is what most of the info below is based on. GenoPro generates reports too, I just don't like how the formatting as much. While GenoPro is commercial software, Gramps is open source software that is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS. I also use its relationship calculator functionality as noted above. I've also been exploring The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) which is web based and requires a web server, PHP and mySQL database. In addition, I also have GedSite which also generates static HTML reports.

Both TNG and GedSite are commercial software so you have to pay for them. I think their price is reasonable and they are both excellent in their own ways. However, I prefer the open source nature of Gramps and the fact that it generates static HTML makes it easier to work with for sharing data here. I still like TNG enough that I will probably keep using it as well. I've been playing with GedSite occasionally but haven't committed to it yet, however I've liked other sites I've seen generated with it. For now I am generating reports with Gramps and updating TNG on a semi-regular basis.

The chart at the top is an ancestry chart out to four generations from Gramps. The chart at the bottom is the same chart as generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.

The Skaggs-Files

WHITACRE, Bonnie Beth^1a

Birth Name	WHITACRE, Bonnie Beth
Gender	female

Events

Event	Date	Place
Death	before 2001

Christening		11 Jun 2008

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	WHITACRE, Hugh W.	1915-04-21	2001-02-20
Mother	CASTEEL, Bertha J.	1921-09-24	1996-03-02
	WHITACRE, Bonnie Beth		before 2001

Pedigree

WHITACRE, Hugh W.
1. CASTEEL, Bertha J.
  1. WHITACRE, Bonnie Beth

Ancestors

WHITACRE, Bonnie Beth

+before 2001

WHITACRE, Hugh W.
*1915-04-21
+2001-02-20

WHITACRE, Charles Newton
*1889-06-15
+1953-05-23

WHITACRE, John Morgan
*1864-04-18
+1946-10-07

MIKEL, Ida Belle
*1869-12-25
+1931-10-25

WHITE, Clara Ada
*1895-11-20
+1989-08-19

CASTEEL, Bertha J.
*1921-09-24
+1996-03-02

Source References

Darlene Berchtold: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hearts2&id=I1292 CLEMONS-NORMAN-BERCHTOLD ANCESTRY
1. - Source text:
    
    ID: I1292
    Name: William NORMAN
    Given Name: William
    Surname: NORMAN
    Prefix: Captain
    Suffix: Sr.
    Sex: M
    Birth: 22 Sep 1755 in Culpeper Co., VA.
    Death: 1 Jul 1841 in McMinn Co., TN.
    Event: Military Military
    _UID: 026E090F10F64A92A51A87D582607AE7C85F
    Change Date: 13 Sep 2009 at 17:02
    Note:
    William Norman, born September 22, 1755; died July 1, 1841. He married Mary Browning. William Norman and Mary Browning were first cousins. William served as a captain in the Revolutionary War. One of his daughters, Agnes, married William Grimsley in 1807. Another daughter, Polly married John Brown in 1795. Among the descendants of Captain William Norman in the counties of Culpeper County and Rappahannock County are the families of Grimsleys, Woods, Johnsons and Bruces. Mrs. H.S. Grant (Olive Story) of Fredricksburg, VA is a descendant of this William Norman through his daughter, Polly Norman Brown.
    A letter that was published in the Kentucky Genealogy Explorer, June, 1995 on page 90. The introduction says that the editor recently came across a collection of old clippings and was printing them. Dated Culpeper County, April 6, 1811 directed to Benjamin Norman, Boone County, KY, is the last news of our relatives in Virginia. It is written to Rachel Norman by William and Mary Norman (The son and daughter-in-law of Courtney Norman). It tells of the abundant crops and their general prosperity. Speaks of his children, Caleb and Aggie and William, and of Joseph's widow's marriage to George Calvert. Says his youngest child, Meredith, is nine years old. This letter to his sister-in-law Rachel Norman, speaks of her son Ezekiel Norman and of Frances Carmiel and Daniel Carmiel.
    William inherited from his father 7 pounds currency.
    THE CULPEPER CLASSES
    Copyright 1999 by John Blankenbaker
    TtHE LIST OF THE CLASSES IN CULPEPER COUNTY FOR JANUARY 1781 FOR RECRUITING THIS STATE'S QUOTA OF TROOPS TO SERVE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
    William is listed in the Culpeper Classes
    
    Father: Courtney C. **** NORMAN b: 1705 in Culpeper Co., VA.
    Mother: Mary Frances **** BROWNING b: Abt 1721 in Orange Co., Virginia Colony
    Marriage 1 Mary BROWNING b: 1764 in Culpeper Co., VA.
    Married: Abt 1778 in Culpeper Co., VA.
    Change Date: 16 Sep 2008
    Children
    Has Children Mary "Polly" NORMAN b: 1779 in Virginia
    Has No Children Joseph NORMAN b: 1782 in Virginia
    Has No Children William NORMAN b: 1784 in Virginia
    Has No Children Caleb NORMAN b: 1788 in Virginia
    Has Children Agnes NORMAN b: 1790 in Virginia
    Has Children Meredith Jefferson NORMAN b: 5 Feb 1802 in Virginia
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