The record
McNeil. Emerson. Stevenson. Hanna.
Four branches off one Ward line. The histories below are the committee's working draft — the names, dates, and photographs from the family book get folded in as they are transcribed.
Branch 01
McNeil
The McNeils carried the family name north and kept the records. Much of what we know about the early generations survives because somebody in this branch wrote it down and held onto it.
- Keepers of the family Bible and the written record
- First branch to organize a formal reunion
- Names and dates to be filled in from the family book
Branch 02
Emerson
The Emerson branch stayed close to the land the longest. Sunday dinners, the porch, and the garden — the traditions the whole reunion still eats and sits by.
- Longest run of family land ownership
- Recipes that anchor every reunion menu
- Names and dates to be filled in from the family book
Branch 03
Stevenson
The Stevensons built the church side of this family: deacons, choir directors, and the voices that open every reunion program with a hymn.
- Deacons, ushers, and choir leadership across three generations
- Opens the reunion program every year
- Names and dates to be filled in from the family book
Branch 04
Hanna
The Hanna name belongs on this page alongside the other three. The committee is still pulling the Hanna names, dates, and photographs out of the family book — what is here now is the working draft until those pages arrive.
- Added to the family record at the committee's request
- Names, dates, and photographs still being transcribed from the family book
- Know a Hanna relative? Send it in and it goes straight onto this page
Know something we do not?
Corrections, missing names, birth and marriage dates, photographs from the book — send them to the committee and they go straight into this record.
Send it in