| MYRTICE WILLARD
BARWICK, BORN APRIL 3, 1892, DIED DEC. 16, 1986
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SHE WAS BORN
IN BASSFIELD, MS. SHE MARRIED SIM JASPER
ROBINSON, BORN FEB. 15, 1891, DIED JULY 14, 1966
IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA. THEY MARRIED JULY 1908 IN
LAUREL, MS. THEY MIGRATED TO TEXAS ABOUT 1910,
THEN BACK TO MS., AGAIN TO TEXAS IN 1913. THEY
WERE THE PARENTS OF 5 CHILDREN:.
FANNIE WILLARD, BORN
DEC. 1910.
AUDREY LEXXIE, BORN
AUG. 9, 1913.
MYRTICE MAY, BORN DEC.
1915.
HARRY DOUGLAS, BORN
1918.
RALPH MATTHEW, BORN
AUGUST 1, 1922, DECEASED IN 1958 FROM CANCER.
MYRTICE AND SIM WERE
DIVORCED IN 1923. THE CHILDREN NEVER SAW THEIR
FATHER AGAIN.
MYRTICE BOUGHT HER
HOME IN HOUSTON AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL THE AGE
OF 92 WHEN SHE HAD A STROKE AND HAD TO BE PLACED
IN A NURSING HOME WHERE SHE PASSED AWAY. SHE
NEVER REMARRIED.
IN THE LAST YEAR,
1998, IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT SIM MARRIED
JESSIE BROWN OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND THEY REMOVED
TO CALIFORNIA AND THEY BECAME THE PARENTS OF 14
CHILDREN. THE TWO FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE AND HAVE ENJOYED SHARING MEMORIES.
THEIR GRANDAUGHTER MYRTICE GIFFORD FORSYTHE
SUBMITTED THE FIRST FAMILIES GENEALOGY
INFORMATION TO EVERTONS GENEALOGICAL HELPER AND A
GRANDSON, JOHN MICHAEL ROBINSON, FROM THE SECOND
FAMILY PICKED IT UP. THEREFORE THE COMBINING OF
THE TWO FAMILIES.
MY GRANDMOTHER
MYRTICE, TOLD ME OF REMEMBERING WHEN SAMUEL OMAR
BARWICK CAME TO THEIR HOUSE IN BASSFIELD, MS. TO
OBTAIN FAMILY HISTORY FOR HIS BOOK. I OBTAINED
THE BOOK AND TOLD HER THAT I HAD FOUND HER NAME,
BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN MISPELLED, MERTIS. SHE SAID
NO, IT WAS RIGHT, BUT SHE DID NOT LIKE THE WAY IT
WAS SPELLED AND CHANGED IT WHEN SHE WAS GROWN.
MYRTICE IS THE GR. GR.
GRANDAUGHTER OF WILLIAM B. BARWICK. HER CHILDREN
ARE THE GR. GR. GR. GRANDCHILDREN.
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