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OUR TREE
The Owings Family Tree
& Stories
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To view our stories, choose the era and click on one of the following boxes:
Generation Y (1981-1996)
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Generation X (1965-1980)
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The Silent Generation (1928-1946)
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The Greatest Generation (1901-1927)
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​The Lost Generation (1883-1901)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
If you would like to add your stories, please read the Submissions page and scroll down to see how to contact Suzann. Below, you'll see Suzann's lineage.
Suzann's Branch
Extracted from
Owings and Allied Families, 1685-1979
Compiled by
Addison D. and Elizabeth S. Owings
Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1980
1. Richard (1662-1716) and Rachel Owings (16??-1729)
Baltimore, before 1685 census
• Rachel • Catherine • Richard • Henry • John • Ruth • Robert • Samuel • Joshua
2. Henry (1692-1763 Anne Arundel Countv MD) m. Helen Stinchomb (17??-1784)
• Elijah • Bezeleel • Michael • Leah • Henry • Nathaniel • Helen
3. Bezaleel (1721-1790) m. ?
• Eleanor "Ellen" • Edwards
4. Edward (1766-1857 Maryland) m. Elizabeth Sumpter (?)
• Margaret • Judith • John • Samuel • Sumpter • Alfred
5. Alfred (1797-1855 North Carolina) m. Mary Long (1800-1864)
• Laurinda • William Long • Edward • Rufus
6. John Cloud (1830-1899 Roane County TN) m. Charity Ann
• Sarah • Jane • Thomas Bender • Franklin • Samuel Grant • William Taylor • Lucy B.
7. Thomas Bender (1860-1945) m. Virginia Beasley (1871-1903)
• Francis • Oda • George • Birdie • Sarah • Artie
8. Francis "Frank" Decator (1888-1974 b. Cedar County MO. d. Exeter CA) m. Alma Rickman (1892-1967)
• Gladys • Harold • Ernie • Lola • Theodore • Ruby • Dorothy
9. Theodore Raymond (1921-2001 b. Union NE d. Los Angeles CA) m.
Elizabeth O’Malley (1919-2011 b. Geneva NY d. Los Angeles CA)
• Suzann • Daughter #2 • Daughter #3
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Note from Suzann
In 1976 I received a telephone call from Elizabeth and Addison Owings, the authors of the Owings and Allied Families book. A member of their network of friends and relatives found my name in the Albuquerque phone book (remember those?).
The Owingses told me about their efforts of many years to find everyone in the country with the surname of Owings. I directed them to my father who then collaborated with his father to make certain we were included. That was nearly 50 years ago!
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