1896 Baldwin County GA Marriage License Book. Baldwin County Probate Court.
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HOLLA HISTORY
Katy Pearson Dorsey Solomon
Did two brothers marry two sisters? This story maybe your family's story, too
Johnette Brooks, Age 4
In 1996, the Atlanta Chapter of the Pearson Solomon Webster Family planned a cruise for our 11th bi-annual family reunion. I decided to include a family tree in the reunion program. I received wonderful family stories from elders from five different branches. One oral history was most compelling.
I even met my grandfather WWI Sgt. Henry Veal Sr.'s best friend who gave me profound insight. As I researched more and more I found we had a great family legacy of education and continuity of family in the same county for nine generations including almost of all my grands, greats and great-greats. It turns out that two brothers, Dorsey Solomon Sr (1874 - 1940) Jim Solomon - my grandfather's brother married Martha Webster Solomon (1873-1922), sister of my great, great, grandmother, Elvira Webster Pearson. Elvira's daughter, Katie Pearson Solomon (1874 - 1952 , my great grandmother married Dorsey's brother Jim Solomon (1876 - ca. 1920). After that I was hooked. I had to find out more. I looked everyone how to I find additional information. I was sent here and there for this and that. Often times, I either did not know what records I should looking for or more often, I did not have enough information, time or resources to research at the appropriate archive, library or courthouse. So, I started to develop an orderly process in a logical progression. It was also overwhelming to receive a multitude of unfamiliar resources, all at once. I did not want all African American Family Historians to give up on their research. Hence, HOLLA at ya ANCESTORS, the nonprofit and the 26 Step-by-Step Classes were created. Then I donated a copy of my family history at the Georgia Archives and found there was very little AA family histories on file. Subsequently, I started the 150th by 150th. It is gathering and assisting 150 African American Family Historians to celebrate the 150 Anniversary of the End of Slavery.
I even met my grandfather WWI Sgt. Henry Veal Sr.'s best friend who gave me profound insight. As I researched more and more I found we had a great family legacy of education and continuity of family in the same county for nine generations including almost of all my grands, greats and great-greats. It turns out that two brothers, Dorsey Solomon Sr (1874 - 1940) Jim Solomon - my grandfather's brother married Martha Webster Solomon (1873-1922), sister of my great, great, grandmother, Elvira Webster Pearson. Elvira's daughter, Katie Pearson Solomon (1874 - 1952 , my great grandmother married Dorsey's brother Jim Solomon (1876 - ca. 1920). After that I was hooked. I had to find out more. I looked everyone how to I find additional information. I was sent here and there for this and that. Often times, I either did not know what records I should looking for or more often, I did not have enough information, time or resources to research at the appropriate archive, library or courthouse. So, I started to develop an orderly process in a logical progression. It was also overwhelming to receive a multitude of unfamiliar resources, all at once. I did not want all African American Family Historians to give up on their research. Hence, HOLLA at ya ANCESTORS, the nonprofit and the 26 Step-by-Step Classes were created. Then I donated a copy of my family history at the Georgia Archives and found there was very little AA family histories on file. Subsequently, I started the 150th by 150th. It is gathering and assisting 150 African American Family Historians to celebrate the 150 Anniversary of the End of Slavery.
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