Wren Kin

I just received a package from Ruth containing Civil War Pension records for the following individuals:

• Mrs. Anna K. Wren, Wood County, Texas
• Mrs. E.J. Wren, Wood County, Texas
• G.W. Wren, Lamar County, Texas
• Mrs. M.A. Wren, Brown County, Texas
• T.E. Wren, Brazos County, Texas
• W.B. Wren, Anderson County, Texas
• William B. Wrenn, Falls County, Texas
• William Henry Wrenn, Mills County, Texas

All I can say is: woo hoo!

I will scan these and put them online in our genealogy database, which I’ve almost finished preparing for public access. This database will provide scans of actual documents, but you’ll have to register with the W(R)en(n) Family Association in order to view any of them. Registration will be free, of course.

I’d like to have a complete collection of Texan Wren/Wrenn pension records, but we still need the pension files for:

• Eugenia Gilson, Application #36154, Travis County, wife to Thomas Lycurgus Wren
• Viola Wren, Application #31456, Hamilton County, wife to William Coleman Wren
• R.H. Wren, Application #13941, Madison County

Poor Parthenia Wren’s pension file has been missing for years (Application #08378, Kaufman County). It’s my dearest hope that one day it will turn up again, donated to the Texas State Library Archives, perhaps, or maybe even to Wren Kin—where I would photograph it carefully (without a flash, of course) and then donate it to the Texas State Library Archives…

Ah, well. I can dream, can’t I?

Seriously, folks, if any of you have copies of the above pension files (or if you have copies of ANY Wren/Wrenn/Ren/Renn pension files from ANY state, would you consider donating copies to WrenKin.com? We’re starting with pension files from Texas, but only because we have to start somewhere.

In fact, if you’re interested in donating any Wren/Wrenn/Ren/Renn-related material to Wren Kin, please drop me a line. I would love to hear from you.