This article was published in the Wren Kin Newsletter April 1990, Vol. 1, Issue No. 2. and is reprinted here with the permission of author Ruth Wren.
According to census records, William R. Wren was born in Virginia between 1770 and 1780. We can place him in South Carolina in 1810 and 1815 for his [...]
Entries from May 2007
William R. Wren of Virginia
May 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Classic Wren Kin · General · Virginia
Bobby Joe Wren, 1929-2000
May 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Subscribers of the original Wren Kin newsletter will remember the sweet and informative columns of Mr. Bobby Joe Wren.
Bobby Joe passed away in 2000, but I wanted to post the notice of his death here for all the people who came to know him through the pages of Wren Kin.
A WREN HAS [...]
Tags: El Paso · Obituaries · Texas
How to save $60 on our Surname Project DNA test
May 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
PLEASE NOTE: Since I wrote this post, this offer has been withdrawn due to the changes announced here.
I’ve been looking for ways to lower the cost of DNA testing for the Wren Family Association DNA Surname Project. The test we recommend costs $155, which might be too expensive for some.
The best price-reduction option so far [...]
Tags: Arkansas · DNA · Texas · Virginia
Wren marriages added to database
May 1st, 2007 · No Comments
The dates and counties of these marriages have been entered into the W(R)en(n) database:
Bennie WREN, Delia TUCKER (1914)
Carter WREN, Rilla SHAW (1882)
J.C. WREN, Mattie GODFREY (1878)
Sources used: Marriage Records Van Zandt County Texas 1909-1931, Compiled by Quana Barber, Ruth Johnson & Maefayr Hooton; and Van Zandt County Texas Marriage Records 1855-1884, transcribed, compiled & [...]