Wren Kin » Military http://wrenkin.com Official Website of the Wren Family Association Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:40:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wrens from Louisiana, Iowa and Ireland! http://wrenkin.com/2007/12/18/wrens-from-louisiana-iowa-and-ireland/ http://wrenkin.com/2007/12/18/wrens-from-louisiana-iowa-and-ireland/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:05:00 +0000 Bonnie Wren http://wrenkin.com/2007/12/18/wrens-from-louisiana-iowa-and-ireland/ I’ve been in contact with a descendant of the Bamburg/Wren line from Coushatta, Louisiana and am in the process of adding more data on that family to our database. How exciting!

And in my online cemetery hopping I found William E. Wren and his wife Pearl N. and their family, all from Iowa and apparently [...]]]> I’ve been in contact with a descendant of the Bamburg/Wren line from Coushatta, Louisiana and am in the process of adding more data on that family to our database. How exciting!

And in my online cemetery hopping I found William E. Wren and his wife Pearl N. and their family, all from Iowa and apparently moved to Minnesota. William E and his son William Edward Jr. also appear to have been veterans: William E. Sr. in World War I and William E. Jr. in World War II.

And in more good news, we just had an Irish Wrynn join the Wren Family Association. He says he recently learned that his Wrynn surname was originally “Wren,” and that some of his great-grandparents would’ve had a lot of relatives emigrating to the United States.

More possibilities for your searches!

I’d like to use this opportunity to remind everyone of our goal to add every W(R)en(n) we can find into our database. If you would like to add your W(R)en(n) lines to the database, please let me know!

The database does not allow downloadable GED files. It does not reveal the identity of living individuals (unless we have the written permission of those living individuals) and it is password protected, meaning it is not searchable by Google or any other search engines. Our data is not for sale, either, so please consider sharing.

]]> http://wrenkin.com/2007/12/18/wrens-from-louisiana-iowa-and-ireland/feed/ 0 Texan Civil War Pension Records http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/ http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:53:50 +0000 Bonnie Wren http://wrenkin.com/2007/04/06/texan-civil-war-pension-records/ 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, [...]]]> 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.

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