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We got this note from Marilyn Taylor: Please pass this on to other Kin that you may know email or addresses to. Thanks so much…lets try and get this to be a GREAT Reunion this year….We are BACK AT THE PARK!! That is something to CELEBRATE!!!!! Have A Blessed Day Marilyn

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Mr. Alvin Lee Wren was the son of James Milam Wren (born 1862 in Smith County, Texas), the grandson of James C. Wren (born 1832 in Tennessee), and the great grandson of William Wren (born about 1802 in Kentucky). Alvin’s great-grandfather William Wren was brother to Nicholas Wren, the Texan war hero mentioned several times [...]

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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 FLOWN [...]

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PLEASE NOTE: Since I wrote this post, this offer has been withdrawn due to the changes announced here.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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Source Citation: Thomas W. Wren will (1924), Wood County Clerk, Quitman, Texas. Transcription by Bonnie Wren, from a photocopy of the original. Downloaded from WrenKin.com on [insert today’s date]. No. 1493n Last Will and Testament of T. W. Wren. Filed for Record Feb 27 1924 J. J. McLeod, Clark County Court Wood County, TEXAS THE [...]

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In the July 1991 issue of the original Wren Kin Newsletter, Bobby Joe Wren’s column “Rememberin’” discussed his brother, Worth Sylvester Wren, Sr. We regret to inform you this gentleman has passed away. February 13, 2007 Mr. Wren Funeral services for Worth S. Wren Sr., 83, of Lampasas were Feb. 11, 2007, at Briggs-Gamel-Wilcox Funeral [...]

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