Sunday’s Obituary: Lula Green (1867-1964)
Posted by Liv | Filed under Green, Routt, Sunday's Obituary, Surname
was just 5 years old when I met my great-great grandmother Lula for the very first time, and it wasn’t long after that meeting that she passed away. So, I’m sorry to say that I simply have no memory of her. But what I do remember is hearing family members speak fondly of her through [...]
Tags: Chappel Hill, family history, funeral services, green, Lula Green, obituary, routt, surname, texas
Treasure Chest Thursdays: Mulberry Bower
Posted by Liv | Filed under Photos, Routt, Surname, Treasure Chest Thursdays
t was during one of my visits home in 1998 that I came across the “5 Generations” photo that I featured for Wordless Wednesday on 23 March 2011. That photo featuring my 97 year old great-great-grandmother (Lula Routt Green) is what launched my research into my father’s side of my family tree. So based on a [...]
Tags: ancestors, Chappel Hill, cotton planter, family history, family photo, J. W. Routt, Mulberry Bower, plantation, routt, Routt House, slavery, texas
Wedding Wednesday: Green-Routt
Posted by Liv | Filed under Green, Routt, Surname, Wedding Wednesdays
hanks to Chappel Hill, Texas Historian, Nath Winfield, I have the marriage license of my Paternal Great-Great-Grandpagents, Jim Green & Lou “Lula” Routt! Jim Green and Lou “Lula” Routt were joined in marriage as husband and wife on the 27th day of September in 1888 by Richard Dickerson, Pastor of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in [...]
Tags: Chappel Hill, family history, Jim Green, Lou Routt, marriage, marriage license, surname, texas, Washington Co., wedding
