My Mother 's Side Of The Family Tree

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I am doing my mother 's side of the family. My mom 's father is Ronnie Miles. His father was Grady Miles and his mother was Gwendolyn Miles née Witmore. My mom 's mother is Yvonne Miles née Arant. Her father was John Arant and her mother was Lola Arant née Killough. Three Miles brothers came from Northern Ireland because of the Potato Famine. Grady Miles was a direct descendant of one of those brothers, named Hezekiah Miles. Very little is known about the Witmores. We cannot identify the original Witmore who came to the United States. The oldest Witmore in our family tree was Robert Witmore who was a school teacher in the 1840s. Robert was illegitimate but took his father 's last name. His father was a soldier of British origin who was highly educated with excellent penmanship. The Arants are far more researched. Hermann Arant 's family came to the United States from Hessen, Germany in 1733. They arrived on the USS Hope. They wanted to come to the New World. The Arant family were keepers of the law and justices of the peace, as well as innkeepers and merchants. The Killoughs were Scot-Irish, the family having moved from Scotland to North Ireland. John Killough was my ancestor. He was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland and came over in the 1720s and died just after the American Independence. 74f09dd0-df7f-44fe-a72b-c865cfc737bc My maternal grandparents, Ronnie Miles and Yvonne Arant. 566cf9e7-1a3d-4581-b5d7-cf57d87243bc My maternal grandfather 's parents, Gwen Witmore and Grady Miles. 25a5456e-7e4c-4c6d-9a8a-892c0ad38901 My maternal grandparents, Ronnie Miles and Yvonne Arant. My nuclear family first lived at Arant Rd, Monroe, NC 28112. It was a trailer right next to my maternal grandparents. The Arants have been living on that ... ... middle of paper ... ... Yorktown, and Jamestown. I 've been to Disney World three times and am going again for my Senior Trip. Disney World is easily my favorite vacation spot, with Washington D.C. coming in second. As for awards I 've received, I tied for first at the regional BETA Club Convention in 8th Grade. I 've won the first two poetry slams at Forest Hills High School. I have been awarded Academic Excellence for the Forest Hills cluster all four years of high school and was presented with Academic Exellence for individual subjects including government, history, engineering, and english. My softball team took first place regionally when I was in middle school. Lastly, I am at the top of my graduating class. My younger siblings have also recieved awards certificates for their academic work. My famous relatives include Robert the Bruce, Henry Ford, Jesse Helms, and Jefferson Davis.

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