Volume I - Immigration, Canadian Kin, &
Migration
I truly believe that these individuals shape who and
what we are today. We take from them a measure of their strengths,
passions, beliefs, sorrows, joy, and love, and we each make of it
what we will to become who we are today.
In
Volume I of this history of the Boultinghouse family, I have
covered what I believe to be the early immigrants up to the line of
Daniel Boultinghouse (1797-1867) who left Arkansas and came to
Texas. Daniel's family of fourteen children will be covered in
Volume II. Volume II will also include expanded, but not
comprehensive, information on the Evan Gabriel Evans family from
the Donna Hull book, "And Then There Were Three Thousand". The
information included here is in regard to the multiple marriages
between the Evans and Boultinghouse families. I highly recommend
obtaining a copy of the original "And Then There Were Three
Thousand" book as well as the updated version which Cheryl Wimberly
Billesbach is currently working on, if you are a part of the Evans
line.
I
have also covered collateral lines such as the Hon, Huie, Cullen,
and Brown families. The intertwining of these families with the
Boultinghouse family makes it impossible to not say more about them
than just a passing mention of marriages.
The
most difficult part of this project has been to find a stopping
point, a place to be able to say, "I've done all I can do, this is
complete." As I've worked on theses volumes, babies have been born,
loved ones have passed, marriages and divorces have taken place,
each one changing the so called, "Finished Project". I can only
hope that I have laid a sufficient foundation for future
researchers to build upon.
It is my
sincere desire that each person who reads this work and views the
pictures of our common ancestors, will take away a sense of
heritage, a bond of family and strength, for they were truly a
strong and amazing group of people and we should all be proud to
call them kin.
Sources are not included in the book due to file size
restraints.
****** Please Note: The family
of Daniel Boultinghouse and his first wife, Sarah Brown, and his
second wife, Mary Frances Shelton, are covered in depth in Volume
II *****
