In mid-1972, Life magazine ran a photo of six females — mothers and daughters spanning six generations within a single family. The oldest was 100; the youngest was not yet one.
All six live within a one-hundred mile radius of the 90-acre farm in the flatlands of southern Alabama where Mrs. [Roxanne] Steele, now the matriarch of a clan so vast that no one has counted it, was born.
Here are the birth names of the six females (five women and one baby):
- Roxanne Kennedy (b. 1871), who, with David Steele, had a daughter named…
- Stella Steele (b. 1898), who, with John Godwin, had a daughter named…
- Geneva Godwin (b. 1918), who, with Rayburn Moye, had a daughter named…
- Rita Moye (b. 1935), who, with Ples Booth, had a daughter named…
- Shirley Ann Booth (b. 1953), who, with William Byerly, had a daughter named…
- Trina Roxanne Byerly (b. 1970)
Which of their names — Roxanne, Stella, Geneva, Rita, Shirley, or Trina — do you like best? Why?
Sources:
- “The Steele women: six generations without a gap.” Life 21 Jul. 1972: 78-79.
- Booth-Byerly, Shirley. God, Ghosts, and Grannies: Guiding Me through the Generations. Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press, 2018.
- Find a Grave
- FamilySearch.org
Image: Clipping from Life magazine (21 Jul. 1972)
I had a cousin Trinna with a different letter, it’s good.
I like Stella best, followed by Rita and then Roxanne. Can’t articulate why, though.