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Leo Austian was my mother's youngest brother. He was married to Avis Lee Neighbours Austian who happened to be my Dad's first cousin. Avis was the daughter of my Dad's uncle Ludy Neighbours.
Leo and Avis Lee Austian and their children Virginia Lee and Billy Babb, 1940
Leo was killed in a tragic accident on July 5, 1940. This happened just a couple weeks after a family gathering at my parents farm near Payson, Oklahoma on June 23, 1940, Below I have posted Leo's Obituary and several newspaper articles about Leo.
Photo from the Austian Family gathering, Payson, Oklahoma, June 23, 1940.
Carol Fay Neighbors Conejo California 1951
Armina Hunt and Charles Manning Austian and family about
Virginia Lee "Judy" Austian
My brother and sister John Millard and Carol Fay Neighbors early 1950's, Conejo, California
Gracie Sarah Neighbors and her twin brother Lacie Coleman Neighbors.
The Neighbors family--children (back row) Cassie, Dora (front row) Gracie, mother Georgia Davis Neighbors, Lacie. Date 1904
Gracie and Lacie were born 24 Mar 1896 in Nixon, Hardin Country Tennesee to Georgia Davis Neighbors and John Ledford Monroe Neighbors. Lacie died young 06 Feb 1923. Gracie died in 1963.
Lacie Coleman Neighbors and his wife Anna Miller Neighbors
Keith Austian Neighbors Dec 3 1929 - March 2021
Remembering my brother, Keith Austian Neighbors who passed away in March of this year. Born Dec 3, 1929, he would have celebrated his 92nd birthday today. Rest in peace, brother.
My Aunt Ann and her big brother John Ledford Neighbors (My Dad)
Grandchildren of my brother Jim Neighbors and his wife Lucille Stockton Neighbors
Dean Neighbors Kerman High school yearbook 1963 (15 years old)
My first cousins Judy Skeen and Colleen Rieth
Colleen is the daughter of my Uncle Bill Kimbley and my Aunt Violet Austian Kimbley (my Mom's younger sister).
Judy Skeen (Virginia Lee Austian) is the Daughter of my Uncle Leo Austian (my mom's younger brother) and Avis Lee Neighbours Austian (my Dad's first cousin).
On the back of the photograph it says:
"Nancy Stricklin
Mother of
Ellen Stricklin
Neighbours
(Dad's Grandmother)"
I am guessing that the "Dad" in question is Ludy Leake Neighbours
and that the person who wrote on the back was Ludy's daughter Avis Lee Neighbours.
The original photo is owned by Judy Skeen (born Virginia Lee Austian). Thanks Judy!!
Judy is the daughter of Avis lee Neighbours Austian and Leo Manning Austian.
Below is a page from the "U.S. Record related to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910 for Nancy C. Strickland." Apparently Nancy applied for membership in the Cherokee tribe. As you can see, her claim was rejected. I don't know what the qualifications for membership were or what proof Nancy may have submitted in her application. Apparently it wasn't enough proof. Does that mean she (we) have to Cherokee ancestry? Or does it mean the proof she submitted was insufficient? She must have thought she might qualify or she wouldn't have applied.
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