Rory Thel Magar: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Rory Thel Magar was born 31 Jan 1955, Lakewood, California (son of Carson Arthel Magar and Norma Jean Varbel). Notes: ---------- Reference: Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995. Rory — Sandra. [Group Sheet] Rory — Melissa Magar. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Carson Arthel Magar was born 23 Jun 1929, Ardmore, Oklahoma (son of Loyd Alvin Magar and Birttie Lee Knight); died 29 Nov 1998.

Notes:

Was a Baptist/Charismatic. Ony went through the 8th grade.

Joined the Army at age 16. Was a Carpenter.

Met wife Norma Jean while working for an ice house. Eloped in North Texas.
They lived in California from 1948-1949? until 1968-1969 when they returned to
Garland, Texas. They moved back to Livermore, California in 1987 and lived a
year in Memphis, Tennessee and two years in Maryland.
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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Carson married Norma Jean Varbel 6 Mar 1948, , Texas. Norma was born 2 Jan 1928; died 13 Jul 1988, Livermore, California; was buried Livermore, California. [Group Sheet]

Norma Jean Varbel was born 2 Jan 1928; died 13 Jul 1988, Livermore, California; was buried Livermore, California.

Notes:

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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Children:

Teresa Diane Magar was born 19 Aug 1949, Long Beach, California.
Ricky Don Magar was born 3 Feb 1952, Lakewood, California.
1. Rory Thel Magar was born 31 Jan 1955, Lakewood, California.
Shawn Dee Magar was born 25 Aug 1959, , California.
Trejean Lee Magar was born Abt 1960; died 1960; was buried , California.

Generation: 3

Loyd Alvin Magar was born 30 Aug 1901, Ada, Indian Territory; died 17 Dec 1978, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; was buried Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Loyd A. Magar, or as Carl Grizzle called him "Papa", was a devout Pentecostal
Holiness. He and his wife Berttie Lee met in Ada, Oklahoma and eloped to get
married. They honeymooned, picking cotton, in Sanger, Texas when as part of
the wedding Shivaree, their wagon got turned over. They moved to Ardmore,
Oklahoma, where Papa bought what was to later be a city block. As far back as
Carl Grizzle can remember they lived at 402 Wood Street S.E., had a garden and
chickens. Carl's earliest recollections were of the "outhouse" back behind the
chicken house. Arthel and "Junior" Magar were both construction contractors in
California, and they eventually put in an indoor bathroom for them.

Papa had one brother (Millard) and one sister (Rosie) who were raised by their
uncle because their mother could not take care of them. Their father, a
traveling salesman, was killed by a train when his team of horses stopped on
the tracks.

Their Uncle's name was Charles Wesley Summers and their Aunt's name was Dorinda
Elizabeth (Magar) Summers.

Papa worked for the Gas company and then the Comet Milling Company. Papa was
not well educated but he provided the necessities for his family and when they
forced him to retire from the milling company at 65 he went downhill. He had
worked hard all his life and did not know what to do with all this "retirement"
time.

A few years after his retirement, grandma started having trouble with
"Alzheimers Disease". Papa could not take care of her anymore therefore they
moved in with Florene and Carl Grizzle.

Papa died in Presbyterian Hospital and was buried in his home town according to
his wishes.
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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Loyd married Birttie Lee Knight 22 Sep 1923, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Birttie (daughter of Henry Milton Knight and Rebecca Cathren McCasland) was born 1 Sep 1903, Gilmer, Texas; died 3 Jul 1988, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; was buried Ardmore, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Birttie Lee Knight was born 1 Sep 1903, Gilmer, Texas (daughter of Henry Milton Knight and Rebecca Cathren McCasland); died 3 Jul 1988, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; was buried Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Notes:

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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Children:

Loyd Alvin Jr. Magar was born 22 Jun 1924, Ardmore, Oklahoma; died , California; was buried , California.
Florene B. Magar was born 28 Nov 1926, Ardmore, Oklahoma; died 24 Jan 2006, Ponca City, Oklahoma; was buried 27 Jan 2006, Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery.
2. Carson Arthel Magar was born 23 Jun 1929, Ardmore, Oklahoma; died 29 Nov 1998.
Jerry Dale Magar was born 25 Dec 1940, Ardmore, Oklahoma; died 12 Apr 1984, Greeneville, Texas; was buried Greeneville, Texas.

Generation: 4

10.

Henry Milton Knight was born 6 Nov 1875, Perryville, Texas; died 3 May 1933, Caddo Mills, Texas; was buried , Texas.

Notes:

Henry was in Texas, Upshur county, in 1910 according to the 1910 Texas Census,
ED 55 Sheet 7, Vol 77 with his first four children

Was Policeman in Ardmore, Oklahoma between 1912 and 1914

Buried in Graham Point Cemetery seven miles south of Caddo Mills.
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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Henry married Rebecca Cathren McCasland 21 Apr 1901, Royse City, Texas. Rebecca (daughter of John Alexander Reagan McCasland and Nancy Jane West) was born 10 Apr 1885; died 18 Mar 1915, Graham, Oklahoma; was buried Graham, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

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Rebecca Cathren McCasland was born 10 Apr 1885 (daughter of John Alexander Reagan McCasland and Nancy Jane West); died 18 Mar 1915, Graham, Oklahoma; was buried Graham, Oklahoma.

Notes:

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Reference:
Carl M. Grizzle, Jr. GEDCOM, 11 December 1995.

Children:

Thomas Reagan Knight was born 19 Jan 1902, Gilmer, Texas.
5. Birttie Lee Knight was born 1 Sep 1903, Gilmer, Texas; died 3 Jul 1988, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; was buried Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Loyd Knight was born 10 Jun 1905, Gilmer, Texas; died 7 May 1977.
Morris Knight was born 16 Feb 1908, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma.
Clyde Knight was born 16 Apr 1912, Spencerville, Oklahoma.
Mary Cathren Knight was born 18 Mar 1915, Graham, Oklahoma; died 18 Mar 1915, Graham, Oklahoma; was buried Graham, Oklahoma.