Strange Family Folklore

In this episode, I interview my Cousin Thel Strange and his daughter, Angie Wade. Cousin Thel is the 10th child of Jessie Strange, who is the 2nd child of my Great Grandfather Jesse Strange.

Some of my relatives, other descendants of Jesse Strange, researched our family tree and complied the information in a book called Reflections of a Proud Strange Family, which we simply refer to as “the book.” During this research, my relatives learned more about a family property, Mobley Creek. I asked one of my cousins, Barbara Jean, to tell me more about this property. 

In this episode, I interview my mother, Velma Mae Roberson, one of Jesse Strange’s grandchildren, about some remaining questions I have from reading a book about our family history called, “Reflections of a Proud Strange Family.” We start off by discussing her Uncle Jessie Strange who has the same sounding name as her grandfather, but it’s spelled slightly different. 

In this episode, I interview my mother about her older sister, Marjorie, who they called “Margie.” 

In this episode, I interviewed my mother who was born Velma Mae Strange, the youngest of 6 children born to Floyd B. Strange and Beatrice Adams Strange. My Grandfather Floyd, who Mom still affectionately refers to as "Daddy," was the 11th child of the First Freeborn Generation. Mom's mother was famously known as "Mama Bea," by all her grandchildren, such as me. But what's in a name? Mom attempts to clarify our ancestral family tree, which is full of duplicate names and intermarriages. See if you can keep it straight.