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Family HistoryFamily History - Rowena J. Frazer


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Rowena J. Frazer and two of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Rowena J. Frazer,1 born 9 November 1842 in Harris County, Georgia, the daughter of John Haywood Frazer and Catherine ‘Kitty’ Glaze;1, 2 died 23 January 1924 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia.1 Rowena married, ca. 1870, James Monroe McNamee (born 9 April 1838 in Lee County, Alabama, the son of Thomas McNamee and Mary Curran;3, 4 James died 1 January 1902 in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama4).

James was the son of Thomas and Mary (Curran) McNamee, of Inniskillen, Fennimaugh County, Ireland, who immigrated to Quebec, 1830, removed to New York City, thence to Dahlonega, Georgia, about 1833, and to Lafayette, Alabama, about 1843. His education was obtained in the log-house schools of Opelika and Lafayette and his business training was acquired in commercial pursuits. He was a jeweler, as listed in the 1860 census, until about 1870, when he was made president of the Bank of Opelika. He was a private in Co. I, 37th Alabama infantry regiment, C. S. Army. He was a democrat; Mason; Knight of Honor; and a Methodist.4


Child of Rowena J. Frazer and James Monroe McNamee:

+2i. James Frazer McNamee, born ca. 1880. Married Nellie Bryan.

  1. Georgia Deaths 1914-1927. Available at Family Search (website) Record Search.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Alabama, Lee County, Auburn Village, Enumeration District 39, Sheet No. 5.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Alabama, Chamber County, LaFayette, Page No. 11.
  4. “McNamee, James Monroe.” History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen, L.L.D. Chicago, The S. J. Clark Publishing Company, 1921. Volume 4, Page 1135. Available at Google Books.
Second and Third Generations
2. James Frazer McNamee2 (Rowena1), born ca. 1880. James married Nellie Bryan1 (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of James Frazer McNamee and Nellie Bryan:

 3i. Agnes Rowena McNamee.

  1. “McNamee, James Monroe.” History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen, L.L.D. Chicago, The S. J. Clark Publishing Company, 1921. Volume 4, Page 1135. Available at Google Books.