THIS IS MY PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. WIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM VENNELL SR.DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES JOHNSON & SARAH PETERS JOHNSON. SHE RESIDED AT 205 LEHIGH AVENUE IN GLOUCESTER CITY,NJ AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING.SHE IS INTERRED NEXT TO MY GREAT GRANDFATHER IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE.IT IS FAMILY LORE THAT SHE IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF CHIEF SITTING BULL. HER INDIAN NAME WAS SAID TO BE "OLD IDES".THE 1880 CENSUS SHOWS MARY IDA BEING BORN IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.MY COUSIN DID RESEARCH AND CONFIRMED SHE WAS INDEED BORN ON ROSEBUD RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SO I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHICH IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE. FURTHER RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO BE DONE BY ME.
THIS IS MY PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. WIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM VENNELL SR.DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES JOHNSON & SARAH PETERS JOHNSON. SHE RESIDED AT 205 LEHIGH AVENUE IN GLOUCESTER CITY,NJ AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING.SHE IS INTERRED NEXT TO MY GREAT GRANDFATHER IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE.IT IS FAMILY LORE THAT SHE IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF CHIEF SITTING BULL. HER INDIAN NAME WAS SAID TO BE "OLD IDES".THE 1880 CENSUS SHOWS MARY IDA BEING BORN IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.MY COUSIN DID RESEARCH AND CONFIRMED SHE WAS INDEED BORN ON ROSEBUD RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SO I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHICH IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE. FURTHER RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO BE DONE BY ME.
