bullet Mathilda Distad was born between 1850 and 1877. He died between 1856 and 1957. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

bullet Nils Distad was born between 1850 and 1877. He died between 1856 and 1957. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

bullet Ola Torson Distad was born on 14 Apr 1828 in Distad Farm, Sogn, Norway. He died in 1912 in Hayfield, Minnesota.

He was married to Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie in 1844 in Norway. Children were: Ole Distad, Thor Distad, Nils Distad, Knut Distad, John Distad, Oliver Distad, Mathilda Distad, Andrew Distad, Boy Distad, Girl Distad, Uni Distad.

bullet Ole Distad was born between 1850 and 1877. He died between 1856 and 1957. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

bullet Oliver Distad was born between 1850 and 1877. He died between 1856 and 1957. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

bullet Thor Distad was born between 1850 and 1877. He died between 1856 and 1957. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

bullet Uni Distad was born on 13 May 1863 in Dane Co., Wisconsin. She died on 15 Jan 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Parents: Ola Torson Distad and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Skeie.

She was married to Nils Knudson Dahle on 28 Mar 1893 in Hayfield, Minnesota. Children were: Chester Distad Dahle, Gertrude Dahle, Clarence Arthur Dahle.

bullet A. Rebecca Dixon was born about 1873. She died between 1874 and 1967. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

bullet Anglia Deloris DIXON

bulletBenjamin Russell Dixon. Parents: Dixon (Husband of Hellen Loraine ) and Hellen Loraine (Wife of Earl T. Gibson, Sr.).

bulletCarl Dean Dixon. Parents: Dixon (Husband of Hellen Loraine ) and Hellen Loraine (Wife of Earl T. Gibson, Sr.) .

bulletCasenia Dixon. HUGS AT AIRPORT:
LONG-SEPARATED SISTERS
REUNITE

Published: Sunday, September 20, 1992
Section: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER , page 04
Source: Tony Stein


If you were at the Norfolk airport Aug. 30 and got hugged by a red-haired lady you didn't know, let me explain.

The lady was Casenia Thomas. She was meeting kinfolk she hadn't seen in 31 years, and she didn't want to miss hugging anybody. ``So I had to be huggin' some strangers,'' she said the other day.

She was sitting in the living room of Gale Morris' apartment off Indian River Road in Chesapeake. Gale is her baby sister. The last time they saw each other, Gale was 11 months old. Casenia was changing Gale's diapers and watching her try to walk. Now Gale is a 32-year-old with a daughter of her own, and Casenia is 48.

Dale Hulion, sister to Gale and Casenia, was there, too. Dale was 9 when Casenia left South Norfolk for California and marriage. The family lived on B Street. Five boys, three girls. Actually, Gale is Casenia's half-sister. Their mother was married to a man named Dixon. He died and their mother remarried a man named Gibson.

Over the years, the children lost touch, splitting up and going separate ways. Though Dale stayed in the Chesapeake area, Casenia has lived in California since she left. Gale, married to a military man, has been pretty steadily on the move.

The roots of this reunion were planted in 1980. Their mother, living in Florida, was the central contact point and the sisters started exchanging phone calls and letters. But Casenia, working and raising
five kids, never had a chance to head east. A saleslady for Sears, she lives in San Mateo.

``With five kids,'' she said, ``you don't just hop a plane.''

But finally the kids were all grown. The airlines were cutting each other's throats with big discounts. Casenia nailed a roundtrip ticket from California to Norfolk for $230. She called Gale to say she'd be
in town Aug. 30.

``That's good,'' Gale said. ``Aug. 31 is my birthday and that will be a great birthday present.''

Casenia said the flight went fine for her until the captain said, ``We are now landing in Norfolk.'' That put butterflies in her stomach.

``I got nervous,'' she said. ``I wondered what am I going to say? How are they going to act?

``But it was a beautiful homecoming. I kept hugging and wondering are all these my kin? I gotta be hugging some stranger.''

Casenia's plane landed at about 10 p.m. After the airport hug session, there was catching-up talk until 3 a.m. at Gale's apartment. One thing that tickled Casenia was spotting some of her own traits in Gale's 12-year-old daughter, Priscilla. ``It's the way she talks when she's upset and the way she rolls her eyes,'' Casenia said.

``When I was growing up and Momma said something I didn't like, I would make a face and roll my eyes just like that.''

One of the big things the sisters have been doing is tracking down old memories. First off, they went by the house on B Street. It's empty now. A lot of times, when you go by a childhood home, you're
surprised to see how small it was. That didn't happen to Casenia.

``I remembered it as a big old house, just like it was,'' she said. ``Maybe that's because there are so many small houses where I live in California. But I've got a lot of memories about our house . . .

``Momma would be up and doin' first thing in the morning and I would be helping her because I was the oldest. You could smell the coffee and the homemade biscuits all over the house.''

Were the biscuits good?

``Anything Momma made was good,'' Gale said.

And Casenia laughed about some of the mischief she and the other kids got into. Not Gale or Dale, though. Gale was too young when Casenia left and Dale was the well-behaved kid. The ``quiet one.''

Some of the other visits Casenia made to old territory flat-out startled her. Like when she asked Gale to take her down Military Highway ``so she could see some trees and shrubbery.'' Not much country on Military Highway any more. And there's a McDonald's where there used to be the elementary school Casenia attended.

She went by her other two old schools, Oscar Smith and Truitt, and thought both of them looked smaller than she remembered. But mostly she was bewildered by the changes. ``If my sister had dropped me off on a corner, I'd be lost,'' she said.

She may get to be more familiar with the territory. She's thinking of moving back from California because there's family here. Whether she does, she's sure of one thing . . .

``It was a great reunion.''

Description of illustration(s):
Photo by TONY STEIN
The sisters, Dale Hulion, left, Casenia Thomas and Gale Morris - all
with roots in Chesapeake - have been planning a reunion since 1980. Parents: Dixon (Husband of Hellen Loraine ) and Hellen Loraine (Wife of Earl T. Gibson, Sr.).

bulletCecilia Dale Dixon was born on 11 Sep 1952. Parents: Dixon (Husband of Hellen Loraine ) and Hellen Loraine (Wife of Earl T. Gibson, Sr.).

She was married to Reuben Toney Hulion on 12 Feb 1972. Children were: Teresa Lynn Hulion, Tarcy Lligh Hulion, Tim Allen Hulion.

bullet Charles Dixon was born about 1892.

bulletElla DIXON.

Children were: Baby STEELE, Maitland A. STEELE.

bulletEugene Dixon was born in 1903. He died in 1978. Parents: James A. Dixon and May Bell Thigpen.

bullet Gordon Eli DIXON

He was married to Linda WARD on 17 Mar 1989.

bullet Gray C. Dixon was born on 1 May 1875. He died on 19 Aug 1930. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

bullet Henry Dixon was born between 1759 and 1796 in Red Stone, Pa. He died between 1799 and 1878.

He was married to Ruth Jackson between 1784 and 1834. Children were: Matilda Dixon.

He was married to Ruth Jackson between 1784 and 1834. Children were: Matilda Dixon.

bullet Ida L. Dixon was born on 12 Mar 1907 in Jefferson Co., Ga.. She died on 19 Mar 1993 in Thomson, Ga.. Parents: James A. Dixon and May Bell Thigpen.

She was married to Carlos B. Newsome on 27 Jul 1921 in Stapleton, Ga.. Children were: Dorothy E. Newsome, Glen E. Newsome, James C. Newsome.

bullet James A. Dixon was born on 8 Nov 1880 in Glascock, Co.. He died on 13 Feb 1956 in Jefferson, Co.. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

He was married to May Bell Thigpen between 1911 and 1945. Children were: Martha Dixon, Lucille Dixon, Lee Roe Dixon, Eugene Dixon, Ida L. Dixon.

bullet James C. DIXON

bulletJosephine Dixon was born about 1868. She died between 1869 and 1962. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

bullet Larry C. DIXON

bulletLaura Dixon was born about 1874.

Children were: Wade H. Fuqua, Hurley Fuqua, Ada Fuqua, Rosie Fuqua.

bulletLee Roe Dixon was born on 6 Jan 1900. He died on 7 Mar 1972. Parents: James A. Dixon and May Bell Thigpen.

bullet Lucille Dixon Parents: James A. Dixon and May Bell Thigpen.

bullet Martha Dixon Parents: James A. Dixon and May Bell Thigpen.

bullet Matilda Dixon was born between 1799 and 1823. She died between 1842 and 1911. Parents: Henry Dixon and Ruth Jackson. Parents: Henry Dixon and Ruth Jackson.

She was married to George P , Jr. Vernon on 9 Mar 1837 in Columbiana County, Oh. Children were: Erastus Vernon, Mary E Vernon, Raplh Vernon, Levi Vernon, William Vernon, Lucinda Vernon, George Vernon, Emily Vernon, Minerva Vernon.

bullet Milton Dixon Parents: Dixon (Husband of Hellen Loraine ) and Hellen Loraine (Wife of Earl T. Gibson, Sr.) .

bullet Mrs. Dixon was born between 1733 and 1775. She died between 1766 and 1858.

She was married to Samuel Jackson between 1752 and 1808. Children were: Ruth Jackson.

bullet N. Thomas Dixon was born on 9 Jul 1877. He died between 1878 and 1967. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

bullet S. Mary Dixon was born about 1870. She died between 1871 and 1964. Parents: Robert (Dixon) Dickson and Martha E. King.

bullet Sue DIXON

She was married to James Rondal BURNS on 3 Jul 1992 in Hugo, Oklahoma.

bullet Samuel DOAK was born between 1772 and 1804. He died between 1829 and 1891.

He was married to Nancy WORD on 7 Nov 1824 in Wilson, Tennessee.

bullet Althea Elvirus DOBBS was born on 17 Feb 1849 in Athens, Claiborne Par., LA. She died on 31 Mar 1934.

She was married to Willis WILLETT on 15 Sep 1867.

bullet William K Dobbs was born between 1889 and 1948 in Jackson, Illinois.

He was married to Arretta McBride on 11 Dec 1884 in Jackson, Illinois.

bullet William K Dobbs was born about 1857 in Jackson, Illinois. He died between 1889 and 1948.

He was married to Arretta McBride on 11 Dec 1884 in Jackson, Illinois.

bullet Loretta Dobrolski

She was married to Edward John III Walsh Private. Children were: William Kristopher Walsh, Jessica Juanita Walsh, Jamie Marie Walsh.

bullet Deborah Dobry

bulletPark Dobson. Parents: Robert Dobson and Glenda Ann Hardy.

bulletRobert Dobson.

Children were: Park Dobson.

bulletSarah Dobson.

Children were: Rosalyn Vickers , Jerome Vickers, Susan Charles Vickers.

bulletSarah Ruby Mae DOBY was born in 1912. [arrington.ged]

+

Children were: Donna GRAHAM.

bulletBonnita Jean DODD was born on 24 Feb 1959 in Winter Park, Florida.

She was married to Charles Benton BLACKWELL on 16 Aug 1980 in Cross Creek, Florida. Children were: Travis Justin BLACKWELL .

bullet Charles Eugene Dodd

Children were: James Wilson Dodd , Charles Eugene , Jr. Dodd, William Keith Dodd.

bulletCharles Eugene , Jr. Dodd. Parents: Charles Eugene Dodd and Ada Francis Johnson.

bulletJames Wilson Dodd. Parents: Charles Eugene Dodd and Ada Francis Johnson.

bulletMary Dodd was born in 1647. She died between 1683 and 1742.

!1. FAMILIES OF EARLY GUILFORD, CT (FHL# 974.67/GA D2T).


!1. FAMILIES OF EARLY GUILFORD, CT (FHL# 974.67/GA D2T).
[The Hulion Family Tree2.FTW]



!1. FAMILIES OF EARLY GUILFORD, CT (FHL# 974.67/GA D2T).


!1. FAMILIES OF EARLY GUILFORD, CT (FHL# 974.67/GA D2T). Parents: Robert Dodd.

She was married to Aaron Blatchley in Feb 1664/65. Children were: Thomas Blatchley , Benjamin Blatchley, Susannah Blatchley, Mary Blatchley, Sarah Blatchley, Samuel Blatchley, Hannah Blatchley, Daniel Blatchley, Ebenezer Blatchley, Joseph Blatchley.

bullet Robert Dodd was born between 1596 and 1625. He died between 1650 and 1710.

He was married between 1620 and 1667. Children were: Mary Dodd.

Prior Back to previous 50 names.

Next Go to next 50 names.

Home Return to Table of Contents