Meet the Eubanks — kinda
My mother found this charming photograph (click to enlarge). It’s the P.H. Eubanks family, 1917. I’ve written to the person who posted the photo four years ago. That’s a lot of internet pipes and tubes to see if anyone replies. If, by chance, it’s the same family it would’ve been the second generation of “P.H.” Eubanks. It’s a long shot.
Part of the mystery is the spelling. Was the family name “Eubank” and reference to “Eubanks” merely plural or possessive? Here’s an excerpt that I found regarding the once-local Eubank (no “s”) family in Albermarle County (just north of us).
From Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of what it was by Nature by Reverand Edgar Woods I learned that by 1821 the family had been left “a considerable estate”.
Two sons, John and George W., used their money to “[take] advantage of the opening of the Staunton and James River Turnpike, established taverns on the road…[and] did large business entertaining those transporting […] vast amount of produce between the Valley and Scottsville.”. Then there is casual mention of intermarriage between cousins and copious numbers of children.
Concludes the 1901 tome on the Eubanks, “Emigration to the West has taken many from the different branches of this family, so that comparatively few of the name remain now in the county.” (pg.189)
So, if THESE are our Eubanks, it sounds like there were just a few left when they built our house. We’ve just begun our search, so, who knows…
Today we got digitized copies of the remaining floor plans. Here they are in miniature!
Today it looks a lot like the house from the movie “Fight Club”.
katie @ July 17, 2008
That is so cool! I love geneological house research! I would kill to find blueprints hidden in the walls or under floorboards, but even after extensive renovation, no such luck. That is awesome that yours were stored in an archive.