Ron Tarby's Family Tree

Ron Tarby's Family Tree

Updated September 5, 2000
Ronald Patrick Tarby
RR 2 Box 175-3
Tioga,PA 16946-9510
United States
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I'm in the very early stage of trying to find my roots. Unfortunately, both my parents are now deceased and I have limited handwritten information and some records that my mother had.I've learned some information from relatives at our annual family reunions of the Goodwin-Quick families (Candor, NY area) which are my maternal grandmother's family. From this I've learned that we have some Cherokee, Seneca, and Cree blood. This is especially interesting to me since I've been interested in Native Americans since my earliest childhood.
My father's family (Elmira, NY) was, of course, named Tarby which seems to be more common than I'd once realized. I had an uncle, Joseph, who spelled his name "Tarbay." I was once told by a genealogist that my name was of French-Austrian origin and was originally "Tarbe," pronounced "Tar-BAY." I discovered on the immigration CD that a Joseph K. Tarbay arrived in 1842 in NY, NY. I don't know if there is a connection there or not. I was told when I was younger that my grandparents were Austrian. My paternal grandmother, Catherine Patrik, died before I was born and my grandfather, Alex Tarby,died when I was 2.
My maternal grandfather was Fenimore Cooper Smith (b. 7/25/1879). He was one of 13 children born to Stephen Thurber (b. 7/12/1816)and Lucinda Butler Smith (b. 9/25/1842). Stephen was a country doctor and had 13 children by a previous marriage. My grandmother was Emma Pauline Goodwin Smith, born in Pike, PA.
I recall I had distant cousins who used to visit my maternal grandparents. They were from Rocky Mount, NC. I know that Rocky Mount is near the reservation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee tribe, so perhaps there's a connection in that area.
I still have a lot of research to do and I'm new to all this, but am excited to find out what I can, to share the information with my family, and leave a history for my son, Seneca, who I coincidentally named 20 years before I discovered our possible Native heritage.