Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

There are several versions of a story of what happened to the father of Emmaline Anderson. One part of the family has it that she had married someone named Anderson - information from the Alford family go so far as to refer to him as "Tom Anderson" - and he went on a cattle drive to Kansas and never returned.

Another part of the family extends it to say it happened while Jane and ??? Anderson were still living in Alabama, having been married there.

Here's what my Aunt Chris Parker Ogg collected from one of the older Ogg's:

"The Andersons, grandparents of Henry Warren Ogg, Jr., came to America by boat either from England or Ireland, They did not know one another at the time, though young Mr. Anderson was attracted to Miss Jane during the voyage. He tried in vain to arrange a proper introduction to the young lady with no success, so it was some time later before he could finally make his interest known to her. Details are vague as to how he had been able to keep track of her or even locate her in Galveston but he sent her a huge basket filled with a variety of fruit, and from there their romance blossomed. Their daughter, Emmaline Anderson, married Henry Warren Ogg Sr. At this time we have no record of Emmaline's [She meant Jane here?] mother's name, nor how many children the Andersons had Mr. Anderson was believed to have been drowned in a flash flood which hit Waller County while he was away from home attempting to buy some horses. His body was never found, and some years later Jane married William Rogerson, Emmaline and Henry Warren Ogg, Sr, had eleven children, one of whom was Henry Warren Ogg, Jr., who married Sarah Elizabeth Campbell. Their children were: Ernest Warren Ogg, Andrew Lee Ogg, Leo Elmer Ogg, Doris Corinne Ogg and Marjorie Elizabeth Ogg."

There are certain errors in that, but it may well contain some truths, too...