 |
|
Introduction
It is important that we remember that many Annis families came from England and Scotland during the great emigration periods of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Although most of these lineage’s cannot be linked to the earlier Colonial period Annis families, they must be accounted for in the census of American Annis families so that they may have their own identity, and not mislead family researchers who may believe that they are somehow related to the earlier emigrants. These families successfully carved out their own Annis legacy and it is important to note that they share many of the same attributes.
Many thanks to Alice Forgy, Richard Faught, Phyllis Parker, Bob Prewitt, Judge Frances Annis, and many others for their contributions to the story of Richard's descendants. At a family member’s suggestion, some individuals will be protected by "Private" after their name. No other information about these individuals will be made available.
Brief History of Wistow Parish, Pidley Parish and surrounding area
Wistow is a small, rural village located in a small secluded valley off the Ramsey to St. Ives Road in Cambridgeshire. Wistow is a farming community that has grown up around the central features of its church and manor house. The church is partly Norman and is a Grade 1 Listed Building. In England this means that it is a building of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important. The church has some 15th-century painted glass and the manor house dates in part from the early 17th century and so it certainly fits this description.
The surrounding area has a long history that dates back to the early Britons. Wistow, shortened from Wistanstowe (holy place of Wistan) A Christian Prince of Mercia, Saint Wistan, was murdered by his cousin Brifardus in 849 AD. Brifardus coveted the throne, and it is rumored to this day that every year "human hairs grow through the grass in Wistow Churchyard on 1st June", the anniversary of Saint Wistan's murder. The "Anglo-Saxon's" (who displaced the Britons) and their history in this area stretched over 600 years, from 410 to 1066. They were a collection of peoples made up of Frisians, Jutes, Angles and Saxons, but history has grouped them together under the label of Anglo-Saxons.
Huntingdonshire remained part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia until the Danish invasion of the 9th Century. It suffered with the rest of Mercia during the early Viking raids, but to a lesser degree than its northern and eastern neighbors. Wistow was in the area controlled by the Danish Army of Huntingdon 880-917 A.D. Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex at this time. In 917, King Edward the Elder and his sister Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians (children of Alfred the Great), fought for recovery of parts of the Danelaw and succeeded after defeating the Danish army decisively at Huntingdon and Wistow. Wistow remained in Anglo Saxon hands until the invasion of the Normans in 1066. But the Danes were a constant threat and by 1011 they had again overrun East Anglia and the shires of Middle England including half of Huntingdon. With the coming of the Normans in 1066, Wistow and Pidley were entered into the Domesday Book, which is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.
First Generation
RICHARD ANNIS was born in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England, but there is some conflict in the official records as to the year of his birth. In an application for marriage in 1782 his age is stated as "age twenty-one and upwards". His burial records show that he was aged 46 when he was buried on April 29, 1815 which would place his birth date in 1769. It is more likely that he was born no later than circa 1765. His marriage intentions to Elizabeth Thody (1760-1789) were recorded on December 13, 1782 and her name appears on the baptismal records for each of the three children she bore Richard. Elizabeth died February 9, 1789, and was buried at Wistow Parish, Huntingdonshire. Richard married second, May 6, 1806 to Mary Grange at Wistow and they had one child. This was a brief marriage, as Mary (Grange) Annis died July 2, 1809 at Wistow Parish. All of the children of Richard Annis were baptized at Wistow Parish. Richard was buried April 29, 1815 at All Saints Churchyard, Wistow Parish, Huntingdonshire.
All Saints Church, Wistow
Children:JOHN ANNIS, baptized June 22, 1783, All Saints Church, Wistrow Parish, England. No further records.
THOMAS ANNIS, baptized November 6, 1785 All Saints Church, Wistrow Parish, England; d. November 21, 1835, Pidley, Cambridgeshire, England; buried November 24, 1835, All Saints Churchyard, Pidley, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England..
WILLIAM ANNIS, baptized May 18, 1788; d. August 1788, Pidley, Cambridgeshire, England; buried Aug 10, 1788, All Saints Churchyard, Wistow Parish, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgechire, England
Susanna Annis, baptized December 25, 1806, All Saints Church, Wistrow Parish, England. No further records.
Second Generation
THOMAS ANNIS (Richard) was born 1785 and baptized November 6, 1785 at Wistow Parish, Huntingdonshire, England; died November 21, 1835, Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England and was buried November 24, 1835 at All Saints Churchyard, Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England. He married May 23, 1811, Charlotte Papworth at Pidley, England.
Thomas and Charlotte lived at the hamlet of Fenton until circa 1823 before making their home at Pidley. The villages of Pidley and Fenton lie next to one another on the road between Ramsey and Somersham and together form the Parish of Pidley-cum-Fenton. He was a farmer of wheat and potatoes. The medieval parish church of All Saints stood on the site of the present church between at least the 12th century until it was pulled down in 1863. The Victorian replacement was constructed between 1864-5 using much of the original stone for the facing and has a west tower with spire. The only features surviving from the original church are a 14th-century window reset in the vestry, and a circular sundial in the north wall.
Children:
All Saints Church, Pidley
Elizabeth Annis, bp. January 12, 1813. Little is known about Elizabeth but according to family lore she came to America.
Lucy Annis, bp. December 22, 1816, Pidley, England. No further records.
FREEMAN ANNIS, bp. December 22, 1816, Pidley, England; d. February 3, 1890, Pidley, England.
Charlotte Annis, bp. December 13, 1818, Pidley, England. No further records.
JAMES ANNISS, bp. May 20, 1820, Pidley England; d. July 1916.
GEORGE W. ANNIS, b. July 13, 1823, Pidley, England; d. September 4, 1903, Oakland City, Indiana.
PAPWORTH ANNIS, b. March 14, 1825, Pidley, England; d. November 6, 1906, Morgantown, Kentucky.
JOHN ANNIS, b. March 9, 1829, Pidley, England; d. May 22, 1900, Cromwell, Kentucky.
ISAAC ANNIS, b. August 2, 1831, Pidley, England; d. November 28, 1923, Pidley, England.
THOMAS ANNIS, b. October 28, 1833, Pidley, England; d. January 5, 1892, Albion, Illinois.
Third Generation
FREEMAN ANNIS (Thomas, Richard) was born 1816 and baptized December 22, 1816 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died February 3, 1890 at Pidley, England. He married February 7, 1843, Millicent Ann Vye {1818-1894} at Pidley-cum-Fenton. He was a farmer and is buried at the All Saints Church cemetery at Pidley, England. Three of Freeman's children immigrated to New Zealand; Elizabeth, William, and John. William and John added a second "S" to their name.
Children:
Elizabeth Annis, b. December 1843, Pidley, England. No further records.
WILLIAM ANNISS, b. May 12, 1846 Pidley, England; d. December 9, 1913, Burkes Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand.
ISAAC ANNIS, b. October 5, 1848, Pidley, England; d. July 1858, Pidley England; buried All Saints Church cemetery at Pidley, England.
Eliza Ann Annis, bp. July 27, 1851, Pidley, England d. 1943.
JOHN ANNISS, b. June, 1854, Pidley England; bp. December 24, 1854, Pidley England; d. 1934, New Zealand.
Emily Sophia Annis, b. January 14, 1858, Pidley England; d. 1943, Surrey, England.
JAMES ANNISS (Thomas, Richard) was born 1821 and baptized May 20, 1821 at Pidley Parish, Huntingdonshire, England; died July 1916 at Woodhurst, England. He married January 24, 1843, Mary Ann Dring at Pidley, England.
Children:
Emma Anniss, b. December 1838, March, Cambridgeshire, England.
ROBERT ANNISS, b. June 1844, March, Cambridgeshire, England.
JOHN ANNISS, b. 1847, March, Cambridgeshire, England.; d. in infancy.
JAMES ANNISS, b. 1848, March, Cambridgeshire, England.
Hannah Anniss, b. March 1849, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, England
JOHN THOMAS ANNISS, b. September 1851, Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire, England.
GEORGE W. ANNIS (Thomas, Richard) was born July 13, 1823 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died September 4, 1903 at Oakland City, Indiana. He married July 6, 1852, Phobie Darby, London, England at Saint Augustine Church, Watling Street, an Anglican church formerly located just to the east of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. It was destroyed in the Second World War but it's remains now form part of St Paul's Cathedral Choir School.
George immigrated with his family to the United States in 1865 and settled at Oakland City, Indiana. George is buried in Mead cemetery which is located about 5 miles north of Franciso, Indiana.
Children:
JOSEPH ANNIS, b. February, 24, 1855; bp. May 26, 1857; d. April 29, 1931.
JOHN ANNIS, bp. June 27, 1858 d. August 31, 1881
Martha Annis, bp. November 1, 1859; d. February 8, 1930.
Mary Elizabeth Annis, b. February 14, 1863; d. April 25, 1939.
CHARLES THOMAS ANNIS b. October 31, 1865; d. May 20, 1943.
Amy Millie Annis, b. 1866
GEORGE ASHBOURNE ANNIS, b. July 18, 1869; d. February 25, 1949.
WALTER J. ANNIS, b. July 26, 1870; d. July 30, 1953.
EDGAR ANNIS, b. November 15, 1874; d. June 8, 1902.
LUTHER ANNIS, b. September 22, 1875; d. January 23, 1965.
PAPWORTH ANNIS (Thomas, Richard) was born March 14, 1825 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died November 6, 1906 at Butler County, Kentucky; married January 4, 1849, Nancy J. Puckett at Woodbury, Kentucky.
Papworth left England at the age of 19 in 1844, and after a seven week voyage, landed at New Orleans, Louisiana. He traveled up the Mississippi and Ohio River to Evansville, Indiana where he found work on a boat clearing the Green River. Papworth became ill at Woodbury, Kentucky and left the boat to be cared for by the people at that village. He remained at Woodbury for a few years, married there, and eventually resettled his family near Logansport, Kentucky. Papworth, and all of his family, are buried at the Salem Church cemetery, Logansport, Kentucky.
Children:
Sarah Wooten Annis, b. November 9, 1849, Woodbury, Kentucky; d. August 19, 1900, Logansport, Kentucky; buried at Salem Church Cemetery, Logansport. She never married.
JOHN THOMAS ANNIS, b. October 6, 1853, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. Jan 30, 1930, Logansport, Kentucky.
Virginia Ann Annis, b. October 1, 1856, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. 1925, Logansport, Kentucky. She never married.
JOHN ANNIS (thomas, Richard) was born March 9, 1829 and baptized September 25, 1831 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died May 22, 1900 near Cromwell, Kentucky. He married December 18, 1854, Sarah E. Staton {1839-1878} at Woodbury, Kentucky, and had ten children; married 2nd, 1885, Elizabeth Allen at Borah's Ferry, Kentucky, and had one child. John's widowed mother gave him money to allow him to join his brother Papworth in America. He sailed from Liverpool in 1850, and settled at Woodbury, Kentucky. In 1864, due to the foraging armies of the American Civil War, John moved his family to Haubstadt, Indiana, and after the war returned to Kentucky, settling at the "Old Carson Place" in the Big Bend area of the Green River. In 1876 he moved his family three miles north to Borah's Ferry. In 1878 they resettled a mile downstream in back of the Green River Church near Cromwell, Kentucky. It was here that his first wife, Sarah died, and John returned to Borah's Ferry.
John leased the ferry and thirty acres of land for $300.00 a year. He was a farmer, lay preacher at the Presbyterian Church, and is buried at Taylor cemetery, two miles north of Logansport, Kentucky.
Children:
Elvira Ellen Annis, b. December 17, 1855; d. September 29, 1947.
WILLIAM THOMAS ANNIS, b. January 31, 1858; d. February 22, 1919.
Idelia Ann Annis, b. April 30, 1859; d. August 12, 1860.
Emma Seabay Annis, b. January 23, 1861; d. November 14, 1913.
Caroline E. Annis, b. February 20, 1863; d. June 14, 1902.
JAMES HARELSON ANNIS, b. December 17, 1864; d. March 21, 1896.
JOHN PAPWORTH ANNIS, b. February 25, 1868.
Minnie A. Annis, b. June 25, 1870; d. June 26, 1962.
CHARLES ISAAC ANNIS, b. November 17, 1873; d. August 17, 1954
EDWARD THOMAS ANNIS, b. April 19, 1877; d. April 27, 1947.
ENOS G. ANNIS, b. December 24, 1886; d. January 21, 1944.
ISAAC ANNIS (Thomas, Richard) was born August 2, 1831 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died November 28, 1923 at Pidley. He married by 1885, spouse unknown. Isaac was the Postmaster at Pidley for twenty-four years, and also had a farm of twelve acres. There were no children of his marriage.
THOMAS ANNIS Thomas, Richard) was born October 28, 1833 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died January 5, 1892 at Albion, Indiana. He married circa 1855,to Jane Butcher (1824-1906) at Pidley.
Family tradition suggests that Thomas got into financial trouble, such as a mortgage foreclosure, but he nailed the writ to his farm gate and left, promising to return for his family. This he did, and along with his wife, four sons and two daughters, was the last of his family to leave Pidley for America after 1873. Tom settled in Albion, Indiana and for many years his lineage and descendants were "lost". All ten of the following children were baptized at Pidley Church.
Children:
Julia Annis, b. November 11, 1856; bp. January 1, 1860.
Charlotte Jane Annis, b. July 20, 1859; bp. January 1, 1860
WILLIAM BUTCHER ANNIS, b. December 15, 1860; d. February 23, 1940.
JAMES ANNIS, b. June 18, 1862; bp. July 13, 1862; d. October 20, 1896.
ROBERT ANNIS, b. December 22, 1863; bp. April 24, 1864; d. January 1944.
Sarah Ann Annis, b. March 13, 1866; bp. October 14, 1866; d. December 19, 1903.
Emma Annis, b. 1868; bp. May 30, 1869.
Jane Annis, bp. May 22, 1870; d. February 15, 1935.
THOMAS ANNIS, b. December 6, 1873; d. 1953.
ERNEST ANNIS, b. December 6, 1873; d. August 1, 1958.
Fourth Generation
WILLIAM ANNISS (Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born May 12, 1846 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; d. December 9, 1913 at Burkes Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand; married February 15, 1872 at St Mary's the Virgin Church, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand to Jane Elizabeth Mason (1851-1901). He immigrated to New Zealand before 1870. He is buried at Burkes Pass Cemetery, South Canterbury, Timaru District Canterbury, New Zealand.
Children:
Anna Maud Anniss, b. abt 1875.
May Anniss, b. March 25, 1877; d. 1880.
Lillian Anniss, b. March 23, 1879.
PERCY JOHN ANNISS, b. February 26, 1881; d. September 17, 1962.
FREDERICK HERBERT ANNISS, b. 1883; d. 1964.
Hilda Rose Anniss, b. 1884; d. 1948.
CLARENCE MASON ANNISS, b. 1886; d. April 1952.
WILLIAM ANNISS, b. August 17, 1891; d. 1984 in Australia
JOHN ANNISS (Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born June 1854 and baptized December 24, 1854 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1934 in New Zealand,; married Margaret _______. John immigrated to New Zealand where he raised his family and added an additional "s" to the family name as did his father and siblings. John's son, Edward, was killed in action November 13, 1916 in France, while serving as a Rifleman, "A" Company, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and is buried at Pidley (All Saints) Churchyard, Huntingdonshire, England.
Children:
FRED ANNISS, b. 1886, Pidley Cum Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England
Milicent Anniss, b. 1888, Pidley Cum Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England
WALTER ANNISS, b. 1890, Pidley Cum Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England
EDWARD S. ANNISS, b. 1892, Pidley Cum Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England ; d. Nov 13, 1916, France.
Margaret Anniss, b. 1894
JOHN ANNISS, b. 1896, New Zealand
JOSEPH ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard) was born February 14, 1855 in Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; died April 29, 1931 at Francisco, Indiana. He married March 20, 1880, Eliza Jane Upton (1866-1915). Joseph was a prominent and wealthy farmer at Center, Indiana. He was ill for some time before he died at his home and funeral was held May 2, 1931 at his youngest daughter's home. Joseph, and his wife Jane was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Francisco, Indiana.
Children:
Family of Joseph Annis circa 1908. 1st Row: Ellen Annis, Malissa Robb, Claude Robb, Bessie Robb (standing). 2nd Row: Joseph Annis, Jane Annis, Jack Upton, Ellen Upton, Adeline (Upton) Robb, Thomas J. Robb. 3rd Row: Alice Upton, Mae (Annis) Messersmith, Joseph Messersmith, Millie (Annis) Read, David Read, Charlie Upton, Retta Annis, Robert Annis, Ellen Annis. 4th Row: Minnie Richardson, Agnes Sturgeon, Angie Pierson
Millie Annis, b. March 22, 1882, Gibson County, Indiana; d. April 30, 1945, Denver, Colorado; m. David Loury Read (1880-1976.
JOHN WILLIAM ANNIS, b. June 20, 1881, Gibson County, Indiana; d. January 4, 1935, Gibson County, Indiana.
Mae Annis, b. September 1, 1886, Francisco, Indiana; January 28, 1946, Robinson, Illinois; m. October 20, 1909, Joseph Spencer Messersmith (1884-1968).
ROBERT ANNIS. b. March 13, 1890, Gibson County, Indiana; d. October 29, 1950, Evansville, Indiana.
Retta Ruth Annis, b. June 12, 1891, Francisco, Indiana; d. February 27, 1973, Ferdinand, Indiana; m. February 10, 1917, Ebert Roy Stapleton (1895-1948).
Ellen "Ella" Annis, b. April 11, 1896, Francisco, Indiana; d. August 22, 1971; m. December 31, 1913, Brady H. Beasley (1891-1963.
CHARLES THOMAS ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard) was born October 31, 1864 at Gibson County, Indiana; died May 20, 1943 at Oakland City, Indiana. He married April 26, 1890 Necy Ann Gears (1873-1948) at Gibson County, Indiana.
Children:
Cora E. Annis, b. January 7, 1891, Gibson County, Indiana; d. July 1975, Oakland City, Indiana.
JAMES CORBETT ANNIS, b. January 29, 18941, Gibson County, Indiana; d. September 25, 1966, Mount Pleasant, Indiana,
Bertha Annis, b. December 22, 1895, Gibson County, Indiana; d. January 7, 1941, Indiana.
Myrtle E. Annis, b. February 2, 1898, Gibson County, Indiana; d. July 18, 1959, Gibson County, Indiana.
Rosa Etta Annis, b. April 16, 1900, Gibson County, Indiana; d. January 16, 1977, Princeton, Indiana.
Lana Mary Annis, b. June 2, 1902, Gibson County, Indiana; d. October 27, 1997, Bloomington, Indiana.
GEORGE ASHBOURNE ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard) was born July 13, 1869 at Gibson County, Indiana; died February 25, 1949 at Valparaiso, Indiana. He married February 16, 1894, Mary J. Dossett at Gibson County, Indiana and had one child; married 2nd, circa 1900, Jane Annis and had seven children. Jane Annis (1870-1935) was George's first cousin, the daughter of his Uncle Thomas Annis.
Children:
HERMAN ANNIS, b. January 15, 1895, Columbia, Indiana; d. July 1963, Indiana.
Julia Annis (twin), b. March 3, 1901, Gibson County, Indiana; d. July 12, 1984, Hammond, Louisiana.
Anna Annis (twin), b. March 3, 1901, Gibson County, Indiana; d. July 17 1974, Lombard, Illinois.
Mary Margaret Annis, b. December 1, 1902, Gibson County, Indiana; d. July 5, 1972, Wilmington, Delaware.
Edna Jane Annis, b. July 19, 1905, Gibson County, Indiana; d. May 4, 2001, Schaumburg, Illinois
Amy Belle Annis, b. June 21, 1907, Gibson County, Indiana; d. February 12, 1943, Gibson County, Indiana
FRANK ANNIS, b. February 6, 1909, Gibson County, Indiana; d. April 5, 1909, Gibson County, Indiana.
FRED ANNIS, b. June 27, 1910, Gibson County, Indiana; d. December 24, 1910, Gibson County, Indiana.
WALTER J. ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard) was born July 26, 1870 at Gibson County, Indiana; died January 30, 1953 at Gibson County, IN. He married July 20, 1892, Sophia Crayton at Pike County, Indiana.
Children:
Carrie Phoebe Annis, b. November 1893, Gibson County, Indiana; d. May 18, 1971, Terre Haute, Indiana
EVERETT A. ANNIS, b. September 1, 1895, Gibson County, Indiana; d. January 24, 1964, Gibson County, Indiana.
FREEMAN RAYMOND ANNIS, b. Janaury 23, 1898, Rockport, Indiana; d. May 11, 1984, Santa Cruz, California.
Bessie Annis, b. July 12, 1900, Gibson County, Indiana.
EDGAR ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard) was born November 1874 at Gibson County, Indiana; died June 8, 1902 at Gibson County, IN; married Sallie Bilderback. Edgar and Sallie had one daughter (died in infancy, born October 12, 1898.
LUTHER ANNIS (George W., Thomas, Richard)was born September 22, 1875 at Gibson County, Indiana; died January 23, 1965 at Indianapolis, Indiana. He married August 7, 1892, Emma (Peyton) Payton at Pike County, Indiana and had eleven children. Children:
Mary Mae Annis, b. December 6, 1894, Gibson County, Indiana; d. September 3, 1981, Dexter, Missouri.
RAYMOND ANNIS, b. March 3, 1895, Gibson County, Indiana; d. in infancy, Gibson County, Indiana.
ROSS MONROE ANNIS, b. August 3, 1896, Francisco, Indiana; d. April 14, 1973, Petersburg, Indiana.
ELZA JAMES ANNIS, b. August 2, 1898, Francisco, Indiana; d. February 20, 1973, Henderson, Kentucky.
RAYMOND LEE ANNIS, b. January 9, 1901, Francisco, Indiana; d. November 24, 1903, Francisco, Indiana.
NORMAN ANNIS, b.January 14, 1905, Francisco, Indiana; d. May 7, 1966, Gibson County, Indiana.
RUSSELL ANNIS, b. December 10, 1905, Francisco, Indiana; d. November 1980, Mount Carmel, Illinois.
Ethel Annis, b. December 29, 1907, Francisco, Indiana.
Minnie Annis, b. January 19, 1912, Missouri; d. Janaury 19, 2005, Tampa, Florida.
Lora Annis, b. January 6, 1914, Bernie, Missouri; d. December 13, 1996, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Emma Jean Annis, b. 1916; d. 1916
JOHN THOMAS ANNIS (Papworth, Thomas, Richard) was born October 6, 1853 at Woodbury, Kentucky; died January 30, 1930 at Logansport, Kentucky. He married December 15, 1876, Mary E. Ferguson at Logansport. John went by the name "Dud" and is buried at Salem Church cemetery, Logansport, Kentucky.
Children:
Eva T. Annis, b. October 8, 1877, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. October 5, 1878, Morgantown, Kentucky.Ella B. Annis, b. May 9, 1879, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. 1922.
Mattie B. Annis, b. April 17, 1882, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. June 22, 1941, Muhlenberg, Kentucky.
WILLIAM THOMAS ANNIS (John, Thomas, Richard) was born January 31, 1858 near Morgantown, Kentucky; died February 22, 1919 at Logansport, Kentucky. He married September 3, 1877, Mary Eleanor Deweese, and had three children; married 2nd, January 30, 1890, Alice Rhodes Rock at Rock's Landing, Kentucky, and had five children. "Tom", as he was commonly known, was a devoted member of the Baptist Church at Salem, a farmer of 300 acres, and proprietor of a ferry across the Green River which ran directly in front of his home. According to his descendants he was "A public spirited citizen who stood for all that was good in the sight of God and man-". He is buried at the Salem Church cemetery, Logansport, Kentucky.
Children:
LAWRENCE ELMER ANNIS, b. December 3, 1878; d. May 17, 1919.Ethel Cora Annis, b. February 27, 1881; d. May 20, 1958.
JAMES FREEMAN ANNIS, b. November 27, 1884; d. June 21, 1974.
WENDELL ANNIS, b. January 1, 1891; d. December 11, 1982.
JOHN HARRY ANNIS, b. January 7, 1893; d. May 11, 1967.
CHARLES THOMAS ANNIS, b. November 18, 1894; d. March 5, 1988.
Lena Grey Annis, b. October 25, 1897; d. August 13, 1996.
Maggie Mae Annis, b. July 9, 1905, Carsons Landing, Kentucky; d. July 27, 2004, Morgantown, Kentucky.
EDWARD THOMAS ANNIS (John, Thomas, Richard) was born April 18, 1877 at Borah's Ferry, Kentucky; died April 27, 1947 at Logansport, Kentucky; married January 8, 1902, Ruthie Coats.
Children:
Ruby Annis, b. January 19, 1904, Butler County, Kentucky.CLARON B. ANNIS, b. 1907; d. April 29, 1976.
CARL B. ANNIS, b. August 23, 1909; d. March 6, 1982.
DONALD E. ANNIS, b. February 15, 1911; d. July 22, 1984.
WENDELL THOMAS ANNIS, b. August 25, 1912; d. September 12, 1984.
Alma Mildred Annis, May 31, 1921
ENOS GUY ANNIS (John, Thomas, Richard) was born December 24, 1886 at Beaver Dam, Kentucky; died January 21, 1944 at Beaver Dam; married November 28, 1905, Bettie Shields.
Children:
Opal Annis, b. 1908, Butler County, Kentucky.DELMUS W. ANNIS, b. March 2, 1911, Ohio County, Kentucky; d. September 6, 1991, Fordsville, Kentuvky.
ROY R. ANNIS, b. January 16, 1916; d. March 6, 1994.
Dorothy M. Annis, b. May 20, 1925, Ohio County, Kentucky; d. July 24, 1992, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
JAMES E. ANNIS, b. May 20, 1926, Ohio County, Kentucky.
WILLIAM BUTCHER ANNIS (Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born December 15, 1860 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; christened March 27, 1861; died February 23, 1940 at Edwards County, Indiana. He married March 20, 1889, Isabelle Chalcraft (1853-1931) at Illinois. William came to the United States with his father's family. There were no children of record.
JAMES ANNIS (Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born June 18, 1862 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; christened July 13, 1862; died October 20, 1896 at Edwards County, Indiana. He came to the United States with his father's family.
ROBERT ANNIS (Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born December 22, 1863 at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; christened April 24, 1864; died January 1944 at Albion, Illinois. He came to the United States with his father's family, and married November 16, 1893, Ella Sheperd at Albion, Illinois. There were no children of record.
THOMAS ANNIS (Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born December 6, 1873 (a twin of Ernest) at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; christened December 6, 1871; died 1953. He came to the United States with his father's family and married April 16, 1896, Harriet Thread at Albion, Illinois.
Children:
Ruth Grayson Annis, b. 1897, Albion, Illinois.
ERNEST ANNISS (Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born December 6, 1873 ( a twin of Thomas) at Pidley, Huntingdonshire, England; christened December 10, 1873; died August 1, 1958 at Wayne County, Illinois. Ernest came to the United States with his father's family and married February 8, 1900, Mary Alice Smith (1877-1942) at Albion, Illinois.
Children:
Pearl Anniss, b. September 15, 1900, d. October 16, 1976.Mabel Anniss, b. December 9, 1902, d. January 13, 1970.
SMITH ANNISS, b. October 5 1905, d. October 17, 1961.
WILLIAM THOMAS ANNISS, b. February 5, 1915.
Fifth Generation
FRED ANNISS (John, Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born circa 1886 at Pidley-cum-Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England; married Agnes Aitchenson.
Children:
Heather Anniss.ROBERT ANNISS.
WALTER ANNISS (John, Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born circa 1890 at Pidley-cum-Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England; married Gertrude Smith. They had one daughter, name unknown.
EDWARD S. ANNISS (John, Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born circa 1892 at Pidley-cum-Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England; died November 13, 1916 inFrance. He was a veteran of World War One and was killed in action. He is buried at All Saints Church Graveyard, Pidley, England.
JOHN ANNISS (John, Freeman, Thomas, Richard) was born circa 1896 at Pidley-cum-Fenton, Huntingdonshire, England; married Norah Donnely.
Children:
Yvonne Anniss.Noreen Millicent Anniss.
JOHN WILLIAM ANNIS (Joseph, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born February 11, 1883 at Gibson County, Indiana; died August 1964 at Kentucky; married July 6, 1904, Effie Beasley at Gibson County, Indiana.
Children:
Mabel Annis, b. October 15, 1904, Gibson County, Indiana; d. December 13, 1904, Gibson County, Indiana.GLEN WILLIAM ANNIS, b. November 21, 1911, Pueblo, Colorado; d. February 18, 1988, Francisco, Indiana.
Velma Annis, b. July 24, 1914, Pueblo, Colorado; d. June 1978.
Unnamed Baby Girl, b. November 19, 1925, Indiana; d. November 19, 1925, Indiana.
ROBERT ANNIS (Joseph, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born March 13, 1890 at Center, Indiana; died October 29, 1950 at Evansville, Indiana; married July 28, 1910, Opal Ella Page (1893-1987)at Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
Children:
Hazel Fern Annis, b. April 23, 1911, Gibson County, Indiana; d. November 5, 1984, Evansville, Indiana; m. Jesse Henry Bottoms (1910-1989).IVAN PAUL ANNIS, b. March 20, 1913, Gibson County, Indiana; d. March 9, 1990, Roswell, New Mexico.
EUGENE WAYNE, b. 1915, Gibson County, Indiana; d. February 6, 1963, Evansville, Indiana.
ROBERT EDWARD ANNIS, b. March 23, 1918, Center, Indiana; d. June 5, 1918, Center, Indiana.
Esther Laverne Annis. b. October 2, 1920, Francisco, Indiana; d. July 14, 1992, Paducah, Kentucky; m. James Nathan Hutchinson.
Iona Jeanette Annis, b. November 18, 1926, Gibson County, Indiana; d. May 12, 1996, Evansville, Indiana; m. John W. Hutchinson (1923-1995).
ROSS MONROE ANNIS (Luther, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born August 3, 1896 at Oakland City, Indiana; died April 14, 1973 at Petersburg, Indiana; married Bertha Wilhite Coble.
ELZA JAMES ANNIS (Luther, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born August 2, 1898 at Gibson County, Indiana; died February 20, 1973 at Geneva, Kentucky; married Beatrice Della Ledbetter.
Children:
Erma Annis, b. 1924, Indiana.Lillian Annis, b. 1925, Indiana.
NORMAN ANNIS (Luther, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born January 14, 1904 at Gibson County, Indiana; died May 7, 1966 at Princeton, Indiana; married February 25, 1925, Candis Virgie Pugh (1906-1996).
Children:
Alma J. Annis, b. 1930, Indiana.Phyllis Annis, b. 1937, Indiana.
RUSSELL ANNIS (Luther, George W., Thomas, Richard) was born December 10, 1905 at Oakland,Indiana; died November 30, 1980, Mount Carmel, Illinois; married July 18, 1935, Gladys Monzel Buchanan.
Children:
Betty Joan Annis, b. April 13, 1938, Illinois.
LAWRENCE ELMER ANNIS (William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born December 3, 1878 at Butler County, Kentucky; died May 17, 1919 at Logansport, Kentucky; married February 1898, Lelia Railey (1877-1948) at Ohio County, Kentucky.
Children:
CARLSTON E. ANNIS, b. October 31, 1898; d. April 4, 1976.CONLEY ANNIS, b. March 11, 1900; d. January 22, 1974.
Gwendolyn Annis, b. December 4, 1906; d. October 2, 1928.
LARUE "THOMAS" ELWIN ANNIS, b. May 19, 1915, Butler County, Kentucky; d. November 2, 1976.
JAMES FREEMAN ANNIS (William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born November 27, 1884 at Butler County, Kentucky; died June 21, 1974 at Lindseyville, Kentucky; married December 1, 1908, Iva Taylor at Butler County, Kentucky.
Children:
Maverine Annis, b. 1910, Morgantown, Kentucky.JAMES TRUMAN ANNIS, b. August 19, 1916, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. October 19, 1990, Morgantown, Kentucky.
FORREST COURTLAND ANNIS, b. November 12, 1921, Morgantown, Kentucky; d. December 25, 1977, Butler County, Kentucky.
WENDELL THOMAS ANNIS (Edward T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born January 1, 1891 at Borah's Ferry, Kentucky; died December 11, 1982 at Bowling Green, Kentucky; married December 28, 1920, Amy Magdalene Gidcum {1894-1971} at Morgantown, Kentucky. He attended school at Western Kentucky Normal School and Bowling Green Business University and between 1910 and 1914 taught school at several Butler County one-room schools. He was a veteran of World War One and served with the 150th Infantry, West Virginia Guards. Before his marriage Wendall built a home on the family farm near the Green River and resided there with his wife for the next fifty years. He was intensely interested in history and family genealogies, and he is to be credited for compiling much of the information in this genealogy. He was a member of the Salem Baptist Church, and served as a Deacon and church treasurer for many years.
Children:
CHARLES LOWELL ANNIS, b. December 28, 1921; d. December 30, 1921Doris Ann Annis, Private
JOHN HARRY ANNIS (William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born January 7, 1893 at Borah's Ferry, Kentucky; died May 11, 1967; married circa 1923, Sallie Mary Hill {1895-1978}.
Children
MURRAY GLEN ANNIS, b. January 31, 1924; d. October 25, 1980.EDWARD HARRY ANNIS, b. October 14, 1928; d. May 3, 1990.
DAVID RHODES ANNIS, Private
CHARLES THOMAS ANNIS (William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born November 18, 1894 near Logansport, Kentucky; died March 5, 1988 at Morgantown, Kentucky; married Lagrada Allen; married 2nd, May 13, 1973, Mary Hurt Wade (1907-1984). There were no children from either marriage.
CLARON B. ANNIS (Edward T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born 1907 near Logansport, Kentucky; died April 29. 1976 at Dale, New York; married Mildred Hutton. They had two daughters, names unknown.
CARL B. ANNIS (Edward T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born August 23, 1909 near Logansport, Kentucky; died March 1982 at Joplin, Missouri; married Ethel B. Tilford (1916-1946) and had three children; married 2nd Ruby Louise Hubbard..
Children
Patricia A. Annis, b. December 16, 1935, Butler County, Kentucky.JAMES O'NEIL ANNIS, b. December 27, 1937, Butler County, Kentucky; d. November 9, 2005. Fairdale, Kentucky.
Adetra Annis, b. 1939, Butler County, Kentucky.
DONALD E. ANNIS (Edward T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born February 15, 1911 at near Logansport, Kentucky; died July 22, 1984 at Morgantown, Kentucky.
WENDALL THOMAS ANNIS (Edward T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born August 25, 1912 at Morgantown, Kentucky; died September 1984 at Morgantown, Kentucky.
ROY R. ANNIS (Enos G, John, Thomas, Richard) was born January 16, 1916 at Beaver Dam, Kentucky; died March 6, 1994 at Beaver Dam; married circa 1935, Anna Mary Foster (1916-1967). He resided at Indiana at the time he enrolled for Social Security.
Children:
Peggy Ann Annis, PrivateJAMES ROY ANNIS, Private
Betty Joyce Annis, Private
WILLIAM THOMAS ANNISS (Earnest, Thomas, Thomas, Richard) was born February 5, 1915 at Albion, Illinois; died September 8, 1965 at Wayne County, Illinois; married October 4, 1939, Mary Nancy Felix (1918-2006.
Children:
JOSEPH ANNISSROBERT ANNISS
EARNEST ANNISS
WILLIAM ANNISS
Janice Anniss
Sixth Generation
CARLSTON E. ANNIS (Lawrence E., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born October 31, 1898 at Ohio County, Kentucky; died April 4, 1976; married Irene Haynes (1901-1988).
Children:
Christine Annis
CONLEY V. ANNIS (Lawrence E., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born March 11, 1900 at Ohio County, Kentucky; died January 22, 1974; married December 25, 1921, Eunice Watkins.
Children:
Clara V. Annis, b. September 30, 1922; d. March 31, 1971.WILLIAM LAWRENCE ANNIS, b. July 8, 1925, Morganton, Kentucky; d. July 29, 2014, Morganton, Kentucky.
WALDEMAR M. ANNIS, b. August 24, 1934, Morganton, Kentucky; d. August 6, 1997, Morganton, Kentucky.
LARUE ELWIN "THOMAS" ANNIS (Lawrence E., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born May 19, 1917, Butler County, Kentucky; died November 3, 1976; married February 25, 1935, Geneva Cummings (1915-1976).
Children:
Elwyna Jean Annis, Private
JAMES TRUMAN ANNIS (James F., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born August 19, 1916 at Butler County, Kentucky; died October 19, 1990 at Morgantown, Kentucky; married circa 1945, Laverne Brown (1925-1984).
Children:
Rita Nell Annis, PrivatePAUL FREEMAN ANNIS, Private
JEFFREY FINDLEY ANNIS, Private
FORREST COURTLAND ANNIS (James F., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born November 12, 1921 at Butler County, Kentucky; died December 25, 1977 at Morgantown, Kentucky; married Electa Mildred Johnson (1921-2014).
Children:
PHILIP C. ANNIS, Private
MURRAY GLEN ANNIS (John H., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born January 31, 1924 at Logansport, Kentucky; died October 25, 1980 at Lexington, Kentucky. He was a veteran of World War 2, and served in the United States Marine Corps. He never married.
EDWARD HARRY ANNIS (John H., William T., John, Thomas, Richard) was born October 14, 1928 at Borah's Ferry, Kentucky; died May 3, 1990 at Warner Robins, Georgia; married June 3, 1955, Frances V. Prosser at Tallahassee, Florida.
Edward served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954, and at the time of his death was a retired U. S. Postal Service Clerk. Edward was a member of the Central Baptist Church. His widow, Frances, wass a Probate court Judge at Warner Robins, Georgia and graciously contributed to this genealogy.
Children:
CHARLES THEODORE ANNIS, b. Aug 27, 1957
Annis Family Association
Links
