My birth name is Julie Ann Lawson. My mother was Julia Almina Williams, born 1922. I am most interested in researching her family line. My paternal grandfather is Archie Graham Williams, born 1877. His parents were Thomas Graham Williams, born 1843, and Julia Koon Williams. Julia's parents were Almina P. Harget and Samuel Koon. I can find some more background on Almina's family, but nothing on Samuel's. I am deeply curious about the name Almina, which I had never heard of before/besides my mother's middle name. On the side of my maternal grandmother, the family is Blalack. My grandmother was Dora Elva, her mother Dora Virginia King Blalack, and her mother Ann Albina Turner Blalack. I have recently had a DNA test but not had the results. The family always suggested that a woman in the Blalack line was Cherokee. Some of the women in my family had very dark hair and eyes and high cheekbones to suggest that may have been so, but I can find no evidence to support the claim, and all my family who might know have long since passed away. Does anyone have relevant research on the Blalack family women or on the name Almina?
