Generation 1 is whoever who took the Ancestry.com DNA test; her username is MeadorBaldwinFam05. Judging from the username and from Eddie Meador's obituary noted below, this is almost certainly Vicki Meador Baldwin. Ancestry.com user profile: https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/00E1DB5C-0002-0000-0000-000000000000 ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 2 (father): Eddie Doyle Meador (1937-2023) Obituary: https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/obituaries/little-rock-ar/eddie-meador-11435090 "Eddie Doyle Meador, age 86, peacefully entered his heavenly home on September 4, 2023 [...]" "He was born August 10, 1937, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Euel Edgar and Easther Mae Meador and lived for many years in the West Texas area of Ovalo." "He is survived by his wife, Annette Meador of Lady Lake, Florida; four children: Mike Meador, Mark Meador (Kim) of Council Grove, KS, David Meador, and Vicki Meador Baldwin (Wayne); the mother of his children, Paulette Mitchell Meador [...]" ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 3 (paternal grandmother): Easther Mae Cranford (1908-1970) 1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNP-6K5?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMP8H-R5B 1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBZ-TC4 Marriage certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QJ-VY4Z?cc=1803985 1930 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HKJZ-YMM 1940 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43G-LY5 1950 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XPD-M873 ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 4: Rhodias Selma Geiger (1891-1980) 1900 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96J-9JY Marriage certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GB-J96T?i=289&cc=3477669 1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNP-6K5?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMP8H-R5B 1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBZ-TC4 1940 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43G-KX8 1950 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XP8-1PVB Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37543230/rhodias-selma-crofton ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 5: Lorenzo Geiger (1862-1909) 1870 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF37-4MG 1880 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBD-L5M?i=15&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4G4-M6S The census-taker erroneously marked Lorenzo as female. 1900 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96J-9JY Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17466645/lorenzo-dow-gieger ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 6: Zachariah Geiger (1814-1898) Bible record: https://biblerecords.com/gieger1.html 1850 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LC-C8R 1870 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF37-4MG 1880 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBD-L5M?i=15&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4G4-M6S Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25828957/zachariah-gieger No record explicitly states that Zachariah is Jesse's son. However, such a relationship is implied in the Bible record, Zachariah named his eldest son Jesse, and the 1850 census shows that Zachariah and Jesse lived reasonably close to each other. ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== Generation 7: Jesse Geiger (1793-1871) Bible record: https://biblerecords.com/gieger1.html 1850 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QD8-R9?i=22&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4LC-4VP Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25646227/jessie-gieger