Vicki's Close Cousins, Long Lost Cousins, Kissing Cousins, Distant Cousins, Great-Great and more Great Grandparents, In-laws, Out-laws, and Allied Lines. That's a cameo of great great Grandpa Simon Prince to the left, born in 1850.
Maggie Prince left her niece Barbara her prized dresser and rocking chair. The dresser had a lot of interesting items stored in its drawers these many years, including scarves, slips, and table covers she personalized with tatting and embroidery, many of her personal effects, and boxes of pictures of both known family and unknown relatives, all of which are shown elsewhere on this site. Barbara has many fond memories of seeing Aunt Maggie rocking in her
On a genealogy research trip to Madison, Morgan Co, GA in the spring of 2010 a number of old records relating to the Prince family were found in the archives building beside the courthouse. I found a map showing where Daniel & Sarah's house was. I am almost certain I know where they are buried, at least the cemetery, but not the specific spot there (unmarked). A survey of the property prepared in 1869 is located at the bottom of this page.
These images of our family members are from Jamile's Genealogy Site - Our Family Genealogy Pages website, where she has many pages of family photos and memorabilia.
A word of advice after my long hiatus while this website was broken...
DOWNLOAD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FAMILY because it may not be there the next time you visit the site.
The Birmingham News
Wednesday, August 30, 1972
Pg 75
Mrs. Prince rites set; well-known dressmaker
Graveside service for nationally known Alabama dressmaker, Mrs. Claude McKey Prince, 69, who died Friday, will be at 3pm Thursday at Elmwood, Johns-Ridout’s Southside directing.
A native of Braden Springs, she was a Mobile resident 30 years before moving to Birmingham, where she lived at 1524 Shades Crest Road.
Mrs. Prince was known as Mobile’s “Baby Prince” because of the outstanding gowns she designed for the Mardi Gras. The elaborate creations often were valued as high as $4,999, and one of he gowns she made for Queen Joy, who rules over Mardi Gras with King Felix, is now in the Montgomery Library – Museum.
Always working without a pattern, Mrs. Prince simply rolled out the cloth and began cutting freehand after she decided how she wanted the dress to look.
Once she took 11 yards of 100-year-old lace valued at $500 a yard and created a wedding gown for a Mobile bride in such a way that none of the valuable lace was lost.
When creating one of the elaborate Mardi Gras gowns, Mrs. Prince would sketch patterns on the dress for the beading then laboriously hand-sew the sequins, beads and rhinestones that made up the colorful designs on the dresses.
Surviving Mrs. Prince are two sisters, Mrs. Tom Taylor and Mrs. Grace Peterson, both of Mobile.
The Birmingham News
Wed, Aug 20, 1975
Page 71
Metro Edition
Clarence Lloyd Prince, 59, of 1617 Hatchet Ave, who died Tuesday, was a retired employee of Gasline Manufacturing Co. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Tarrant and of Masonic Lodge of Tarrant. Funeral will be at 11 am Thursday at Jefferson East Chapel with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Swinney, Tarrant, and Mrs. Betty Butts, Morris; six sons, Robert L. Prince and Billy Prince, both of Muscle Shoals, Harry Prince, Morris; Leon Prince and Ray Prince, both of Tarrant, and Jerry Prince, Scottsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Lillan Kennedy, Birmingham, and Mrs. Mildred Little, Wylam and a brother, Gurrid Prince, Birmingham.
*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama
Pg 288
Mrs. William Andrew Quarles ( Alice Vivian Prince) 1837-1870, of Washington Co, AL; TN, NY, half-sister of Sidney T. Prince, Mobile. Friend of Augusta Evans Wilson, who wrote her obit.
