Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:02:31 -0600
Author: mjohnston150

Hi Les,

I haven't checked this list in WAY too long, and I hope you are still at
this email address! I think your father Les must've been brothers with my
grandfather (Grover). That would make you first cousins with my father,
Edward William Garrison. Did you every meet him? I am sorry to report that
Dad passed away in 2003, following some complications with kidney failure.

I do have a little additional genealogical information that might be
of interest - my cousin Robert Garrison, son of Dad's brother Robert
Lloyd Garrison, did a DNA test a couple of years ago. The result came
back as a match to the surname Robbins. This suggests that one of our
male Garrison ancestors may actually have been a Robbins. This could
happen when, for example, orphaned children were adopted by extended
family or others. And, we have at least one tentative Robbins family
connection, dating back to Luzerne County,PA. I have not yet followed
up on this. However, if you were to do a DNA test and it also came back
as Robbins, then that would help us to further pin down when a Robbins
adoption into a Garrison family might've happened. Either way, I am so
glad to hear from you, and I hope that you get this email and respond.

Best wishes - Mariann (Garrison) Johnston



CORRECTION: That's Robert Melvin (not Lloyd) GARRISON, in the previous
post! Sorry about that - Mariann