1910 U.S. Federal Census. "Ava Mcnair" Ancestry.com
1920 U.S. Federal Census. "Ava E Mcnair" Ancestry.com
1930 U.S. Federal Census. "Ava Jonas" Ancestry.com
1940 U.S. Federal Census. "Ava E Jones" Ancestry.com
1950 U.S. Federal census. "Ava Jones" Ancestry.com
Social Security Death Index. Ancestry.com
Texas, US, Birth Index. Ancestry.com
1991 - Introduction to my first McNair booklet
On 30 March 2016, I transferred this booklet into a current word document. In 1991,I sent this booklet out to several family members, including distant cousins to help establish our connections. I was able to save this booklet from a floppy disc. Some info didn't translate :)
It is my privilege to share with you the information I have found on the McNair family. My main sources were of great help compiling this information.
The first person I must thank is Ova Kerr, my grandmother's sister. She supplied me with some rich family history given to her by Lessie Trena McNair Rawlins, Charles Franklin McNair's sister. Lessie's source was a family Bible.
My second invaluable source was a book I found in the Texas State Library titled McNair, McNear, McNeir Genealogies compiled by James Birtley McNair in 1923, but his second volume published in 1929 was where I found my family connection. (I have since purchased this collection.)
My last source, and probably my most important one, was my mother, Carolita Quillin. Through family albums, news clippings, letters, address books, etc., and countless hours of reminiscing with me, I have been able to pull together the following history of the McNair clan.
Before advancing further, I must explain that there were discrepancies between the information in the family Bible and the library book. Such pitfalls are a genealogist's nightmare. The biggest discrepancy was found with the name of Mack McNair's father. The family Bible listed his name as Jackson McNair, but the book listed his name as John McNair. Through research at the Texas Archives, I feel that I can substantiate that his name was John McNair. It is my belief that his name was probably John Jackson McNair and the family referred to him as Jackson. A case in point is with my great-grandfather, Charles Franklin McNair. The family and community knew him as Frank McNair. Most people would not have recognized him being referred to as Charles.
There may never be a way to totally substantiate any conflicting information, but where there were differences, I have tried to make note to you without causing confusion. Also the symbols I have used are as follows: b.= birth; m.= married; d.= death.
I sincerely hope that you find this information as intriguing as I have. It is my wish to keep the family history alive for those to whom it matters and for those future generations who may someday wonder who we are!
Nancy Claire Quillin Long
August 1991
2023 - advancements have been made and I feel certain of my documentation of this family back to John's father James McNair born 1747. Genealogy is an ongoing process.
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