Honoring Our Ancestors

This blog is dedicated to the Brewer Family of North Carolina. These pages present our recent family gatherings and more distant family history.
We have an ongoing effort to capture the Brewer genealogy to best honor our ancestors. We've identified our ancestors who moved from Mecklenburg County, Virginia to Orange and Chatham Counties, NC as early as 1750. In the 1800s, we saw a migration to Alexander and Iredell Counties in NC, Tennessee, and Kentucky. By the 20th century our family made their homes all over the nation.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Bob and Bessie Brewer

James Robert "Bob" Brewer (1886-1956) and Bessie Dean Shoemaker Brewer (1888-1964)

Family of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr.

Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr. (1898-1977) and his second wife, Evia Margaret Brewer (1911-1991).  Dewey's and Evia's children:  Vallie Brewer (in Evia's arms); standing, Freddie Arnold Brewer and Margaret Louise Brewer.  Evia was pregnant with Jerry Dean Brewer at this time.


Mary Emma Lambert Brewer (1900-1939), first wife of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr.




Isabelle Percie Brewer (1919-2002), firstborn of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr. and Mary Emma Lambert.  



Wayne Joseph Brewer (1926-2004), son of Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr. and Mary Emma Lambert.



Diedre Yvonna Price Brewer (1929-1980), wife of Wayne Joseph Brewer.  In an interesting family connection, Diedre's mother, Vesta Maybelle Beaver Price (1903-1995) married Arnie Angus Brewer (1900-1981).


Saturday, July 24, 2010

Two of Our Earlier Reunions

Dewey Samuel Brewer, Sr. Family Reunion in 1987:  Dewey's first wife, Mary Emma Lambert, died at the early age of 39.  They had seven children.  Dewey and his second wife, Evia Margaret Harris (front row in chair), had six children.  Members of both families are represented in this picture.



Brewer Reunion in 2004, Members of the Dewey Samuel, Sr. Family:  Dewey Samuel Brewer, Jr., Gentry Lee Brewer, Willa Dean Williams Brewer, Jenny Marie Brewer James, and Herbert Hodges James.  





Monday, July 12, 2010

Thomas Benjamin Wiley "Ben" Brewer (Generation 4) Family--1939

From Left to Right:  Ethel S. Mason holding Annie (born 1939), Willie Harrison Brewer, Ben Brewer, Dalmer Mason (child), Noney Lee Shoemaker Brewer, Dean Shoemaker, Glyde Shoemaker

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