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New Information About My Paternal Great Grandmother Carrie Johnson's Family

 More than a half a year ago, I learned that my paternal grandfather Nolan Scott was the son of Ivory Scott and Carrie Johnson. Great Grandma Carrie was one of the eleven children of Harvey Johnson and his wife Rosanna living in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.  Grandpa Nolan's maternity was confirmed by my having two AncestryDNA matches that are descendants of Madison Rhodes and Maggie Williams who was the daughter of Great Grandma Carrie's oldest sister Maria Johnson and her husband Hudson Williams.  There is a 1930 Census Record of 2nd Great Grandma Rosanna living with Hudson and Maria. My cousins didn't know who was Aunt Maria's father.   I learned that Grandpa Nolan was the son of a single teenage mother. After re-ordering and getting my father Lawrence Nolan Scott's death certificate, I learned that the informant was his aunt Florence Dawson. I used Aunt Florence's information to find out that Ivory Scott was Grandpa Nolan's father.  Grandpa Nolan was Grea