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  • Children of Mary Catherine Johnson Mercer - Mary Catherine Johnson Mercer was Maggie’s sibling. In the memorial book for Maggie, created by her daughter May-Rena, there is a page with pictures of the Mary Catherine and J. L. (“Lonnie”) Mercer daughters. All of these photos are undated. Birth order and birthdates of the children are unavailable at this time. May-Rena particularly remarked how beautiful Jewel […]
  • Early Childhood—May-Rena McIntyre (Rodin) Autobiography - Maggie and Ira’s oldest child, May Rena, wrote an autobiography covering the years 1916-1934, from her birth through high school graduation. Here is a transcription. My Autobiography I was born on May 7, 1916 at 3 p.m. in Dundarrach, N.C., the first child to Mr. and Mrs. N.A.I. McIntyre. The father was a rail-road worker, earning $1 per day. From […]
  • Florida Years (1925-1929) - Between 1925-1929 the Ira McIntyre family moved from St. Pauls, NC to Florida. By this time Ira had become a skilled carpenter. In Orlando and surrounding towns Ira found work in construction in the waning years of the Florida land boom. In a memorial book for Maggie, created by her oldest child, May-Rena McIntyre Rodin, there are several family photographs […]
  • Ira—Horse And Buggy Courting - Ira McIntyre is a young man in this undated photograph. Wearing a jacket and a black hat he sits straight and tall in a buggy in front of his home. Ira was on his way to visit Maggie Johnson, his future wife. A dog is seated by his side. The horse stands patiently in front of the house that has two front […]
  • James Johnson - James Johnson was Maggie’s father. James married Surena Humphrey Johnson in Robeson County on October 5, 1865, just a few months after the end of the US Civil War. He is pictured in an undated photo, below which someone has inscribed, “The picture of James Johnson – St. Pauls, North Carolina.” James Johnson (18 Jan 1843 – 13 Nov 1915) Surena Humphrey (21 Oct […]
  • James Johnson—Old Homestead Farm - This is an undated photograph of Maggie’s parents’ home. Was she born here and is this where she lived until she married Ira McIntyre? What size was the farm and exactly where was it located? The image is from a memorial book for Maggie, created by her oldest child, May-Rena McIntyre Rodin. The description reads, “James Johnson—Old Homestead Farm—St. Pauls, Robeson […]
  • Maggie With Her Mother Surena - Interesting to see Grandmother McIntyre as a young child. Here she is posed beside her mother in this undated, formal portrait. Look at all those buttons and fancy sleeves. Are those gardenias in Maggie’s hair as she poses with one hand resting on her mother’s shoulder while in the other she displays her doll for us to see? […]
  • Maggie’s Sisters—Johnson Teenagers - In a memorial book for Grandmother Maggie J. McIntyre, created by her oldest child, May-Rena McIntyre Rodin, there is a photograph c.1890s of three of Maggie’s sisters titled, Teenagers. The description accompanying the photo identifies the Johnson Teenagers: Surena Jane (16), Lucy Mae (18), Mary Catherine. These ages are inaccurate because Jane is actually older than […]
  • Maggie—Sweet Sixteen - Maggie Alice Johnson McIntyre (2 Jul 1886 – 12 Jul 1975)
  • Mary Catherine Johnson Mercer - Sibling of Maggie Johnson McIntyre, Mary Catherine Johnson Mercer was born 25 Jun 1877 in St Pauls, NC. On 21 Jan 1903 she married J. L. (“Lonnie”) Mercer. In the undated photograph below, May-Rena Rodin’s hand-written description places Mary Catherine in Alma, a small town in southeastern Georgia. “Alma was founded in 1900 as a stop on the Atlantic Coast Line […]
  • McIntyre Children In St. Pauls, NC - May-Rena McIntyre (Rodin) The oldest of the Maggie and Ira McIntyre children, May-Rena Rodin began first grade in 1922. She wrote poignantly in her autobiography about how much she enjoyed school. It is likely her mother Maggie made the dress she is wearing when this school picture was taken. A potted hyacinth sits on the desk behind her to create a […]
  • McIntyre-Johnson Family - November 4, 2016. After visiting cousin Stephanie a few weeks ago and looking through many old photo albums, I was motivated to create a place to share some photographs from our mothers’ side of the family.  Stephanie (mother: May-Rena) is researching the family history and I (mother: Vera) am collecting her work and as many photographs as we […]
  • Neill Arch McIntyre Obituary - Published in The Robesonian, March 20, 2009. Neill Arch McIntyre, 86, of Fayetteville, died March 20, 2009, at Campbellton Health Care in Fayetteville. A graveside service will be 3 p.m. Sunday in Oak Ridge Cemetery in St. Pauls, the Rev. David Canady officiating. He was an Army veteran of World War II with Company B […]
  • Sallie Rachel Johnson Barker (Mrs. JW Barker) - Maggie’s sister Sallie died at around age 22 from serious burns. I heard my grandmother Maggie describe this terrible event many years later and though I was a young child at the time, it was obvious the pain of losing her sister this way stayed with her all of her life. Sallie Rachel Johnson Barker was born in St. Pauls to […]
  • Sisters – Transportation – 1910 - This appears to be another photograph taken at the James Johnson home place, dated 1910. The image is from a memorial book for Maggie, created by her oldest child, May-Rena McIntyre Rodin. The description reads, “Sisters – Transportation – 1910.” One can assume the two young women are Maggie’s sisters or that one is Maggie […]
  • Surena Jane Johnson - Another of Maggie’s beautiful sisters was Surena Jane Johnson. Ninth child of James and Surena Johnson, she was born 11 Jun 1876 and died 10 Jul 1919 in St. Pauls, NC. This photograph is undated, but there is a circa 1902 portrait of Maggie at age 16 taken in the exact setting, same chair. Jane was 10 years older than Maggie, so […]
  • Young McIntyre Children - Maggie and N.A. Ira McIntyre married on 25 Mar 1914. They had three children: May Rena, Vera and Neill Arch (known as N.A.). In the undated photograph below the young children stand in what May-Rena described as the collard patch. My mother Vera used to talk about walking home from school for lunch (there was no cafeteria) and […]
  • Young McIntyre Children With Ford Touring Car - In the undated photograph below Maggie and Ira’s young children, Vera, May-Rena and N.A., stand in front of a new car. May-Rena identified the vehicle as “Dad’s bought-new Ford touring car.” May Rena McIntyre Rodin (7 May 1916-2 Oct 2002) Vera McIntyre Beard (25 Dec 1919-19 July 1974) Neill Arch McIntyre (20 May 1922-20 Mar 2009)