Isaiah and Gertrude Durham
about 1970

 
 Isaiah Return "Zed" Durham
about 1940

      
L to R: Isaiah and sister Lottie Durham Gross
& Bob Gross

Isaiah's father
Nehemiah Durham

about 1880
Retouched from damaged tintype

Photo courtesy of Ann Gross Lawson

        
Nehemiah's mother
Mahala Songo Durham

Photo courtesy of Ann Gross Lawson

Nehemiah Durham born 12 Sep 1850 in Bombay Hook, Kent, Delaware; died 6 Feb 1915 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; buried 9 Feb 1915 in Immanuel Union (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware. He married (1) (---) Johnson, died in Perhaps Kent County, Delaware; (2) on 12 Sep 1892 in Smyrna, Kent, Delaware Anna Elizabeth Carter, born 6 Apr 1866 in Lockwood, Kent, Delaware; died 23 Jan 1915 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; buried 26 Jan 1915 in Immanuel Union United Methodist Church (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware, daughter of George Taft Carter or Carty (Chief of 9 Bridge) and Lina Mosley.

Children of Nehemiah Durham and Anna Elizabeth Carter were as follows:

(1) Orda Arbana Durham, born 7 Sep 1893 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; died 22 Aug 1944 in Dover, Kent, Delaware; buried 27 Aug 1944 in Immanuel Union (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Delaware. She married William Henry Davis.

(2) William McKinley Durham, born 3 Jun 1898 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; died 24 Oct 1964. He married (1) Pearl F. Wheeler; (2) Emma Snyder. William and Pearl had two daughers, Colanthe & Elizabeth whose whereabouts are not known to us.

(3) Sarah Virginia Durham, born 6 Mar 1900 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; died 26 Sep 1922; buried in Immanuel Union United Methodist Church (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware. She married Leroy Pritchett.

(4) Isaiah Return "Zed" Durham, born 18 Oct 1902 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; died 27 Nov 1987 in Kent General Hospital, Dover, Kent, Delaware; buried 1 Dec 1987 in Immanuel Union (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware. He married on 4 Mar 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gertrude Rebecca Ridgeway, born 31 Dec 1904 in Camden, Kent, Delaware; died 7 Feb 1984 in Smyrna, Kent, Delaware; buried in Immanuel Union (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware, daughter of Sylvester Ridgeway and Anna Harman. Zed and Gertrude did not have children.

(5) Charlotte Augusta "Lottie" Durham, born 14 Dec 1907/08 in Clayton, Kent, Delaware; died 20 Nov 1998 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; buried 25 Nov 1998 in Immanuel Union (Manship) Cemetery, Bishop's Corner, Kent, Delaware. She married Robert Augustus Gross.