John W. Opdyke: Robin's Roots

1940 - 1963 (23 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

More detail

Generation: 1

1. John W. Opdyke was born on 21 Mar 1940 (son of Olen Neil Opdyke and Mary Gladys Horton); died on 24 Dec 1963.

Generation: 2

Olen Neil Opdyke was born on 18 Nov 1915 in Lambertville, Monroe County, Michigan, USA; died on 12 Nov 2006 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Lambertville Cemetery, Lambertville, Monroe County, Michigan, USA.

Olen married Mary Gladys Horton on 8 Jan 1938 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA. Mary (daughter of John Ralph Horton and Orrie Strain) was born on 11 Feb 1913 in Quay County, New Mexico, USA; died on 16 Apr 2015 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Gladys Horton was born on 11 Feb 1913 in Quay County, New Mexico, USA (daughter of John Ralph Horton and Orrie Strain); died on 16 Apr 2015 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA.

Children:

1. John W. Opdyke was born on 21 Mar 1940; died on 24 Dec 1963.
Living

Generation: 3

John Ralph Horton was born on 4 May 1882 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA (son of John Henry Horton and Mary Carolyn Wilson); died on 25 Aug 1961 in Monroe County, Michigan, USA.

John married Orrie Strain on 9 Dec 1908. Orrie was born on 10 Mar 1880 in Parker County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Apr 1915 in San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Tucumcari Memorial Park, Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orrie Strain was born on 10 Mar 1880 in Parker County, Texas, USA; died on 16 Apr 1915 in San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Tucumcari Memorial Park, Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA.

Children:

Walter Lee Horton was born on 12 Sep 1910 in Quay County, New Mexico, USA; died on 10 Jul 2001 in Lucas County, Ohio, USA.
3. Mary Gladys Horton was born on 11 Feb 1913 in Quay County, New Mexico, USA; died on 16 Apr 2015 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA.

Generation: 4

12.

John Henry Horton was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Tennessee, USA (son of Azre (Ezra) Horton and Sarah Hamby); died on 8 Jun 1912 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Johnston Cemetery, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.

John married Mary Carolyn Wilson on 14 Nov 1872 in Bethel Springs, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA. Mary was born on 7 Apr 1844 in Polk County, Arkansas, USA; died on 22 Feb 1946 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary Carolyn Wilson was born on 7 Apr 1844 in Polk County, Arkansas, USA; died on 22 Feb 1946 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.

Children:

Jimmie Lee Horton was born on 10 Dec 1874 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; died on 9 Aug 1876 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; was buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA.
Edgar Lee Horton was born on 6 Sep 1876 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; died on 30 Sep 1961 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.
Charley McGarvey Horton was born on 5 Dec 1879 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; died on 20 Nov 1973 in Childress, Childress County, Texas, USA; was buried in Haven of Rest Cemetery, Cottle County, Texas, USA.
Thomas Oscar Horton was born on 4 May 1882 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; died on 12 Feb 1986 in Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Tucumcari Memorial Park, Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA.
6. John Ralph Horton was born on 4 May 1882 in Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, USA; died on 25 Aug 1961 in Monroe County, Michigan, USA.
Annie Mae Horton was born on 27 Aug 1885 in Texas, USA; died on 27 Sep 1981 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.


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