Where in the World am I from?

[Craclyn]

This looks like the 1930 census record for McCray Kanney and Bertha who were in the adjoining plots.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/CZY4-8ZM

What dates and places do you have for great grandfather Grover ?

[JWKanney]

J W is James W and here he is Kenney.  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRQC-DBL

Very interesting Heywood. Perhaps I need to begin looking at perhaps a different spelling.

[JWKanney]

I'll have to log into Ancestry to get my dates, but I'm at work at the moment. I'll let you all know what I have here shortly. Thanks for all your help!

[heywood]

This looks like the 1930 census record for McCray Kanney and Bertha who were in the adjoining plots.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/CZY4-8ZM

What dates and places do you have for great grandfather Grover ?

McCray perhaps transcribed as Mack A - brother to Grover who was born 1882

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPL9-YL7

[JWKanney]

This looks like the 1930 census record for McCray Kanney and Bertha who were in the adjoining plots.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/CZY4-8ZM

What dates and places do you have for great grandfather Grover ?

McCray perhaps transcribed as Mack A - brother to Grover who was born 1882

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPL9-YL7

I was thinking the same Heywood.

[carol8353]

You need to approach genealogy with an open mind. Many of our ancestors could not read or write,and back then it wasn't that important anyway.Even today people do not always spell a name the way it should be spelt. My name is Carol,but many times people write it as Carole.

So you should not rule out any variations on the spelling of a name.

Carol 

[JWKanney]

You need to approach genealogy with an open mind. Many of our ancestors could not read or write,and back then it wasn't that important anyway.Even today people do not always spell a name the way it should be spelt. My name is Carol,but many times people write it as Carole.

So you should not rule out any variations on the spelling of a name.

Carol 

Thanks Carol(e). I'm thinking that may be the case with me.

[Ladyhawk]

There’s this ancestral tree posted on familysearch you would need to verify info.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/018mu/

Grover G Kanney 1895 Albermarle Co VA
Parents
Charles KENNEY b1860 Hudson City VA died before 1900 Albemarle Co VA
Married 19 Oct 1880
Catherine V KIRBY her parents Calvin M Kirbey & Mary Ann Martin


Find a grave Charles KANNEY 1926
http://www.rootschat.com/links/018mv/

[Craclyn]

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Samuel Miller, Albemarle, Virginia; Roll: T625_1878; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 277.

In the 1920 census Grover C Kenneday age 38, wife Maria S Kenneday and 8 children are in Albemarle.

You can find the census record on ancestry. Transcribed as Kenneday, but looking at the image it also looks as though it was written as Kenneday. Maybe you are going to find yourself looking for Kennedy as you go further back.