I am a Jiggetts. I only know the Jiggetts that stay in California. My grandfather, Clarence Jiggetts, married Shirley Jean Coleman. Clarence Jiggetts is deceased but I was told that he had 11 or 12 brothers. It would be a pleasure to get to know my people!
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I'm of the Jiggetts Clan from the central VA area. I was born & raised in Richmond,VA. My grandfather was Robert Bryant Jiggetts and my great-grand father Ransome E. Jiggetts was originally from the Mecklenberg County area of VA. My great-grand father married Helen Goodwin (also of the Mecklenberg, VA area) and together they approx 8 children (Howard, Lucille, Clinton, Annie, Robert, Helen, Julia & Ruby).
Given how uncommon our last name is, I'm all but certain on some level we're related. I guess its just a matter of finding the linkage.
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Hey CM,
Are you currently in Richmond now?
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No. I'm living in Atlanta now. I haven't lived in Richmond since about 96-97. My father and his siblings are still there. And I try to visit about a couple of times a year.
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OK, I was just wondering. I happen to live in RIC for the moment yet I too hail from Mecklenburg County, VA
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There are definately many members of the Jiggetts clan still residing in the Richmond metro area. My father and all of his surviving siblings are there. In addition the the majority family of my grandfather's siblings (and it was about 8 of them) are there as well but may not be carrying the Jiggetts name presently ( as the majority of my grandfathers siblings were girls ). I would love to continue exchanging with you in order to learn more about your branch of the family tree.
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I have a lot of Jiggetts relatives here in Richmond but most of them are in South Hill, VA or Mecklenburg Co. There are also a great deal of them in NY, MD that I personally know but being a military spouse and having lived here and there I've also met a relative in San Diego, CA. To give you lil of who my Jiggetts clan is my great-grandma was Viola Farrar Jiggetts who married Thomas Jiggetts. They had 12 children together. My grandfather's name is Alvin R. Jiggetts of South Hill, VA. I'm going to share this eMail with my aunt here in Richmond as she is older than I and knows more of our Kin Folk :)
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Hello Brian. It sounds like your grandfather, Clarence Jiggetts Jr, is my husband's uncle. My husband's name is Linwood Jr. Your grandfather was 1 of 7 children. He has 5 brothers who are Linwood Sr., Howard Lee, Joseph, Woodrow, and Calvin. He has 1 sister named Dorothy. All of his siblings, except Dorothy, currently reside in VA. Your grandfather is buried in the Jiggetts Family Cemetery. Do you have uncles named Greg & Hasan?
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Hello Brian, After reading Ur post I feel that U and I may very well be related. When i lived in San Diego btwn '98 and '02 I met a lady by the name of Angela Valentine. It became very clear that she and I were related because Clearance Jiggetts of Dinwiddi, VA was also her cousin. As time passes and more of our relatives are getting older and passing on it is important to keep the family together. A few of us are trying to gather info to put the family tree together. I invite U to click on the family tree (Jiggetts) link at the top and find Clearance's name. Go from there to see if U can be linked to us some how. I would like to eMail U personally to send U a bit of family history I have.
Thanks in advance,
Tangie
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If Clarence Jiggetts is your grandfather and from Virginia he is my brother my name is Howard. HE has 5 brother and 1 sister all living.Age from 64 to 77.His age if he was living will be about 75.
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