Tanya, my e-mail to you today at
princesse1579@yahoo.com was returned as undeliverable. So, here's a theoretical, abbreviated descendancy that MIGHT link you to James R. Owenby, my great-uncle.
1 James R. Owenby (1875-1971) married Thelma Cochran in
Briartown, Macon Co, NC IN 1919. They went west to ranch in Montana.
2 Orrin Wyman (or William) Owenby (b. Montana 1921-d. Long Beach, CA 1978) married Anna Steinman (or Stienman) in California, probably between 1945-1950?
3 Ronnie Allen Owenby, Sr. married Unnamed Wife, probably about 1978
4 Tanya Owenby married Unnamed El-Haloui.
You mentioned that you remembered the names of Calvin, James and Louis as your father's brothers. I have a William Rick Owenby (1957-1980) who was definitely the son of Orrin Wyman and Anna Steinman Owenby. I also have a Virginia Owenby Sorenson Staggs (1954-1980) who appears to be Orrin and Anna's daughter. Do these names sound familiar to you?
Sadly, William Rick (who was the informant when his father Orrin died in Long Beach in 1978) was killed at age 23 in an automobile accident (he suffered chest injuries when he struck a fixed object on East Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles County in October of 1980). Rick's wife survived him.
Virginia Owenby, his apparent sister, died in Los Angeles County in December of 1980 at the age of 26. I have not yet seen her death certificate so I do not know if she was also involved in the same accident but it is surprising to see that two such young siblings, as they almost certainly were, died within seven weeks of each other.
Again, this is just conjecture on my part as to the linkage between your father and Orrin Wyman Owenby. Perhaps other message board readers can offer alternatives. Barbara