Hamner family biography samples

          Born in Virginia on abt to Nicholas Thynes Hamner and Agnes Tompkins.

        1. In this comprehensive biography, James E. Person Jr. takes readers on a journey through Hamner's life, from his humble beginnings in the town of Schuyler.
        2. Born in Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA on to Henry Earl Hamner and Doris Marion Giannini.
        3. DNA seems to show that I'm closely related to the Walter William Hamner s/o Richardson Hamner.
        4. He was born June 30, in Aliceville, AL and was the son of James Thomas Hamner, Sr and Sadie Bertha Hamilton Hamner.

          5. Born in Schuyler, Nelson County, Virginia, USA on to Henry Earl Hamner and Doris Marion Giannini....

          Doris Hamner

          Her roots were of humble Italian immigrant stock. She was born in a remote crossroads town in Virginia.

          She never attended college, owned a company, worked out of the home or accumulated great wealth.

          Austin M. Hamner and his brother Samuel settled in Maury County, Tennessee.

          Yet, Doris Giannini Hamner was personified by three outstanding actresses: Maureen O’Hara, Patricia Neal and Michael Learned and she became the basis for the most beloved mother in the hearts of America, Olivia Walton.

          Doris Giannini Hamner was born on March 26, 1904, in the small village of Alberene in Albemarle County, VA.

          She was one of seven children. The family moved to Schuyler where she attended school in the wood frame building next to the Museum. At age 17 she married Earl Henry Hamner. Listen to the story of their whirlwind courtship as told by Earl, Jr.:

          "I want to tell you one of our favorite family stories about my mother and father.

          My mother’s mother, Miss Ora Lee Giannini, was Baptist. And she was about as Baptist as you