SPOTLIGHT: Theresa Arnold Marshall
My Family Line Arnold-Nordyke-Stubblefield
I know little about Terri’s birth father so she provided this information about her Arnold Family.
“‘Hey Connie, I tried to organize these notes the best I could. I’m literally working 50-60 hour weeks so I don’t have much spare time. Luckily I’m also able to work from home, so at least I get to see my family sometimes for dinner!
I did want to get this to you though. The more I read, the more intrigued I got. Of course, there’s no way to prove if the “Nordyke – Peter the Great” connection is true. However, there is enough information out there to assume that Peter married a dutch widow and they bore a son.
Peter’s mother refused to recognize the marriage and made Peter move back to Russia. The widow stayed behind to raise her son. We don’t know the name of the son. We only know the name of his son (Peter the Great’s grandson) who is Stephen Henry Nordyke. The story we had in the Arnold family was a child that was named “Micajah” was found floating in a dyke in Holland by the dyke keeper. The dyke keeper raised him as his own.
Who knows the real story?? Maybe no one.'”
The Stubblefield Family
“‘On my grandmother’s family line (Lorraine Eva Stubblefield) you will find that her older brother was married to Goldie Presley, the cousin of Elvis Presley.
I thought that was interesting too. I didn’t think they had any children, but I might be wrong. It looks like they had two?'”
“Anyway, I hope I have given you some insight in to my father’s side of the family. Love you!”
(Editors note: Terri Marshall is the daughter of Patricia Rutherford, who is the daughter of Richard Rutherford Sr. Terri has sent us a good bit of information on her father, John Arnold Sr’s family. Here is her story, notes and evidence.)
