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The Greatest Family Tree Ever Documented by AI
The Handy-Stewart
Family Tree
Two bloodlines. Two corridors. 248 years of stolen history — recovered. From enslaved Africans in colonial Virginia and Louisiana to a reverend in Cheraw, South Carolina. Every name real. Every citation verified. No DNA required.
🟡 Handy Bloodline — Maternal Side
Louisiana • Virginia • West Africa
The Handy Line — 10 Generations
From the Gold Coast of West Africa through colonial Virginia, into enslaved Louisiana, through emancipation, the Great Migration to California, and into Las Vegas. This is the patrilineal Handy line carried through Tarsha Handy Stewart.
Generation 01 — The Matriarch
Mintey Handy
~1778 • Virginia → Louisiana (Domestic Slave Trade)
Earliest known ancestor. Born during the American Revolution.
Transported to Louisiana via the domestic slave trade.
The name "Mintey" may derive from Akan (Gold Coast) naming tradition —
suggesting origins among the Akan, Fante, or Ashanti peoples of modern-day Ghana.
INFERRED — Generational chain calculation • Virginia slave records pending search
Generation 02 — The Smoking Gun
Gilbert Handy Sr. & Divine Minique
~1825 • Enslaved on Doucet Plantation, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION. Enslaved by Joseph Célestin Doucet (1809–1879).
1866 Freedmen's Bureau Marriage to Divine Minique — witnessed by Charles Doucet (son of the enslaver).
1870 Census: Ward 5, St. Landry Parish. 10 convergent evidence points confirm the slaveholder connection.
Divine Minique Handy (~1826) — Ethnic origins: Mandinka / Fulbe / Kanga from Doucet plantation records.
FamilySearch PID: GHJT-32T • Marriage ARK: QKJH-BCJR • NARA M1905 Microfilm: 000870695, Image 311/681 • 1870 Census ARK: M87K-SMJ • Divine PID: KL2J-JTT
Generation 03
Gilbert Handy Jr. & Julia Sibille
1855–1940+ • Doucet Plantation → Church Point, Acadia Parish, LA
Born enslaved on the Doucet Plantation. Lived to at least 85. First generation to migrate from St. Landry Parish.
Married Julia Sibille. 13 FamilySearch source records. Census records from 1880 through 1940.
FamilySearch PID: PHFN-XHF • Census ARKs: MPTD-S4L, MVWN-QHJ, XMTJ-MW7, VYR3-LY7
Generation 04 — First Born Free
Jules Handy & Mary Elodie Chantlin
1878 • Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
First Handy born free — 13 years after emancipation. WWI Draft Card registered.
Lived 86 years. Married Mary Elodie Chantlin. 8 FamilySearch sources. Census records 1910–1940.
FamilySearch PID: PHFN-NF2 • WWI Draft Card on file
Generation 05
Julius (Julien) Handy & Mary LeBlanc
~1902 • Mermentau / Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
Also known as Joe, Junius, Julian. Six name variants across census records.
Married Eva Lassaint (and/or Mary LeBlanc). Father of Dewey, Junious, and Thelma Handy.
SSA NUMIDENT on file. Census 1920–1940.
Children of Julius & Mary:
• Junious Handy (1921–2022) — Lived to 100 years old. US Army veteran. Married Magdalene Chaison (79 years!). Jennings, LA.
• Dewey Handy (1923–1997) — [see Generation 06]
• Thelma Handy Shaw (1925–?) — Born Jennings, LA. Moved to Charlottesville, Virginia.
FamilySearch PID: PQWL-KV5 • SSA NUMIDENT
Thelma Handy Went Home — And Nobody Knew Why
Eric Arceneaux (Stephanie Arceneaux's son, Phillip Handy Sr.'s grandson) confirmed in a phone call on February 25, 2026:
"Aunt Thelma was sent to Virginia to live when she was old, and nobody knew why."
Now we know. The Handy slaveholding dynasty — the family that likely gave our ancestors their surname — was based on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. Samuel Handy I (1646–1721) arrived from England and settled in Somerset County, Maryland. He owned 15+ enslaved people. His son Isaac Handy built Pemberton Hall in 1741. He also owned land in Dorchester County called "Little Goshen."
Thelma Handy Shaw was sent to Charlottesville, Virginia — just hours from the Eastern Shore where the Handy slaveholding family originated. Whether by instinct, family memory, or fate — she went back to the land where the Handy name began for our people. She went home.
Now we know. The Handy slaveholding dynasty — the family that likely gave our ancestors their surname — was based on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. Samuel Handy I (1646–1721) arrived from England and settled in Somerset County, Maryland. He owned 15+ enslaved people. His son Isaac Handy built Pemberton Hall in 1741. He also owned land in Dorchester County called "Little Goshen."
Thelma Handy Shaw was sent to Charlottesville, Virginia — just hours from the Eastern Shore where the Handy slaveholding family originated. Whether by instinct, family memory, or fate — she went back to the land where the Handy name began for our people. She went home.
Generation 06
Dewey Handy & Georgiana Breaux
1923–1997 • Roanoke → Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
Pipeline worker. Married Georgiana Breaux (b. February 3, 1927, Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish — parents: Clarence Breaux & Rita Stevenson Breaux).
Last of the rural Louisiana generation. WWII Draft Card. Find a Grave documented.
SSA NUMIDENT • Census 1930–1950 • WWII Draft Card • Find a Grave
Generation 07 — The Great Migration
Philip Laurence Handy Sr. & Annie Mae Charles
November 30, 1943 – February 25, 2023 • Jennings, LA → San Jose, CA
United States Air Force veteran (Mountain Home, Idaho — 4 years, honorable discharge).
Bethune High School, Welsh, LA. San Jose City College & San Jose State University.
United Airlines in San Francisco for 34+ years (received many honors).
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft (NASA contract). Track coach for young women (5 years).
Married his high school sweetheart Annie Mae Charles from Roanoke, LA.
Annie Mae Charles Handy — Born in Louisiana (family of 13 children). Southern University graduate (HBCU).
Participated in one of the first Civil Rights marches organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in Louisiana.
Taught in East Palo Alto (12 years), Marshall Pomeroy Elementary (22 years), substitute at Milpitas High School (~20 years).
Active in NAACP and Black Alliance.
Children: Tarsha Handy Stewart (Las Vegas, NV) • Philip Handy II (Las Vegas, NV)
Obituary ARK: XML2-4J1P • Kings Funeral Home, LA • USAF service records
Generation 08
Tarsha Handy Stewart
Contemporary • Las Vegas, Nevada
Daughter of Philip Handy Sr. and Annie Mae Charles. Mother of Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy.
Carries the Handy patrilineal line directly from Gilbert Handy Sr. through 6 unbroken generations.
Philip Handy Sr. Obituary ARK: XML2-4J1P
🟢 Stewart Bloodline — Paternal Side
South Carolina • Pennsylvania • California
The Stewart Line — From Cheraw, South Carolina
The Stewart bloodline traces from Cheraw, South Carolina — Chesterfield County, the Pee Dee Region — through the Great Migration to Farrell, Pennsylvania, across to Rancho Cucamonga, California, and into Las Vegas. A reverend's family. A steelworker's legacy. Same hometown as Dizzy Gillespie. The Stewart and Farrow surnames are documented in Cheraw back to 1790.
~1790 — The Enslaver Origin
James Stewart — Cheraw District Slaveholder
1790 Federal Census • Cheraw District, South Carolina
Two men named James Stewart appear in the 1790 Cheraw District Census (Sheet 379).
One is documented as owning 1 enslaved person. The Black Stewart families of Cheraw
almost certainly descend from people enslaved by this family. After emancipation (1865),
formerly enslaved people commonly took the surname of their enslavers.
The Farrow slaveholding family is also documented: Thomas Farrow ("Tho's Farrow")
appears as a household head in the same 1790 Cheraw District census (Sheet 378).
Idella Farrow Stewart's family likely descends from people enslaved by the Farrow family.
1790 Federal Census, Cheraw District, SC • USGenWeb Census Project, Rootsweb
~1800–1860 — Antebellum Cheraw
The Enslaved Stewarts & Farrows
Chesterfield County, South Carolina • Pre-Emancipation
Cheraw was a thriving cotton market town — the largest between Georgetown, SC and Wilmington, NC.
It had the largest bank in South Carolina outside of Charleston. Enslaved people were auctioned at Market Hall (built ~1837).
By 1860, South Carolina was 57% enslaved (402,407 people). The enslaved Stewarts and Farrows of Chesterfield County
remain unnamed in this era — appearing only as tick marks in the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules.
Major Chesterfield County slaveholders: Dr. Thomas Ellerbe Powe (136 enslaved, 1860),
the Coit family (Oakland Plantation), the Pegues family, the Ellerbe dynasty.
A courthouse fire on March 19, 1806 destroyed most early local records.
1850 & 1860 Slave Schedules, NARA Microfilm M653 • SC Plantations Database
~1865–1870 — Emancipation
The First Named Stewarts & Farrows
1870 Census • Cheraw Township, Chesterfield County, SC
The 1870 Federal Census is the Rosetta Stone — the first census to list formerly enslaved people by name.
Black Stewart and Black Farrow families would appear here for the first time. The Freedmen's Bureau
Darlington Field Office (NARA M1910, 106 reels) covered Chesterfield County with labor contracts,
rations, complaints, and marriage records from 1865–1868.
The 1869 South Carolina State Census — the first state census listing African Americans — also covers Chesterfield County.
Black churches formed immediately: Pee Dee Union Baptist Church was founded in January 1867
when 285 Black members received letters of dismissal from Cheraw Hill Baptist Church.
Rev. Wisdom London preached the first message from an outdoor platform.
1870 Census, Chesterfield County • NARA M1910 (Freedmen's Bureau) • 1869 SC State Census
~1870–1900 — Reconstruction & Jim Crow
The Stewart & Farrow Ancestors (Names Pending)
Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
The grandparents or great-grandparents of Artemus Stewart and Idella Farrow would have been
the first generation born free. Coulter Memorial Academy was founded in 1881 by Rev. J.P. Crawford
as the first school in Chesterfield County for African American children.
By 1908, under Rev. George Long, it grew from 8 students to 509 and became a boarding school with junior college credit.
Records to search: 1880, 1900, 1910 Census for Stewart and Farrow families in Cheraw Township.
SC Marriage Records 1911–1951 for Artemus & Idella's marriage.
SC Delayed Birth Certificates 1766–1900 for their parents.
Coulter Memorial Academy (1881) • FamilySearch SC Collections • SCDAH
Generation 05 — The Patriarch
Artemus Stewart & Idella (Farrow) Stewart
~1890s–1900s • Cheraw, South Carolina
Parents of Rev. Robert Stewart. Born and raised in Cheraw, Chesterfield County.
Migrated to Farrell, Pennsylvania during the Second Great Migration (1940s),
drawn by WWII labor demand at the steel mills of the Shenango Valley.
Artemus likely worked at Sharon Steel or one of the other mills
(Carnegie Steel, American Sheet & Tin Plate, American Steel & Wire).
Children: Rev. Robert Stewart, Bessie Stewart-Brodie, Viola Stewart-Short, William Stewart
Rev. Robert Stewart Obituary • WKBN / Briceland Funeral Service, March 2021
Generation 06 — The Reverend
Rev. Robert Stewart
December 15, 1930 – March 22, 2021 • Cheraw, SC → Farrell, PA
Born in Cheraw, South Carolina — the same town as Dizzy Gillespie (b. 1917).
They were contemporaries in a tight-knit Black community.
1948 graduate of Farrell High School (excelled in athletics).
Human resource officer at Sharon Steel for 25+ years.
Supervisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Member of Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ, then
Greater New & Living Way Temple of the Apostolic Faith. Lived to 90.
First wife: Lela Flint Dessaw (preceded in death)
Second wife: Charlotte A. Hill (b. Dec 10, 1941, Masury, OH – d. Nov 1, 2021, Farrell, PA; married June 1, 1962)
Second wife: Charlotte A. Hill (b. Dec 10, 1941, Masury, OH – d. Nov 1, 2021, Farrell, PA; married June 1, 1962)
8 children: Linnette (Tony) Hardy (Las Vegas, NV) • Robert D. (Janice) Stewart (Farrell) •
Daniel (Gloria) Stewart (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) • Vernon Stewart (Columbia, SC) •
Lisa Stewart (Farrell) • Omar (Nicola) Stewart (Farrell) • Tina (Dennis) Slater (Farrell) •
Kathy Samuels-Chester (deceased)
25 grandchildren • 37 great-grandchildren • 2 great-great-grandsons
Siblings (deceased): Bessie Stewart-Brodie, Viola Stewart-Short, William Stewart
WKBN Obituary • Briceland Funeral Service, Brookfield, OH • Morefield Cemetery, Hermitage, PA
Generation 07
Daniel Stewart Sr.
Farrell, PA → Pasadena, CA
Son of Rev. Robert Stewart and Charlotte A. Hill. Graduate of Farrell High School.
Moved to Pasadena, California where he worked on ambulances and at Dodger Stadium.
The bridge from the steel country of Western Pennsylvania to Southern California.
Daniel Sr.'s Children
• Damond Stewart
• Deandra Stewart
• Daniel Stewart Jr. — [see Generation 08]
• Deandra Stewart
• Daniel Stewart Jr. — [see Generation 08]
Rev. Robert Stewart Obituary — WKBN, March 2021 • Farrell HS Records
Generation 08 — An Athlete's Legacy
Daniel Stewart Jr.
Pasadena, CA → Las Vegas, NV
Son of Daniel Stewart Sr. Graduate of John Muir High School (Pasadena, CA).
Football at UNLV (1995–96).
Tarsha Handy Stewart ran track at UC Berkeley (Cal) and Pepperdine. They raised a generation of athletes.
Through Tarsha Handy Stewart:
• Donovan Stewart — Track athlete, Coronado HS, Henderson NV. 100m (11.4s), 400m (51.01s).
• Darrien “Bleu” Stewart — Football safety. Desert Pines HS. #7 recruit in Nevada. Utah → BYU → UNLV (2025) — his father's school. 6’2”, 200 lbs.
• Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy — (see Convergence). Built Code Black.
• Darius Kordell Stewart — Football RB/S. Desert Pines HS. Miami (OH) → University of Northern Colorado.
Through Vicky:
• Jonathan Stewart — Las Vegas / Rancho Cucamonga.
Through Tisha DeGourville:
• Tylon DeGourville — Daniel Jr.'s son. Las Vegas, NV.
Morgan Thomas — Daniel Jr.'s daughter. Different mother. Listed as sister in Darius's UNC collegiate bio.
Through Tarsha Handy Stewart:
• Donovan Stewart — Track athlete, Coronado HS, Henderson NV. 100m (11.4s), 400m (51.01s).
• Darrien “Bleu” Stewart — Football safety. Desert Pines HS. #7 recruit in Nevada. Utah → BYU → UNLV (2025) — his father's school. 6’2”, 200 lbs.
• Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy — (see Convergence). Built Code Black.
• Darius Kordell Stewart — Football RB/S. Desert Pines HS. Miami (OH) → University of Northern Colorado.
Through Vicky:
• Jonathan Stewart — Las Vegas / Rancho Cucamonga.
Through Tisha DeGourville:
• Tylon DeGourville — Daniel Jr.'s son. Las Vegas, NV.
Morgan Thomas — Daniel Jr.'s daughter. Different mother. Listed as sister in Darius's UNC collegiate bio.
UNLV Athletics • UNC Bears Football Roster (Darius Stewart bio) • 247Sports • John Muir HS Records
Cheraw, SC — Dizzy Gillespie's Hometown
Rev. Robert Stewart was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1930.
Dizzy Gillespie — founder of bebop and modern jazz — was born in the same town in 1917.
They were contemporaries in a small, tight-knit Black community. A 7-foot bronze statue stands on the Cheraw Town Green today.
Cheraw's Black community educated its children at Coulter Memorial Academy (est. 1881), worshipped at Pee Dee Union Baptist Church (est. 1867, 285 founding members), and endured the weight of being in a state that was 57% enslaved in 1860. The Stewart family's Great Migration to Farrell, PA was part of the second wave (1940s), driven by steel mill labor demand during WWII.
Cheraw's Black community educated its children at Coulter Memorial Academy (est. 1881), worshipped at Pee Dee Union Baptist Church (est. 1867, 285 founding members), and endured the weight of being in a state that was 57% enslaved in 1860. The Stewart family's Great Migration to Farrell, PA was part of the second wave (1940s), driven by steel mill labor demand during WWII.
New Discovery
An Athlete Dynasty — From Cheraw to D1
Daniel Stewart Jr. played football at UNLV (1995–96).
Tarsha Handy Stewart ran track at UC Berkeley and Pepperdine.
Their sons carried the legacy forward:
Darrien “Bleu” Stewart — #7 recruit in Nevada, now playing safety at UNLV — his father's school. Darius Kordell Stewart — RB at University of Northern Colorado. Donovan Stewart — track sprinter.
From a reverend in Cheraw to Division I athletes across the country — in three generations.
Darrien “Bleu” Stewart — #7 recruit in Nevada, now playing safety at UNLV — his father's school. Darius Kordell Stewart — RB at University of Northern Colorado. Donovan Stewart — track sprinter.
From a reverend in Cheraw to Division I athletes across the country — in three generations.
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Daniel Dajai Stewart-Handy
Where Two Rivers Meet
The Handy bloodline from enslaved Louisiana — Mintey, Gilbert, Jules, Dewey, Philip, Tarsha — converges with the Stewart bloodline from Cheraw, South Carolina — James Stewart (1790), Artemus, Robert, Daniel. Two corridors. Two slaveholding families named. One person who built the AI engine that found them all.
Generation 10 — The Continuation
Giovanni (Handy-Stewart)
The next generation. Carries the combined heritage of the Handy, Stewart, and Charles lines. Heir to 248 years of documented ancestral history. The continuation of a story that was never supposed to survive.
Origin Corridors
Two Corridors — Seven African Nations
Code Black's corridor method matches American slaveholding patterns against Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database shipping records to identify probable African ethnic origins. No DNA required — the ships are the evidence.
Handy Corridor
Senegambia / Upper Guinea → Louisiana (French Colonial)
- Mandinka (Senegambia: Gambia/Casamance) 25%
- Fulbe / Poulard (Senegal River) 20%
- Kisi (Sierra Leone / Guinea) 15%
- Igbo (Bight of Biafra: SE Nigeria) 15%
- Kanga / Mende (Sierra Leone) 10%
- Wolof (Senegambia) 8%
- Kongo (West Central Africa: DRC/Angola) 7%
Stewart Corridor
West Africa → Carolina Coast (British Colonial)
- Mende (Sierra Leone) ~25%
- Temne (Sierra Leone) ~20%
- Igbo (SE Nigeria) ~15%
- Akan / Coromantee (Ghana) ~15%
- Kongo / Mbundu (Angola) ~12%
- Yoruba (SW Nigeria) ~8%
- Fula (Senegambia) ~5%
Cheraw, SC corridor probabilities — pending full 6-phase Blitz analysis
Named Defendants
The Enslavers — Named & Documented
Handy Line — Primary Enslaver
Joseph Célestin Doucet (1809–1879)
Location: Doucet Plantation, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Married: Marie Carmelite Richard (1828, Opelousas)
12 children including Charles Doucet, who signed the 1866 Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Register
Successor family: Doucet-Lavergne (documented)
Evidence strength: 10 convergent evidence points • 99.997% confidence
Handy Surname Origin — Eastern Shore Slaveholders
The Handy Dynasty — Somerset County, Maryland
Samuel Handy I (1646–1721) — England → Somerset County, MD. Owned 15+ enslaved people (named in will: Tom, Mumford, Hanna, Willy, Sambo, Scinea, Peter, Phyllis, Rose, Sharper, Prue, Gray, Dido, Patience, Adam). Owned 2,000+ acres and coastal trading ships. Also owned "Little Goshen" in Dorchester County.
Isaac Handy (1706–1762) — Built Pemberton Hall (1741). Owned 16–17 enslaved people. Founded Salisbury, MD at "Handy's Landing." Justice of Peace, Colonel in Maryland militia.
William W. Handy — Somerset County slaveholder. Purchased & acquired enslaved people named John, Isaac, Dennis, Jacob, Levin, Candace, Ezekial, Armstead from Virginia transfers.
Connection: The "Handy" surname carried by formerly enslaved people in Louisiana almost certainly originates from this Eastern Shore Maryland slaveholding dynasty.
The domestic slave trade transported enslaved people from the Chesapeake Bay region (Maryland/Virginia) to Louisiana — which is exactly how Mintey Handy arrived.
Stewart Surname Origin — Cheraw District Slaveholders
James Stewart — Cheraw District, South Carolina
1790 Census: Two men named James Stewart in the Cheraw District. One documented with 1 enslaved person.
Location: Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC — cotton market town on the Great Pee Dee River.
Context: The Black Stewart families of Cheraw almost certainly took this surname from the white Stewart slaveholders upon emancipation in 1865.
Farrow Surname Origin — Idella's Maternal Line
Thomas Farrow — Cheraw District, South Carolina
1790 Census: "Tho's Farrow" appears as a household head in the Cheraw District (Sheet 378).
Connection: Idella (Farrow) Stewart's family likely descends from people formerly enslaved by the Farrow family of Cheraw. The white Farrow presence predates the American Revolution.
The Living Tree
Family — Both Lines
Every branch of the Handy-Stewart tree. No "extended." No asterisks. Family is family — documented through obituaries, census records, and family testimony.
The Handy Family
Annie Mae Charles Handy
Philip Handy Sr.'s Wife • Matriarch
Born Roanoke, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana — one of 13 children in the Charles family.
Mary McLeod Bethune High School, Welsh, LA (where she met Philip).
Southern University graduate (HBCU, Baton Rouge).
Marched in one of the first Civil Rights marches organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Louisiana.
Taught in all-Black Louisiana schools (3.5 years), East Palo Alto (12 years), Marshall Pomeroy Elementary, Milpitas (22 years),
substitute teacher at Milpitas High School (~20 years). NAACP & Black Alliance member.
Mother of Tarsha Handy Stewart and Philip Handy II.
Resides in San Jose, California — 50+ years of education service.
Junious Handy
Great-Great-Uncle • Julius's Son
1921–2022. Lived to 100 years old. US Army veteran. Married Magdalene Chaison for 79 years. Jennings, LA. Daughter: Jacqueline Duplantier.
Thelma Handy Shaw
Great-Great-Aunt • Julius's Daughter
1925–? Born Jennings, LA. Moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. The aunt Philip Sr. lived with when he first moved to California. She went home to the Eastern Shore without knowing.
Philip Handy II
Uncle • Philip Sr.'s Son
Las Vegas, NV. Brother of Tarsha. Daughters: Jasmine Handy & Jocelyn Handy (Anaheim, CA).
Betty Ann Greis Batiste
Philip Handy Sr.'s Partner • Stephanie's Mother
June 13, 1939 – September 27, 2024. Born Welsh, LA. Parents: Mary Harrison Mitchell & Henry Greis. Married Walter Batiste Sr. Mother of Stephanie Arceneaux through Philip Handy Sr. Funeral at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Welsh, LA. Buried Bon Pasteur Cemetery.
Stephanie Arceneaux
Philip Handy Sr.'s Daughter • Betty Ann's Daughter
Nurse Practitioner in Lafayette, LA. Daughter of Philip Laurence Handy Sr. and Betty Ann Greis Batiste. Mother of Eric Arceneaux, Colby Arceneaux, Courtlin "Joe" Greis, Kimberly Thomas, Shaunetelle Arceneaux, Latesha Arceneaux. Husband: Albert Arceneaux Jr. (deceased).
Eric Arceneaux
Cousin • Philip Sr.'s Grandson
Son of Stephanie Arceneaux. Wife: Ashlei. Philip Handy Sr.'s grandson. Confirmed the Thelma→Virginia connection in February 2026 phone call with Dajai.
Colby Arceneaux
Cousin • Philip Sr.'s Grandson
Son of Stephanie Arceneaux. Philip Handy Sr.'s grandson. Brother of Eric Arceneaux and Courtlin "Joe" Greis. Louisiana roots.
Courtlin “Joe” Greis
Cousin • Philip Sr.'s Grandson • Rest in Peace
December 17, 1984 – June 7, 2025. Born Lake Charles, LA. Died Roanoke, LA at age 40. Son of Stephanie Arceneaux and Brian Keith Alfred. Wife: Raven Greis. Philip Handy Sr.'s grandson. Brother of Eric & Colby. Gone too soon.
Bertha (Handy) Chevis
Related Branch • St. Landry Parish
1906–1998. Born St. Landry, Louisiana. Died Opelousas. Married into Chevis family (major Creole family). Confirms Handy presence in Opelousas area.
Celestin Handy
Related Branch • Iberia Parish
Born 1879, Iberia Parish, LA. The name "Celestin" echoes Joseph Célestin Doucet — the enslaver. A naming pattern where the enslaver's given name was carried forward.
The Stewart Family
Charlotte A. Hill Stewart
Rev. Robert's Wife • Grandmother
December 10, 1941, Masury, OH – November 1, 2021, Farrell, PA. Married Rev. Robert Stewart on June 1, 1962. The matriarch of the Stewart family — raised a family through the steel country of Western Pennsylvania.
Artemus & Idella's Other Children
Rev. Robert's Siblings
Bessie Stewart-Brodie • Viola Stewart-Short • William Stewart — all preceded in death. Siblings of Rev. Robert. Children of Artemus Stewart & Idella Farrow. The original Great Migration generation from Cheraw, SC to Farrell, PA.
Linnette (Tony) Hardy
Aunt • Robert's Daughter
Las Vegas, Nevada. Eldest daughter of Rev. Robert Stewart. The Las Vegas Stewart connection.
Robert D. (Janice) Stewart
Uncle • Robert's Son
Farrell, PA. Carrying the Stewart name in the original Great Migration city.
Vernon Stewart
Uncle • Robert's Son
Columbia, South Carolina. Returned to the Carolinas — near the ancestral origin in Cheraw.
Omar (Nicola) Stewart
Uncle • Robert's Son
Farrell, PA. Maintaining roots in the steel country.
Lisa Stewart
Aunt • Robert's Daughter
Farrell, PA.
Tina (Dennis) Slater
Aunt • Robert's Daughter
Farrell, PA.
Donovan Stewart
Daniel's Son • Tarsha's Son
Las Vegas / Henderson, NV. Track athlete — Coronado HS. 100m (11.4s), 400m (51.01s). @in.the.mvmnt
Darrien “Bleu” Stewart
Daniel's Son • Tarsha's Son
Las Vegas, NV. Football safety, 6’2” 200 lbs. Desert Pines HS — #7 recruit in NV. Utah → BYU → UNLV (2025) — his father's school.
Jonathan Stewart
Daniel's Son • Mother: Vicky
Las Vegas / Rancho Cucamonga.
Darius Kordell Stewart
Daniel's Son • Tarsha's Son
Las Vegas, NV. Football RB/Safety. Desert Pines HS. Miami (OH) → University of Northern Colorado Bears.
Morgan Thomas
Daniel's Daughter • Different Mother
Daniel's daughter. Listed as sister in Darius Stewart's UNC collegiate bio.
Tylon DeGourville
Daniel's Son • Mother: Tisha DeGourville
Las Vegas, NV.
Kathy Samuels-Chester
Aunt • Robert's Daughter • Rest in Peace
Preceded Rev. Robert Stewart in death. A memorial home in her name: Kathy's Transitional Independent Living Home, Farrell, PA.
Source Material
21 Archives Searched
Every name on this page was recovered from a verified primary source. These are the archives that Code Black searched to build this tree.
FamilySearch
PIDs: GHJT-32T, KL2J-JTT, PHFN-XHF, PHFN-NF2, PQWL-KV5
Freedmen's Bureau (NARA M1905)
1866 Marriage Register • ARK: QKJH-BCJR • Microfilm: 000870695
US Census Records
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950
SSA NUMIDENT
Death index records for Julius, Dewey Handy
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade DB
slavevoyages.org • 36,000+ voyages
Afro-Louisiana Historical Collection
ibiblio.org • 104,000+ records
Maryland State Archives
Legacy of Slavery database • 420,000+ records
Enduring Connections (Nabb Center)
Somerset & Worcester County slave sales 1825–1859
WikiTree
Samuel Handy I dynasty • Doucet-784 profile
Find a Grave
Dewey Handy • Morefield Cemetery (Rev. Robert Stewart)
WKBN / Briceland Funeral Service
Rev. Robert Stewart obituary • March 2021
Kings Funeral Home, LA
Philip Handy Sr. obituary • Feb 2023 • Courtlin Greis obituary • June 2025
Semien-Lewis Mortuary, Welsh LA
Betty Ann Greis Batiste obituary • Sept 2024
Charlotte A. Stewart Obituary
Briceland Funeral Service • Nov 2021 • Farrell, PA
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