 Maud_Cuney  Dem bon Maud for Galveston,Texas for February 16,1874, to AdelinaDowdy,or Dowdie if we spel am for anoda way an Norris Wright Cuney e hosband. E papa an Mama dem kom from white pipul an black pipul famili dem-E papa na one white pesin wey get levul wel-wel for famili an e mama na wuman wey fine like man from Woodville,Mississippi. Dia orijin na from Afrika,India,Europe an Swiss-Amerika pipul dem. Dia famili wey get moni wel-wel an get levul for politik wey Gen.Phillip Minor Cuney of Austin County,Texas wey send bon from e Louisiana. Norris Cuney na one of di eight8pikin wey Cuney an Adelina Staut e Hauskipa bon. Phillip Cuney mek e pikin dem on Staut free bifor di Civil war. Araund 1850,Cuney bi one of di pipul wey get big farm dem an pesin wey get slave for Texas.E farm na 2000 acred an e get pas 100 slave dem. E waif dem wey bi Oyinbo bon Eight8 pikin,ElizaWare Cuney wey bi e sekond waif bon tree3 pikin bot shi quik Kpai, e third3 wife AdelineSpurlock Cuney bon five5 pikin dem. Phillip Cuney Kari e boy-pikin,Joseph an Norris dem go Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, mek dem dey dia dey go skul bifor dem stat di war. Afta som time Norris go wok inside difren-difren boat dem for Mississippi River bot afta dem end di war,e kom ton Lida for Texas Republican Party. 