Monday, August 31, 2020

Jakes Siblings in Delayed Certificate of Birth Database


Searching for siblings of Pearl G. Jakes Cooke(my paternal grandmother) in the TN Delayed Certificate of Birth database

Pearl's sister, Katherine "Kitty" Jakes Bell filed hers in February of 1957.  The documents she used for her supporting evidence were:

  1. Old Family Bible(could it have been the same one my grandmother used?)
  2. The Original(Delayed)Birth certificate of sister(my grandmother who got hers 6 years earlier)
  3. The Original Birth Certificate of Child:  her son James Benjamin "J.B." Bell 
Pearl's sister, Fannie Cora Jakes Gibson filed hers in November of 1951 less than 2 weeks after my grandmother filed for her delayed certificate of birth.  The documents Cora used for her supporting evidence were:
  1. Old Family Bible
  2. Original Death Certificate of Sister--Ella Ruby Jakes Pirtle(my grandmother also used this document)
  3. Original Birth Certificate of Child--Delayed Certificate with her Affidavit as Mom showing age
  4. Original Birth Certificate of Child--Preston Cartwright Gibson
I tried searching for the Delayed Certificate of Birth(Item #3 above) by the number(listed on Cora's doc), as keyword, and browsing(using the year and month of birth and looking for the Cert. # within each year for each of Cora's children) but was never able to locate it so I could see which child's document she used.

Pearl's brother, Frank Euless Jakes filed his in January of 1942.  The documents Euless used for his supporting evidence were:
  1. Affidavit of Andrew L Gibson(brother in law who married sister Cora)
  2. Affidavit of J. W. Drake
  3. Old Bible Record
The affidavits are on the back of the document.  Andrew L. Gibson's affidavit states, "I was present when Frank Euless Jakes was born.  I lived near the home of his parents at the time of his birth."  J W Drake's affidavit states, "I lived on the adjoining farm with the registrant's father and mother at the time of his birth.  My wife was present when Frank Euless Jakes was born.  I visited him immediately after his birth"

Pearl's brother, William Bryan Jakes filed his in  December of  1941.  It looks like he and Euless began gathering their paperwork around the same time but that Will's was completed first.  The documents Will used for his supporting evidence were:
  1. Affidavit of Andrew L Gibson(husband of his sister Cora)
  2. Affidavit of Jim Drake
  3. Old Bible Record
The affidavits given for Will's application are identical to those used for Euless with the exception of the name.  The statement by the non-relative J.W. Drake makes me wonder if his wife helped delivered Will and Euless or if she was just there supporting Annie.  

I have not yet found Pearl's sister,  Lula Jakes Gibson's application for a delayed certificate of birth.  She passed in  1977 and I would think should have had one. She was widowed in 1929 under tragic circumstances and never remarried.  Pearl's siblings Ruby and John died in 1934 and 1937 respectively which was likely before the need for a birth certificate.  I did search for them within the database and couldn't find an entry for either of them.


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