Info on people, places, and things helpful in my genealogy research.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Lefty Frizzell in 1940 Union Co Arkansas
The following snippet of the 1940 census shows William Orville Frizzell living in the household of his parents in Union Co Arkansas's El Dorado Township. He was my Dad's 5th cousin thru Dad's double Frizzell line.
They shared common GGGG Grandparents: Nathan Frizzell & Margaret Deason. For those interested...he was born in Corsicana, TX and not Saginaw, Michigan. 😉 You can find his birth certificate at FamilySearch.org as well as the corrected birth certificate from the same day which corrects birth time from 12:35 to 12:30 and lists the city along with the county of birth.

Nathan Frizzell(Margaret Deason)-----Nathan Frizzell(Margaret Deason)
David Frizzell(Nancy Ballinger) -------Nathan Frizzell (Ruahuma Weaver)
John Wiley Frizzell-----------------------James M. Frizzell
Pleasant Monroe Frizzell----------------David Frizzell
Wm. M. Frizzell--------------------------Thelitha Ann Frizzell
Namon Orville Frizzell-------------------Pearl Jakes Cooke
William Orville(Lefty) Frizzell---------Billy Joe Cooke
Friday, February 22, 2013
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
1940 US Federal Census Findings
My shocker from the 1940 US Federal census.
Finding my Dad's maternal Grandfather, James Jakes. alive and living with my Grandparents in 1940. When I first began researching over 20 yrs ago I found a Date of death on microfiche for a James Jakes in the area in which he had lived and I incorrectly ASSumed it was him. The date was within 2 yrs of his wife's death and it seemed logical to me(the whole dying of a broken heart bit after losing a spouse). I knew where he was buried however his tombstone did not have a year of death. So I never really gave much thought to researching any more on him other than his children and his ancestors. After finding that he was still alive in 1940 I was able to search FamilySearch's online death records for TN and come up with the correct Death Cert and the correct date of death which happened the following yr. It also gave his birthdate. Prior to that I only had the yr from the tombstone and a month from census records which is off by one from what his Death Cert listed. The certificate also told his place of death-- Davidson Co. Hospital(TN). and gave M as his middle initial...something I'd never seen. Makes me wonder if it is Morrow which was his mother's Maiden name. The informant on the death cert. listed his father as James Jakes...which is probably an error. I have several records showing his father was George Jakes although I don't rule out the possibility that George's middle name might have been James.
Now I'm off in search of his 1930 census entry and also going to find out who Martha Gibson, the informant on his death certificate is. Two Gibson brothers married two of James Jakes' daughters and his Aunt Ann Jakes married a Gibson. Lots of possibilities.
I love learning :-)
Search for your family in the 1940 Census Records
1940 US Federal Census at FamilySearch
1940 US Federal Census at National Archives And Records Administration
Finding my Dad's maternal Grandfather, James Jakes. alive and living with my Grandparents in 1940. When I first began researching over 20 yrs ago I found a Date of death on microfiche for a James Jakes in the area in which he had lived and I incorrectly ASSumed it was him. The date was within 2 yrs of his wife's death and it seemed logical to me(the whole dying of a broken heart bit after losing a spouse). I knew where he was buried however his tombstone did not have a year of death. So I never really gave much thought to researching any more on him other than his children and his ancestors. After finding that he was still alive in 1940 I was able to search FamilySearch's online death records for TN and come up with the correct Death Cert and the correct date of death which happened the following yr. It also gave his birthdate. Prior to that I only had the yr from the tombstone and a month from census records which is off by one from what his Death Cert listed. The certificate also told his place of death-- Davidson Co. Hospital(TN). and gave M as his middle initial...something I'd never seen. Makes me wonder if it is Morrow which was his mother's Maiden name. The informant on the death cert. listed his father as James Jakes...which is probably an error. I have several records showing his father was George Jakes although I don't rule out the possibility that George's middle name might have been James.
Now I'm off in search of his 1930 census entry and also going to find out who Martha Gibson, the informant on his death certificate is. Two Gibson brothers married two of James Jakes' daughters and his Aunt Ann Jakes married a Gibson. Lots of possibilities.
I love learning :-)
Search for your family in the 1940 Census Records
1940 US Federal Census at FamilySearch
1940 US Federal Census at National Archives And Records Administration
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Listing of TN/KY Hospitals Participating in Credit Plan of Nashville Regional Blood Center
Since Halloween is tomorrow I thought this post was seasonally appropriate.
The following scans are of a letter which my Grandfather, Thomas D. Cooke received as a pensioner. The letter which is dated April 19th 1956, contains a listing of KY/TN hospital participating in a Credit Plan of the Nashville Regional Blood Center.
The following scans are of a letter which my Grandfather, Thomas D. Cooke received as a pensioner. The letter which is dated April 19th 1956, contains a listing of KY/TN hospital participating in a Credit Plan of the Nashville Regional Blood Center.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Snuck in some genealogy today :-)
Seems I don't get to work on genealogy as much as I'd like. For an assortment of reasons there just hasn't been time readily available for research or transcribing. After looking like I was starting on a bad day I decided to take matters into my own hands and make time for a little genealogy. I went to Footnote.com and added Annotations for some of the War of 1812 pension images they have(free). Looked in the state where the majority of my ancestors were prior to statehood.and chose 2 surnames with which I'm familiar. Looks like they just have some of the Letter A....must be a new collection. It didn't take alot of time but it made me feel better. I should do something like that every day even if it is only for half an hour.
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