Feature: Lillie Vashti Lanier
110 Years Ago: Lillie Vashti Lanier married Jesse H. Walls 26 February 1910 in Fulton County, Georgia.1 They lived at 9 Carroll PL in Atlanta when the 1910 U.S. census was taken 4 May 1910.2
How long Lillie and Jesse were married and where they lived after 1910 is unknown. They do not appear in any Atlanta City Directories from 1910 forward.3 By 1923, Lillie was married to Jack W. Roberts, but I have not located a marriage record.4 I have not found a Jesse Walls that I can determine was this man either before or after their marriage except for the marriage record and the 1910 census.
Oh, the questions I have about Aunt Lillie’s life. (*Great-aunt, McCauley)
February 23
49 Years Ago: Heyman Lanier White died 23 February 1971 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Lincoln. “Jack” was the son of Virgil Slocum White and Hattie Eugenia Lanier. (*1st Cousin once removed, McCauley)
202 Years Ago: Thomas Ramsey, Jr. married Alty Percith 23 February 1818 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Thomas was the son of Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Martha. Alty was his first of three wives. (*3rd Great-grandfather, Taylor)
February 24
113 Years Ago: Dorothy Louise Dial was born 24 February 1907 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of John Calvin Dial and Sarah Belle Lanier. (*1st Cousin once removed, McCauley)
February 26
96 Years Ago: Ruby Marie Hopkins was born 26 February 1924 in Shonn (now Loyall), Harlan County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Elmer Dennis Hopkins and Emma Ewers Taylor. (*Aunt, Hopkins)
178 Years Ago: Winifred Mullins Owens died 26 February 1842 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Her burial location is unknown. Winifred was the daughter of Henry Mullins and Mary Terry and the widow of David Owens. (*4th Great-grandmother, Taylor)
February 28
122 Years Ago: Leo Berry Hopkins was born 28 February 1898 in Wallins, Harlan County, Kentucky. He was the son of James Arton Hopkins and Lucinda Howard. (*Great-uncle, Hopkins)
*Each person’s relationship to me and the surname of the grandparent through which the relationship falls are in parentheses at the end of each item. Please email me for additional information. Additional sources available upon request.
Sources
- Fulton County, Georgia, Marriage Records from Microfilm, Book Q: pg 292, Jesse Walls-Lillie Lanier, 26 Feb 1910; digital images, Georgia Archives, Georgia’s Virtual Vault (http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us:2011/cdm/ : accessed 27 July 2012). ↩
- 1910 U.S. census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, Atlanta, enumeration district (ED) 175, sheet 3A, dwelling 43, family 47, Jesse H. Walls; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 192. ↩
- Searched and manually browsed 1910–1916 and 1918–1922 Atlanta city directories on Ancestry. 1917 directory is not included. ↩
- city directory ↩
