Cecil Afton Lewis

Notes:

Certificate of Birth was filed on August 5, 1913, with the Oklahoma State Health Department, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Registered No. 15723. It shows that Cecil Afton Lewis was born at 3:30 A.M. in Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma to father W.E. Lewis 30 yrs born in Austin, Texas and mother Stella Crouch 19 yrs born in Texas. W.E. was shown as a cook and Stella as a housewife. This is shown as Stella's second child and both are still living. Signed by D.L. Garrett in Altus, Oklahoma

Cecil married Annabelle Hanks on 18 May 1935 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. Annabelle (daughter of Alvin Roscoe "Ross" Hanks and Medreth Elberta Vaughan) was born on 14 Nov 1918 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; died on 17 Jul 2001 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Lynell Gentry Cordell found a copy of their marriage licences, filed in Stephens County, OK and dated 5/18/1035. The reference number, from "On Demand Court Records" was MLI-16-00490

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Notes:

The names of Will's parents and siblings are currently unknown, though it appears from census listings that his parents were born in Lousiana. He can first be positively identified on the 1910 Tillman County, Oklahoma census, where he is living in a boarding house and working as a cook. At the time of the 1920 census, he was married and still working as a cook, but in Chickasha. Will was said to have died very shortly after this census enumeration, when his son Cecil was still very young.

He registered for the draft in Grady County, OK. His full name was listed as William Ernest Lewis, and his address at the time was 302 N. Fifth Street, Chickasha. His date of birth was shown as Sept. 6, 1882, and he was white and a native born US citizen. His occupation was given as Owner, Lunch Counter, and the business address was 101 Ohio Avenue, Chickasha. The nearest relative was Stella Lewis, his wife, and Will was described as short, slender, and with grey eyes and black hair. FHL Roll Number 18517777 Draft Board 1. The birth certificate of his son, Cecil Afton Lewis, shows his location of birth as Austin, Texas.

Will's wife, Stella, married Walter STRONG not quite six months after the 1920 census enumeration. Will was ill with tuberculosis, and was said to have died in a hospital in Oklahoma, although a death certificate has not been located. His grandchildren think it is possible that he may have actually died in either Texas or Arizona, where he may have moved for his health. It is also possible that he moved to Louisiana, where he was said to have still had family. Stella and the children accompanied him briefly to Arizona, but they returned to Oklahoma before he died.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 US Federal Census
Oklahoma, Tillman Co, 3 Wd Frederick, ED 248
Grand Avenue
#407-429
Cox, William Head M W 34 Mo Ireland Ireland Janitor General Store
Lewis, Will E Partime? M W 27 S Texas Louisiana Louisiana Cook Restaurant

Note: This appears to be a boarding house of sorts. Will lived here with 12 other men, in addition to William Cox, the head of the household. Each of the other occupants of the home was listed as "Partime" or "Partuer." They ranged in age from 17 to 57, with most of them being employed as restaurant Waiters or Cooks, others as Laborers at odd jobs, and a few as self employed as carpenters or machinists.

At the time of the 1920 Federal census, Stella and Will Lewis were renting a home at 129 Chickasha Avenue in Chickasha. Their census listing read as follows:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Grady, Chickasha City Ward 3 part of
SD 6 ED 164 Sheet No. 4 B
Enumerated on the 16?sup?th?/sup? day of January 1920 by Mrs. Clovis D. Courtier
Lewis, Will E. Hd R M W 37 M -- Yes Yes Tex. Unknown La. Cook Restaurant
Lewis, Stella Wife F W 25 M -- Yes Yes Texas Texas Texas Waitress Restaurant
---------, Roy Son M W 8 1/2 Yes --- --- Oklahoma Texas Texas
---------, Cecil Son M W 6 1/2 -- -- -- Oklahoma Texas Texas

It is POSSIBLE, that either of the families below might be his at the time of the 1900 census. Both families have a connection to Lousiana, and both had sons named Will who were born within two years of the age Will reported on the 1910 and 1920 census. However it is noted that neither family is located in Travis County, where Will was said to have been born. Additionally, it does not appear likely either of the Willie Lewis's below are the Will Lewis who later married Stella Crouch, as online trees for both family groups below show the Will Lewis's below marryng (in each case someone other than Stella Crouch) and dying much later than 1920.

1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bee County, Beeville, ED 8
332 332
Lewis, Margaret Head Oct 1855 44 W 5/5 Louisiana Ireland Ireland Housekeeper
Lewis, Willie* Son Jun 1880 19 S Tx Tx Louisiana Day Laborer
Lewis, Katie Dtr Jun 1882 17 S Tx Tx LA
Lewis, James Son W M Oct 1884 15 S Tx Tx Lousiana Day Laborer
Lewis, Chris Son W M Nov 1888 12 S Tx Tx La At School
Lewis, Robert Son W M Jan 1891 9 S Tx Tx La At School

*The "Robert Wylie Family History Tree" on RootsWeb's WorldConnect shows his full name as Simeon William Lewis, who married Francis Agatha McMorrow, and died ca 1936 in Gussettville, TX. It that tree is accurate, this would not be the Will Lewis who moved to Oklahoma and married Stella Crouch.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coyote1&id=I91706



1900 Federal Census, Texas, Nolan County, JP 1, ED 117
20-20
Lewis, Jno. R Head W M Feb 1842 M 37 Arkansas Tennessee Tennessee Stock Raising
Lewis, Lizie Wife W F May 1846 54 M 32 8/6 Lousiana Tennessee Tennessee
Lewis, Rex Son W M Dec 1873 26 S Tx Ark La Stock Raising
Lewis, Jno. C. Son W M Mar 1879 20 S Tx Ark La
Lewis, Willie T. ** Son W M Sept 1881 18 S Tx Ark La
Lewis, Tryver Son W M Dec 1883 16 S Tx Ark La
Lewis, Jemima J Dtr W F Sept 1886 13 S Tx Ark La
Lewis, Charles W Son W M Aug 1888 11 S Tx Ark La

**The "Maloney Family Tree" on RootsWeb's WorldConnect shows his full name as William Temple Lewis, who married Maude Hanna and died ca 1954 in Lubbock, TX. It that tree is accurate, this would not be the Will Lewis who moved to Oklahoma and married Stella Crouch.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maloney2k98&id=I06532



(Medical):Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup:

J1

A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested
. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #KUW3E.

The haplogroup was predicted as J1, and there were no surname matches, and only a few non-surname matches. This haplogroup is believed to have arisen between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago in the Near East, the region encompassing the Levant, (modern Israel and the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Turkey, and Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). A significant fraction of Jews belong to haplogroup J, but Jews represent a small minority of the European members of the haplogroup. The "Cohen Modal Haplotype" is a specific set of six Y-STR marker values that occurs in both J1 and J2, though at a much higher frequency in J1. It is likely that those of Cohanim descent and carrying the CMH belong to the J1 haplogroup. It should be noted that. in this sample, the value of 13 at 388 is 3 steps away from the norm of 16 at that marker for the Cohen Modal Haplotype. It does match the CMH on the other five markers (DYS19, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393).

William married Stella Crouch before 1912. Stella (daughter of Henry Joseph Crouch and Geneva "Jennie" Arnold) was born on 8 Jun 1893 in Texas; died on 29 Dec 1959; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 Oklahoma Census, a Stella WEST was listed as a boarder in the home of Samuel Massey(?) in Baucum Twp, Jackson County, Oklahoma. She was listed as Female, White, age 18, Married, born in Texas, with both parents born in Texas. The column about her ability to read and write was left blank, so it is probable that someone other than she gave her information to the enumerator. Although she is listed as married, she is living apart from her husband. He son Roy West was born about 17 months after this listing, so presumably she and her husband were reunited, at least briefly.

Her son by a subsequent marriage, Cecil Afton Lewis, was born some two years after Roy. Both were born in Jackson County.

At the time of the 1920 Federal census, Stella and Will Lewis were renting a home at 129 Chickasha Avenue in Chickasha. Their census listing read as follows:

Lewis, Will E. Hd R M W 37 M -- Yes Yes Tex. Unknown La. Cook Restaurant
Lewis, Stella Wife F W 25 M -- Yes Yes Texas Texas Texas Waitress Restaurant
---------, Roy Son M W 8 1/2 Yes --- --- Oklahoma Texas Texas
---------, Cecil Son M W 6 1/2 -- -- -- Oklahoma Texas Texas

She was living with her third husband, Walter Winfield Strong, as the time of the 1930 census.

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Duncan, King Twp, 2nd Ward
1509 Cedar
#6-6 Strong, Walter W Head Rents $15 month no radio M W 48 Married age 37 Texas Ohio Texas Barber Barbershop Employed not a veteran
--------- , Stella Wife F W 36 Married age 26 Texas Texas Texas
West, Roy N Step-son M W 19 S Oklahoma TX TX Painter General Building
Lewis, Cecil E Step-son M W 17 S Oklahoma TX TX Waiter Cafe
Strong, Robert H son M W 5 S Oklahoma TX TX
Crouch, Henry J father-in-law M W 73 Widower TX South Carolina TX

Census records show she was born in January 1895, however, cemetery records from Sunset Memorial Gardens in Lawton instead show her as born on 8 Jun 1893 and died 29 Dec 1959, at at 66. (Courtesy of Sue Anna Lewis O'Hara).

Notes:

Married:
Robert Strong thought his mother, Stella, married her second husband in Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Charles and Pat Strong went through marriage licenses in Altus, and did not find a marriage certificate. They looked in bride's records under both Crouch and West. They also looked for Groom's under Lewis. These records were very poorly indexed, and they may have simply missed it, or they might have been married elsewhere.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Ellis County, JP 1, ED 13
#260-263
Crouch, Henry J Head W M May 1858 42 M/15 Yrs Texas South Carolina Texas
Crouch, Jenni Wife Jan 1868 32 M/15 Yrs 5/5 Texas Mississippi Texas
Crouch, Annie B Dtr W F Feb 1886 14 S Texas Texas Texas
Crouch, Belle Dtr W F May 1888 S Texas Texas Texas
Crouch, Emma M Dtr W F Jan 1892 7 S Texas Texas Texas
Crouch, Stella Dtr W F Jan 1895 4 S Texas Texas Texas
Crouch, Henry J* Son W M Mar 1897 3 S Texas Texas Texas

*Lisa Polk of Fort Worth notes that the younger Henry J. Crouch married Effie ARNOLD, the daughter of her Thomas ARNOLD, and appear to have been cousins.

1910 Census
not located

1920 Census
not located

At the time of the 1930 census, Henry Crouch Sr. was living with his daughter and son-in-law in the 2nd Ward, King Township, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Duncan, King Twp, 2nd Ward
1509 Cedar
#6-6 Strong, Walter W Head Rents $15 month no radio M W 48 Married age 37 Texas Ohio Texas Barber Barbershop Employed not a veteran
--------- , Stella Wife F W 36 Married age 26 Texas Texas Texas
West, Roy N Step-son M W 19 S Oklahoma TX TX Painter General Building
Lewis, Cecil E Step-son M W 17 S Oklahoma TX TX Waiter Cafe
Strong, Robert H son M W 5 S Oklahoma TX TX
Crouch, Henry J father-in-law M W 73 Widower TX South Carolina TX

Henry married Geneva "Jennie" Arnold. Geneva (daughter of Frank Arnold and Elizabeth Yates) was born in Jan 1868 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Due to the proximity of James, Thomas and Geneva "Jennie" Arnold, first in Ellis County, Texas and later in Oklahoma, it is assumed that they were all members of the same immediate family, and children of Frank Arnold. Their ages and locations of birth match on later census match those of Frank Arnold's children of the same name on the 1880 census. Their relationship as siblings has not been verified, however, and should be used as a starting point for future research.



(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Census Place:District 16, Cherokee, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255295 National Archives Film T9-1295
Page 41
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Frank ARNOLD Self M W W 45 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: NC Mo: MS
James ARNOLD Son M S W 22 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: MS Mo: MS
Robert ARNOLD Son M S W 19 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: MS Mo: MS
Susan ARNOLD Dau F S W 16 TX Occ:Keeping House Fa: MS Mo: ---
Thomas ARNOLD Son M S W 14 TX Occ:At Home Fa: MS Mo: ---
Geneva ARNOLD Dau F S W 12 TX Occ: At Home Fa: MS Mo: ---
Mary ARNOLD Dau F S W 10 TX Fa: MS Mo: ---

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census
Census Place:District 16, Cherokee, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255295 National Archives Film T9-1295
Page 41
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
Frank ARNOLD Self M W W 45 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: NC Mo: MS
James ARNOLD Son M S W 22 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: MS Mo: MS
Robert ARNOLD Son M S W 19 MS Occ:Farmer Fa: MS Mo: MS
Susan ARNOLD Dau F S W 16 TX Occ:Keeping House Fa: MS Mo: --- (Married a SANDERS?)
Thomas ARNOLD Son M S W 14 TX Occ:At Home Fa: MS Mo: ---
Geneva ARNOLD Dau F S W 12 TX Occ: At Home Fa: MS Mo: ---
Mary ARNOLD Dau F S W 10 TX Fa: MS Mo: ---

Frank married Elizabeth Yates. Elizabeth was born before 1838; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]