Lula Virginia Boswell

Notes:

White and Toole show her first name as Virginia, but other sources indicate she was known by Lula. FindAGrave shows her as Lula Virginia Boswell, a daughter of James Boswell (1831-1884) and Mary Elizabeth Page (1839-1890).

Texas Death Record
Name: Lula Coats
Death Date: 30 Jul 1952
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 81 years 8 months 27 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1870
Birthplace: ...Ewanee, Mississippi
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: no record
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: no record
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Cemetery: Pineland Jackson
Burial Place: Hemphill, Texas
Burial Date: 31 Jul 1952
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2075088
Digital Film Number: 4167316
Image Number: 1443
Reference Number: cn 34519
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976



(Research):
Census Listings:

COULD this be Lula with her family in 1870? This would be possible ONLY if the date of birth shown on her Texas Death Certificate, 3 Nov 1870, is incorrect. The Elalia Boswell below was born in February 1870.

1870 Federal Census
Mississippi, Lauderdals County, P.O. Meridan
Enumeratd 30 July 1870
Page 97 Stamped 69
460-460
Boswell, Samuel M 45 M W Farmer $750 Ala
Boswell, Hannah 38 F W Keeping Hopuse Ala
Boswell, Horace 17 M W Farm Laborer Miss
Boswell, Kinsey A 15 A W Farm Laborer Miss
Boswell, Buena A 13 F W Miss
Boswell, Leonora J 11 F W Miss
Boswell, Ida J 9 F W Miss
Boswell, Rufus M 6 M W Miss
Boswell, Lorenzo 4 M W Miss
Boswell. Alonso A 3 F W Miss
Boswell, Ulalia 4/12 F W Miss Feb





(Medical):See attached sources.

Lula married William Pollock Coats about 1887. William was born on 25 Feb 1868 in Alabama; died on 12 Feb 1934 in Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fred Lee Coats was born on 12 Jul 1891 in Kewanee, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 29 Jan 1967 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Houston County, Texas.
2. William Emmitt Coats, Sr. was born on 13 Feb 1896 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 4 Aug 1969 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried in Whitehouse Cemetery, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas.
3. Walter Luther Coats was born on 17 Nov 1897 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 24 Apr 1920; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
4. Susie Argenta Coats was born on 25 Aug 1899 in Kewanee, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jul 1980 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
5. Ella Mae Coats was born on 13 May 1903 in Richton, Perry County, Mississippi; died on 18 Jan 1997 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
6. Lula Pauline Coats was born on 25 May 1906 in Perry County, Mississippi; died on 15 Mar 1993 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
7. James Drebon Coats was born on 12 Aug 1912 in Texas; died on 12 Dec 1974 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.