Peggy Dolores Bolton

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Peggy Dolores Bolton
Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1931
Gender: Female
Birth County: Orange
Father's Name: Virgil Thomas Bolton
Mother's Name: Erma Estelle Smith
Roll Number: 1931_0001

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Name: Vergil Thomas Bolton
Death Date: 21 Sep 1960
Death Place: Orange, Orange, Texas, United States
Usual residence: 2903 W. Park, Orange, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 63 years 10 months 5 days
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Birth Date: 17 Nov 1896
Birthplace: Winnfield Louisiana
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Father's Name: M Bolton
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Mother's Name: Narcissus Carter
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Occupation: Electrician Gulf States Utilities
Veteran: Yes, WW I
Informant: Mrs. V. T. Bolton
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Film Number: 2116474
Digital Film Number: 4120481
Image Number: 00928
Reference Number: 55898
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Orange County, JP 1
Enumerated 13 and 14 January 1920
SD 326 ED 147 Sheet 18A
Seventh Street
1803-376-405
Bolton, Virgil Head M W 20 M La La La Fastner Shipyard
Bolton, Ernie Wf F W 18 M Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas. Orange County, Pr. 1, Orange City, Ward 4
Enumerated April 9, 1930
ED 181-4 SD 19 Sheet 3B
Cherry Street
905-66-90
Bolton, V. T. Head M W 30 M 19 Tl Tx Tx Foreman Telephone Service Dept
Bolton, Ina Wf F W 28 M 17 Tx Tx Tx
Bolton, Virgil SOn M W 9 S Tx La Tx

Virgil married Erna Estelle Smith on 23 Aug 1919 in Orange County, Texas. Erna (daughter of John Perry Smith and Alice Sophrina Ferguson) was born on 14 Dec 1901 in Texas; died on 10 Apr 1979 in Orange County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Groom's Name: Virgil F. Bolton
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Bride's Name: Erna E. Smith
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Marriage Date: 23 Aug 1919
Marriage Place: Orange County, Texas
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59162-1
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1021147
Reference Number: Volume 7 page 288
Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973

Notes:

As of the 1930 census, he was living as a boarder with Emma (Smith) Conner and her husband, William F. Conner in JP 1 of Sabine County.

Death Certificate, dated 28 May 1942. Physician attended John Perry from May 18 through May 28, 1942. Primary cause of death Automloxcater?? Informant Curtis B. Hamilton. Residence: Brookeland. (Source: Katherine D. Freistat).

John married Alice Sophrina Ferguson on 31 Oct 1887 in Sabine County, Texas. Alice (daughter of Gram Berry Ferguson and Mary Elizabeth Sophronie White) was born on 29 Mar 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 1946 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
According to Katherine D. Freistat, John Perry and Alice separated, however, Alice continued to use the signature Mrs. J.P. Smith for at least several years after their separation.

William married Mary Ellen Giddens. Mary was born on 14 Feb 1840 in Arkansas; died on 30 Sep 1932 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown as Ellen? on 1880 census? Or was the woman on the 1880 census a second wife?

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He and Green were twins.

Gram married Mary Elizabeth Sophronie White. Mary (daughter of James White and Drucilla C. Watkins) was born between 1848 and 1854 in Louisiana; died on 27 Aug 1921 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In her Rootsweb World Connect File entitled "Descendants of John and Mary Smith," Katherine Freistat shows that Mary White, the wife of Gram Berry Ferguson, is the daughter of James and Drucilla White. I believe that James and Drucilla are the most likely parents of Mary, but there are several discrepencies that should be resolved if possible.

1) The fact that Gram Ferguson's wife was a White is supported by this entry in "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" by Blanche Toole: White, Mary E to Green B Ferguson ca 1870

However, Green is Gram's twin, and it appears he actually married Lucy Bean in Orange County (source: Pam Mahon, family researcher)

2) A Mary E. S. White is listed on the 1850 Sabine County census as a two year old born in Louisiana in the household of James E. White and Drucilla C. (Watkins) White (#258-258), along with younger sisters Drucilla and Cordelia. However, the Mary Elizabeth Sophronia White shown as the wife of Gram Berry Ferguson by Katherine Freistat is shown as being born 6 years later, in 1854.

3) Another mystery is why she is not listed with her mother, Drucilla, and stepfather, John C. Partin, in the transcript of the 1860 Sabine County census by Helen Gomer Schluter. Her sisters Theodosia and Cordelia are listed. The actual microfilm should be reexamined. She would have been only 12/13 at the time, so it is doubtful she was already married. If she was not married, this means she had either died or was living with another family in 1860. Her grandparents, Edward and Elizabeth (Strickland) White were living in Sabine County in 1860, and an 11 year old girl, shown as L.E. White born in Texas, was living with them, according to the transcript of the 1860 census prepared by Mrs. Helen Gomer Schluter. Could this have actually been M.E. White? There is a discrepency in her birthplace, Texas vs. Louisiana. However, both she and her grandparents might have forgotten that she was born in Sabine Parish and not Sabine County. Additionally, L.E. White does not show up again. She may have either died or married after 1860, and may have indeed married Gram.

4) On a transcript of the 1870 Census of Sabine County (Blanche Toole), Household #25/25 lists:

Ferguson, G. 21 M W Farmer Texas
" , Mary E. 16 F W K.H. Texas

This would make Gram's wife born circa 1854, not circa 1848 as is shown by Katherine Freistat. I read the actual microfilm, and the ages on the transcript match those on the microfilm. It is possible that the census taker made a mistake when recording her age, or that Mary gave him incorrect information.

It could also be that Gram's wife is someone other thatn Mary White, the daughter of James White.

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Married:
Blanche Toole's SABINE COUNTY MARRIAGES shows a Green Ferguson to Mary E. White ca 1870. On Katherine D. Freistat's web site, she shows that Gram Ferguson married Mary Elizabeth White, daughter of Jarvis White and J. Massa in Orange County, Texas. Katherine further states that Gram died April 5, 1922 in Bronson, according to Pat. Pat also said that Mary died August, 1920 in Bronson.