Eva Bickley

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From FindAGrave:

EVA BICKLEY CORLEY, entered into rest on December 2, 2009. She was born on October 17, 1911 in a log cabin in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. She had lived in Houston since 1946 but was proud of her deep East Texas background. Eva was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Louise Bickley, four sisters and two brothers. Also preceded her is Herman Corley, the father of her twins. Survivors include her son Kenneth Corley and his twin sister, Kay Corley Kidder and her husband Harrold Kidder; granddaughter, Kathleen Kidder; one sister, Nell Trautmann and husband Henry of Georgetown along with many nieces and nephews. Eva retired from US Civil Service in 1974 after 40 years of service. She was a member of St. Stephens Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, December 7 in the Chapel of Woodlawn Funeral Home with Doug Horton officiating. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to service. Interment to follow at Woodlawn Garden of Memories. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Published in Houston Chronicle on December 5, 2009

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDYY-XQG
name: Willie S. Bickley
death date: 17 Aug 1967
death place: Houston, Harris, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 85 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 10 Dec 1881
birthplace: Geneva, Sabine, Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: William W. Bickley
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mattie Hutcherson
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Ice Man
place of residence: Houston, Harris, Texas
cemetery: Memory Gardens Cemetery
burial place: Nederland, Texas
burial date: 17 Aug 1967
additional relatives: X
film number: 2138676
digital film number: 4027153
image number: 568
reference number: cn52046
Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Willie S. Bickley, 1967

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Texas, JP One
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 13A
256-272
Bickley, Willis S Head m W 36 M Tx Ga Ga Ice Deaker Own House
Bickley, Louise Wf F W 31 M Tx Ala Ala
Bickley, Sue Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Eva M Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Anna M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Wilbur B Son M W 3 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, William W Son m W 1 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
Enumerated April 8, 1930
SD 202-21 ED 19 Sheet 2A Stamped 16
26-27
Bickley, Willis S Head M W 48 M 28 Tx Ga Ala Retail Merchant
Bickley, Louise M Wf F W 42 M 22 Tx Ala Ala
Bickley, Eva Dtr F W 18 S Tx Tx Tx Bookkeeper Insurance office
Bickley, Marie Dtr F M 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Wilbur Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Weston Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickley, Bonnie Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Bickely, Patsy Dtr F W 3 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill City, JP 1
Enumerated April 9, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202 Sheet 3A
Row 20
Bickley, William S Head M W 58 Tx Same House Salesman Ice Co
Bickley, Louise Wf F W 51 M Tx Same House
Bickley, Wilbur (ab) Son m W 23 S Tx Same House Carpenter Road Construction
Bickley, Weston Son M W 21 S Tx Same House Cook CCC Camp
Bickley, Patsy Dtr F W 12 S Tx Same House
Bickley, Nell Dtr F W 6 S Tx Same house

Willie married Louise Elizabeth Norsworthy after 1906. Louise was born on 23 Apr 1888 in Texas; died on 15 May 1989 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Memory Gardens of Jefferson County, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the "Betts-Tuttle-Roedel-Lang" tree at RootsWeb, he is shown as a son of Simon Peter Bickley and Martha Ann Culver, and half-brother of John S. Bickley, born 1847. This does not appear to be correct, as William Buckley can not be located in the household of Simon Bickley and Harriet Culver in the 1850 through 1880 census. The "Ancestors of William Gene Bowman", also on RootsWeb, also shows William Washington Bickley, along with a twin brother, Wilson W. Bickely, as sons of Simon Peter Bickley and Martha Ann Culver, again married 27 Jan 1846. The also shows Simon married second Ann Elizabeth Biggs, not Harriett.

Wilson Bickley, 17 years, 3 months, Farmer b. Ga; and W. Bickley, 17 years, 3 months, farmer, b . Ga were listed on the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing The Georgia Militia. They were in Talbot County, Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, 688 Militia District, John E. Barksdale, Enrolling Officer; Albert E. Acee, Aide de camp.

In that same district, other Bickley's listed were J. S. Bickley 17 years, 4 months, Farmer, b. GA ; and S. Bickley, 46 years, 2 months, Farmer, b. SC

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 29 Jun 1880
Page 21 SD 1 ED 86 Stamped 247A
185-185
Bickley, William W M 33 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, Mattie W F 31 Wf Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, Minnie L W F 9 Dtr Ga Ga Ga
Bickley, May T W F 6 Dtr Tx Ga Ga
Bickley, Robert W W M 4 Son Tx Ga Ga
Bickley, Horace W M 1 Son Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 8
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 3B
33-33
Bickley, William Head W M Nov 1846 53 m 21 Ga Sc Ga Farmer
Bickley, Martha H. Wife W F about 51 M 31 6/5 Ala Ga Ga
Bickley, Lucy Dtr W F July 1871 28 Ga Ga Ala
Bickley, Robert W Son W Mch 1876 24 Tx Ga Ala Farmer
Bickley, Horace D Son W M Feb 1879 21 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
Bickley, Willie S Son W M Dec 1881 18 S Tx Ga Ala Farm Laborer
Bickley, Anna M Dtr W F Oct 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ala

William married Martha "Mattie" Hutchinson on 4 Jan 1870 in Georgia. Martha was born on 16 May 1848 in Georgia; died on 25 Jan 1925 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could not locate a Texas Death Certificate on the Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976 database at Familysearch.org.

FindAGrave shows her as Martha "Mattie" Hutchinson Smith, and lists her location of birth as Autauga County, Alabama. It further shows that she and William Washington Bickley were married 4 Jan 1870 in Talbot County, Georgia, and had seven children. (Memorial # 39404881, showing Burial at the Hemphill City Cemetery). A second FindAGrave Memorial exists (# 64919395) which instead shows her burial at Bickley Cemetery. A photo of this double tombstone with her husband, William W. Bickley is shown. Her date of birth is engraved, apparently in error, as May 18, 1884.

On the death certificates of sons Robert and Willie Simon, she is shown as Mattie Hutchinson (Hutcherson). On the death certificate of daughter, Tinie May, and the one for her son, Horace Bickley, she is instead listed as Mattie Smith. Could she have remarried after her husband William Bickley died in 1907, perhaps accounting for the inconsistent names, and for the two headstones in differing cemeteries?