Died
at age 73
in Lockney, Floyd, Texas, United States
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Biography
Leola was born in 1902. She passed away in 1976.
Entered by Stephanie Sanchez, Wednesday, September 25, 2013.
Buried in Lockney Cemetery,
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2S3-9GB : accessed 8 January 2023), Leola Dillard in household of James A Dillard, Justice Precinct 4, Jack, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 13A, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 1,375,580.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HTDT-S3Z : accessed 8 January 2023), Ola Fortenberry in household of Joe Fortenberry, Precinct 3, Floyd, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3A, line 48, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2332; FHL microfilm 2,342,066.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWV8-1L7 : 10 January 2021), Lola Fortenberry in household of Joe Fortenberry, South Plains, Floyd, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-8, sheet 2A, line 7, family 23, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4033.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38P-YQQ : 20 February 2021), Leola Dillard Fortenberry, 28 Feb 1976; citing certificate number 09749, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,926.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLFL-5NY : 10 January 2021), Leola Fortenberry, Feb 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60168101/leola-fortenberry: accessed 07 January 2023), memorial page for Leola Dillard Fortenberry (4 May 1902–28 Feb 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60168101, citing Lockney Cemetery, Lockney, Floyd County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Imagraver (contributor 47349450).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leola by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leola: