Selma Laura (Frazier) Serrels (1897 - 1985)

Born 23 Apr 1897 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA

Died 9 Nov 1985 at age 88 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA

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Biography

Selma Frazier was born 23 April 1897 in Sacramento, California^[1] She is the daughter of Charles Frazier and Laura Heyduck.

1900 census^[2] 1910 census^[3] 1920 census^[4]

She married Howard Serrels sometime after January 1920 (source needed).

1930 census -- Albany, Alameda Co., California

Howard G Serrels, head, rent $35, male, white, age 33, married, first married @24, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, salesman retail furniture; Selma F Serrels, wife, female, white, age 32, married, first married @21, born California, father born California, mother born Missouri, no occupation; Howard F Serrels, son, age 8, single, attended school, born California, father born Ohio, mother born California; Errol W Leary, brother-in-law, male, white, age 44, married, first married @25, born Michigan, father born England, mother born Canada, manager real estate^[5]

1940 census -- Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California

Laura Frazier, head, own $5000, female, white, age 66, widow, 1 year high school education, born Missouri, same house 1935, home works; Selma Serrels, daughter, female, white, age 42, married, 1 year high school education, born California, Albany Alameda Co California 1935, housewife; Howard Serrels, son-in-law, male, white, married, 1 year high school education, born Ohio, Albany Alameda Co California 135, salesman retail furniture; Howard Serrels Jr, grandson, male, white, age 18, single, attended school, 3 years high school education, born California, Albany Alameda Co California 1935, no occupation.^[6]

She died 9 November 1985 in Sacramento, California.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLQ-QTC7 : 12 February 2019), Selma Laura Frazier, 23 Apr 1897; citing Birth, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M953-G4N : accessed 7 September 2019), Selma Frazier in household of Charles W Frazier, Precinct 1 Sacramento city Ward 8, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 3B, family 431, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,098.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLP-NL8 : accessed 7 September 2019), Selma L Frazier in household of Charles W Frazier, Sacramento Ward 8, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 10B, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 93; FHL microfilm 1,374,106.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHWM-RST : accessed 7 September 2019), Selma Frazer in household of Charles W Frazer, Sacramento Assembly District 14, Sacramento, California, United States; citing ED 96, sheet 1B, line 61, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 126; FHL microfilm 1,820,126.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXX-LT2 : accessed 7 September 2019), Selma F Serrels in household of Howard G Serrels, Albany, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 268, sheet 6B, line 85, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 109; FHL microfilm 2,339,844.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K94P-N83 : 27 July 2019), Selma Serrels in household of Laura Frazier, Area B, Sacramento, Sacramento Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-79, sheet 5B, line 73, family 127, 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 283.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTC1-LMS : 20 May 2014), Selma Serrels, Nov 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPXT-RM6 : 26 November 2014), Selma Laura Serrels, 09 Nov 1985; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.