Gladys was born in 1896 to Jesse Garrett and Cora Gaultia. She is a great x2 granddaughter of Leonard M Garrett, Revolutionary War veteran and progenitor of this Garrett line. She married Thomas E Wilkinson at age 21.
Her death date is unknown. On her husband's 1942 WWII draft registration, he lists his son, not her, as a contact person. His 1950 US Census shows that he's divorced. Their only child, Ralph, died in WW II in 1944.
Timeline
1896 Jul - Birth - Missouri
1900 United States Federal Census[1] - St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Mar Stat
Occupation
Jesse A Garrett
Head
Male
32
Missouri
M
Restaurant keeper
Gertrude Garrett
Wife
Female
28
Missouri
M
Gladdis Garrett
Daughter
Female
4
Missouri
S
Ellis D Kee
Boarder
Male
49
Tennessee
S
Carpenter
1910 United States Federal Census[2] - St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Mar Stat
Occupation
Jesse M Garrett
Head
Male
40
Missouri
M
Diamond Drill engineer
Cora G Garrett
Wife
Female
36
Missouri
M
Gladys E Garrett
Daughter
Female
13
Missouri
S
Raymond E Simms
Nephew
Male
17
Missouri
S
Diamond Drill fireman
1917 May 27 - Her fiancé enlisted in the Army WW I
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38J-SQG : accessed 13 September 2019), Gladdis Garrett in household of Jesse A Garrett, St Francis Township (west part), St. Francois, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 13A, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,887.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2B1-3YS : accessed 13 September 2019), Gladys E Garrett in household of Jesse M Garrett, St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 2A, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 808; FHL microfilm 1,374,821.
↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WP9J-LGW2 : 25 February 2022), Gladys E Garrett in entry for Thomas E Wilkinson, 23 Jul 1917; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007515652.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8ZM-74K : accessed 13 September 2019), Gladys Wilkinson in household of Thomas Wilkinson, Saint Francois, St Francois, Missouri, United States; citing ED 100, sheet 18B, line 94, family 406, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 945; FHL microfilm 1,820,945.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X73K-4T1 : accessed 13 September 2019), Gladys E Wilkinson in household of Thomas E Wilkinson, Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 10B, line 78, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 696; FHL microfilm 2,340,431.
↑ 6.06.1 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Q5-HLR : 28 July 2019), Gladys Wilkinson in household of Thomas Wilkinson, Joplin, Galena Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-12, sheet 17A, line 35, family 470, 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 2117.
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