John Claudie Godfrey (1895 - 1937)

Born 1 Dec 1895 in Larmar County, AL

Ancestors

Husband of Bertha Lee (Baines) Godfrey — married 17 Apr 1918 in Lowndes, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1937 at age 41 in Birmingham Alabama, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Dorcas Otis [send private message]

Biography

John Claudie Godfrey passed away 1937. John Claudie Godfrey married first Bertha Lee Baines. She died after giving birth to her fifth child. John Claudie Godfrey passed away in Birmingham, AL of double Pneumonia in 1937. He was living in Cordova, AL at that time and his job was cutting timbers for the coal mines. He had lived in Dora a short time. He lived most of his life in Pickens County, AL. His father, Preacher William Jefferson Godfrey died the next day. They are both buried in Cross Roads Cemetery near Gordo, AL. John Claudie's brother and sister-in-law, Alonzo and Kittie (Brown) Godfrey of Gordo, AL gave a home to four of the children. There was six in the household. Their step mother, Lily, kept the other two. The youngest daughter by Claudie's first wife, Bertha (Baines) Godfrey, was raised by the Baines grandparents Will and Jennie Baines. She was a few days old when her mother died of what was called "milk leg".

Sources

Granddaughter, Dorcas Otis. The info came from the family, Cross Roads Cemetery records, Census records, Newspaper clippings.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R44-6DY?cc=1810731&wc=QZF9-HKN%3A648803601%2C650247501%2C651204801%2C1589282378 : 8 December 2015), Alabama > Pickens > Pickensville > ED 15 > image 25 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).( John C. Godfrey, Bertha, Ella, James, Bernice, Beatrice,)

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6S-4VT?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-KD2%3A1036469501%2C1038127901%2C1039353301%2C1589332431 : 14 December 2015), Alabama > Pickens > Corrs > ED 79 > image 12 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).(Alonzo Godfrey, harless, ella mae godfrey, bertha,)

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3K8J-D6Z : accessed 2 August 2020), John C Godfrey, Pickensville, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 12B, line 60, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 46; FHL microfilm 2,339,781.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PL-7MG : 23 August 2019), John Claudie Godfrey, 1917-1918.

"Find A Grave Index," Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 December 2020), memorial page for John Claudie Godfrey (1 Dec 1895–8 Mar 1937), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54538617, citing Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Algal (contributor 47115267) .

"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDRN-5VY : 29 July 2020), Lilly Harrison Godfrey in entry for John C. Godfrey, 1937. (wrong parents listed here. Dorcas Otis)