Harry Langford Gomez (1893 - 1967)

Born 10 Oct 1893 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Lucille (Higgs) Gomez — married 30 Jul 1918 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1967 at age 73 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Harry Gomez is buried in Key West Cemetery.

Biography

Harry was born in 1893 per baptism records in Key West, Florida. His father was Manuel Gomez. In 1910, the family was living in Key West, Florida. Harry's father was a widower with 9 children: Frank, Manuel Jr, Mamie, Catherine, Harry, William, Paul, Leo, and Francesco.^[1]

Harry married Alice Lucille "Sue" Higgs on 30 Jul 1918 in Monroe County, Florida.^[2] They apparently divorced for a period of time as Lucille was listed as divorced and living on Florida Street in 1930 and 1935. Their daughter, Juanita was with her.

In 1940, the family was back together living in Key West, Florida. Harry and his wife had only the one daughter, Juanita.^[3]

Juanita Gomez Deason died giving birth to her daughter, who also died, on 29 Oct 1944, in Tennessee. ^[4] Their bodies were returned to Key West, Florida, and buried together in the Key West Cemetery. Harry's wife, Alice Lucille Higgs Gomez, was buried next to them in 1964.

Harry died in 1967.^[5] Burial was in the Catholic section (near Francis Street) of the Key West Cemetery in Key West, Florida. Date of death was listed as 12 July 1967 in the cemetery index records.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKN-XWX : accessed 23 December 2015), Harry L Gomez in household of Manuel Gomez, Key West Ward 6, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,178.
2. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMR-GLX : accessed 23 December 2015), Harry Gomez and Lucille Higgs, 30 Jul 1918; citing Monroe, Florida; FHL microfilm 945,907.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCW-9XC : accessed 23 December 2015), Harry L Gomez, Ward 4, Key West, Election Precinct 6, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-15, sheet 13A, family 245, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 601.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSSK-96D : accessed 23 December 2015), Harry Gomez in entry for Jaunita Elizabeth Gomez Deason, 29 Oct 1944; citing Cemetery, Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, cn 22824, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,137,352.
5. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVXQ-7Z6 : accessed 23 December 2015), Harry L Gomez, Jul 1967; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 2978, certificate number 36539, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
6. ↑ Key West Cemetery Index Records at the Monroe County Library archives in Key West, Florida.

• Ancestry Family Trees. US Federal Census 1900, 1910, 1920 – Key West, Monroe, Florida. Obituaries. Family Sources.