Virginia Raulerson was born in September 1869, either in Georgia or Florida.
In 1900, Ila, 1 year old, is living in the home of Martha Durrance in Polk county, Florida.[1]
Ila Raulerson is living in the home of Martha Durrance in Chicora, Polk, Florida, in 1910, and is shown as her adopted daughter.[2]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36D-X2V : accessed 4 July 2015), Ila Ranluson in household of Martha Durrance, Precinct 1, 9, 18, Polk, Florida, United States; citing sheet 17B, family 329, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,175.
Martha Durrance, 57 b. Jan 1843; son Joseph S Durrance, 23 b. May 1877; son Jessee C Durrance, 21 b. April 1879; servant Virginia Raulerson (Ranluson on Index), 30 b. Sept 1869; and daughter Ila Raulerson, 1 b. June 1898. All were born in Florida. Virginia is shown as single, having had 1 child. Her parents were both born in Florida, as were Ila's parents.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKK-S5N : accessed 4 July 2015), Ila Raulerson in household of Martha Durrance, Chicora, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 6A, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,180.
Martha Durrance, 68 b. Georgia; Jeanie Raulerson, Companion, 40 b. Florida; Ila Raulerson, Adopted daughter, 11 b. Florida. Jeanie's parents were both both in Georgia, but Ila's were born born in Florida.
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