Eather Elizabeth (Wilson) Hollis (1910 - 1995)

Born 2 Jul 1910 in Election Precinct 7 Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States

Wife of Julius Ellis Hollis Sr — married 11 Dec 1927 in Election Precinct 7 Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States

Died 10 May 1995 at age 84 in Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States

Biography

The daughter of Franklin Wilson and Martha (Norton) Wilson, Eather Wilson was born in Moulton, Alabama ^{[citation needed]} in 1910. Her mother passed away in 1915; in 1920, Eather lived there with her father and her siblings.^[1]

Eather married Julius Hollis, marrying in Moulton on December 11, 1927, when she was 17,^[2] although her age is cited at 18 on the marriage record. They made in Moulton, farming.^[3] In 1940, they lived in Chalybeate Springs, Alabama, ^[4] residing by 1950 in Pinhook, Alabama.^[5]

Eather Hollis passed away at the age of 84, residing last in Trinity, Alabama,^[6][7] and is buried at Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery in Moulton, Alabama.^[8]

Research Notes

"Eather" is the correct spelling of her first name, as noted on her grave marker.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8L-174 : 31 January 2021), Frank Wilson, 1920.
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DW-N8JL : 22 July 2021), Ellis Hollis and Ether Wilson, 10 Dec 1927; citing Lawrence, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,433,451.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3LVN-KT2 : accessed 29 November 2021), Ether Hollis, Election Precinct 7 Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P9-Z18 : 5 January 2021), Ether E Hollis in household of Julius E Hollis, Election Precinct 16 Chalybeate Springs, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-27, sheet 3B, line 43, family 47, 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 51.
5. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7V-KHN4 : Thu Jul 27 09:31:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Ellis Hollis and Ether Hollis, April 6, 1950.
6. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ1-JBQG : 10 February 2023), Eather W Hollis.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J595-JNR : 10 January 2021), Eather W Hollis, 10 May 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKC-B21Q : 9 May 2023), Eather Elizabeth Wilson Hollis, Burial, Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States of America, Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #39817103