Who are the parents of Bernice B. Bass 8-10-1925 female Louisiana ?

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Bernice is my grandmother  I want to find her parents. She was born in Louisiana 1925 and died 1998 in California . She never would talk about her past. But she said she was an only child. My uncle believes her father is buried in yolo county, California .I have found documents with the last name of Evett and Hodges . She died a Puisis. She was only married for five months to the man but she used his name for the next 20+ years until she passed.

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1940 United States Federal Census about Bernice Bass

Name:	Bernice Bass
Age:	16
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1924
Gender:	Female
Race:	White
Birthplace:	Louisiana
Marital Status:	Single
Relation to Head of House:	Daughter
Home in 1940:	Red River, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940:	View map
Inferred Residence in 1935:	Rural, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Residence in 1935:	Rural, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Resident on farm in 1935:	Yes
Sheet Number:	2B
Attended School or College:	No
Highest Grade Completed:	Elementary school, 5th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:	0
Income:	0
Income Other Sources:	No
Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age Sam Bass 39 Berta Bass 34 Willie Arnold Bass 18 Bernice Bass 16 Hollis Bass 14 Albert Bass 11 Juanita Bass 8 Barbara Bass 6 John David Bass 2

 

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Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 about Bernice B Evett

Name:	Bernice B Evett
Gender:	Female
Spouse:	Walter V Puisis
Marriage Date:	11 Feb 1971
Marriage City:	Reno
Officiant Type:	Religious celebrant
Recorded Date:	17 Feb 1971
Recorded County:	Washo

 

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U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 about Bernice B Swader

Name:	Bernice B Swader
Gender:	Female
Residence Year:	1955
Street address:	6l6 William B
Residence Place:	Sacramento, California, USA
Spouse:	Alvis C Swader
Publication Title:	Sacramento, California, City Directory, 1955

 

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The wife shown on this document is Margery Bass:

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 about Sam Bass

Name: Sam Bass Birth Date: 11 Apr 1901 Death Date: 23 Jun 1961 Cemetery: Rose Lawn Cemetery Cemetery Location: Sulphur, Louisiana

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Thank you for your help. The only reason I didn't think this was my grandma is she told us , she was an only child. And for some reason she would not talk about her past. If you have any ideas that might help me I would love the info. I am registered  with Ancestry.com

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This is about Sam Bass:

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Birth:  Apr. 11, 1901 Leesville Vernon Parish Louisiana, USA Death:  Jun. 23, 1961 Beaumont Jefferson County Texas, USA   Family links:   Spouse:   Jessie F. Garner Bass (1906 - 1943)*   *Calculated relationship   Note: Sam Bass "aka" Sam Lee Bass Sr - born Samuel Johnson, was orphaned before 1910 and taken in by David Washington Bass and Rosa McGlothlin, later adopted by them and he took on the name of Sam Bass. This info is from CajunPaul   Burial: Roselawn Cemetery Sulphur Calcasieu Parish Louisiana, USA

 

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Do you happen to know Bernice's Social Security number?

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568-30-2097 thank you

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You also saw the 1930 census for Bernice Bass?

Betty

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I did see the one where Bernice is living with another family. But it list her as negro. My grandma was white

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Here is a single daughter:

1940 United States Federal Census about Bernice Bass

Name:	Bernice Bass
Age:	13
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1927
Gender:	Female
Race:	White
Birthplace:	Louisiana
Marital Status:	Single
Relation to Head of House:	Daughter
Home in 1940:	Catahoula, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940:	View map
Street:	Guice Field Road
Inferred Residence in 1935:	Catahoula, Louisiana
Residence in 1935:	Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935:	Yes
Sheet Number:	3B
Attended School or College:	Yes
Highest Grade Completed:	Elementary school, 5th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:	0
Income:	0
Income Other Sources:	No
Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age Walter Bass 51 Elouise Bass 47 Bernice Bass 13

 

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Walter's family:

1900 United States Federal Census about Walter Bass

Name: Walter Bass [Walter Hearse Bass]  Age: 11 Birth Date: Mar 1889 Birthplace: Louisiana Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 8, Catahoula, Louisiana Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Esau Bass Father's Birthplace: Mississippi Mother's name: Margret Bass Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Esau Bass 57 Margret Bass 55 Sallie A Bass 15 Lodie Bass 14 Walter Bass 11

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I traced this Bernice and found she is not the one. Ancestry associates this one with with someone else. Thank you for all you are doing. I just looked again and did find 1930 census only with a different mother. My grandma only had two children my mom has passed on and my uncle dose not know much.

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What i"m wondering is why she is listed as Evett when she married William Puisis? Was she married twice? Was she adopted?

Betty

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If it's the same Bernice, she was married to an Evett, Alvis Clinton Swader, and Walter Puisis. I'm still looking for a marriage document for Evett probably in Louisiana.

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She married Walter Puisis in 1971 at that time she went by  Evett . I can't find a marriage from Bass to Evett. I have some old dog and fishing licenses with the last name of Evett and Hodges. My uncle said he always thought her Marin name was Hodges. When I called social security office to inquire about. Death certificate they told me her madien name was Bass. My grandma was very hush-hush about her past. On my mothers birth cert. my grandma listed Bass as her madien name and on my uncles three years later she listed Hodges. My mom and uncle didn't even know their father. He is the Alvis Swader she lived with in 1955. I also found an annulment record for Alvis and my grandma in 1953. My mom was born 1954 and my uncle 1957. I know this is confusing and I really appreciate your help.

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I did find a Bernice Hodges in 1940 she was ward of the state

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In Oklahoma?

Betty

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Yes . I just figure something bad must have happened to my grandma to make her not want to talk about her past

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I believe this was a college institution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasha,_Oklahoma

 

In 1908, the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls was established in Chickasha. A local rancher named J. B. Sparks donated land for the school in memory of his daughter, Nellie. The girl was a Chickasaw descendent, and the land had been part of her allotment. The Nellie Sparks Dormitory commemorated her. The school was renamed as the Oklahoma College for Women in 1916. It became coeducational in 1965, and was renamed the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts. It was renamed again in 1975 as the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.^[5]

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I poked in ---------- Bass born 1900 and had daughter Bernice and died in Yolo, California. I came up with six or eight maybe records for Bernice's father.

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current about Billie Lee Bass

Name: Billie Lee Bass Birth Date: 23 Jul 1900 Death Date: 2 Jan 1967 Cemetery: Woodland Cemetery Burial Place: Woodland, Yolo County, California URL: This record is not from Ancestry and will open in a new window. You may need to search for the record when the web page opens. For more information on web records, click here. You will need to log-in or register to save this record to your tree.

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This one has no infromation that I have found yet. I'll keep digging.

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This birth record is in North Carolina:

North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 about Bernice Bass

Name:	Bernice Bass
Gender:	Female
Race:	White
Event Type:	Birth
Birth Date:	1922
Birth County:	Wilson
Parent1 Name:	W H Bass
Parent2 Name:	Emma Barnes
Roll number:	NCVR_B_C105_66001
Page:	583

 

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Found a voter registration with Mrs. Bernice Hodges and Elmer C. Hodges. Getting on that now.

Betty

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The voter registration indicated someone born in 1915:

Here is a record for Bernice Bass in Nevada in 1968. Did she run a scam operation or something? Marrying guys and divorcing them quickly?

Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 about Bernice Bass

Name:	Bernice Bass
Gender:	Female
Residence State:	California
Spouse:	Elrader Browning
Spouse Residence State:	California
Marriage Date:	24 Feb 1968
Marriage County:	Douglas
Officiant Type:	Religious celebrant
Recorded Date:	11 Mar 1968
Recorded County:	Douglas

Betty

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Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 about Bernice Bass

Name:	Bernice Bass
Gender:	Female
Residence State:	California
Spouse:	Arron D Broughton
Spouse Residence State:	California
Marriage Date:	17 Feb 1968
Marriage City:	Minden
Officiant Type:	Religious celebrant
Recorded Date:	5 Mar 1968
Recorded County:	Douglas

 

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California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 about Eddie L Hoyt

Name:	Eddie L Hoyt
Age:	28
Est. Birth:	abt 1938
Spouse Name:	Bernice Bass
Spouse Age:	28
Est. Spouse Birth:	abt 1938
Date:	13 Mar 1966
Location:	Los Angeles City

 

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California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 about Simmie D Warren

Name:	Simmie D Warren
Gender:	Male
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1922
Age:	31
Marriage Date:	8 Aug 1953
Marriage Place:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse:	Bernice Bass
Spouse Age:	30

 

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California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984 about Bernice A Bass

Name: Bernice A Bass Spouse Name: Aaron D Broughton Location: Los Angeles City Date: Sep 1969

 

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I am not sure but my uncle said she did kind of use men. Well since 1982 I was around my grandma and she never had a man. My uncle said he remembers living in Stockton , CA. Until he was ten (1967). My grandma was dating a man named Tony Pastoria. And he left his wife for my grandma. And even thou my moms last name is Swader she was always under the impression that a man named Something Estas was her father .my mom and uncle neither one knew their fathers. I hope this sheds some light on why I am having such a hard time. The only other things I know about my grandman are she was a welder during WW2 when women helped do men jobs,and she picked Cotten in SloughHouse, CA. She never worked that I ever knew of. Thanks again for all your help.  Please feel free to ask me anything that might help.          Richelle

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I guess the question was kind of blunt, my apologies. So what we've got is a person who had several last names but whose maiden name was Bass and might be listed under Hodges. There are no easy questions on this site are there? :)

Betty

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In this census they are listed as Negor but in earlier censuses the Head of the house is listed as White.

 

 

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1930 United States Federal Census about Louis Sims

Name: Louis Sims Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Louisiana Race: Negro (Black) [Black]  Home in 1930: Police Jury Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana Map of Home: View map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Mahaley Sims Father's Birthplace: Louisiana Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana Occupation: Education: Military service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Louis Sims 58 Mahaley Sims 56 Olivia Bass 30 Myrtle Sims 25 Bernice Bass 8 Henry Bass 5

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Yes  this is hard, but I really enjoy the search. I always wanted to be a detective  I I'd some searching and found out all the marriages for Eddie, Arron, Simmie, Elrader. Are not my grandma because of the birth year on most. I found it on the divorce records. Now as far as my uncle and I know my grandma was mostly in Stockton , CA. And Sacramento, CA.  But I did find the record with Alvis Swader for Annulment in Humboldt County, CA 1955 newspaper artical. Which is kind of unny because that's where I live now. And places in Butte county where Alvis lived is where I moved to from Sacramento before here. I find it kind of ironic that I have always wanted to find out about my grandma because she was like my mother to me I feel that is where my roots come from. And I have lived most of the places that I find out  she's been. Thanks this is awesome to be able to go over this with someone else.    Richelle

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No need to appoliges I was not offended. I really appreciate the help. Have a great day I will check back in this evening when I get home from work.

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The difficult part (one of the difficult parts anyway) of genealogy is that women change their birthdates to fit their mood at the time. Some women do anyway. It makes marriage and birth records hard to verify.

Betty