Martha Della McGill (1874 - 1952)

Born Nov 1874 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Aug 1952 at age 77 in Lakeland, Florida, United States

Biography

Della was born in Greenville County, South Carolina in November of 1874. She married Martin James Webb, a lumber inspector, in Ellijay, Georgia, on July 21, 1896.^[1] Martha and Martin lived in Ellijay, and their first son was born there.^[2] The couple moved a bit south, nearer to Atlanta, to Cartersville, where Martin found work as a clerk in a grocery store; their son, James L (bc 1908), was born there.^[3] Their son, Buford, was born in Cartersville sometime around 1917. Sometime before 1935, the family moved south, to Lakeland, Florida, where Martin took a job as a traveling salesman, selling dry goods.^[4] The son, James, had become widowed and he and his daughter, Martha, age 4, lived with the family.^[5] Martin retired, and the couple lived alone in Lakeland.^[6][7]

Della died in 1952^[8] and is buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Lakeland.^[9] Martin died in 1953.

Sources

• Ernest McGill, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Ernest and others.

1. ↑ Dilla McGill discovered in Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978[1] Ancesrty.com. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NB-GJV : accessed 28 April 2020), Martha D Webb in household of James M Webb, Militia District 850 Ellijay town, Gilmer, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 6A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,200.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLVV-N18 : accessed 28 April 2020), Della Webb in household of Mark J Webb, Cartersville Ward 1, Bartow, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 8A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 171; FHL microfilm 1,374,184
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SB23-QN2 : accessed 28 April 2020), Della M Webb in household of Martin J Webb, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 18A, line 9, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 331; FHL microfilm 2,340,066.
5. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKQ-GWY : 2 February 2018), Della M Webb in household of Marton J Webb, Lakeland, Polk, Florida; citing line 41, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,171.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTC2-1GK : 3 February 2020), Della M Webb in household of M J Webb, Lakeland, Election Precinct 37, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-33, sheet 12B, line 50, family 344, 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 613.
7. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNNL-SMB : 9 August 2017), Della M Webb, Lakeland, Polk, Florida; citing line 22, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,208.
8. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVS6-HWV : 25 December 2014), Della Martha Webb, 1952; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1544, certificate number 20316, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
9. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP48-12YD : 31 May 2018), Della M Webb, died 16 Aug 1952; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States.