Anna Lou (Baker) Stafford (1936 - 2002)

Born 5 Jul 1936 in Magnolia, Montgomery, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Ray Stafford — married 26 Nov 1961 in Humble, Harris, Texas, United States

Died 14 Oct 2002 at age 66 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Susan Smith [send private message]

Biography

Anna (Baker) Stafford was a Texan.

Anna was born in 1936. She passed away in 2002. BURIAL Brookside Memorial Park Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA ^[1]

She was the daughter of Charley Baker and Abbie Baty.

1940 Justice Precinct 3, Montgomery, Texas, United States ^[2]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

1935 Rosenberg, Fort Bend, Texas

Charles E Baker Head Male 34 Oklahoma

Abbie L Baker Wife Female 19 Oklahoma

Annie L Baker Daughter Female 3 Texas

Charles E Baker Son Male 1 Texas

RESEARCH NOTES On the FAG site this information is posted:

Married Arthur Westmann in 1951 [no record found]

Married Mr Mott 1952/54 [no record found]

Married Billy Leandas Evans in 1956 [no record found]

Married James Ray Stafford in 1961

THIS IS DIFFICULT TO SORT OUT, all four sons of Ann Lou (Baker) Stafford have the name of James Ray Stafford as the father on the birth certificate, 1951, 1957, 1959, and 1962. Smith-157141 02:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

It is possible that James Ray adopted William, and Eddie, sons of whomever, Lloyd being his own son. I do not discount this possibility. I did not find any marriage record in TEXAS for Anna Lou and any of the three men. It will take more research to discover the facts.

WE APPLY HERE Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) -- a principle from philosophy. Suppose there exist two explanations for an occurrence. In this case the one that requires the least speculation is usually better. Another way of saying it is that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation.

I do not create a profile for Arthur Westmann nor one for Billy Leandas Evans. I do not assign William, Eugene and Eddie to either man. I leave them as sons of James Ray Stafford, as shown in the "Texas Birth Index".

Texas Birth Index (4 SONS) Mother of William, Eddie, Lloyd and Marshall Stafford

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial no. 33494581
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4S6-Q59 : 15 March 2018),