Annie was born in 1897.
After the death of their father at age 34, all the children were taken from their mother, Annie Sanders, and placed in a state children's home (Alabama Methodist Orphanage) in Selma, AL. Thelma Estelle was eleven years old at the time. The only child to be adopted was the youngest, Milford, who was adopted by a Jenkins family.
1930 Census, Ward 3, Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA, NARA T626 (as enumerated on 9 Apr 1930) Institution: Alabama Methodist Orphanage
Name --------------------------------- GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE
THELMA (Estelle) SANDERS Inmate F 15 (15 8/12 Alabama
(Catherine) Kathryn Sanders Inmate F 10 (11 1/12) Alabama
(Huel) Owen Sanders Inmate M 9 (9 3/12) Alabama
William (Russell) Sanders Inmate M 9 (8 4/12) Alabama
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"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M963-DK9 : accessed 30 September 2019), Annie T Books in household of Jessee Garrett, Precinct 6 Eagle Creek, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 11A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,041.
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