China Chadwell (1871)

Born 6 Aug 1871 in Ewing, Lee, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Biography

China was born in 1871. She is the daughter of Nancy Malinda Brown.

The United States, Social Security Numerical Identification File for her lists her parents as Hiram Chadwell and Nancy M Brown, gives her birth date as 6 Aug 1872, and gives her name as China Charwell Bray.^[1] The 6 Aug 1872 birth date conflicts with that of her sister Matilda Chadwell, born 8 Sep 1872, so probably 1871; the 1880 census shows China as older than Matilda.

The 1880 census^[2] shows her in the household of her parens, Hiram Chadwell and Malinda Chadwell, with four siblings. it gives her age as 9. The family is residing in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States.

There is a marriage record for (as transcribed, no image) Chunie (Unknown) Chadwun (Unknown) marrying S S Bray in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States on 28 Sep 1894.^[3] The social security record, which lists her parents an dbirth in Lee, Virginia, gives he last name a "Bray", and the marriage date of 1894 is reasonable for a woman born in 1872, so this is her.

The 1900 census^[4] shows her and her husband Steven Bray in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States with three children:
Johnnie Bray, 4
Gillis Bray, 3
Ira S Bray, 1

in 1910 ^[5] she and husband S. S. Bray are in Bell, Kentucky, United States with children: Johnie Bray, 14
Gilles Bray, 12
Sherman Bray, 9
Hiram Bray, 6
Williams F Bray, 4
Chas A Bray, 1

In 1930^[6] she and husband Stephen S Bray are in Beaver, Taney, Missouri, United States.

In 1940, she and husband S. S. Bray are living in Loma, Mesa, Colorado, United States in the household of their son, William Bray, with son Charlie Bray.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWX-J5CW : 10 February 2023), China Chadwell Bray, .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5F-JJZ : 15 January 2022), China Chadwell in household of Hiram Chadwell, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 47, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHQ-YRL : 4 December 2014), S S Bray and Chunie (Unknown) Chadwun (Unknown), 28 Sep 1894; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 72, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8M-GWL : 9 March 2022), China Bray in entry for Steven Bray, 1900.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M28C-XB4 : Wed Apr 05 06:58:19 UTC 2023), Entry for S S Bray and China Bray, 1910.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHV8-T3X : accessed 25 June 2023), Ching Bray in household of Stephen S Bray, Beaver, Taney, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 4A, line 12, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1249; FHL microfilm 2,340,984.