Grace Dobson (abt. 1897)

Born about 1897 in North Carolina, United States

Wife of Governor Baxter Flynn — married about 1919 in North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Grace Dobson was born about 1897. She married Governor Baxter Flynn/Flinn in the late 1910's around 1919. Their first child died due to complications of premature birth. ^[1]

A daughter was born to Governor and Grace who was named Pauline Florence on 1 December 1920. ^[2]

A new Census year brings good news in 1930 when we find a new lodger in the Flynn/Flinn family! A six year old Governor Baxter Flynn/Flinn Jr was born in 1924 and is there to celebrate being in his first Census! ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3HM-RCH : 20 February 2021), Governor Flynn in entry for Flynn, 17 Jan 1920; citing Middle Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, reference fn 511 cn 77, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,501.
2. ↑ "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8GD9-H8N2 : 8 August 2020), Governor B Flynn in entry for MM9.1.1/8GD9-H86Z:, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SY-B9M : accessed 5 September 2022), G B Flynn Jr. in household of Gov Flynn, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 3A, line 34, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1690; FHL microfilm 2,341,424.