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Samantha Norval (Douglass) Townsan (1886 - 1965)

Samantha Norval Townsan formerly Douglass
Born in Orangeville, Fannin, Texasmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 78 in Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Samantha Norval Douglass was born February 10, 1884 to Burtis Ferrell and Mary Elizabeth Aldridge Douglass, in Fannin, Texas. Sometime between 1910 and 1920 she married James J Townsan. They lived at Greenville, Texas in 1920. By 1930 they were living in Commerce, Hunt, Texas, The 1940 census finds her widowed and living in the household of William F and Margaret Thomas in Commerce, Margaret is Samantha's sister. Samantha Norval Townsan passed away January 4, 1965 at Greenville, Hunt, Texas. [1] She is buried at Leonard Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, USA.

James Townsand household 1920

  • James J Townson Head M 34 Wisconsin
  • Norval Townson Wife F 33 Texas
  • Emma S Townson Mother F 66 Wisconsin

Sources

  • Fannin County TXGenWeb Leonard Cemetery Book, pg 4 - 10
  • Norval Douglass Townsan Obit
  • Find A Grave Memorial 87570848
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3GS-F3N : accessed 19 July 2015), Burtis F Douglass, Justice Precinct 3 Leonard town, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,633.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2MW-LZW : accessed 19 July 2015), Burtis F Douglass, Leonard, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,560.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH1N-31H : accessed 16 August 2015), Emma S Townson in household of James J Townson, Commerce, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing sheet 11B, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,820.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9QT-4ZM : accessed 16 August 2015), James J Townsand, Commerce, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0030, sheet 7B, family 182, line 55, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2360; FHL microfilm 2,342,094.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWKY-4FH : accessed 16 August 2015), Norval Towensen in household of William F Thomas, Commerce, Justice Precinct 6, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116-31, sheet 8A, family 203, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4072.

    References

    1. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZJK-T4X : 24 May 2014), James Crval Douglas, 13 Aug 1952; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 40166, Lamb, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.




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