Hazel Ruth (Ford) McCammon (1893 - 1975)

Born 16 Jun 1893 in Flora, Carroll, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1975 at age 81 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Hazel was born in 1893, the oldest of 4 children of John F and Ida M Teatian Ford. ^[1]

She was still living at home in April at the time the 1910 Census was taken,^[2] but on 4 Nov of that year, she married Armond Earl McCammon. ^[3]

In 1920, Hazel, Armond and their 2 sons were living in Houston with Armond's father James. However, by 1930, Armond had remarried and Hazel subsequently took the surname Lee. The 1940 Census shows her living in Galveston. Her marital status, divorced. ^[4]

She passed away in 1975. ^[5]

Research Notes

It is uncertain when or why Hazel began using the surname Lee. No marriage records or other documents have come to light and no references to a Mr. Lee. However, her son Earl Delmar, the informant for her death certificate used that surname. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBX-774 : accessed 23 May 2020), Hazel R Ford in household of John F Ford, Monroe Township (north portion) Flora town Ward 1-3, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,361.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGS-8XY : accessed 23 May 2020), Hazel Ford in household of John Ford, Monroe, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 13B, family 528, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 341; FHL microfilm 1,374,354.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXV7-SL9 : 10 February 2018), Armond Earl Mac Cammon and Hazel Ruth Ford, 04 Nov 1910; citing Carroll, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004203308.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVN-4PG : 6 February 2020), Nettie Looney, Ward 3, Galveston, Justice Precinct 1, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-15, sheet 20B, line 60, family 491, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4037.
5. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZP-D42 : 13 March 2018), Hazel Ruth Lee, 03 Mar 1975; citing certificate number 19315, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,706.
6. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZP-D42 : 13 March 2018), Hazel Ruth Lee, 03 Mar 1975; citing certificate number 19315, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243706.