Rose Crawford Garrott (1916)

Born 1916 in California, United States

Ancestors

Rose Garrott is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Rose Garrott, daughter of Homer Garrott and Pearl Crawford, was born in 1916. In 1945, she married Pfc. Bertram Showell^[1] in what the local newspaper considered to be a fairy-tale wedding.^[2] After their marriage, the Showells settled in New Jersey.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KM-LY2 : 9 March 2021), Bert Alonzo Showell and Rose Crawford Garrott, 30 Aug 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,179.
2. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79397008/the-garrott-family-west-coast-royalty/
3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79438394/showell-garrott-nuptials/

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQT-VBP : 31 January 2021), Rose Garrott in entry for Homer Garrott, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVN-P8H : accessed 12 June 2021), Rose Garrott in household of Homer L Garrott, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 322, sheet 14A, line 49, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 145; FHL microfilm 2,339,880.