Burt Monroe Holton (1896 - 1965)

Born 27 Aug 1896 in Glenalter, , Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Mar 1965 at age 68 in DeKalb, Georgia, United States

Biography

Burt was born in 1896. He is the son of Robert Holton and Emma Bartlett. In 1900, the family was living in Avondale, Jefferson, Alabama.^[1]

By 1910, his mother had remarried. Burt was living with his stepfather, Lafayett W Lambeth, mother, brothers, Cyrus and King, along with numerous boarders, in Birmingham Ward 10, Jefferson, Alabama.^[2] The household included:

• Lafayett W Lambeth Head Male 56 Virginia
• Emma Lambeth Wife Female 44 Georgia
• Syrus L Holton Stepson Male 22 Georgia
• King Ella Holton Stepson Male 16 Georgia
• Bert Monroe Holton Stepson Male 13 Georgia
• Geo T Cooper Boarder Male 50 Illinois
• Robt O Harding Boarder Male 27 Georgia
• W Lawrence Boarder Male 30 Alabama
• Isabell Lawrence Boarder Female 26 Alabama
• Ed B Bartlett Boarder Male 27 Georgia

In 1918, Burt registered for the WWI draft in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He gave his DOB as 17 Aug 1896.He was working for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company at the time. His nearest relative was listed as Mrs. G. W. Kiernan.^[3]

Burt married Laura Nora Capps, according to his Find A Grave: Memorial #18528248.

Burt passed away in 1965.^[4][5] Burial was in the Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98B-1FR : accessed 8 October 2020), Bert Holton in household of Robert M Holton, Precinct 34 Avondale, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 16B, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,022.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7S-GTL : accessed 8 October 2020), Bert Monroe Holton in household of Lafayett W Lambeth, Birmingham Ward 10, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 7A, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 19; FHL microfilm 1,374,032.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35Z-3PP : 6 March 2020), Burt Monroe Holton, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49C-X6X : 24 December 2014), Burt M Holton, 18 Mar 1965; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing DeKalb, Georgia, certificate number 005232, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V93P-GMW : 21 August 2020), Burt Holton, Mar 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 October 2020), memorial page for Burt Monroe Holton (27 Aug 1896–18 Mar 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #18528248, citing Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Ronnie Davis (contributor 46896403) .