Mary Evelyn Lawson (1898 - 1950)

Born 28 Mar 1898 in Texas, United States

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Mary was born in 1898. She was the daughter of Henry Lawson and Matilda Lida. She passed away in 1950.

Henry L. Lawson (b. Oct 1863 in KY) was head of a household in Erath Co., TX in the 1900 census. He was living with his wife Matilda J. ( b. Nov 1868 in TX), three sons and two daughters. The sons were Preston O. (b. Mar 1892), Benjamin F. (b. Dec 1893), and Samuel A. (b. Mar 1896). Daughters were Mollie M. (b. May 1890), and Mary E. (b. Mar 1894). All the children were b. in TX. Henry and Matilda had been married 12 years and had six children who were all alive in 1900.

In the 1910 census for Erath Co., TX, Louis H. Lawson (age 42 and b. in KY) was head of a household. Living in the home were his wife Jane M. (age 41), daughter Millie M. (age 19), son Preston P. (age 17), son Benjamin F. (age 16), son Samuel A. (age 14), daughter Mary E. (age 12 and son Don M. (age 8). Jane and the children were all b. in TX. Jane and Lewis had been married 21 years and had seven children of whom six were alive in 1910.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L1-5Y5 : accessed 18 September 2021), Matilda J Lawson in household of Henry L Lawson, Justice Precinct 1 (all northwest of r.r. excl. Stephenville city), Erath, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 19B, family 330, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,631.

• Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 April 2021), memorial page for Mary Evelyn Lawson Hooks (28 Mar 1898–1 Nov 1950), Find a Grave Memorial no. 23257124, citing Oak Dale Cemetery, Huckabay, Erath County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361) .