Burrell Thomas Lawson (1910 - 1991)

Born 23 Mar 1910 in Plains, Sumter, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Nov 1991 at age 81 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Biography

Burrell Lawson is a part of US Black heritage.

Burrell was born in 1910 in Georgia. He married Helen prior to 1940, when they were living in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia along with Burrell's widowed mother Jennie and two of his sisters. He and Helen divorced sometime prior to Burrell's death in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1991. He was buried in Covington Memorial Gardens in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Sources

• *"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNX-9ML2?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-Q77%3A133641201%2C138378501%2C141632501%2C1589088920 : 24 June 2017), Georgia > Sumter > Militia District 759 > ED 103 > image 34 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Burr Lawson, age 2 months, with mother Gennie.

• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Militia District 884, Sumter, Georgia; Roll: T625_278; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 107
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #8360207 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Burr Christie [Lawson] (9), single son, in household of Sam Christie (43) in Militia District 884, Sumter, Georgia. Born in Georgia. [Christie is his stepfather]

• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Plains, Sumter, Georgia; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 2340120
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #103846013 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Berl Lawson (19), single stepson (step son), Helper, in household of Sam Christian [Christie] (55) in Hudson St, Plains, Sumter, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.

• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Plains, Sumter, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00710; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 129-20
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #51474518 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Burrel Lawson (36), married, Laborer, head of household in Plains, Sumter, Georgia. Born in Georgia. With wife Helen, mother Jennie, 2 sisters

• 1962 Divorce: "Arkansas, Divorces, 1923-1969"
  Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Divorces; Year: 1962; Film Number: 4
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61776 #637429 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Burl Lawson divorce from Helen Lawson on 15 Feb 1962 in White, Arkansas, USA.

• Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007"
  Ancestry Record 60901 #804400562 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Name: Burrell T Lawson; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 23 Mar 1910; Death Date: Nov 1991; Claim Date: 3 Aug 1972; SSN: 254095626.

• Death: "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011"
  Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1991; Roll: 18
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60716 #1140197 (accessed 3 March 2022)
  Burrell Thomas Lawson death 23 Nov 1991 (age 61) in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA.. b. 23 Mar 1910 in Plains, Ga. Father: Johnny Lawson, Mother: Jennie Lawson, Divorced, burial Covington, Ft Wayne.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #144126440 Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne, Indiana