Queen Elizabeth (Ledford) Shope (1910 - 2006)

Born 23 Jan 1910 in Macon, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charlie Prioleau Shope — married 19 Nov 1931 in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, USA

Died 26 May 2006 at age 96 in Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Queen was born in 1910. ^[1] She is the daughter of Miller Ledford and Lula Stanfield. She passed away in 2006 and was buried in Prentiss Baptist Church Cemetery, Macon Co., NC.^[2]

Residence

1910 US census, Franklin, Macon Co., NC ^[3]

Ledford, Millar D., Head, m, w, 33, M1 12, NC NC NC, Farmer, own farm

Lula A., Wife, f, w, 33, M1 12, 7 6, NC NC NC

Edna C., Daughter, f, w, 11, s, NC NC NC

Elsworth G., Son, m, w, 8, s, NC NC NC

Vernia A., Daughter, f, w, 6, s, NC NC NC

Lake R., Son, m, w, 5, s, NC NC NC

Claude M., Son, m, w, 2, s, NC NC NC

Queene E., Daughter, f, w, 3/12, s, NC NC NC

1920 US census, Franklin, Macon Co., NC ^[4]

Ledford, Miller D., Head, O F, m, w, 43, md., NC NC NC, Farmer

Lula A., wife, f, w, 43, md., NC NC NC

Lake R., son, m, w, 15, s, NC NC NC

Claud M., son, m, w, 13, s, NC NC NC

Queen E., daughter, f, w, 10, s, NC NC NC

Lillian A., daughter, f, w, 8, s, NC NC NC

Alva, daughter, f, w, 4, s, NC NC NC

1930 US Census, Franklin, Macon, NC ^[5]

Ledford, Miller D., Head, m, w, 53, Md. 22, NC NC NC, Farmer

Lula A., Wife H., f, w, 53, Md. 21, NC NC NC

Lake R., Son, m, w, 24, S, NC NC NC, Laborer, Farm

Queeny, Daughter, f, w, 20, S, NC NC NC

Alva M., Daughter, f, w, 15, S, NC NC NC

Griggs, Verna O., Daughter, f, w, 26, Md. 14, NC NC NC

David L., Grandson, m, w, 8, S, GA NC NC

Gladys M., Granddaughter, f, w, 6, S, NC NC NC

Edith L., Granddaughter, f, w, 3 0[?]/12, S, NC NC NC

Stanfield, Maiden, Brother in law, m, w, 52, S, NC NC NC

1940 Federal Census: Franklin Township, Macon, North Carolina, USA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800 - 2000," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPL-M1D : 8 December 2014), Queenie E Ledford, 23 Jan 1910; from "North Carolina Birth and Death Indexes, 1800 - 2000," database and images, citing Macon, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial, Queenie Elizabeth Ledford Shope (1910 - 2006), Prentiss Baptist Church Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina; website accessed 22 December 2023: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19761485/queenie-elizabeth-shope.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSV-HKB : accessed 10 July 2020), Millar D Ledford, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 112, Sheet 9A, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D. C. , National Archives and Records Administration, 1982 ); FHL microfilm 1,375,134.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVM-NFT : accessed 10 July 2020), Lake R Ledford in household of Miller D Ledford, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 138, Sheet 7A, line 12, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D. C. , National Archives and Records Administration, 1992 ). roll 1309; FHL microfilm 1,821,309.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X331-ZCV : accessed 10 July 2020), Lake R Ledford in household of Miller D Ledford, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, Sheet 16B, line 65, family 281, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington, D. C. , National Archives and Records Administration, 2002 ). roll 1704; FHL microfilm 2,341,438.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3S-R19 : accessed 28 July 2019), Eueenie Shope in household of Prioula Shope, Franklin Township, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 57-8, Sheet 3A, line 4, family 38, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29 (Washington, D. C. , National Archives and Records Administration, 2012 ), roll 2939.