Leslie Herps Massey (1891 - 1970)

Born 14 Nov 1891 in Texas, USA

Ancestors

Son of James Tillman Massey and Rebecca Jane Alderman

Husband of Ida Pierce Thomas — married 15 Jul 1916 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1970 at age 78 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Sources

• Guardianship documents (1898) held by Burleson County, Texas, pertaining to "Mollie Massey" and "other minor children". Leslie Herps Massey is named in this document as one of the orphaned siblings.

• United States Federal Census. 1900. Texas. Robertson County. Page 6b. Household of possible cousin and brother's eventual father-in-law S. B. Blackman (Solomon Blackmon). Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=70976322&indiv=try

• United States Federal Census. 1910. Texas. San Saba County. Page 3b. Household of cousin Tom W. Alderman. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=28508635

• United States Federal Census. 1920. Texas. Robertson County. Page 1b. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=93298436

• United States Federal Census: 1930. Texas. Robertson County. Page 8b. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=61333548

• United States Federal Census: 1940. Texas. Robertson County. Page 8a. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=156195168

• U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Database hosted at Ancestry.com. Digital image of original document.

• Original marriage certificate in possession of Shari S, given to her by the county clerk's office in Robertson County, Texas. (The office worker said they were giving away the originals to family members when requested.)

• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Database hosted at FamilySearch.org. Digital image of original death certificate.

• FindaGrave.com. Leslie Herps Massey. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14711632 Memorial created by Shari S based on family visits. Photo of headstone on FindaGrave taken by mother of Shari S. (Name withheld by request.)

• Autosomal DNA: Close Relationships. Paternally, grandchildren of Leslie Herps Massey have "extremely high" confidence matches to descendants of Leslie's paternal aunts and uncles at Ancestry.com. This is also true maternally, plus grandchild S. Massey has a close match (46 cM, three segments) at 23andMe to a grandchild of Leslie's maternal first cousin, and the segments they share are also shared by cousins of this line at earlier generations.