Ida (Matthews) Gafford (1856 - aft. 1900)

Born Feb 1856 in Polk Co, Texas

Descendants

Died after 1900 after age 43 in Polk Co, Texas

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Biography

Research Notes

• Ida Matthews: Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
  • Name: Seaborn W Gafford
  • Event Type: Marriage
  • Event Date: 04 Jan 1871
  • Event Place: Montgomery Land District, Texas, United States
  • Sex: Male
  • Spouse's Name: Ida Matthews
  • Spouse's Sex: Female
    • Source^[1]

Other Possible Sources; October 2021

• The earliest record located for Ida at this time is the 1871 marriage record listed above.
• On the 1880 Census she is listed with her husband and two daughters (W and M.L. Gafford) in Montgomery, Texas but it is curious to note that two other older children are listed with a different last name(Willie and Jennie Riley) that are too old to have been her children.^[2]
• On Febuary 4, 1896 there is a marriage record between Ida Gafford (widowed) and G.R. Bobbitt in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas.^[3]
• However, on the 1900 Census she is listed as Ida Gafford (widowed) in the home of her daughter Mary Lou and her son-in-law Joe Holley in Polk, Texas.^[4]
• There has been speculation that she passed away around or shortly after the 1900 Census; but this may not be true if she did indeed marry Mr. Bobbit because in 1910 - Ida Bobbitt is listed in the same household as the 1900 Census; with Mary Lou and Joe Holley in Angelina, Texas.^[5]
• Further research has not yielded a census report with her listed in 1920 or 1930 (at this time) but a death record has been located for Ida Gafford that is dated February 8, 1934 that may or may not belong to her (see details below).^[6]
  • Ida Gafford: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
  • Name: Ida Gafford
  • Event Type: Death
  • Event Date: 08 Feb 1934
  • Event Place: Lipan, Hood, Texas, United States
  • Sex: Female
  • Marital Status: Widowed
    • Source^[7]
• Additional research indicates that the record of death listed above does not belong to this Ida Gafford; it belongs to Ida Jane Compton Gafford who was born in 1862; her Find a Grave ID is: 45541776 . Based on this information I will edit her death to after 1900 until more research can be conducted.

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-6PBS : 28 November 2018), Seaborn W Gafford and Ida Matthews, 04 Jan 1871; citing Marriage, citing Montgomery Land District, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,006,044.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJS-PGK : 20 February 2021), I Gafford in household of W Gafford, Precinct 4, Montgomery, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 124, sheet 84D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,320.
3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-X3Y7 : 28 November 2018), G R Bobbitt and Ida Gafford, 04 Feb 1896; citing Marriage, citing Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,006,046.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35M-LYW : accessed 17 October 2021), Ida Gafford in household of Joe H Halley, Justice Precinct 8, Polk, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 9A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,665.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M296-4TR : accessed 17 October 2021), Ida Bobbitt in household of Joseph H Holley, Justice Precinct 5, Angelina, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 9A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1527; FHL microfilm 1,375,540.
6. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDC-YBQ : 24 May 2014), Ida Gafford, 08 Feb 1934; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 8252, Hood, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
7. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34D-1KH : 20 February 2021), Ida Gafford, 08 Feb 1934; citing certificate number , State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,986.

• oral information from her daughter, Willie Esthma (Meme) Gafford Gibbs