Sydney McCartney (1920 - 1976)

Born 4 Jun 1920 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Mar 1976 at age 55 in Bossier City, Bossier, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Sydney McCartney was born 4 Jun 1920 in Fort Payne AL. ^[1]-^[2]

In the 1930 census he was listed as living in the home of his maternal grandparents, William Alexander McCartney and Martha Miles McCartney, along with his mother, Edith McCartney and uncle, Robert McCartney.^[3]

Took mothers maiden name of McCartney... Edith & Joseph separated and she gave both children her maiden name. He was born in the 1920's

In the 1940 census he was listed as living in the boarding house of Mae Duke in Gadsden, AL. ^[4]

He was wedded 1 Jun 1947 to Eula Josephine Means. His marriage license lists him living at 252 So Eighth St. Gadsden, AL. and his occupation as Southern Bell Telephone Company (Miss Means was listed as working for the same company). The license lists his maternal grandparents as his parents, even though Sydney surely knew this was incorrect. ^[1]

Sidney died of homicide on 21 Mar 1976. His body was found in a parked car near US Highway 80 in Bossier City LA where he had gone to visit friends. He was found beaten about the head and with a rope around his neck. Robbery was the suspected motive.

Sydney is buried at Glenwood Cemetery Fort Payne, Alabama.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94V-QZTC?cc=1743384&wc=3LJL-823%3A1586946501 : 16 July 2015), 007251215 > image 709 of 897; County Probate Courts, Alabama.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLC2-2Y4 : 10 January 2021), Sydney Mccartney, Mar 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3X2Z-8PZ : accessed 23 January 2022), Sidney Mc Cartney in household of William A Mc Cartney, Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 13A, line 34, family 283, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 12; FHL microfilm 2,339,747.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GW-RV6 : 5 January 2021), Sidney McCartney in household of Mae Duke, Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28-2, sheet 26B, line 58, family 517, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 30.

• Personal knowledge of nephew, Lee McCartney and great-niece, Jenna Parker.

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