Willie Frank Purkey (1903 - abt. 1984)

Born 5 May 1903 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Died about 11 Aug 1984 at about age 81 in Grayson, Texas

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Biography

Willie was born on 5 May 1903 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (present day Choctaw County, Oklahoma), USA.^[1] He passed away in August 1984.^[2][3] He was buried in Van Alstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Grayson, Texas.^[4]

Census

• 1910^[5]
  • Frank Purkey, Head, Male, 38, Tennessee
  • Mary Purkey, Wife, Female, 28, Kentucky
  • Mertie Purkey, Daughter, Female, 13, Texas
  • Mamie Purkey, Daughter, Female, 9, Texas
  • Willie Purkey, Son, Male, 6, Texas

• NEED 1920 CENSUS

• 1930^[6]
  • W F Purkey, Head, Male, 26, Oklahoma
  • Aloma Purkey, Wife, Female, 29, Arkansas
  • Willie F Purkey, Son, Male, 0, Oklahoma

• 1940^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record Search Results: Willie F Purkey, Gender M, Birth County Choctaw, Birth Month 5, Birth Day 5, Birth Year 1903.
2. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVNC-6PG : 5 December 2014), Willie Frank Purkey, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYP6-1WL : 20 May 2014), Willie Purkey, Aug 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62418717
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML77-VFR : accessed 23 November 2018), Willie Purkey in household of Frank Purkey, Kosoma, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 271, sheet 3B, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1271; FHL microfilm 1,375,284.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQY-D45 : accessed 23 November 2018), W F Purkey, Albany, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 11A, line 17, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1894; FHL microfilm 2,341,628.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJ8-2VP : 14 March 2018), Willie L Purky, Albany Township, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-4B, sheet 9B, line 65, family 167, 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 3278.