Nora Mae (Ray) Arnold (1886 - 1942)

Born 1886 in Hopkins, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Walter William Arnold — married 1907 in Mount Vernon, Franklin, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 1942 at about age 56 in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States

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Biography

Nora Mae Ray was a younger daughter of George Washington and Saphronia Fults Ray, born in Hopkins Co., Texas near the community of Saltillo. Her birth date is usually given as 1889 as on her death record in 1942; however her sister Ursula was born in January 1889, and it is more likely the date is 1887. She had six sisters and two brothers. There is a first marriage recorded for her in 1905 at age 16 (or 18) to C. E. Pittman; C. Pittman died unexpectedly in 1906.

Nora Mae married Walter William Arnold in December 1907 at age 18 (or 20); he was a widower, age 36, with four young children. Nora and Walter had one son of their own, Ray Arnold, born in 1909. Nora was a step-mother to the older children as well as raising her own son. Nora and Walter later lived in Texarkana, Texas. Nora died in 1942 and is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Texarkana.

Sources

• Family history information. Marriage record is source.

"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GT-614 : 30 November 2021), Norah Ray in entry for G W Ray, 1900.

"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL6Y-ZQX : 22 December 2016), C E Pittman and Norah Ray, 13 May 1905; citing Franklin, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,302,056.

"Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXMP-Y24 : 22 January 2020), Nora Pittman in entry for W. W. Arnold, 1907.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MJ-713 : accessed 11 March 2023), Nora M Arnold in household of Walter W Arnold, Justice Precinct 1, Franklin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 9A, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1552; FHL microfilm 1,375,565.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRB-99V : 3 February 2021), Nora Arnold in entry for Walter W Arnold, 1920.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWNP-5LZ : 10 January 2021), Nora M Arnold in household of Walter W Arnold, Justice Precinct 1, Bowie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-5, sheet 61A, line 12, family 4, 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 3989.

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DX-NNF : 20 February 2021), Nora Arnold, 27 Mar 1942; citing certificate number 10680, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,982.

"Find A Grave Index," [1]