Nellie Irene Shaw (1924 - 2001)

Born 31 Jul 1924 in Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

Wife of Mizel Gray — married 28 Sep 1940 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Died 29 Jun 2001 at age 76 in TX or AL

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Biography

Nellie Irene Shaw, daughter of William L Shaw and Doshia Gladney

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1924, per gravestone, and SS record

Birth Place: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, per SS record

Death Date: 29 Jun 2001, per gravestone, and SS record

Death Place: probably AL or TX

.... her last SS residence is TX, but benefit and burial in AL

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Nellie’s SS record names parents as “William L Shaw and Doshia Gladney”

Nellie has childhood census with her parents in 1930 & 1940

Sources

SS RECORD:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Name: Nellie Irene Gray

SSN: 422247451

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1924

Birth Place: Green Hill L, Alabama

Death Date: 29 Jun 2001

Father: William L Shaw

Mother: Doshia Gladney

Type of Claim: Original SSN.

SS Notes: Apr 1943: Name listed as NELLIE IRENE GRAY;

SS Notes: 26 Oct 1984: Name listed as NELL I GARNER;

SS Notes: 15 Oct 1986: Name listed as NELL I GRAY

SS DEATH:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Nell I. Gray

SSN: 422-24-7451

Last Residence: 77031 Houston, Harris, Texas, USA

BORN: 31 Jul 1924

Last Benefit: 35660, Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States of America

Died: 29 Jun 2001

State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 86709012 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Nell I. Gray

Birth: 31 Jul 1924

Death: 29 Jun 2001

Burial: Colbert Memorial Gardens, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama

Created by: Oliver

Added: 13 Mar 2012

CENSUS:

1930 census: Lauderdale, Alabama, Nellie I Shaw age 5 AL, w/mother

1940 census: Lauderdale, Alabama, Nellie Shaw age 15 AL, w/parents

MARRIAGE(1):

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969

Name: Mizel Gray

Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1940

County: Lauderdale

State: Alabama

Source information: Alabama Center for Health Statistics

Note:

The photocopy shows marriage certificate# 25468.

A matching record for Nellie Shaw w/same date and cert#.

MARRIAGE(2):

Nellie's SS record indicates a 2nd marriage to a GARNER.

Her SS surname changed to GARNER in 1984, and back to SHAW in 1986.