Willa (Turner) Stocks (abt. 1882 - 1939)

Born about 1882 in Texas, United States

Wife of John Y Stocks — married 20 Jul 1907 in California, United States

Died 21 Sep 1939 at about age 57 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Willie (Turner) Stocks is a part of US Black heritage.

Willa was born about 1882.

John Y Stocks and widow Willie (aka Willa) Turner Siler, daughter of Alex Turner and Henrietta Ring, married on 20 Jul 1907 in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2]

In 1910, the couple and their blended family were living in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Willa was called Millie on the census instead of her nickname of Willie.^[3]

Willa passed away in 1939 in California from a Cerebral Hemorrhage. The death certificate listed Alex Turner as her father and John Y Stocks as her husband.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLHG-3M9 : 9 March 2021), John Y Stocks and Willies Turner, 20 Jul 1907; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,246.
2. ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41Z9-TK6Z : 24 March 2020), Willie Siler in entry for John Y. Stocks, 1907.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLH-JC4 : accessed 3 May 2021), Millie Stocks in household of John Y Stocks, Pasadena Ward 3, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 294, sheet 3A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 86; FHL microfilm 1,374,099.
4. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKG-T397 : 1 March 2021), Willie Stocks, 1939.