Lou Ella (WIlkinson) Head (1903 - 1985)

Born 26 Apr 1903 in Troup, Cherokee, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1985 at age 81 in Troup, Smith, Texas, United States

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Biography

Louella was born in Texas, United States in 1903, the daughter of Charlie W Wilkinson and Alva Lena Burton.^[1] In 1910, she lived on a farm with her parents and younger brother on the Troup and Bullard Road in Cherokee County, Texas. Her father owned his own farm "free and clear". She had a third living sibling that was not living in the household and a fourth that was deceased. Both her parents could read and write^[2]

In 1930, her father was still a farmer, but the family owned a house on Magnolia Street near Langham Street in Troup, Texas, Smith County. Louella had attended university and acquired a Bachelor's Degree. She was an elementary school teacher in Troup Public Schools. She lived with her parents and three younger siblings.^[3]

Louella married Alvia "Alvie" Charlie Head in the late-1930s and the couple had one child in 1939. Alvie was a truck driver. Alvie died in Jun 1939,^[4] leaving Louella a widow with a four-month-old son.^[5] In 1940, she lived with her parents, two younger sisters, and her son, Freddie Charles Head. She was not working and not seeking work.^[6]

In 1950, she was teaching second grade in Troup Public Schools.^[7]

In 1969, she taught special education in Troup Public Schools.^[8] She is thought to have retired in 1970-1971 as she appears in the 1970 Troup Public School yearbook, but not in the 1972 edition. In 1967, her son Fred Head was elected to his first term as a Representative to the Texas Legislature, where he served seven terms through 1981.^[9]

She passed away in 1985 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.^[10] She if buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Smith County, Texas.^[1]

Research Notes

Neither Louella not her family has been found in the 1920 census.

Troup, Texas straddles the county line between Smith County on the north and Cherokee County on the south. Louella's younger brother was born in Troup, Cherokee County, Texas in Oct 1905.^[11] She was likely born in the same place a few years earlier in 1903.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #34701642
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29K-W61 : accessed 2 May 2022), Luella Wilkerson in household of Charlie Wilkerson, Justice Precinct 5, Cherokee, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 14A, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1538; FHL microfilm 1,375,551.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV4B-KMM : accessed 2 May 2022), Luella E Wilkinson in household of Charles N Wilkinson, Troup, Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet , line , family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2391; FHL microfilm 2,342,125.
4. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MD-HTS : 20 February 2021), Alvia Charley Head, 13 Jun 1939; citing certificate number 27090, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,017.
5. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDG2-WQX : 1 January 2015), Alva C Head in entry for Freddie Charles Head, 22 Feb 1939; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43N-MHM : 10 January 2021), Louella Head in household of Charlie Wilkinson, Justice Precinct 3, Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 212-29, sheet 17B, line 49, family 420, 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 4138.
7. ↑ U.S. Yearbooks Name Index, 1890-1979. MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10569-379047057/louella-head-in-us-yearbooks-name-index) Louella Head, Troup High School, Troup, Texas, United States. (1950)
8. ↑ U.S. Yearbooks, 1890-1979 MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd. (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10568-228738279/troup-high-school) Troup High School - 1969, Troup, Texas, United States, p. 20.
9. ↑ "Fred Head." Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Mobile. (1999). Texas Legislative Reference Library. https://lrl.texas.gov/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=575
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J579-YY8 : 10 January 2021), Lou Head, Mar 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCV-YGZM : 14 February 2020), Charles Wilkinson in entry for Emery Claude Wilkinson, .