Louise Margaret (Whitfield) Raulerson (1919 - 2013)

Born 11 Dec 1919 in O'Brien, Suwannee, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Edgar Raulerson II — married 1 Jul 1940 in Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 2013 at age 93 in Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States

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Biography

Louise was born in December 1919 in O'Brien, Florida. She was the daughter of Thomas Bothwell Whitfield and Farie Geneva Cannon. She passed away in her home in 2013.

Louise is found on the 1935 Census living outside Live Oak, Florida in her parents' home. She is 15 and in 10th grade. Her sister, Rossie Belle, is 11 and in 7th grade. ^[1]

As detailed in the Biography of her father, Louise lived with her Uncle John Cannon in Live Oak when her parents divorced. This was in 1939-1940. Louise was 22 at the time and worked as a clerk at a drugstore. ^[2]

In July 1940, Louise married John E. Raulerson in Live Oak. ^{[3] [4]}

Louise (Whitfield) Raulerson Marriage License

Double Wedding Announcement

Five years after, Louise was reunited with her parents, who had remarried and were living in Boynton Beach, Florida. Louise and her husband with their one-year-old daughter, Margaret, lived next door to her parents. ^[5]

In time, Louise and Johnny would bring two sons into the world. In 1950, the couple suffered the tragedy of a daughter lost as a stillbirth. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68NB-Y3?cc=1457856&wc=M65M-7WG%3A42261601%2C42352401 : 20 May 2014), Suwannee > 017, O'Brien > image 9 of 21; State Archives, Tallahassee.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MR-XL66?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-BD5%3A790105401%2C799171201%2C799171202%2C952572401 : accessed 8 April 2020), Florida > Suwannee > Election Precinct 1, Live Oak > 61-1 Election Precinct 1, Live Oak City SW of Seaboard Air Line Railway, Florida Memorial College (Negro), Suwannee County Jail > image 3 of 43; citing 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.
3. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23ZS-TWD : 22 February 2021), J E Raulerson and Louise Whitfield, 1940; citing Marriage, Suwannee, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 1,940,542.
4. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-894X-YW8Y?cc=1803936&wc=4JHR-WTR%3A1590072798%2C1590073072 : 12 July 2019), Suwannee County > Marriage records, 1927 Nov-1942, vol 7-9 > image 761 of 924; citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida.
5. ↑ "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNNZ-QYK : 9 August 2017), Tom B Whitfield, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, Florida; citing line 20, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,202.
6. ↑ Personal recollection of an immediate family member.

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