Lela Booker 1 2 3 4
- Born: 9 Dec 1896, Texas 5
- Marriage (1): Clarence Otho Geeslin about 1917
- Died: 24 Sep 1981, , Mills County, Texas at age 84 5 6
- Buried: Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 7
General Notes:
At the time of the 1900 and 1910 census, her family lived in Mills County, Texas. Her parents and some of the older siblings had come to Texas in 1887 or 1888. At the time of the 1910 census, her father and brother Elvis were general farmers in Mills County, Texas Katie and Thomas were also still at home.
Lela married Clarence Otho Geeslin, son of Elias Monroe Geeslin and Margarett Isabel Head, about 1917. (Clarence Otho Geeslin was born on 15 Feb 1895 in Center City, Mills County, Texas,8 9 died on 21 Sep 1980 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 6 8 and was buried in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 10.)
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Sources
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1900 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T623_1659; Page: 8A and 8B; Enumeration District: 112. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1910 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T624_1578; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 206; Image: 445. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1920 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T625_1834; Pg: 1B; ED: 167; Image: 371. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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1930 United States Federal Census, Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll 2377; Page: 8A; ED: 3; Image: 642.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 458-17-4622; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1973. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Repository: Ancestry.com.
7
FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 69057107.
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 456-30-0344; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Mills County, Texas; Roll 1983491; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.
10
FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 69057019.
