Martha Ann Elizabeth Wilks, 18451875 (aged 29 years)

Name
Martha Ann Elizabeth /Wilks/
Given names
Martha Ann Elizabeth
Surname
Wilks
Married name
Martha Ann Elizabeth /Deford/
Birth
Birth of a brother
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Film # 2312575, Image # 00631, Certificate # 6607, Digital Folder # 4216093
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
Census
Address: District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Text:

Enumerator: M. L. Wilson

Citation details: Page 259B and page 260A
Quality of data: Census image
Note: in hh 417 429 Francis Wilkes, Age: 30, Male, Farmer, $300, VA; Caroline, Age: 24, Female, AL; [18 NOV 1850 page 260A] Martha, Age: 6, AL, Attended school; Pinkney, Age: 4, Male, AL; Richard, Age: 1, Male, AL; Elizabeth Freeman, Age: 12, Female, AL, Attended school. in hh 422-435 were Caroline's parents Ro[bert] E. Carr and wife Elizabeth.
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853
Birth of a sister
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
Birth of a sister
Census
1860 (aged 14 years)
Address: District 2
Post Office: Florence
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Citation details: Page 84
Quality of data: transcription
Note: in hh 613 613 as Francis Wilks, Age: 41, Male, Farmer, VA; Emily C., Age: 33, Female, AL; Martha A.E, Age: 16, Female, AL; James P., Age: 15, Male, AL; Alfred R. N., Age: 10, Male, AL; Mary L., Age: 6, Female, AL; Charles S., Age: 2, Female?, AL; Robert H., Age: 7/12, AL. Nextdoor in hh 614 614 were Emily Caroline's parents, Robert E. Carr, Age: 77, Male, Farmer, NC; Elizabeth, Age: 65, Female, GA; Almarena, Age: 30, Female, AL; Willam O. Johns, Age: 13, Male, TN.
Birth of a brother
Marriage
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Death of a mother
Number of children
2 sons and 4 daughters
Marriage of a parent
Text:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/marriages-1820-57-bo.htm, submitted by Pat M. Mahan

Citation details: Marriage Book 3, Part 1, 1858-1867 - Grooms List
Note: Wilks, Frances to Farmer, Mary E. on 22 Dec 1862 by Fairis, Andrew, JP; married at residence of Mr. Farmer. [Other sources have a date of 15 DEC 1862 which must have been the date that license was issued.]
Birth of a half-brother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Memorial# 26710824, Added 09 MAY 2008 by Janet
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Friendship Cemetery
Citation details: Memorial# 26710824, Added 09 MAY 2008 by Janet
Note: "Stone is north of her son-in-law, Bird Smith Creasey. It is lying flat on the ground and partially covered by sod."
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
Death of a maternal grandfather
Citation details: Page: Will Box 532, recorded in Inventory Book D, p. 665; and Book E, pp. 132-134, 335-336
Note: his will recorded the Final Settlement of his estate in 1867
Birth of a half-sister
Birth of a half-sister
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Birth of a half-brother
Citation details: Page 271A
Family census
Address: Township 2.S; R.1.W.
Post Office: Richview
Washington County, Illinois, USA
Citation details: Page 46
Text:

Enumerator: John W. Barber

Quality of data: Census image
Note: in hh 357 - 344 as Deford, James, Age: 33, Male, White, Wooden miller, $5000/$8000, PA, Citizen; Martha, Age: 21, Female, White, Keeping house, AL; James, Age: 6, Male, White, AL, Attended school; Anna, Age: 5, Female, White, TN; Effie, Age: 3, Female, White, IL; Mary, Age: 2, Female, White, IL; Louisa, Age: 11/12, July, Female, White, IL.
Birth of a half-brother
Death
between 1873 and 1875 (aged 29 years)
Note: her last child was born in Alabama
Family with parents
father
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
18191903
Birth: March 9, 1819 31 38 Virginia, USA
Death: August 19, 1903Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
mother
18261862
Birth: 1826 41 33 Alabama, USA
Death: before December 15, 1862Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 10, 1836Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
9 years
herself
18451875
Birth: May 1, 1845 26 19 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: between 1873 and 1875Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
20 months
younger brother
1846
Birth: 1846 26 20 Alabama, USA
Death:
4 years
younger brother
18491931
Birth: September 1849 30 23 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: May 20, 1931Verdunville, Saint Mary, Louisiana, USA
5 years
younger sister
1854
Birth: 1854 34 28 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death:
5 years
younger sister
1858
Birth: 1858 38 32 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1860
Birth: 1860 40 34
Death:
Father’s family with Mary Eleanor Farmer
father
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
18191903
Birth: March 9, 1819 31 38 Virginia, USA
Death: August 19, 1903Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
stepmother
Francis Wilks & Mary Eleanor Farmer Wilks
1836
Birth: March 1836Alabama, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageDecember 22, 1862Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
1 year
half-brother
1863
Birth: 1863 43 26 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
4 years
half-sister
Sarah Ann Wilks Photo
18661905
Birth: December 16, 1866 47 30 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: August 17, 1905
13 months
half-sister
Lucy Alice Saffrona Wilks
1867
Birth: December 1867 48 31 Alabama, USA
Death:
20 months
half-brother
1869
Birth: July 1869 50 33 Missouri, USA
Death:
4 years
half-brother
Levi [Lee] Grant Wilks
18721937
Birth: December 12, 1872 53 36 Alabama, USA
Death: November 2, 1937Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
5 years
half-brother
18771929
Birth: June 16, 1877 58 41 Alabama, USA
Death: April 13, 1929
Family with James Patrick Deford
husband
18371896
Birth: December 3, 1837Allegheny (historical), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: March 10, 1896Olive Hill, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
herself
18451875
Birth: May 1, 1845 26 19 Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Death: between 1873 and 1875Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 24, 1861Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
James Patrick Deford + Julia Ann Jones
husband
18371896
Birth: December 3, 1837Allegheny (historical), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: March 10, 1896Olive Hill, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
husband’s wife
18541899
Birth: about 1854Henderson, Tennessee, USA
Death: October 28, 1899Olive Hill, Hardin, Tennessee, USA
Marriage MarriageSeptember 26, 1875Hardin, Tennessee, USA
Birth
Census
Text:

Enumerator: M. L. Wilson

Citation details: Page 259B and page 260A
Quality of data: Census image
Census
Citation details: Page 84
Quality of data: transcription
Marriage
Family census
Citation details: Page 46
Text:

Enumerator: John W. Barber

Quality of data: Census image
Number of children
Death
Note
Census

in hh 417 429 Francis Wilkes, Age: 30, Male, Farmer, $300, VA; Caroline, Age: 24, Female, AL; [18 NOV 1850 page 260A] Martha, Age: 6, AL, Attended school; Pinkney, Age: 4, Male, AL; Richard, Age: 1, Male, AL; Elizabeth Freeman, Age: 12, Female, AL, Attended school. in hh 422-435 were Caroline's parents Ro[bert] E. Carr and wife Elizabeth.

Census

in hh 613 613 as Francis Wilks, Age: 41, Male, Farmer, VA; Emily C., Age: 33, Female, AL; Martha A.E, Age: 16, Female, AL; James P., Age: 15, Male, AL; Alfred R. N., Age: 10, Male, AL; Mary L., Age: 6, Female, AL; Charles S., Age: 2, Female?, AL; Robert H., Age: 7/12, AL. Nextdoor in hh 614 614 were Emily Caroline's parents, Robert E. Carr, Age: 77, Male, Farmer, NC; Elizabeth, Age: 65, Female, GA; Almarena, Age: 30, Female, AL; Willam O. Johns, Age: 13, Male, TN.

Family census

in hh 357 - 344 as Deford, James, Age: 33, Male, White, Wooden miller, $5000/$8000, PA, Citizen; Martha, Age: 21, Female, White, Keeping house, AL; James, Age: 6, Male, White, AL, Attended school; Anna, Age: 5, Female, White, TN; Effie, Age: 3, Female, White, IL; Mary, Age: 2, Female, White, IL; Louisa, Age: 11/12, July, Female, White, IL.

Death

her last child was born in Alabama

Note

"her children, their ages and addresses in 1904, were listed as heirs in her father's estate 19 Aug 1903"

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