Bertha Wilks, 1883

Name
Bertha /Wilks/
Given names
Bertha
Surname
Wilks
Married name
Bertha /Thornton/
Birth
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Citation details: son-Alza Thornton 5-17-23 death certificate# 13547
Marriage
Citation details: son-Alza Thornton 5-17-23 death certificate# 13547
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Birth of a sister
Citation details: sheet 19B
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 97754801. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Saye.
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 88753297. Added 19 Apr 2912 by Ed Saye.
Birth of a brother
Citation details: 256-10-5072
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Citation details: database: georgia families
Birth of a brother
Citation details: 258-16-3795
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 29611433. Added 06 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Citation details: 254-74-3471
Census
Address: Militia District 253, Newton, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 9
Enumeration District: 89
Enumerator: Timothy T. Staples.

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 353-357 as Benjaman Wilks, Head, White, Male, Born: Feb 1855, Age: 45, Married: 23 yrs, Farmer, Own account, Rent, Farm#207; Josephine, Wife, White, Female, Born: Dec 1860, Age: 39, Married: 23 yrs, Children born: 12, Children living: 11, Eugenia, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1878, Age: 22, Single; Oscer, Son, White, Male, Born: Jan 1880, Age: 20, Single, Farm laborer; Leona, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1881, Age: 19, Single; Birtha, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1883, Age: 17, Single, At school: 3 1/2 mos; Maud, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Aug 1886, Age: 13, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Edgar, Son, Male, White, Born: Sept 1888, Age: 11, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Hegar, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1890, Age: 9, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Dewitt, Son, White, Male, Born: Feb 1892, Age: 8, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Ellison, Son, White, Male, Born: Feb 1872, Age: 6, Single; Clarence, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1896, Age: 3, Single; Clea, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Sept 1898, Age: 1, Single. All individuals GA GA GA.
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: database: georgia families
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: database: georgia families
Birth of a brother
Citation details: database: georgia families
Citation details: 254-1-9048
Death of a brother
Citation details: database: georgia families
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Stone Cemetery
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.05140, Longitude: -83.39920
Citation details: database: georgia families
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Marriage of a sister
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: image 551
Quality of data: record book image
Note: License issued 21 Dec 1901 to Mr. J. M. Thornton and Miss Eugenie Wilks; they were married by J. M. Orvel, M.G. The certification that J. M. Thornton and Eugina Wilks were married is blank.
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Stone Cemetery
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.05140, Longitude: -83.39920
Citation details: Memorial# 43552819. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Note: tombstone inscription : Eugenia; Wife of: Mark J.; THORNTON; Born; May 26, 1878; Died; Sept. 22, 1905. Rest of stone not legible.
Birth of a brother
Citation details: 54-10-5112
Death of a sister
Citation details: database: georgia families
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Sheet 4B, Reel 203, Page 245
Death of a paternal grandmother
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Death of a paternal grandfather
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 18B, Reel 346, Page 611
Death of a mother
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 43552847. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Stone Cemetery
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.05140, Longitude: -83.39920
Citation details: Memorial# 43552847. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; M. Josephine; Dec 12, 1861; June 3, 1914 / Benjamin A; Feb 2, 1856; Apr. 28, 1932
Marriage of a brother
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: death certificate# 15099
Marriage of a sister
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Georgia EASy, Film# 424866, Book D, page 180
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 97753920. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Save.
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Marriage of a brother
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death of a father
Address: Center, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 43552855. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Citation details: certificate 9684
Burial of a father
Cemetery: Stone Cemetery
Address: Jackson County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.05140, Longitude: -83.39920
Citation details: Memorial# 43552855. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKS; M. Josephine; Dec 12, 1861; June 3, 1914 / Benjamin A; Feb 2, 1856; Apr. 28, 1932
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a brother
Address: Crawford, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: database: georgia families
Citation details: Memorial# 29714247. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Antioch Cemetery aka Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.76750, Longitude: -83.31470
Citation details: Memorial# 29714247. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: double tombstones: John Oscar; Jan. 1, 1880. July 5, 1940 / WILKES / Ava Lou; Nov. 11, 1884; Nov. 14, 1964.
British King
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Death of a brother
Address: Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: certificate# 5284
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 88753297. Added 19 Apr 2912 by Ed Saye.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Oconee Hill Cemetery
Address: Plot: H 352. Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.94720, Longitude: -83.36670
Citation details: Memorial# 88753297. Added 19 Apr 2912 by Ed Saye.
Note: tombstone inscription: Hugar Frederick Wilkes; Aug. 21, 1890; Apr. 24, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
Death of a brother
Address: Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: certificate# 038609
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Gordon's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Address: Hull, Madison County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.07675, Longitude: -83.35263
Citation details: Memorial# 97753966. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Save.
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKES; Byron M.; 1903 – 1969 / Missouri O.; 1903 – 1996.
Death of a brother
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: 258-16-3795
Citation details: certificate# 006864
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Antioch Cemetery aka Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.76750, Longitude: -83.31470
Citation details: Memorial# 29714217. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKES; Clarence A., Oct. 29, 1896; Mar. 14, 1971 / Mary H.; Mar. 6, 1891; July 26, 1985.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 97741839. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Save.
Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Gordon's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Address: Hull, Madison County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.07675, Longitude: -83.35263
Citation details: Memorial# 97741839. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Save.
Note: double tombstone inscription: THORNTON; John L.; 1884 – 1946 / Maude W.; 1886 – 1972
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 97754801. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Saye.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Gordon's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Address: Hull, Madison County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.07675, Longitude: -83.35263
Citation details: Memorial# 97754801. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Saye.
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKES; Edgar B.; Sept. 17, 1888; Feb. 11, 1976 / Ruby C.; Oct. 15, 1891; Nov. 27, 1980. Gone But Not Forgotten.
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
Death of a brother
Citation details: certificate# 6647
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Gordon's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Address: Hull, Madison County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.07675, Longitude: -83.35263
Citation details: Memorial# 97754295. Added 25 Sep 2012 by Ed Save.
Note: tombstone inscription WILKES; Freemason emblem; foot stones: Dewitt H. Wilkes, Feb. 19, 1892; Feb. 12, 1977 / Ethel A. Wilkes; July 28, 1908; Aug. 14, 1998.
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
18561932
Birth: February 3, 1856 28 27 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: April 28, 1932Center, Jackson, Georgia, USA
mother
18611914
Birth: December 2, 1861Georgia, USA
Death: June 3, 1914Jackson, Georgia, USA
Religious marriage Religious marriageOctober 8, 1876Jackson, Georgia, USA
-4 years
elder brother
18721948
Birth: August 1872 16 10 Georgia, USA
Death: March 13, 1948Stone Mountain, DeKalb, Georgia, USA
6 years
elder sister
18781905
Birth: May 25, 1878 22 16 Georgia, USA
Death: September 22, 1905Georgia, USA
20 months
elder brother
18801940
Birth: January 1, 1880 23 18 Georgia, USA
Death: July 5, 1940Crawford, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
17 months
elder sister
1881
Birth: May 1881 25 19 Georgia, USA
Death:
2 years
herself
1883
Birth: May 1883 27 21 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death:
3 years
younger sister
18861972
Birth: August 1886 30 24 Georgia, USA
Death: 1972Georgia, USA
2 years
younger brother
18881976
Birth: September 17, 1888 32 26 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: February 11, 1976Georgia, USA
23 months
younger brother
18901952
Birth: August 21, 1890 34 28 Georgia, USA
Death: April 24, 1952Georgia, USA
18 months
younger brother
18921977
Birth: February 19, 1892 36 30 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: February 12, 1977Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
2 years
younger brother
18941901
Birth: April 7, 1894 38 32 Georgia, USA
Death: August 26, 1901Georgia, USA
3 years
younger brother
18961971
Birth: October 29, 1896 40 34 Center, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: March 14, 1971Watkinsville, Oconee, Georgia, USA
23 months
younger sister
18981987
Birth: September 26, 1898 42 36 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: December 6, 1987Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
3 years
younger brother
19011984
Birth: March 3, 1901 45 39 Georgia, USA
Death: November 12, 1984Clarke, Georgia, USA
3 years
younger brother
19031969
Birth: November 15, 1903 47 41 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: December 23, 1969Clarke, Georgia, USA
Family with Glover Thornton
husband
herself
1883
Birth: May 1883 27 21 Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death:
Marriage MarriageGeorgia, USA
Birth
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Citation details: son-Alza Thornton 5-17-23 death certificate# 13547
Marriage
Citation details: son-Alza Thornton 5-17-23 death certificate# 13547
Census
Citation details: Sheet 19B
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 9
Enumeration District: 89
Enumerator: Timothy T. Staples.

Quality of data: census image
Census

in hh 353-357 as Benjaman Wilks, Head, White, Male, Born: Feb 1855, Age: 45, Married: 23 yrs, Farmer, Own account, Rent, Farm#207; Josephine, Wife, White, Female, Born: Dec 1860, Age: 39, Married: 23 yrs, Children born: 12, Children living: 11, Eugenia, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1878, Age: 22, Single; Oscer, Son, White, Male, Born: Jan 1880, Age: 20, Single, Farm laborer; Leona, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1881, Age: 19, Single; Birtha, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1883, Age: 17, Single, At school: 3 1/2 mos; Maud, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Aug 1886, Age: 13, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Edgar, Son, Male, White, Born: Sept 1888, Age: 11, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Hegar, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1890, Age: 9, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Dewitt, Son, White, Male, Born: Feb 1892, Age: 8, Single, At school: 3 ½ mos; Ellison, Son, White, Male, Born: Feb 1872, Age: 6, Single; Clarence, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1896, Age: 3, Single; Clea, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Sept 1898, Age: 1, Single. All individuals GA GA GA.

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