Myrt Louise Wilks, 19161986 (aged 70 years)

Name
Myrt Louise /Wilks/
Given names
Myrt Louise
Surname
Wilks
Married name
Myrt Louise /Harris/
Married name
Myrt Louise /Esco/
Birth
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Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Occupation
Waitress
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Birth of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 7B, Reel 271, Page 1002.
Citation details: Memorial# 76224606. Added 09 Sep 2011 by Frances Bowen Frost.
Note: named after preacher Norman Franklin
Census
Address: Scull Shoals District, Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Sheet 7B, Reel 271, Page 1002
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 8
Enumeration District: 192
Enumerator: Frank H. Osborne

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Note: in hh John Oscar Wilks, Head, Home: rent; Male, White, Age: 40, Married, Farmer, General farm, Own account, Farm# 128; Ava, Wife, Female, White, Age: 35, Married, Nothing; Mattie Sue, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 17, Single, Nothing; Ines, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 14, Single, Nothing; Olivia, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 13, Single, Nothing; Novie, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 11, Single, Nothing; Aubry, Son, Male, White, Age: 8, Single, Nothing; Joe, Son, Male, White, Age: 6, Single, Nothing; Myrt, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 4, Single, Nothing; Norman, Son, Male, White, Age: 8/12, Single, Nothing. All individuals GA GA GA.
Birth of a sibling
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Death of a sibling
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Burial of a sibling
Cemetery: Antioch Cemetery aka Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.76750, Longitude: -83.31470
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Note: "Everyone in the family was sick, so the community buried this child at the foot of a tree." - Kenenth England
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 29714204. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
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Number of children
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Marriage of a sister
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Citation details: Book D, page 330
Note: her 1st marriage
Marriage of a sister
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30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 29714204. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
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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# 29714204. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: Son, Carlton S.; Nov. 17, 1921; Dec. 10, 1923.
Birth of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 29714278. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
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Death of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 29714278. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
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Burial of a sister
Cemetery: Antioch Cemetery aka Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
Address: Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia, USA. Memorial# 29714278. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Citation details: Memorial# 29714278. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: Tombstone inscription: Daughter, Ruby G.; Feb. 3, 1924; Feb. 16, 1924.
Birth of a brother
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Citation details: Memorial# 29714238. Added 10 Sep 2007 by nataliegoes.
Birth of a sister
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Citation details: Memorial# 29714285. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
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# 29714238. Added 10 Sep 2007 by nataliegoes.
Note: tombstone inscription: Son; Hubert M.; Aug. 28, 1925; Oct. 29, 1929.
Death of a sister
Cause: diptheria
Address: parents home
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Citation details: Memorial# 29714285. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Death of a brother
Cause: diphtheria
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Citation details: Memorial# 29714238. Added 10 Sep 2007 by nataliegoes.
Burial of a sister
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# 29714285. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: tombstone inscription: Daughter; Shirley B.; Mar. 3, 1927; Oct. 6, 1929.
Death of a paternal grandfather
Address: Center, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 43552855. Added 26 Oct 2009 by nnbedell.
Citation details: certificate 9684
Burial of a paternal grandfather
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
Marriage of a sister
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32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Marriage
about 1934 (aged 17 years)
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Marriage of a brother
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Marriage of a brother
Note: in the home of Dr. John D. Mell
Death of a father
Address: Crawford, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
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Citation details: Memorial# 29714247. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Burial of a father
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.
Marriage of a brother
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Citation details: Memorial# 76224606. Added 09 Sep 2011 by Frances Bowen Frost.
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Memorial# 29651474. Added 07 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: 2nd marriages for both
Marriage
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Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Note: appears to be his first marriage as he was still single iin 1940
Death of a brother
Address: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
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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
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Citation details: Memorial# 297142431 Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Note: double tombstones: J.A. Wilkes; 1912 – 1947 / “Nanny”; Lucille D. Wilkes; 1911 – 2001
British King
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 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
Death of a mother
Address: Oconee County, Georgia, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 29714194. Added 10 Sep 2008 by nataliegoes.
Burial of a mother
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# 29714194. 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.
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
Death of a brother
Address: St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA.
Citation details: certificate# 005497
Citation details: Memorial#84554356. Added 06 Feb 2012 by Tricia the Spirit Chaser.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Evergreen Memorial Park
Address: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.93795, Longitude: -83.45768
Citation details: Memorial#84554356. Added 06 Feb 2012 by Tricia the Spirit Chaser.
Death of a sister
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Citation details: Memorial# 14914028. Added 13 Jul 2006 by PC
Burial of a sister
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# 14914028. Added 13 Jul 2006 by PC & Memorial# 85247482.
Note: [burial with 1st husband] double tombstone inscription: MAXEY; Joe White; Jan. 22, 1890; Mar. 17, 1939 / Mattie Sue; May 17, 1903; June 30, 1978.
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981
Death of a husband
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Citation details: certificate# 011252
Burial of a husband
Cemetery: Clark Cemetery
Address: Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.87913, Longitude: -83.11749
Citation details: Memorial# 57071695. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Note: double tombstone inscription: ESCO; Will Henry;p 10-17-1911; 3-28-1986; Wed 10-30; 1945; Myrt Wilkes; 4-19-1916; 5-10-1986.
Death
May 10, 1986 (aged 70 years)
Citation details: database: georgia families
Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Burial
Cemetery: Clark Cemetery
Address: Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.87913, Longitude: -83.11749
Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Note: double tombstone inscription: ESCO; Will Henry; 10-17-1911; 3-28-1986; Wed 10-30; 1945; Myrt Wilkes; 4-19-1916; 5-10-1986.
Family with parents
father
18801940
Birth: January 1, 1880 23 18 Georgia, USA
Death: July 5, 1940Crawford, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
mother
18841964
Birth: November 11, 1884Georgia, USA
Death: November 14, 1964Oconee, Georgia, USA
Marriage MarriageFebruary 21, 1901
2 years
elder sister
19031978
Birth: May 17, 1903 23 18 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: June 30, 1978Georgia, USA
19 months
elder sister
19041905
Birth: November 26, 1904 24 20 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: February 9, 1905Oconee, Georgia, USA
1 year
elder sister
19051995
Birth: November 23, 1905 25 21 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: December 3, 1995Georgia, USA
21 months
elder sister
19072000
Birth: August 27, 1907 27 22 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: January 15, 2000Sparta, Hancock, Georgia, USA
2 years
elder sister
19101994
Birth: January 8, 1910 30 25 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: 1994Georgia, USA
2 years
elder brother
19121947
Birth: February 20, 1912 32 27 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: May 28, 1947Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
2 years
elder brother
19141977
Birth: May 1, 1914 34 29 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: February 21, 1977Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
2 years
herself
19161986
Birth: April 19, 1916 36 31 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: May 10, 1986Georgia, USA
3 years
younger brother
19192011
Birth: June 1, 1919 39 34 Oconee, Georgia, USA
Death: September 8, 2011Laurens, Georgia, USA
19 months
younger sibling
19201920
Birth: about 1920 40 35 Oconee, Georgia, USA
Death: about 1920Oconee, Georgia, USA
23 months
younger brother
19211923
Birth: November 17, 1921 41 37 Oconee, Georgia, USA
Death: December 10, 1923Oconee, Georgia, USA
2 years
younger sister
19241924
Birth: February 3, 1924 44 39 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: February 16, 1924Georgia, USA
19 months
younger brother
19251929
Birth: August 28, 1925 45 40 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: October 29, 1929Crawford, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
18 months
younger sister
19271929
Birth: March 3, 1927 47 42 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: October 6, 1929Crawford, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Family with James Harris
husband
herself
19161986
Birth: April 19, 1916 36 31 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: May 10, 1986Georgia, USA
Marriage Marriageabout 1934Georgia, USA
Family with Will Henry Esco
husband
19111986
Birth: October 17, 1911Georgia, USA
Death: March 28, 1986Clarke, Georgia, USA
herself
19161986
Birth: April 19, 1916 36 31 Attica, Jackson, Georgia, USA
Death: May 10, 1986Georgia, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 30, 1945
Birth
Citation details: database: georgia families
Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Census
Citation details: Sheet 7B, Reel 271, Page 1002
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 8
Enumeration District: 192
Enumerator: Frank H. Osborne

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Marriage
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Marriage
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Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Occupation
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Number of children
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Death
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Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 57071694. Added 14 Aug 2010 by Samuel Taylor Geer.
Census

in hh John Oscar Wilks, Head, Home: rent; Male, White, Age: 40, Married, Farmer, General farm, Own account, Farm# 128; Ava, Wife, Female, White, Age: 35, Married, Nothing; Mattie Sue, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 17, Single, Nothing; Ines, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 14, Single, Nothing; Olivia, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 13, Single, Nothing; Novie, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 11, Single, Nothing; Aubry, Son, Male, White, Age: 8, Single, Nothing; Joe, Son, Male, White, Age: 6, Single, Nothing; Myrt, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 4, Single, Nothing; Norman, Son, Male, White, Age: 8/12, Single, Nothing. All individuals GA GA GA.

Marriage

appears to be his first marriage as he was still single iin 1940

Burial

double tombstone inscription: ESCO; Will Henry; 10-17-1911; 3-28-1986; Wed 10-30; 1945; Myrt Wilkes; 4-19-1916; 5-10-1986.

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