This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.hunt/3522.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What are the steps to creating a great post? Include information such as first name, last name (surname), some applicable dates, and other details. Include county names along with community or city names. Applicable dates would be appx birth, marriage, death information. 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas; Roll: T623 1633; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 73. Tom Fitzwaters age 36 born 5/1864 TX, married 11 yrs, father KY mother AL, renting farm property Lieler Fitzwaters age 27 born 12/1872 TX, 6 children of the marriage, parents TN Burtie Fitzwaters age 10 dtr 12/1889 Ethel Fitzwaters age 9 dtr 3/1891 Omer Fitzwaters age 7 listed as dtr 5/1893 Kattie Fitzwaters age 5 dtr 1/1894 George W Fitzwaters age 1 son 7/1898 Velma Fitzwaters age 10.12 dtr 7/1899 Kathern [Catherine] Webb age 56 4/1844 TN, listed as mother and single One FITZWATER family enumerated in Rockwall county in 1900. William T Fitzwater born abt 1837 MO Jane B, abt 1841 KY John William, born 12 May 1876 TX, per WW I Draft Registration/Dallas Co Tilman M, abt 1879 TX Harvey Frances, born 22 Feb 1886 TX, per WWI Draft Registration/Dallas Co This Fitzwater family was enumerated in Wise county in 1880 and no son named Tom. No census record for Texas shows any male Fitzwater's from Kentucky. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/ [cemetery records, etc] 1890 Texas State Directory, Fannin County R.L. Polk & Co. copyright March 12, 1890 Webb, Mrs. M.C. page 100 Wolfe City Fannin County Postmasters & Post Offices 1846-1930 RANEY (Fannin) Slade, Sam. D., 17 Oct 1883 Webb, Mary C, 29 Jan 1885 Rush, David H., 8 Dec 1885 Odom, Aaron, 27 Dec 1886 Discontinued 3 Feb 1888; papers to Nailer Most of the 1890 record burned in 1921. 1880; Census Place: Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas; Roll: T9_1302; Family History Film: 1255302; Page: 447.3000; Enumeration District: 27; . P. W. Webb 62 white male born abt 1818 TN, father NC, mother --- Mary C.[Catherine] Webb 37 wife born abt 1843 TN, parents NC Tennessee M.[Missouri] Webb 14 dtr abt 1866 TN Isaac S. Webb 12 son abt 1868 TN Lela Bell Webb 7 dtr abt 1873 TX Geo. B. Webb 4 son abt 1876 TX F. P. Harrill 29 male born TN abt 1851, single, works on farm J. T. Prince 22 male born AR abt 1858, single, works on farm J. M. Long 31 male born AR abt 1849, single, works on farm Several of P W Webb's sons also came to Fannin county. 1910; Census Place: Celeste, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T624_1566; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 508. Tom Fitzwaters 45 born TX, father TX, mother KY, married 22 yrs Leila B Fitzwaters 37 TX, parents TN, 10 children, all are living Ethel Fitzwaters 18 Katie Fitzwaters 14 Omer Fitzwaters 16..listed as son this record George Fitzwaters 12 Velmer Fitzwaters 10 Mattie Fitzwaters 8 Gladis Fitzwaters 6 Mildrid Fitzwaters 3 Wilmer Fitzwaters 3/12 ...died before 1920 ? Carl Aston 26 border TX, works on farm ??? Bertie M Ramsey born abt 1890 TX, parents TX; wife of James E Ramsey born abt 1883 AL and son Tom H Ramsey born abt 1908 living in Celeste in 1910. 1920;Census Place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T625_1820; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 257. Tom Fitzwater age 54, born TX, father KY, mother Tx Lela, 47 Verma/Velma, 20 Mattie, 17 Gladys, 15 Mildred, 12 Cathlene, 7 abt 1913 daughter George, 29 Margret, 22, dtr in law abt 1898 TX, father GA, mother TX Ethel 1 3/12, grand dtr abt 1918 Also in Greenville in 1920 record... J W Fitzwater abt 1877 TX, father KY, mother MO Grace, wife, abt 1880 J W matches John W Fitzwater in Rockwall in 1900 record. Mrs. Maud Fitzwater born abt 1895 TX, married daughter of Milton and Ella Brown residing in JP 2, Hunt Co in 1920. Rayburn Fitzwater, grandson, born abt 1917. Lee O Fitzwater, Sgt US Army, born abt 1894 TX found in Honolulu Hawaii in 1920, Motor Transport Co, Ft Armstrong. He is listed as single. Lee Omer registered for WW I Draft and stated he was married with one child at the time of his registration in 1917. I'm guessing he married Maud Brown and Rayburn is his son. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Source: Ancestry.com Name: Lee Omer Fitzwater Address: Quinlan County: Hunt State: Texas Birthplace: Wolfe City,Texas;United States of America Birth Date: 15 May 1894 Race: Caucasian (White) Roll: 1953768 DraftBoard: 1 employed by George Fitzwater, Quinlan, mechanic wife/1 child tall/medium build/grey eyes, blond ? hair 5 June 1917 Name: George Fitzwaters Address: Rt 1 Celeste County: Hunt State: Texas Birth Date: 5 Nov 1898 Race: White Roll: 1953770 DraftBoard: 2 farming for father nearest relative: Maggie Fitzwaters medium height, brown eyes, black hair Forrest Smith Fitzwater, 5 Jul 1899, registered in Fannin Co, born KY Lee Voin Fitzwater, 30 Jul 1898, registered in Fannin Co, born KY William E Fitzwaters, 17 Jul 1882, registered in Fannin Co, born TX Will E residing in Bonham, Fannin in 1930 census as well as W W Fitzwater born appx 1868, KY. None of the Fitzwater's are found in the 1930 census. Jim E and Bertie M Ramsey family reappear in the 1930 record in Pct 1 of Hunt County with following children. I don't know for certain that this was Bertie Fitzwater. Tom 1907 Esther D 1911 Hugh F 1913 Wilma M 1915 Billie R 1918 Francis 1920 daughter Jack 1923 Mary R 1925 Name: Jim Ed Ramsey Address: Rt 1 Celeste County: Hunt State: Texas Birth Date: 17 Oct 1882 Race: White Roll: 1953770 DraftBoard: 2 wife: Berdie Mae Ramsey Name: Lela Belle Fitzwater Death Date: 6 Mar 1923 Death County: Hunt Certificate: 9132 George FITZWATER Birth Date: 16 Nov 1898 Death Date: 17 Jan 1983 Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 78415 Localities: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas Name: Margaret Fitzwater Death Date: 15 Jul 1986 Death County: Nueces Gender: Female Name: Tom Fitzwater Death Date: 5 Nov 1957 Death County: Hardeman Certificate: 61184 If this was your Tom Fitzwater he was enumerated in Hardeman county in 1930 with 2nd wife who was much younger and none of the Fitzwater children are with him. No death record found anywhere for Lee Omer Fitzwater. Date of Birth: 16 Jul 1916 Birth County: Dallas Father's name: Omer Lee Fitzwater Certificate Number: 26799 Date of Birth: 10 Feb 1925 Birth County: Hunt Father's name: G E Fitzwater Certificate Number: 12012 GEORGE E FITZWATER 10 Feb 1925 - 24 Jun 2003 54971 Ripon, Fond Du Lac, WI SS issued Texas Name: Lela Margaret Fitzwater Date of Birth: 14 Feb 1928 Gender: Female Birth County: Hunt Father's name: George Fitzwater Mother's name: Maggie Vansickle Linda Louise Travis 11 Jan 1949 Nueces Barbara Ann Travis 1 Aug 1953 Nueces Jo Ann Travis 7 May 1962 Nueces Parents: William Terry Travis & Lela Margaret Fitzwater Betty Jean Hite 4 Sep 1930, Dallas Mother: Velma Fitzwater Gordon Scott Rathert 19 Sep 1963 Galveston Parents: Gordon Arthur Rahtert & Betty Jean Hite Peggy Jean Jackson 5 Jun 1930 McLennan Parents: A R Jackson & Gladys Fitzwater Donald Lee McDowell 20 Feb 1945 Dallas Norma Jean McDowell 6 Nov 1946 Dallas Parents: Don Herbert McDowell & Thelma Gladys Fitzwater Betsy Fitzwater 16 Mar 1937 Nueces Mother: Louise Fitzwater Hilger, John Carl 6-25-1930 Hunt Martha Joe Fitzwater - Carl C. Hilger Celeste Cemetery, Hunt County Katie Lou Fitzwater Evans 5 Aug 1895 - 12 Nov 1955 Henry Grady Evans 6 May 1891 - 11 Nov 1955 Was there an accident causing deaths of Katie and Henry one day apart ? 1920;Census Place: Wolfe, Hunt, Texas; Roll: T625_1820; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 662. *** 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Hunt, Texas; Roll: 2359; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 978.0. H G Evans born TX or AL Kate L Fitzwater Evans Ela Mona 18 Oct 1912 Hunt Ruth age 5 abt 1915 Ralph age 2 4/12 abt 1917 Emma Joe age 11/12 abt 1919 Eugene 5 Nov 1922 Walter Kate Wright female 28 Oct 1943 Cherokee Co Parents: Sherman Wright & Ela Mona Evans ELA WRIGHT 18 Oct 1912 Jan 1985 75604 Longview, Gregg, TX Michael Finley 15 Oct 1941 Hunt Linda Kay Finley 10 Aug 1946 Hunt Parents: Fred S Finley & Ruth Evans RUTH FINLEY 02 Aug 1915 Apr 1983 last residence not specified last SS benefit 75163 Trinidad, Henderson, TX Ralph Harrell Evans 26 Jul 1941 Hunt Parents: Ralph Harrell Evans & Winnie Joyce Duncan Ralph Harrell Jr & Gloria Lou Evans? Harold Ray 1961 Hunt Eric Allen 1972 Hunt Jared Lee 1977 Hunt JAMES E EVANS 05 Nov 1922 11 May 2002 (V) 75402 (Greenville, Hunt, TX) Deborah Jean Evans 23 Aug 1950 Hunt Parents: James Eugene Evans & Dorothy Nell Burns Elena Deeann Downs 21 Nov 1971 Hunt Elisha Dianne Downs 21 Nov 1971 Hunt James Gregory Downs 14 Nov 1975 Hunt Parents: Ronald George Downs & Deborah Jean Evans 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Hunt, Texas; Roll: 2359; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 978.0. Carl C Hilger abt 1905 Mariam/Martha Joe "Mattie" Fitzwater Hilger abt 1905 MARTHA HILGER 17 Aug 1904 Jun 1982 75401 Greenville, Hunt, TX CARL HILGER 23 Oct 1904 Jan 1977 75401 Greenville, Hunt, TX 1870; Census Place: District 1, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1554; Page: 1; Image: 2. Post Office: Benton Pleasant Webb, age 50, farmer, $600 real estate, $682 personal wealth, TN Mary C Webb, age 26 TN [2nd wife] Margarett Webb, age 24 TN Hester Ann Webb, age 17 TN Robert P Webb, age 13 TN...1880 Fannin Co with his wife Josie Josephine Webb, age 9 TN Nelson Webb, age 7 TN Missouri Webb, age 5 TN Isaac Webb, age 1 TN Tom Fitzwater not found in 1870 or 1880 census. 1860; Census Place: District 2, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1268; Page: 375; Image: 171. Post Office: Benton Pleasant Webb 42 TN Mera Webb 41 TN Martha Webb 18 TN Margaret Webb 15 TN Felix Webb 14 TN James Webb 12 TN John Webb 10 TN Ann Webb 7 TN Robert P Webb 4 TN Easter/Hester Webb abt 1796 NC, female Spencer Webb abt 1831 TN Martha Webb abt 1835 TN 1850; Census Place: District 2, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: M432_892; Page: 203; Pleasant Webb 1819 TN Miriam Webb 1820 TN Jane Webb 1839 TN Martha Webb 1842 TN Felix Webb 1844 TN Margret Webb 1846 TN James H Webb 1848 TN John Webb 1849 TN I think I counted 12 known children born to Pleasant Webb.