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Social Security Death Index Record about Arthur Ward
Name: Arthur Ward
SSN: 461-07-1988
Last Residence: 77040 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States of America
Born: 11 Jun 1906
Last Benefit: 77068 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States of America
Died: Jun 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )
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Stanley Ward
Born: 14 Aug 1884
Cleveland, Liberty, TX, USA
Died: 4 May 1962
Houston, Harris, TX, USA
Mother: Rebecca Norton B: 1844 D:
Father: Henry Ward B: 1834 D: 1850
Stanley's spouse:Nellie Gertrude Snyder
Born: 3 Jul 1888 in Princeton, Gibson, IN, USA
Died: 28 Nov 1977 in Houston, Harris, TX, USA
1920 United States Federal Census Record about Stanley D Ward
Name: Stanley D Ward
Age: 35 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Texas
Race: White
Home in 1920: Dallas Precinct 21, Dallas, Texas
Home owned: Rent
Sex: Male
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Mississippi
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Image: 879
Transcription:
Stanley D. Ward 35 TX GA MS Proprietor
Nellia wife 31 IN IN IN
Arthur son 13 IN TX IN
As you can see, Nellie was married to a Ward and she gave Stanley's birth information
for her son, Arthur, on the census. It is a good guess that Arthur was born out of
wedlock, but when she married Stanley, he gave Arthur his name. He may or may not have
been born in IN. Also, it was common for unwed mothers-to-be to be sent to relatives out
of state to have the baby. I find no Clyde Ward in the Vanderburgh Co. census in 1900 or
thereafter. I'm not sure why she just didn't list Stanley as the father on the
affidavit for the birth certificate. I wonder where the child was in the 1910 census.
He's not with her and her name is still Snyder so obviously unmarried. Neither is
found anywhere in the US in the 1930 census, unless she has remarried, but I could not
find any Nellie is TX that matched your Nellie's statistics.
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