Rowland Walker Tankersley [Parents] was born about 1833 in Alabama. He married Martha.
Martha was born about 1832 in SC. She married Rowland Walker Tankersley.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Tankersley was born about 1852 in MS. M ii James Tankersley was born about 1858 in MS.
Ira Sutton was born about 1869 in Utah. He married Clara E. Smith.
Listed as a grocery clerk on the 1920 census of San Francisco, CA
Clara E. Smith [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 15 Oct 1874 in TX. She died on 13 May 1961 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA. She was buried on 15 May 1961 in Blooomfield Cem., Bloomfield, CA. She married Ira Sutton.
Living in San Francisco in 1920 per her father's obit
Listed as a widow on the 1930 census of San Francisco, CA - with her children
They had the following children:
M i William I. Sutton was born on 29 Jul 1898. He died on 2 Apr 1966. F ii Anna Sutton was born about 1901 in CA. M iii Adrian Sutton was born about 1904 in CA.
Living in Napa, CA in 1961 (mother's death)F iv Ardotha Sutton was born on 15 Oct 1906. She died on 29 Feb 1992. F v Bessie Sutton was born about 1910. F vi Winola Sutton was born about 1913 in CA.
Howard W. Snider died in 1992. He married Josephine Plag.
Josephine Plag [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 17 Feb 1910 in Sebastopol, CA. She died on 21 Feb 1997 in Denton, Davidson Co., NC. She was buried on 23 Feb 1997 in Denton Town Cem., Denton, NC. She married Howard W. Snider. Josephine was employed as school secretary.
Other marriages:Summers, DeweyTheodore
Living in North Carolina when her mother died in 1974
They had the following children:
M i Robert L. Snider was born on 17 Oct 1946.
Living in Blacksburg, VA at time of his mother's death (1997)F ii Mary Jean Snider was born on 21 Dec 1947.
Lloyd J. Bratz was born on 17 Jul 1907. He died on 1 Apr 1967 in Alameda Co., CA. He married Viola Plag on 11 Jan 1942 in Reno, Nevada.
Buried at a Veterans Cemetery in CA
Viola Plag [Parents] was born on 28 Sep 1912 in Oakland, CA. She died on 18 Mar 2005 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. She married Lloyd J. Bratz on 11 Jan 1942 in Reno, Nevada.
Living in Modesto, CA at time of her mother's death in 1972 and in 2002 when her sister Thelma died
Has worked as a beauty operator and a psychiatric technician at the Modesto State hospital
They had the following children:
M i Richard Charles Bratz was born on 11 Sep 1943 in Modesto, CA. F ii Jacqueline Bratz was born on 23 Oct 1947 in Modesto, CA.
DeweyTheodore Summers was born on 10 Apr 1905 in OK. He died on 13 Mar 1945 in Modesto, CA. He married Josephine Plag.
sustained a head injury during WW II - died in Modesto hospital
Josephine Plag [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 17 Feb 1910 in Sebastopol, CA. She died on 21 Feb 1997 in Denton, Davidson Co., NC. She was buried on 23 Feb 1997 in Denton Town Cem., Denton, NC. She married DeweyTheodore Summers. Josephine was employed as school secretary.
Other marriages:Snider, Howard W.
Living in North Carolina when her mother died in 1974
Mr. Sawyer. married Mary Jean Snider.
Mary Jean Snider [Parents] was born on 21 Dec 1947. She married Mr. Sawyer.
Living in Raleigh, NC at time of her mother's death in 1997
They had the following children:
F i Amanda Sawyer.
Doug Holiday.Doug married Amanda Sawyer.
Amanda Sawyer [Parents].Amanda married Doug Holiday.
Mr. Parker. married Jessie E. Orgain.
Jessie E. Orgain [Parents] was born in Sep 1879 in TX. She married Mr. Parker.
Other marriages:Purrier, S.C.
William Edmond Orgain [Parents] was born on 31 Oct 1881 in TX. He died on 5 Dec 1959. He married Elizabeth Shea in Dec 1906. William was employed as grocery salesman.
Listed on the 1910 census of Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX, Justice Pct #1, Cleburne Road
Elizabeth Shea was born on 7 Oct 1888 in TX. She died on 15 Jan 1983. She married William Edmond Orgain in Dec 1906.
They had the following children:
F i Dolores Orgain was born on 10 Feb 1908. She died on 3 Dec 1999. M ii Thomas Edmond Orgain was born in May 1914. He died on 29 Oct 1978.
Doyle C. Gilbert.Doyle married Dolores Orgain on 25 Jul 1935.
Dolores Orgain [Parents] was born on 10 Feb 1908. She died on 3 Dec 1999 in Fort Worth, TX. She was buried on 7 Dec 1999 in Laurel Land Cem., Ft. Worth, TX. She married Doyle C. Gilbert on 25 Jul 1935.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - December 6, 1999
Deceased Name: Dolores Orgain Gilbert
FORT WORTH - Dolores Orgain Gilbert, 91, a retired secretary for the Corps of Engineers, died Friday, Dec. 3, 1999, in Fort Worth.Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at University United Methodist Church.
Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.
Pallbearers: Gene Castle, Weldon Johnson, Frank Silva, Bill Smiley, Wayne Williams and Dr. John Wortham.
Honorary pallbearers: the Men of University Methodist Church.
Memorials: Memorial Fund at University Methodist Church or Vitas Hospice.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Fort Worth. She was a member of University United Methodist Church, The South Fort Worth Business and Professional Woman's Club, The University Methodist Woman's Club and D.A.R. She was also an avid bridge player.
Survivors: Son, Ray Gilbert and his wife, Shirley of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Toni Booth and her husband, Dave, Greg Gilbert, Deborah Mayfield, Leslie Daly; and five great-grandchildren.
Thompson's Harveson & Cole 702 Eighth Ave., 336-0345
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
Date: December 6, 1999
Edition: FINAL
Page: 6
Record Number: 650961
Copyright (c) 1999 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
They had the following children:
M i Ray Gilbert was born on 22 Jan 1937.