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Hattie Mildred <I>Brown</I> Goolsby

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Hattie Mildred Brown Goolsby

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
30 Oct 1975 (aged 84)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.7114296, Longitude: -95.3074264
Plot
Section 31 Sunnyside
Memorial ID
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Hattie Mildred Brown was born in 1891 in either Bell County or Falls County, Texas. She was the 7th of ten children of Robert S. Brown and Nancy Bond.

In 1909 she married Irvin Kirksey in Bell County, Texas. They had one child, Robert Kirksey.

In 1916, she married B. Frank Goolsby in Falls County, Texas. He died in 1919.

In the 1920 census for Bell County, Texas, Hattie is listed as widowed and working as a live-in-servant along with her son Robert.

In the 1930 census for Fort Worth, Texas, she and her son are listed as living with an uncle named Henry Gibson, age 59. He is as yet unidentified: none of her mother's family (Bond) married any Gibsons, and her father's family is mostly unknown.

In the 1940 census for Houston, Texas, she is working as a nurse and living with her son Robert.

In the 1950 census for Houston, Texas, she and her son are listed as living with an uncle named Walter E. Brown, age 76. He is as yet unidentified, as her father's family is mostly unknown. (Note that Walter listed his place of birth as Iowa, while Robert Brown was from Georgia, and nearly 25 years older, so ??)

Hattie died in Houston in 1975 at the age of 84.
Hattie Mildred Brown was born in 1891 in either Bell County or Falls County, Texas. She was the 7th of ten children of Robert S. Brown and Nancy Bond.

In 1909 she married Irvin Kirksey in Bell County, Texas. They had one child, Robert Kirksey.

In 1916, she married B. Frank Goolsby in Falls County, Texas. He died in 1919.

In the 1920 census for Bell County, Texas, Hattie is listed as widowed and working as a live-in-servant along with her son Robert.

In the 1930 census for Fort Worth, Texas, she and her son are listed as living with an uncle named Henry Gibson, age 59. He is as yet unidentified: none of her mother's family (Bond) married any Gibsons, and her father's family is mostly unknown.

In the 1940 census for Houston, Texas, she is working as a nurse and living with her son Robert.

In the 1950 census for Houston, Texas, she and her son are listed as living with an uncle named Walter E. Brown, age 76. He is as yet unidentified, as her father's family is mostly unknown. (Note that Walter listed his place of birth as Iowa, while Robert Brown was from Georgia, and nearly 25 years older, so ??)

Hattie died in Houston in 1975 at the age of 84.


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