Lura Naomia McIntosh Williams

Lura Naomia McIntosh was born on Jan. 3 1913 in Harland, Harrington, Texas. Her parents were Samuel Hollie McIntosh and Ethel B. Lollar. An interesting thing is that when her birth was registered, the doctor who reported the baby girl's arrival to this world, informed that her name was Mary. The family lived in Ashland, TX then.

Name: Mary Mcintosh
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Jan 1913
Event Place: Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: S H Mcintosh
Mother's Name: Ethel Mcintosh

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMK-G9G : 9 March 2018), Mary Mcintosh, 03 Jan 1913; citing Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 1536, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,136,953

Maybe the doctor did not know what name had been chosen for the newborn baby and just gave any female name for the record.

Much later, the information on how "Mary" was really called by her parents was officially clarified by her sister Cora Belle.

Lura Naomia Mcintosh
Texas Birth Certificates
Name: Lura Naomia Mcintosh
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Jan 1913
Event Place: Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Father's Name: Samuel Hollie Mcintosh
Mother's Name: Ethel B Lollar

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMK-G9R : 9 March 2018), Lura Naomia Mcintosh, 03 Jan 1913; citing Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 1536, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,136,953.

I have tried to find some information on the place where our aunt was born: Harland, Harrison County, Texas. Without any success so far.

The 1920 Census tells that Lura's Father Samuel was a log sawer. In 1920, the family still lived in Harrison, Texas.

Lura Mc Intosh
United States Census, 1920
Name: Lura Mc Intosh
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 4

Household
S H Mc Intosh, Head, Male, age 31, born Texas
Ethel Mc Intosh, Wife, F, 25, Texas
Opal Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 9, Texas
Lura Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 7, Texas
Corabell Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 5, Texas
Vernona Mc Intosh Daughter, F, 3, Texas
Bessie Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 0, Texas

Record source:
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHB9-DKN : accessed 27 August 2018), Lura Mc Intosh in household of S H Mc Intosh, Justice Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 4B, line 73, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1816; FHL microfilm 1,821,816.

There is a mistake in the above Census record. Samuel Hollie and Ethel had a son Vernon (not Vernona - a daughter - as listed above).

10 years later, Samuel Hollie worked as a farmer. Laura had four more sisters.

Lura Mcintosh
United States Census, 1930
Name: Lura Mcintosh
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age 17
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6

Household
S. H. Mcintosh, Head, Male, age 41, born Texas
Ethel Mcintosh, Wife, F, 35, Texas
Lura Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 17, Texas
Cora B. Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 15, Texas
Vernon Mcintosh, Son, M, 13, Texas
Bessie Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 10, Texas
Ludine Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 8, Texas
Paulin Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 6, Texas
Ruth L. Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 3, Texas
Winona Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 0, Texas

Record
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H1GC-JW2 : accessed 27 August 2018), Lura Mcintosh in household of S H Mcintosh, Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 6A, line 30, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2353; FHL microfilm 2,342,087.

Lura got married about 1937 (?). Her husband, J D Williams, was born in Ashland, where Lura lived.

Williams
Texas Birth Certificates
Name: Williams
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 May 1914
Event Place: Ashland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: J A Williams
Mother's Name: Eula Killian

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSK-LF2 : 9 March 2018), Williams, 01 May 1914; citing Ashland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 16560, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,156,847.

As you can see, the doctor who reported the Williams childbirth did not mention any first name. At least JD's parents did not have to straighten up anything later.

Lura and JD had four children: a daughter Shirley A. (born on 29 July 1939 in Dallas, TX) and three sons - Gerald (born in 1940), Donald Ray (born on 4 April 1943) and Chester Glynn (born 30 Sept. 1944 in Kauffman, TX).

Between 1935 and 1940, JD and Lura and they two children rented a place at Austin Street in Garland, Texas. JD worked as a laborer with WPA Building Constructions then.

J D Williams
United States Census, 1940
Name: J D Williams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Garland, Justice Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Texas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Last Place of Residence: Bowie, Texas

Household
J D Williams, Head, Male, age 26, born Texas
Lura Williams, Wife, F, 26, Texas
Shirley A Williams, Daughter, F, 2, Texas
Gerald Williams, Son, M, 0, Texas

The records also say that both JD and Lura had completed nine years of education. In April 1935 JD lived in Bowie, TX, Lura was still in Ashland.

An interesting fact is that they lived next to our paternal uncle Arley, his wife Elby and their children.  Maybe that was how our parents met? While visiting their relatives?

In April 1935 The Arleys family lived in the town of Vickery, in north central Dallas County. Uncle Arley was a car mechanic. Most probably, one of the four automobile repair shops in Vickery was his workplace as well.

During WW2, from 7 April 1944 to 17 August 1945, JD served in the US Navy. His rank was S/2C (Seaman 2 Class). (1)

December 1946 brought tragedy to Laura's family. At that time, they lived at 805 North Medora St. in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. The house no longer exists, though.

JD worked as a truck driver. 15 December must have been a snowy/icy day. When he was driving on a bridge in New Hope (nowadays within Sunnyvale), Dallas County, his truck hit the bridge, turned upside down while falling down into the stream. JD drowned. (2)

Laura was 32 then. Her children were 7, 4, 3 and 2.

JD was buried at Oakland Memorial Park in Terrell.

Laura never remarried. I do not know what she did, where she worked after her husband's death.
Laura Naomia lived sixty-five years, nine months and thirteen days. She died in Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas on 29 November 1978. Lura's burial was serviced by Anderson-Clayton Bros. Funeral Home. (3)

Information Sources:
(1) "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-NPNZ : 15 March 2018), J D Williams, .

(2) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39F-V3T : 13 March 2018), J D Williams, 15 Dec 1946; citing certificate number 54335, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,504.

(3) "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH3X-L59 : 13 March 2018), Lura Naomi Williams, 29 Nov 1978; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, 92388, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; .

Pictures of gravestones: Anne McGrew