He was also a brother-in-law of our 1st cousin once removed Ethel Howard Richards.
Frederick Purney Lunsford was born on 31 July 1888 in Collin County, Texas. His parents were Simon Peter Lunsford and Mary Etta Haggard. The couple married on 24 October 1867 in Collin County, Texas.
Record Source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-HBZ : accessed 6 September 2018), S P Lunsford and M E M Haggard, 24 Oct 1867, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,289,595.
According to the 1900 Census records, Fred was one of the couple's 15 children. Only 11 children, including Fred, survived till adulthood. The family lived in Plano, TX.
Fred Lunsford
United States Census, 1900
Name: Fred Lunsford
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6 (south half), Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Date: Jul 1888
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household
Simon P Lunsford, Head, Male, age 57, born Kentucky
Mary E Lunsford, Wife, F, 51, Tennessee
Sue Lunsford, Daughter, F, 22, Texas
Clint Lunsford, Son, M, 20, Texas
Janie Lunsford, Daughter, F, 15, Texas
Fred Lunsford Son, M, 12, Texas
Lida Lunsford, Daughter, F, 10, Texas
Walter Lunsford, Son, M, 9, Texas
Record Source:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-137 : accessed 31 August 2018), Fred Lunsford in household of Simon P Lunsford, Justice Precinct 6 (south half), Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.
When Fred grew up, he worked as a farmer. Frederick's father died in 1914. Since then, Fred supported his mother financially.
The WW1 draft record also tells us that Fred had blue eyes and brown hair. He was medium height and was medium built.
Fredrick Pumia Lunsford (it seems the person who digitilized the record misspelled the middle name, I would it reads Purnia not Pumia).
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Collin County no 1, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1888
Birthplace: Plano, Texas, United States
Record Source:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX9-79C : 13 March 2018), Fredrick Pumia Lunsford, 1917-1918; citing Collin County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,952,405.
The above draft record informs that it happened on June 5, 1719. Somebody made an error. It was June 5, 1917.
About four months later, on 30 October 1917, Fred married Miss Ethel Mae Richards, the daughter of Mr. Alonzo Woolfield Richards and Miss Theodocia Ellen Liggett. On the day of the wedding, Fred was 29, his bride was nine years younger. She was born on 18 August 1897 in Allen, Collin County, Texas.
Frederick P Lunsford
mentioned in the record of Frederick P Lunsford and Ethel May Richards
Name: Frederick P Lunsford
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type Marriage
Event Date: 03 Oct 1917
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ethel May Richards
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page 441
Record Source:
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61T-K5C : accessed 31 August 2018), Frederick P Lunsford and Ethel May Richards, 03 Oct 1917, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 2,316,240.
The newspaper note informs that 30 Oct. 1917 was Wednesday. The marriage took place at 7:30 PM.
The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1917, newspaper, October 19, 1917; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601796/: accessed August 31, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
Ethel M Lunsford
United States Census, 1920
Name: Ethel M Lunsford
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age; 23
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original) White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace:Texas
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 4
Household
Fred P Lunsford, Head, Male, age 31, born Texas
Ethel M Lunsford, Wife, F, 23, Texas
J Lillian A Bamburg, Boarder, F, 16, Texas
Record Source:
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT4-7G5 : accessed 31 August 2018), Ethel M Lunsford in household of Fred P Lunsford, Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 4B, line 73, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1795; FHL microfilm 1,821,795.
Unfortunately, Fred and Ethel's life together did not last long. Shortly after that census, three years after the wedding, they lived in Plano. Sadly, Ethel got sick with influenza which soon turned into pneumonia. She died at the age of 23, after a week of sickness on 15 February 1920 in St. Paul's Sanatorium in Dallas (1).
Ethel was buried at the Allen Cemetery.
I found more about the circumstances of her death when I was searching the information regarding Fred's siblings. See below, at the end of this post.
Fred and Ethel did not have any children. I do not know whether he remarried later. Probably not. In the WW2 draft record, he did not give any wife's name. The person who would always know his address was Mrs. W A Johnson who lived at Route #7, Dallas, Texas. At that time Fred's place of residence was 1603 Pocahontas Street in Dallas as well. Mrs. W. A. Johnson was his sister Sarah Jane born in 1885. Sarah married William Albert Johnson on 12 August 1902 in Grayson County, Texas (2).
According to the Census of 1920, Sarah Jane (3) and her husband had seven children - a son Clarence Minor, born on 10 November 1904 in Plano, Dallas, TX (4), Wilma P., b. 1907, Carl L, b. 1910, Annie B., b. 1912, James G., b. 1914, Emma Jewel, born on 30 Sept. 1916 in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas (5), and a son Tom W., born in 1920. Fred and Sarah's mother Mary Etta lived with Sarah's family after the death of their father and Mary Etta's husband Peter Simon Lunsford.
Ethel was buried at the Allen Cemetery.
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Fred and Ethel did not have any children. I do not know whether he remarried later. Probably not. In the WW2 draft record, he did not give any wife's name. The person who would always know his address was Mrs. W A Johnson who lived at Route #7, Dallas, Texas. At that time Fred's place of residence was 1603 Pocahontas Street in Dallas as well. Mrs. W. A. Johnson was his sister Sarah Jane born in 1885. Sarah married William Albert Johnson on 12 August 1902 in Grayson County, Texas (2).
According to the Census of 1920, Sarah Jane (3) and her husband had seven children - a son Clarence Minor, born on 10 November 1904 in Plano, Dallas, TX (4), Wilma P., b. 1907, Carl L, b. 1910, Annie B., b. 1912, James G., b. 1914, Emma Jewel, born on 30 Sept. 1916 in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas (5), and a son Tom W., born in 1920. Fred and Sarah's mother Mary Etta lived with Sarah's family after the death of their father and Mary Etta's husband Peter Simon Lunsford.
Frederick Purney Lunsford
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Frederick Purney Lunsford
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1942
Event Place: Dallas, Texas, United States
Residence Place: Dallas, Texas
Gende:r Male
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1888
Record Source:
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP5Q-4ML : 6 November 2017), Frederick Purney Lunsford, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
In 1942, Fred worked in Francis Wolf's Stop & Shop store at 1507 S. Evory in Dallas.
He passed at the age of 91. His body was buried at the cemetery in Allen.
Fredrick Purney Lunsford
Texas Death Index
Name: Fredrick Purney Lunsford
Gender: Male
Event Date: 30 Mar 1980
County: Kaufman
Event Place: Kaufman, Texas, United States
Record Source:
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVDD-HPG : 5 December 2014), Fredrick Purney Lunsford, Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
As for Fred's siblings, I also found some info about:
1. His brother Simon Gibson Lunsford. He was born on 30 Sept. 1873 in Texas, died on 10 January 1953 in Snyder, Surry, Texas (6). His wife was Cyntha and they lived in Denton
2. His sister Lida Lee Lunsford Watterson was born on 25 Jan. 1890 in Collin, Texas. She lived at 2709 Lucas Dr. in Dallas. Lida died at the age of 70 on 11 Nov. 1940 in Dallas (7).
3. His brother Walter Clyde Lunsford was born on 14 Oct. 1891 in Collin, TX. He died from pneumonia when he was 28, on 7 Feb. 1920. Walter was buried on the same day (8).
According to the record included in the death certificate of Fred's wife Ethel, she got sick on 7 Feb. 1920 and died a week later. She might have caught a cold during Walter's funeral ceremony.
Apparently, also Fred's brother's wife died a week before Walter. Three deaths in the family, three weeks in a row. Very tragic.
Clipping source: The Plano Star-Courier (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1920, newspaper, February 20, 1920; Plano, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570348/: accessed September 7, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
4. His brother John William Lunsford was born in 1868 in Texas. He died in Colfax, New Mexico on 5 August 1933. John's wife was Anna Berry Lunsford (9).
5. His brother Clint Haggard, born on 5 Dec. 1880, lived 86 years. His place of residence was RD #2, Aubrey in Denton, Texas. Clint died in Denton Osteopathic Hospital on 28 April 1967 (10). His wife's name was Hattie.
6. His sister Mattie Sue was born on 31 Dec. 1878. She married P H Vince on 10 Sept. 1924 (11).
Mattie died in Fowler Home in Dallas on her 85th birthday, 31 Dec. 1963 (12).
7. His brother Robbert, born in 1874 in Texas (13).
8. His brother James, born in 1877 in Texas (13).
Sources:
My MyHeritage research.
(1) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DR-ZDW : 13 March 2018), Ethel May Lunsford, 15 Feb 1920; citing certificate number 4959, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,708.
(2) "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX92-TM4 : 22 December 2016), W. A. Johnson and Sarah J. Lunsford, 12 Aug 1902; citing Grayson Co., Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,290,419.
(3) "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHT4-FWL : accessed 6 September 2018), Sarah J Johnson in household of William A Johnson, Justice Precinct 6, Denton, Texas, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 3B, line 70, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1795; FHL microfilm 1,821,795.
(4) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZK-XPY : 9 March 2018), Sarah Jane Lunsford in entry for Clarence Minor Johnson, 10 Nov 1904; citing Plano, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 29349, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,370,522.
(5) "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2TJ-9LH : 11 March 2018), Sarah Jane Lunsford in entry for Emma Jewel Johnson, 30 Sep 1916; citing Carrollton, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 35710, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,478,198.
(6) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QB-ZG9 : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Simon Gibson Lunsford, 10 Jan 1953; citing certificate number 4851, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,113,748.
(7) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39M-ZJV : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Lida Lee Watterson, 11 Nov 1940; citing certificate number 49576, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,120.
(8) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DR-CR3 : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Walter Clyde Lunsford, 07 Feb 1920; citing certificate number 4654, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,708.
(9) "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTR-87Y : 10 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for John William Lunsford, 05 Aug 1933; citing Colfax, New Mexico, reference 145, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1,913,293.
(10) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1G-1Q5 : 13 March 2018), Clint Haggard Lunsford, 28 Apr 1967; citing certificate number 22871, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,606.
(11) "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61Y-3FW : accessed 6 September 2018), P H Vinson and Susie Lunsford, 10 Sep 1924, Marriage; citing Collin, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 2,316,241.
(12) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SL-RTC : 13 March 2018), Mary Haggard in entry for Mattie Sue Vinson, 31 Dec 1963; citing certificate number 81880, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,402.
(13) "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-PY6 : 15 July 2017), Simon Lunsford, Precinct 6, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 241C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.
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Always sad to read about the deaths from influenza, especially Ethels after "the wedding bells were ringing" and the 3 deaths ...so sad. Enjoyed your post ~ Sharon
ReplyDeleteYes, very sad indeed! Thank you for stopping by.
DeleteWow! Three deaths in such a short time! It must have been hard for the remaining grieving family. Perhaps during the funerals they inadvertently shared germs that got others sick.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this wonderful compilation. This is my great great uncle - my great grandmother was Janie Lunsford aka Mrs WA (William Albert) Johnson. My grandmother knew Aunt Lida in the 1930s. Fred Lunsford lived to be an old man passing away in the late 1970s possibly early 1980s. I met him when I was a small child in 1977 or 1979 at a Johnson family reunion in Texas. My grandmother Ruth Donaldson Johnson named her second son Fred. And Ruth Johnson passed away last year at age 104. She knew them all and told us about them.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you! Fred was our first cousin once removed related to us via the Howard family. Fred's mother's sister Lonnie Florence was married to Claudie Howard. Fred died on May 30, 1980. It would have been interesting to talk to your grandma Ruth!
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