Jesse Bobo Gant & Family

Jesse Bobo Gant, our 3rd cousin 4 times removed, has already been mentioned here, when I talked about his father and other Bobos of the family.
Today, more about Jesse Bobo's immediate family.

👉 Jesse came to this world on 6 February 1866, in Waynesboro, Wayne, TN. His parents were Mr. Absolom Bobo Gant and Nancy E Martin. The family was registered on 23 June 1870 (1) in Civil District #7, Wayne, TN (post office Waynesboro). Absolom B. Gant (age 31) was a farmer. His wife Nancy (age 32) was keeping house. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth (age 9), Jesse Bobo (age 4), and Samantha A (age 3). There is also Ann Gant (age 14) mentioned in the record, who was a "domestic servant". Ann was most likely not Jesse's sibling, as his parents married in 1860 (2). I have not established their exact relationship, though. The family real estate was worth #600. The estimated value of their personal estate was given as $400.

 

Not long after the census, on 1 September 1870, Jesse's sister Nancy Emma was born in Wayne, TN. Another one, Sarah Clementine, arrived in January 1873. Then, on 13 April 1876, his sister Eliza Perry came to this world.

👉 The family had come to Hill County, Texas by 26 May 1879, when the youngest daughter of Absolom and Nancy Gant was born. They named the girl Tennie.

🏡 Census 30 June 1880 - Jesse lived with his parents and sisters in Precinct #1, Hill County, Texas. Absolom Bobo's (the father's) given in the record was 43, Nancy (the mother) was also 43. Then came Mary E (age 19), Jesse B. (age 13), S A (Samantha A - age 12), Nannie (age 10), S C (Sarah Clementine - age 5), Eliza P (age 4), and Tennie (age 1). Both Jesse and his sister Samantha attended school then (3).

⚭ 29 May 1881 - the family celebrated Mary Elizabeth's wedding, who married John Pritchard Clark (4). John was born on 26 July 1857, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Capt. John S Clark and Priscilla Pauline Pritchard.

⚭ 1 December 1885 - Jesse married Lillian Hanna Hoffmann (5). The lady was born in Hammonton, Atlantic, New Jersey, on 15 September 1868. Her parents were Jacob Boyer Hoffmann and Sarah Ann Shaw.

Another marriage in the Absolom Bobo Gant family took place on ⚭ 17 December 1885 (6). 18-year-old Samantha Arabelle married 20-year-old William Frank Brown - born on 6 April 1865, in Hill County, TX, to William Marion Brown and Margaret Elizabeth Smith.

♦ 22 October 1886 - Jesse and Lillian's daughter Gertrude was born. Sadly, the baby girl died on ♦ 2 November of the same year (7). 

Another daughter, ♦ Mertie Rosalee, was born to the young couple on 20 November 1887.

A few months later, on ⚭ 15 February 1888 (8), Jesse's sister, 17-year-old Nancy Emma, married her 1st cousin once removed Elisha Thomas Harbour. It took place in Hilsboro, Hill, TX. The man was born on 6 September 1864 in Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, to Elijah Carol Harbour and Elizabeth Ann Gant.

 
⚭ 15 February 1891 (9) - Sarah Clementine Gant (age 18), Jesse's sister, married Mr. Ross Bartow Aldridge (age 25). he was born on 16 August 1865, in Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, to the family of Mr. Willliam Pope Aldridge and Sarah Charlotte Robinson.

Jesse and Lillian welcomed another son on ♦ 19 June 1892. His name was Albert Ivy (10).

Their next daughter Laura Leona arrived on ♦ 18 March 1893.

On ♦ 30 December 1894 baby girl Sadie Bell was born (11).

Then, on ♦ 13 October 1896 (12) - Theodore Floyd - another son of Jesse and Lillian's came to this world.

⚭ 20 Jan 1899 - the youngest sister of Jessie's, 19-year-old Tennie Gant married William Harvey Hardin (13). The groom was born in 1873 in Mississippi.

 

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-NP5Z : Thu Jan 16 12:59:18 UTC 2025), Entry for W H Hordin and Tennie Gant, 20 Jan 1899.

 

The time of mourning came again on ♦ 22 February 1904, when Absolom Bobo Gant, Jesse's father died (14).

In the same year, on ⚭ 27 July 1904 (15), the eldest surviving daughter of Jesse's, Mertie, married Mr, Andy Glass, who was born on 24 January 1895 in Peoria, Hill, TX, to James William Glass and Katherine Victoria Winters.

On ♦ 17 September 1900 (16), baby girl Nannie Maud was born to Jesse and Lillian.

A wedding again - ⚭ 5 June 1904 (17) - Jesse's sister Eliza Perry (age 28) married a 4-year-older Mr. John Marion McDaniel. He was born in 1872 in Wayne, TN.

 

Jesse's son Albert Ivy (age 17) married Miss Ella Harris on ⚭ 21 March 1910 (18). Ella was born in the Hill County, TX, on 23 March 1892, to Archibald Barkley Harris and Martha Ann Colville.

🏠 Census - 7 May 1910 - Jesse Bobo lived with his nuclear family in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX.The record mentions Jesse B, (age 44), his wife Lillian (age 41, born in New Jersey). By the time of the census, the lady had given birth to 8 children, only 6 survived*. Jesse and Lillian's children given in the record, who still live at home were Ivy (age 17), Sadie (age 15), Floyd (age 12), and Nannie (age 9). Jesse was a farmer. His daughter Mertie (age 22), her husband Andy (age 25), and their two children Blanch (age 4), and Claude (age 1) lived in the next house (19).

 

In the following year. Jesse and Lillian's family grew again. On ♦ 27 May 1911, their daughter Lillian Lorene was born (20).

On ⚭ 5 October 1913 (21), 19-year-old Sadie Bell left her parents' home. She married 2-year-older James Monroe Smith, born on 23 December 1892 in Waco, TX.

Source: "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-MZ6Z : Thu Jul 11 19:03:59 UTC 2024), Entry for and Sadie Gant, 04 Oct 1913.

Their first child was born next year, in July.

 From: "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCR-D4ZM : 12 March 2020)

Jesse's mother Nancy E Gant died on ♦ 22 October 1913, in Hillsboro, Hill, Texas.

 

👉 It appears cousin Jesse had a creative mind. He rationalized and patented a cotton chopper in 1915.

Source: Gant, Jesse B. Cotton-Chopper., patent, March 23, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857830/: accessed February 24, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department. 

 
On ⚭ 26 November 1916 (22), Nannie Maud (age 16) married James John Hrabal (age 19), born on 2 February 1897 in Hilsboro, TX, to Joseph F Hrabal II and Aloisie Winklar.

 🏠 1920 - Census - only Theodore F (age 21) and Lillian (age 8) lived with their parents Jesse and Lillian in Justice Precinct #7, Hill County, TX (23).

Sad time came again, when Nannie's husband James (age about 29) died of broncho pneumonia on  ♦ 21 January 1926, in Waco McLennan, TX (24).

Grief stayed with the family - on ♦ 21 March 1927 Sadie Bell Gant Smith passed away, due to TB, at the age of 26 (25).

 

⚭ Lillian Lorene married Otis Charles Wade by 23 March 1928. On that day, their baby girl Francis, born on 12 February 1928, passed away (26, 27).

🏠 In 1930 (28), the Jesse and Lillian lived in Justice Precinct #4, Hill County, TX. The census of the 14th April registered also in their their son Theodore F (age 31) in the same household also. They looked after the children of Sadie's, who after their mother's passing lived with their grandparents and uncle. The children were Pauline (age 15), Orvis (age 13), Raymond (age 21), Hannah R (age 4), and Jack T (age 9).

Otis Wade, Lillian Lorene's husband, left this world on ♦ 2 January 1934. He lived 24 years.

Jesse Bobo Gant passed on ♦ 22 January 1934, about a week before his 68th birthday. He lived in Whithey, Hill County, TX at the time of his death (29).

Two years later, Lillian Gant mourned her child again. This time, it was Mertie, who died of influenza/pneumonia on ♦ 29 April 1936 (30). Mertie Rosalee lived 48 years, 5 months, and 9 days (30).

♦ 3 February 1941 - another daughter, Laura Leona, passed due to flu and pulmonary problems, in Waco, McLennan, TX,. She was  47 years, 10 months, and 15 days old (31).

Jesse's wife, Lillian Hannah Hoffman Gant joined her spouse on 3 June 1961, when a cardiac arrest took her from this world. She lived 92 years, 8 months, and 18 days (32).

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Nannie remarried. Her second husband was Ben Meart Drennan who was 4 year older than Nannie. He was born on 12 March 1896 in Saline, Arkansas. His parents were John Harvey Drennan and Mary C White. Ben was also a widower.

Lillian Lorene's second spouse was Henry Tracy Boyd, born on 8 December 1910, Texas, to Robert Arthur Boyd and Edna Lee Cook.


Sources:

1. "United States, Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8Z-GC4 : Sun Jan 19 03:12:44 UTC 2025), Entry for A B Gant and Nancy Gant, 1870.
2. "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN8X-5NH : 4 December 2014), A B Gant and Nancy Martin, 27 Aug 1860; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 20, Wayne, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. "United States, Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNK-8SY : Sun Jan 19 10:13:00 UTC 2025), Entry for A. B. Gant and Nancy Gant, 1880.
4. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-TFB5 : Fri Jan 17 15:47:02 UTC 2025), Entry for John P Clark and Mary Gant, 29 May 1881.
5. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-TVVN : Fri Jan 10 09:47:30 UTC 2025), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian H Hoffman, 17 Dec 1885.
6. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MS-BCP : 22 January 2020), S. A. Gant in entry for W. F. Brown, 1885.
7. "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-LNGD : 5 August 2020), Jessie Gertrude Gant, ; Burial, Peoria, Hill, Texas, United States of America, Peoria Cemetery; citing record ID 85826568, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
8. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-DGMN : Thu Jan 16 13:29:55 UTC 2025), Entry for E T Harber and Nancy M Gant, 15 Feb 1888.
9. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2M3-4PK : 22 January 2020), S. C. Grant in entry for R. B. Aldrige, 1891.
10. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LGK-FHZM : 12 March 2020), Albert Ivy Gant, .
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12. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6G-B86Z : 12 March 2020), Theodore Floyd Gant, 1896.
13. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX95-RX3 : 22 January 2020), Tennie Gant in entry for W. H. Hardin, 1899.
14. "Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HW5M-TZ2M : 14 April 2023), Absolen B. Gant, 1904.
15. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9G-BNP : 22 January 2020), Mertie Gant in entry for Andy Glass, 1904.
16. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6F-WXPZ : 14 February 2020), Nannie Maud Gant, 1900.
17. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX9G-YPK : 22 January 2020), Eliza P. Gant in entry for John R. McDaniel, 1904.
18. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-K5CQ : Sat Mar 09 09:08:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Ivy Gant and Ela Harris, 1910.
19. "United States, Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MK-5RG : Sat Mar 09 00:54:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Jesse B Gant and Lilian Gant, 1910.
20. "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCR-D4ZM : 12 March 2020), Lillian Lorene Gant, .
21. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-66WB : Thu Jan 09 09:52:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Mr J M Smith and Miss Sadie Gant, 05 Oct 1913.
22. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-672H : Sat Jan 18 12:27:54 UTC 2025), Entry for James J Hrabal and Nannie Maud Gant, 26 Nov 1916.
23. "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS3-B43 : Thu Jan 16 21:59:30 UTC 2025), Entry for Jesse B Gant and Lillian H Gant, 1920.
24. "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZNX-PSQ : 24 May 2014), James John Hrabal, 21 Jan 1926; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 2844, Mclennan, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
25. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QD-KSG : Sun Jan 19 22:33:57 UTC 2025), Entry for Sadie Smith and J B Grant, 21 Mar 1927.
26. "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8QR-SWG : 1 January 2015), Lorine Gant in entry for Francis Gant, 12 Feb 1928; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
"United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMNV-86Z : Sat Mar 09 09:29:20 UTC 2024), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian Gant, 1930.
27. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QY-Y58 : Sun Jan 19 02:18:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Francis Loraine Wade and Otis Wade, 23 Mar 1928.
28.  "United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMNV-86Z : Sat Mar 09 09:29:20 UTC 2024), Entry for J B Gant and Lillian Gant, 1930.
29. "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDZ-9HL : 24 May 2014), Jessie B. Gant, 22 Jan 1934; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 2943, Hill, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
30. "Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TY-YFM : 14 April 2023), Mertie Glass, 1936.
31. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K393-ZKG : Thu Jul 11 10:29:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Laura Leona McMurray and J B Gant, 3 Feb 1941.
32. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3H4-FNB : Mon Jul 22 15:09:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Lillian Hannah Gant and Jacob Hoffman, 3 Jun 1961.
 

Pictures taken on 18 August 2020

Ezekiel George

This time my research has been dedicated to Mr. Ezekiel George who was born in about 1816, in Tennessee. So far, I have had no success in finding out a record of who Ezekiel George's parents were.

When exactly he came to Texas, it is not known to me either.
In 1841, a man by the name of Ezekiel George was declared a bankrupt in April 1841.

Clipping source: Cruger & Moore. Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 29, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 16, 1841, newspaper, June 16, 1841; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48138/: accessed January 12, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

Was he the Ezekiel George born in about 1817? He would have been about 24 then. Later records from 1850, read that there was another man in Wharton, TX whose name was Ezekiel George as well. (1). However, he was born in about 1770. Perhaps, the latter was the father of the younger Ezekiel? In 1841, the older Ezekiel would have been about 71.

Coming back to "our" Ezekiel, born in 1817.
⚭ On 3 October 1843, the man married Martha Amanda Winfree Boman (Bomal?), born on 26 June 1826 in Anson, NC. She was the daughter of  Charles Jordan Winfree and Nancy Ann Flake. The marriage was registered in Columbus, Colorado, Texas (2, 3).

Children born to the couple:

🔹 Laura Jane - born on 21 January 1844/ died on 27 October 1921, Elgin, Kane, Illinois
🔹 Martha Anna - born in 1846/ died  on 21 August 1878.

🏡 The 1845 and 46 Census records place Ezekiel George in Richmond, Fort Bend, TX (4.5). In 1845, the man owned 150 cattle and 19 horses.

After the death of the first wife, ⚭ on 27 December 1847, Ezekiel married Caroline Head nee Davis. born in about 1817 in Alabama, Fort Bend Land District, TX (6). She was the daughter of Mr. Kincheon Davis and Frances Pleasants, a sister of William Kinchen Davis, mentioned in one of my previous posts.

Children born to Ezekiel and Caroline:

🔹 Charles Robert - born on 10 Oct 1847, Wharton/ died on 02 Jul 1938, Richmond, Fort Bend, TX
🔹 Albert Lamar - born on 1848/ died on 15 September 1896.

A misfortune happened in February 1849. The land deed granted to Ezekiel George got lost.

Clipping source: The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 21, 1849, newspaper, April 21, 1849; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48392/: accessed January 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

 

Two more children were born to Ezekiel and his wife:
🔹 Oscar Ezekiel - born in 1850
🔹 Mary Ellen - born in September 1851/died on 31 December 1935, San Antonio.

When Caroline died, I do not know.⚭ On 28 November 1854, in Fort Bend, Ezekiel married for the third time. His third wife was Caroline Elizabeth Laws (7).

Lizzy George - source: [Photograph of Lizzy, one of Ezekial George's wives], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1361/: accessed January 27, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum. 

According to the Archives - Ezekiel's third wife's name was Lizzy Lamar George (?).

👉 According to the tax records from 1854 - Ezekiel had 50 acres worth $200 in Richmond, Fort Bend, TX. The land was originally granted to Barrett and Harris (8).

👉 There are also records related to an Ezekiel George in Travis County (9.10,11).
17 May 1854 - Ezekiel George was granted land deeds in Travis County
1. Grantor - E M Pease
2. Grantor - Robert J Townes
3. Grantor - John W Harris

Ezekiel and Caroline Elizabeth's children were:

🔹 John Lamar - born on 27 August 1855/ died on 14 January 1928, Galveston

Baptismal record - source: "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRSP-2L8 : 13 February 2020), Caroline Elisabeth Laws in entry for John Laniar George, 1856.

🔹 Eugenia - born in 1857
🔹 Eugene Milton - born on 16 December 1858, Washington, Texas/ died on 14 October 1917, Travis, Austin, Texas.

Baptismal record - source: "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRSP-2LH : 13 February 2020), Caroline Elisabeth Laws in entry for Eugene Milton George, 1858.
 

🏡 Census 1860 - 20th July - Washington County, Post office Independence - the family were registered - Ezekiel (age 43), his wife Elizabeth (age 24), Lamar (age 5), Eugenia (age 3), Laura (age 16), Martha (age 14), Albert (age 12), Oscar (age 10), Mary (age 8) were registered in their house.  The real estate value was estimated as $3000. The value of their personal estate was given as $5000 (12).

🏠 9th June 1860 (13) - the family of  Ezekiel George and his wife E. L (Elizabeth Laws) were also registered at their house in Wharton County. The children listed in the record were:  L J (Laura Jane - age 16), M A (Martha Anna, age 14), Albert (age 12), O E (Oscar Ezekiel, age 10), Mary (age 8), J L (John Lamar, age 4), J M (Milton ?, age 2).

👉 In July 1861, Ezekiel enlisted in the Wharton County Home Guards. He served at the rank of 2nd Lt, under captain J F Roberts (14).

⚭ On 26 Oct 1863, Wharton - Ezekiel George remarried again. His fourth wife was Louisa A Petty nee Jones, born in 1817, in Mississippi (15). Louisa was married and widowed before her third marriage.

 

♦ 2 October 1865 - Ezekiel George passed in Wharton at the age of about 49.

Ezekiel George

Source: [Photograph of Ezekial George with a mustache.], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1347/: accessed January 26, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum.

Sources:

1. "United States, Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-VZ4 : Sat Jan 11 04:53:13 UTC 2025), Entry for E George and C George, 1850.
2. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-4595 : Sun Jan 05 20:35:05 UTC 2025), Entry for Ezekiel George and Mrs Martha Amanda Boman, 02 Oct 1843.
3. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3V-8LX : 22 January 2020), Ezekiel George, 1843.
4. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-6FGV : Thu Mar 07 18:42:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George, 1845.
5."Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-6NSC : Sat Mar 09 22:06:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George, 1846.
6. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZB-3LJ8 : Wed Jul 31 23:40:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George and Caroline Head, 27 Dec 1847.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLDP-B48 : Fri Mar 08 10:37:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George and Caroline Elizabeth Lans, 28 Nov 1854.
8. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-6KHZ : Sat Mar 09 20:16:44 UTC 2024), Entry for E George, 1854.
9. Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office. Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1842-1893 L-R (transcript), book, 1842/1893; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864827/: accessed January 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Travis County Clerk’s Office.
10. Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office. Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1842-1893 S-Z (transcript), book, 1842/1893; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864840/: accessed January 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Travis County Clerk’s Office.
11. Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office. Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1842-1893 E-K (transcript), book, 1842/1893; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth864852/: accessed January 23, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Travis County Clerk’s Offic
12. "United States, Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-T4C : Mon Jul 08 23:00:19 UTC 2024), Entry for E George and E L George, 1860.
13. "United States, Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF2-Y5X : Mon Jul 08 23:48:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George and Elizabeth George, 1860.
14. "Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8DZ-9KMM : Fri Oct 04 17:41:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George, Jul 1861.
15. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1C-FX72 : Fri Mar 08 13:57:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel George and Louisa A Petty, 26 Oct 1863.

Photos taken on 18 August 2020

S for Sioux

Sioux in Poland? It was a restaurant chain and one of its places used to operate in the city where I lived. The food was great there. The menu included a variety of different types of dishes, however, its main part was the Pol-Mex meals. Pol-Mex = meaning Mexican food made in a Polish way. 

The names on the menu were typical for the Mexican type of food, but they had not much in common with the Tex-Mex cooking, besides the ingredients. As I said, it was all delicious.

Another thing that I liked there was the interior. The restaurant had two floors, with western-like furniture, lamps and other decorations. Booths that looked like wagons were downstairs and saloon-type furniture upstairs. The walls were decorated with murals and photograph of Native Americans. 

The restaurant waiters were friendly and helpful. It was a really nice place to be regarding all sorts of meetings, and simply to have good and not too expensive food.

There was another Sioux place in a nearby city, Sopot. The menu offer was equally tasty there, but the restaurant was much smaller than our favorite spot in Gdynia.

 

The chain headquarters used to be in Poznań, a city in central Poland. More than a decade ago, my mom and I happened to visit Poznań. Then, we also went to their local Sioux place. To our great disappointment, their food was awful. You could think it should have been the opposite, considering the fact that the chain executives were so close. Well, maybe that was a sign that something wrong was going on and that was why the chain did not last.

When we came back to Poland, regrettably, we learned that our favorite Sioux place in Gdynia (+ most of them in the country) had been closed.

 

 
PS

Google says that the restaurant still operates in only two cities in Poland.

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"My Polish Alphabet" is about things, places, and people that come to my mind when I think about Poland.

About Weather

If you dread this week's weather forecast, check out this piece of news about the weather conditions in Pueblo, Colorado, in August 1897. At least, it is winter now, not summer.

Clipping source: Ousley, Clarence. Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 231, Ed. 1 Monday, August 16, 1897, newspaper, August 16, 1897; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1252695/: accessed January 7, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library. 

The weather has always happened to be unpredictable and capricious. In the old days, it was as it was, but nobody blamed it on the climate change.

One Thomas Bradley

This article caught my attention because of the surname Bradley in it. It is one of the family lines in our ancestry. However, that Thomas Bardley mentioned in the clipping lived in Yorkshire, England, not in the US.

Clipping source: Cruger & Moore. Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 40, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 29, 1840, newspaper, July 29, 1840; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48097/: accessed December 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

Reading the piece, I thought,  "I wonder how long he lived."

The condition described as "falling into a sleep" was probably a coma caused by some sort of brain aneurysm or another neurological condition. If it had need the previous, the bleeding would haved reoccurred again and again and/or finally, brought death.

I tried to find out more about Thomas, but not much luck with it.

Baby Thomas was christened in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, on 25 December 1817 (1).

Besides that, there is different data regarding various men by the name of Thomas Bradley who lived in England. 

Considering, the area where the family lived (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) and his condition mentioned in the 1840 newspaper, I assume the young man did not live long. That is why the death record registered on 4 August 1846, in Caverley, Yorkshire, England, would probably be related to the family members mentioned in the above article. If that was so, "our" Thomas Bradley passed at the age of 28.

On the other hand, there is a census record from Huddersfield, Yorkshire of 1840. The data informs that a Thomas Bradley, born in 1817, was a lodger and lived in Leighton (Huddersfield, Yorkshire) in 1861 (2). So, perhaps, he lived longer despite all odds. Or, maybe not, who knows.

PS

Google info says that Leighton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire. Perhaps there was another one near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire? 

Source:

1. "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQ2-WNY : 4 February 2023), Thomas Bradley, 1817.

2. "England and Wales, Census, 1861", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C8-SSH : Sun Mar 10 08:26:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Bradley, 1861.