Shirley Owens Delaney Tessler
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Owens Parents and Daughters
Lillian, Shirley, Noah, Bertha. The children are Shirley's sons. They were born in '58 and '60, so this would have been taken in the early-mid 1960s, probably in Texas.
Lillian Owens Heath School Picture
She was 10 when this picture was taken, so this would have probably been 1957.
Thomas Lon Owens
Thomas Lon Owens, Sr., School Photo 1959-1960. He was born in 1944, so he would have been 14 or 15.
United States Census, 1910 for Mary J Owen
Documentation that Mary Jane Turner's parents were born in Alabama.
Not sure if this is a anomaly of the database, but the Herring family, Widowed mother Georgie and her 7 kids, are a Black family. She is listed as head of household. According to this record, they share a family number, but are on adjoining pages.
United States Census, 1910 for Mary J Owen
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Name: Mary J Owen
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Precinct 9, Shelby, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Family Number: 69
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Georgie Herring F 50y
Clyde Herring M 20y
Ben Herring M 19y
Elisabeth Herring F 17y
John Herring M 14y
Ruby Herring F 13y
Annabelle Herring F 11y
Claude Herring M 10y
Robert A Owen M 77y
Mary J Owen F 37y
Martha E Owen F 14y
Noah Owen M 5y
Nora Owen F 3y
From this link:
https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_840023160%2Fp_466702317&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
Not sure if this is a anomaly of the database, but the Herring family, Widowed mother Georgie and her 7 kids, are a Black family. She is listed as head of household. According to this record, they share a family number, but are on adjoining pages.
United States Census, 1910 for Mary J Owen
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Name: Mary J Owen
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Precinct 9, Shelby, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Family Number: 69
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Georgie Herring F 50y
Clyde Herring M 20y
Ben Herring M 19y
Elisabeth Herring F 17y
John Herring M 14y
Ruby Herring F 13y
Annabelle Herring F 11y
Claude Herring M 10y
Robert A Owen M 77y
Mary J Owen F 37y
Martha E Owen F 14y
Noah Owen M 5y
Nora Owen F 3y
From this link:
https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_840023160%2Fp_466702317&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
United States Census, 1910 for Robert A Owen
Name: Robert A Owen
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Precinct 9, Shelby, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Family Number: 69
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Georgie Herring F 50y
Clyde Herring M 20y
Ben Herring M 19y
Elisabeth Herring F 17y
John Herring M 14y
Ruby Herring F 13y
Annabelle Herring F 11y
Claude Herring M 10y
Robert A Owen M 77y
Mary J Owen F 37y
Martha E Owen F 14y
Noah Owen M 5y
Nora Owen F 3y
From this webpage: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_840023160%2Fp_466702321&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Precinct 9, Shelby, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Family Number: 69
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Georgie Herring F 50y
Clyde Herring M 20y
Ben Herring M 19y
Elisabeth Herring F 17y
John Herring M 14y
Ruby Herring F 13y
Annabelle Herring F 11y
Claude Herring M 10y
Robert A Owen M 77y
Mary J Owen F 37y
Martha E Owen F 14y
Noah Owen M 5y
Nora Owen F 3y
From this webpage: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_840023160%2Fp_466702321&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) record for Shirley Owens Delaney Tessler
Names Birth Date Death Date Location Record Type Social Security Number
SHIRLEY L TESSLER May 13, 1936 Jun 13, 2007 Childersburg, Talladega, Alabama, United States Death 420468529
from this website: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
SHIRLEY L TESSLER May 13, 1936 Jun 13, 2007 Childersburg, Talladega, Alabama, United States Death 420468529
from this website: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
Lillian Owens Heath Social Security Death Index Record
Names Birth Date Death Date Record Type Social Security Number
LILLIAN R HEATH Nov 2, 1946 Mar 28, 2003 Death 564740795
From this website:
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
LILLIAN R HEATH Nov 2, 1946 Mar 28, 2003 Death 564740795
From this website:
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) record for Bertha Owens
Names BERTHA OWENS
Birth Date Aug 14, 1904
Death Date Sep 1972
Location La Puente, Los Angeles, California, United States
Record Type Death
Social Security 418010151
From this website:
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
Birth Date Aug 14, 1904
Death Date Sep 1972
Location La Puente, Los Angeles, California, United States
Record Type Death
Social Security 418010151
From this website:
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) record for Noah A Owens
Names NOAH OWENS
Birth Date Jun 17, 1904
Death Date Jun 1982
Location Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Record Type Death
Social Security Number 416078007
Record from this site: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
Birth Date Jun 17, 1904
Death Date Jun 1982
Location Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Record Type Death
Social Security Number 416078007
Record from this site: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=54&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/ssdi.asp
United States Census, 1930 for Noah A Owen
United States Census, 1930 for Noah A Owen
From this link: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_21308695104%2Fp_2666717000&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
I don't know who the heck Jim W Lambert, the widower border, was.
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Name: Noah A Owen
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Childersburg, Talladega, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Estimated Birth Year: 1906
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Enumeration District Number: 29
Family Number: 24
Sheet Number and Letter: 22A
Line Number: 2
NARA Publication: T626, roll 50
Film Number: 2339785
Digital Folder Number: 4531797
Image Number: 00280
Household Gender Age
Noah A Owen M 24
Spouse Bertha Owen F 23
Child Arlle Owen M 1
Child Leon Owen M 0
Jim W Lambert M 65
From this link: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_21308695104%2Fp_2666717000&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
I don't know who the heck Jim W Lambert, the widower border, was.
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Name: Noah A Owen
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Childersburg, Talladega, Alabama
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Alabama
Estimated Birth Year: 1906
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Enumeration District Number: 29
Family Number: 24
Sheet Number and Letter: 22A
Line Number: 2
NARA Publication: T626, roll 50
Film Number: 2339785
Digital Folder Number: 4531797
Image Number: 00280
Household Gender Age
Noah A Owen M 24
Spouse Bertha Owen F 23
Child Arlle Owen M 1
Child Leon Owen M 0
Jim W Lambert M 65
United States Census, 1920 for Noah A Owens
1920 census information for Noah Austin Owens, from this link https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_293960191%2Fp_350500964&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
One thing that confuses me here is the presence of William in the household, unless this is Grandpa's brother Archie. I guess it must be, but how do you get "Archie" out of "William M?"
Noah's father died when he was about 11. His mother Mary (Mollie) married Mr. Stough, who, apparently died not much later. I believe her married name was Turner.
If Mollie was 47 in 1920, that would make her year of birth 1873 or so. My mom says that her own mother used to call her a "Mollie-Turner-looking thing." Doesn't sound like much of a compliment. I have a picture of the family, though. She was perfectly lovely.
When I was looking for the location of Mignon Town, I saw a web page that said the area was later named Sylacauga. Not sure if it was the previous name for Sylacauga or if the area was incorporated into Sylacauga.
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Name: Noah A Owens
Residence: Mignon Town, Talladega, Alabama
Estimated Birth Year: 1903
Age: 17
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820042
Digital Folder Number: 4294338
Image Number: 00106
Sheet Number: 8
Household Gender Age
Parent Mollie J Stough F 47y
Noah A Owens M 17y
Nora J Owens F 14y
William M Owens M 8y
One thing that confuses me here is the presence of William in the household, unless this is Grandpa's brother Archie. I guess it must be, but how do you get "Archie" out of "William M?"
Noah's father died when he was about 11. His mother Mary (Mollie) married Mr. Stough, who, apparently died not much later. I believe her married name was Turner.
If Mollie was 47 in 1920, that would make her year of birth 1873 or so. My mom says that her own mother used to call her a "Mollie-Turner-looking thing." Doesn't sound like much of a compliment. I have a picture of the family, though. She was perfectly lovely.
When I was looking for the location of Mignon Town, I saw a web page that said the area was later named Sylacauga. Not sure if it was the previous name for Sylacauga or if the area was incorporated into Sylacauga.
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Name: Noah A Owens
Residence: Mignon Town, Talladega, Alabama
Estimated Birth Year: 1903
Age: 17
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820042
Digital Folder Number: 4294338
Image Number: 00106
Sheet Number: 8
Household Gender Age
Parent Mollie J Stough F 47y
Noah A Owens M 17y
Nora J Owens F 14y
William M Owens M 8y
Bertha Lee Ellison Owens
Bertha Lee Ellison Owens was born in Alabama. My mother told me that her date of birth was "adjusted" by her family so that she could attend school when she was 4. That would mean that she was actually born in 1906, and not in 1904, as documented in her Social Security records.
Bertha Owens married Noah Owens in 1929. They were married until her death in 1972. She died and was buried in California. Bertha and Noah had 9 children, 7 of whom lived until adulthood. They lived in Alabama, Texas, and California.
Bertha Owens married Noah Owens in 1929. They were married until her death in 1972. She died and was buried in California. Bertha and Noah had 9 children, 7 of whom lived until adulthood. They lived in Alabama, Texas, and California.
Noah Austin Owens
Noah Austin Owens was my mother's father. He was born in Alabama in 1904, and died in Pomona, California, in 1981.
About 1929 he married Bertha Lee Ellison. They were married until her death in 1972. They had 9 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity. Their eldest and youngest children both died in early childhood.
These are their children:
Leon Owens (1930-1970)
Roland Owens
Robert Owens
Shirley Lee Owens Delaney Tessler
William "Bud" Owens
Thomas Leon Owens
Lillian Ruth Owens Hogstad Heath
I believe that I have listed them correctly in the order of their birth. All of the family has passed away.
Arlie (Arlee), the eldest child that died, appears on the 1930 census. The youngest child, that also died in early childhood was named John.
About 1929 he married Bertha Lee Ellison. They were married until her death in 1972. They had 9 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity. Their eldest and youngest children both died in early childhood.
These are their children:
Leon Owens (1930-1970)
Roland Owens
Robert Owens
Shirley Lee Owens Delaney Tessler
William "Bud" Owens
Thomas Leon Owens
Lillian Ruth Owens Hogstad Heath
I believe that I have listed them correctly in the order of their birth. All of the family has passed away.
Arlie (Arlee), the eldest child that died, appears on the 1930 census. The youngest child, that also died in early childhood was named John.
Lillian Owens Heath
Lillian Owens Hogstad Heath was my mother. She was born in Alabama on November 2, 1946, and died in Alabama on March 28, 2003. When she was a child, her family lived in Rockford and Montgomery, Alabama. When she was a young teen, her family moved to Texas. A couple of years later, her parents moved to California, but she elected to stay with her sister in Texas in order to finish high school. In 1965, she graduated from high school and moved to California.
I was born in Los Angeles in 1967. We lived in Louisiana, where my sister was born, for a brief time. Some time in 1970 or '71, we moved back to California. We lived in California until 1981, when we moved to Louisiana.
In '85 or '86, after I had graduated from high school, she moved back to California with my younger sister. Within a few years, my sister moved back to Louisiana and eventually, my mother moved to the UK.
She went to the UK to marry Stephen Valentine Heath. She lived there until 1990, when she moved back to Louisiana. She lived in Louisiana and Alabama for the rest of her life.
I was born in Los Angeles in 1967. We lived in Louisiana, where my sister was born, for a brief time. Some time in 1970 or '71, we moved back to California. We lived in California until 1981, when we moved to Louisiana.
In '85 or '86, after I had graduated from high school, she moved back to California with my younger sister. Within a few years, my sister moved back to Louisiana and eventually, my mother moved to the UK.
She went to the UK to marry Stephen Valentine Heath. She lived there until 1990, when she moved back to Louisiana. She lived in Louisiana and Alabama for the rest of her life.
My Alabama Peeps
I think that the reason I am so interested in my heritage is that I am someone who has had almost no contact with my father or his family. So I am interested in knowing and documenting who I am and where I came from. Luckily, my mother's family has lived in central Alabama since at least the 1830s, so I have been able to find many documents related to them.
Having gathered a ton of genealogical information on my family, and lost it when my ex got custody of a computer in our divorce, I wanted to redo my work in some format that would be less susceptible to being lost or wiped out. So here I am.
Having gathered a ton of genealogical information on my family, and lost it when my ex got custody of a computer in our divorce, I wanted to redo my work in some format that would be less susceptible to being lost or wiped out. So here I am.
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