Relationship Notes For William L HUDSON and Minnie L BEAUFORD


Minnie L Beauford died some time after the birth of her son Bill E and before
the 1910 census, when her husband Will is a widower in the household of his
father in Stonewall County, farther north from Walker where they were living
earlier.  Her older son Charlie Robert Hudson's death certificate, he reports
his mother's name as Laura Buford.

The latter appears to be a variation of Beauford.  This may mean that Minnie's
middle name was Laura.  This is interesting since, Bill Hudson's wife in the
1920 census is named Laura M, but she is only 38 years old, or born about
1882.

Bill married Minnie L Beauford in 1894, but he is a widower in the 1910
census.  In 1920 his wife is the much younger Lara M.  If her name was indeed
Beauford, this is not the mother of the older sons, Charlie Robert or Bill E. 
It might be thought that the initial L in Minnie's name was for Laura and the
initial M in Laura's name was for Minnie, and they were the same person.  But
this does not account for the fact that Laura's age in 1920 was reported as
only 38, or born in 1882,, or that Bill was reported as widowed in 1910.

No genealogy reporting only one wife has any comment at all to reconcile these
discrepancies.

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