Life History

Other facts

Notes

• The name Ouida is pronounced "Wee-duh."  I recall hearing about Aunt Ouida, though I don't remember ever meeting any of Julia Virginia's family.
  
  In the 1900 census the writing looks like Orda.  It could be a closede that is somewhat flattened; it looks somewhat like other e's in names on that census sheet.  Perhaps the spelling intended in 1900 was also Oeda.
  
  1900 Census, Murray County, Georgia, McDonald District, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Family #89
  Terry, Thomas D Head M W  Jun  1857  42  m-20-yrs  GA SC NC  Farmer
  Terry, Mattie        Wife  F W  Nov 1861  38  m-20-yrs  NC  NC NC
  Terry, Orda (Oeda?) [Ouida] Dau F W  July 1899 11mo s  GA GA NC
  
  The name is written on the back of a family picture (in the possession of Aretha Tucker Jenkins) is spelled Wedia.  I cannot recall if I actually saw it spelled as a child.  But I always thought of the name with the common spelling of Ouida.  This is how I find it spelled in some other references and later censuses.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 29 April, Richland Township, Stephens County, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam Number
  Terry, Thomas D Head M W 52  marriage 1 Married 29?-yrs  GA SC NC  Farmer
  Terry, Mattie W  Wife  F W 50? marriage 2? Married 29?-yrs 7 children/7 living NC NC NC
  Terry, Oeda  Dau  F W 10 Single GA GA NC  Farm Labor
  
  I note that the census official in 1910 recorded her name as Oeda.  Georgia is reported here as Ouida's place of birth by this census.  Butthe family are in Marlow by 1900.
  
  Ouida married Edward P Hill.  It appears that they moved to Georgia soon after marriage.  It appears to be them in Georgia in the 1920 census, and I have not found any  matching couple appears in the 1920 Oklahoma census.  The census was taken at Camp Benning, which probably explains the location.  Edward was likely in the service during WWI, and stationed at Camp Benning.  Upon release they moved back home to Oklahoma.
  
  1920 Census, Camp Benning, Georgia, 8 January, Harper Mill District, District 29, page 2B, Hse #68, Fam #70
  Edward P Hill  Head M W 21 OK AR AR  Sergeant, US Army
  Ouida was listed as in Hse #69, Fam #70
  
  They are back in Stephens County, Oklahoma in 1930.  According to the1930 census, they married when he was 20 and she was 19.  This matches with their ages in 1920 with Edward age 21 and Ouida age 20.  The gap widens in 1930, when they are 35 and 30 respectively.
  
  I have wondered about Ouida's middle name Mayfield.  A surname as a middle name usually indicates an ancestor surname, often on the mother's side of the family.  I have not found a Mayfield in either the Jenkins or the Terry line.

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, Stephens County, District 243, Page 9A, N
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 8 June, McDonald, District 71, Page 5B, House #86, Fam #89
• 3. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, personal interview by Lou Ila Jenkins, about 1955
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 29 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 9A, No Hse/Fam #
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, Harp's Mill District, Georgia
  • 8 January, Camp Benning, District 29, page 2B, Hse #69, Fam #70
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 21 April, Hope Township, District 8, page 6B, Hse #114, Fam #119
• 7. Orville Boyd Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
• 8. Social Security Death Index