Life History

Notes

• She is referred to most in public records as Parthena.  But the name on her death certificate is Parthenia.  In genealogies I find her listed most often as Parthenia.  On her son Bruno's death certificate her name is spelled Parthenia.  But the certificate does not have Bruno's first name either, so these records were also pretty informal.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 9 September, Township 2, PO Mooresboro, page 7 (scan p 133), Hse/Fam #47
  Green, R H 47 M W Farmer $850 Real Estate  $150 Personal born North Carolina [b abt 1823]
  Green, Judeah 40 F W Keeping House born North Carolina [b abt 1830]
  Green, Parthena 4 F W Attending School born North Carolina [b abt 1866]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 1 June, Township 2, District 66, page 2B, Hse#15, Fam #17
  Green, Reuben H  W M 56  Farmer  NC NC NC
  Green, Judith  W F 50 Wife  Kpng Hse  NC NC NC
  Green, Pothena  W F 13 Dau  At Home  NC NC NC
  
  1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 21 June, Boiling Springs, District 49, page 16A, Hse #283, Fam #284
  Hamrick, Elijah Head W M Dec 1859  40 Married 16 years NC NC NC Farmer Owns
  Hamrick, Partheny wife W F July 1867  18 Married 16 years 2 children/1 living NC NC NC
  
  1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 7 May, Township 2, District 34, page 12B, Hse #232, Fam #248
  Hamrick, Elijah W Head M W 50 Married 26 Years NC NC Farmer Owns Farm Can Read and Write
  Hamrick, Parthena Wife F W 42 Married 26 Years 2 children/1 living Farm Laborer NC NC NC Can Read and Write
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 15 January, Boiling Springs, District 50, page 1B, Hse #16, Fam #18
  Hamrick, Elijah W Head  Owns Farm M W 60 NC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1860]
  Hamrick, Parthena  Wife F W 52 NC NC NC [b abt 1868]
  
  North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
  Parthenia G Hamrick
  Age: 87, est Date of Birth: 1868
  Death: 29 Apr 1955 North Carolina
  
  North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  Certificate #8432
  Parthenia Green Hamrick
  White Female, Widowed Housewife
  Residence Boiling Springs, Cleveland, North Carolina
  Birth Date: 06 Jul 1867 NC
  Death 29 Apr 1955 Boiling Springs, Cleveland NC, Age 87
  Cause of Death Bronchial Pneumonia, due to cerebral thrombosis and arteriosclerosis
  Father's Name John R. Green
  [Other records and family information show father as Reuben Hamrick Green, husband of his cousin Judith McSwain Green]
  Mother's Name Judith Green
  Informant Bruno Hamrick (son)
  Burial 01 May 1955 Boiling Springs Cemetery, Boiling Springs, Cleveland NC
  By Lutz-Austell, Shelby, Cleveland NC
  
  The informant on this death certificate was Parthenia's son, Bruno.  But note that he reports her father as John R Green.  All other public records and family genealogies and records I have seen report her father as Reuben Hamrick Green.  Reuben was the first cousin of Parthenia's mother Judith (Judah or Judea) McSwain Green.  They had a son name John and one named Joseph R Green.  Judith's father was John Elias Green.
  
  I have been unable to find any info on a John R Green that might be in some way related or even living int he area.  It seems likely that Bruno confused the names from his memory.  Note that Parthenia's father Reuben died in 1907, so Bruno should have been able to remember him personally.  He would have been about 15 when his grandfather died.  So I cannot account for this report that Parthenia's father was named John R Green.

Sources

• 1. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
  • Certificate #8432
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 21 June, Boiling Springs, District 49, page 16A, Hse #283, Fam #284
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 9 September, Township 2, PO Mooresboro, page 7 (scan p 133), Hse/Fam #47
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 1 June, Township 2, District 66, page 2B, Hse #15, Fam #17
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 7 May, Township 2, District 34, page 12B, Hse #232, Fam #248
• 6. 1920 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 15 January, Boiling Springs, District 50, page 1B, Hse #16, Fam #18
• 7. North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004
• 8. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamrick Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9959623/person/1103005744
• 9. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 10. Social Security Death Index
• 11. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamrick Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9959623/person/1103005749
• 12. Ancestry Trees
  • Hamrick Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9959623/person/1095239801