Life History

Notes

• Texas Birth Certificate
  Elizabeth Ann Ford
  Birth 10 Apr 1927 Place Gregg, Texas
  Father Julies Lester Ford, age 24, Farmer, born Gregg County, Texas, Residence Gregg Co, Texas
  Mother Miss Fannie Lee Fuller, age 20, Housewife, born Grandsaline, Texas, Residence Gregg County, Texas
  2 children born to this mother, including this birth, both still living
  Filed 16 April 1927.
  
  Before 1930, Elizabeth's parents divorced.  No divorce record has been found, but in the 1930 census, Elizabeth's father, enumerated as Lester Ford, is reported as divorced, and resident in his parent's home in Gregg County, with his son Julian, age 6.  In 1930, we found Elizabeth in her maternal grandparents household in Upshur, Texas.  Fannie has not been found in the 1930 census.  In 1940, both children are back with their mother, back in Gregg County.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Upshur County, Texas, 4 April, Justice Precinct 5, District 230-14, page 3A, Little Cypress Rd, Hse #52, Fam #53
  Fuller, William M Head Owns $500 M W 49 First married at 19 US US US Saw Mill Hand
  Fuller, Edith E Wife F W 48 First married at 18 MI MI MI
  Fuller, Grace E Dau F W 15 Divorce4d TX US MI
  Fuller, Andy J Son M W 12 TX US MI
  Fuller, Nellie M Dau F W 10 Single TX US MI
  Ford, Elizabeth Grandau W 3yrs11mos Single TX TX TX
  
  1940 Federal Census, Dallas County, Texas, 8 April, Dallas, District 255-159, page 5B, 2700 Holmes St, Hse #148, Rents, $12
  Jones, Alexander E Head M W 40 Grade 7 b Arkansas  Same Place in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1900]
  Jones, Fannie Lee Wife F W 33 Grade 4 b Texas  Same Place in 1935 [b abt 1907]
  Ford, Julian W Stepson M W 15 Grade 5 b Texas  Same Place in 1935 [b abt 1925]
  Ford, Elizabeth Ann F W 12 Grade 5 b Texas  Same Place in 1935 [b abt 1928]
  Jones, Mamie Lee F W 2 Grade 0 b Texas [b abt 1938]
  Jones, Herbert A Son M W 1 Grade 0 b Texas [b abt 1939]
  
  Elizabeth Ann Ford Alexander
  Birth Apr 10, 1927 Longview, Gregg County, Texas
  Death May 23, 2013 Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA
  Daughter of Julius Lester Ford and Fannie Lee Fuller Ford Jones
  Wife of 1. Edward Jones Jr
  2. James Henderson
  3. "Frenchie"
  4. Billy Murl Alexander
  Parents:
  Julius Lester Ford (1902 - 1980)
  Fannie Lee Fuller Jones (1906 - 2002)
  Spouse Edward Jones (1925 - 1988)
  Burial Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Garden of the Cross
  Created by jo buis Aug 01, 2013
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #114749211, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114749211

Sources

• 1. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1940 Federal Census, Dallas County, Texas
  • 8 April, Dallas, District 255-159, page 5B, 2700 Holmes St, Hse #148, Rents, $12
• 4. 1930 Federal Census, Upshur County, Texas
  • 4 April, Justice Precinct 5, District 230-14, page 3A, Little Cypress Rd, Hse #52, Fam #53