Descendants of William Thompson Strain and Ella E. Mallory

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM THOMPSON STRAIN was born February 04, 1860 in Monticello, Jefferson Co., FL, and died October 18, 1891 in Pleasant Grove or WiIls Point, Van Zandt Co., TX. He married ELLA E. MALLORY.

Notes for WILLIAM THOMPSON STRAIN:

(see his information under his father.)

Notes for ELLA E. MALLORY:

1910 Van Zandt Co., TX, Wills Point, SD#3, ED#109 p.93A, sheet 7A

130/130

Paul, Ella E. Head FW 47 WD(widowed?) 4 4 (children living?) TX VA GA Dressmaker At Home

Myrtle Strain, Daughter, FW 24 TX FL TX Sales Lady (Retail Store??)

Strain Norman, Son, MW 20 TX FL TX Laborer Well Driller

-- Lela, Daughter, FW 18 TX FL TX

Paul, Bernadine, FW 4 TX TX TX (Daughter of Ella and her 2nd husband W. H. Paul)

Children of WILLIAM STRAIN and ELLA E. MALLORY are:

i. MARTHA MYRTLE STRAIN, b. Abt. 1885; m. SPEARS WILLIAM H..

Notes for MARTHA MYRTLE STRAIN:

New Mexico Deaths

SPEARS WILLIAM D 09 30 35 SAN JUAN 196

(Possible son of Martha Myrtle Strain, daughter of Wm. Strain?)

1930 San Juan Co, NM Census

SPEARS WM. H 52 KIRTLAND SJu 023-1

SPEARS MARTHA M 45 KIRTLAND SJu 023-2

STRAIN LELA (sis-in-law) 38 KIRTLAND SJu 023-3

SPEARS WILLIAM S 13 KIRTLAND SJu 023-4

SPEARS JOHN H 11 KIRTLAND SJu 023-5

married ca. 1914

1920 census in Adair, OK

Will appears in his father's household (Sam and Kate Spears), 1900 Census, b. Oct 1878, N. of Wills Point, family 253/256, p. 121A.

SSDI

WILLIAM SPEARS 26 Oct 1877 Dec 1970 81301 (Durango, La Plata, CO) (none specified) 525-86-4866 New Mexico

MYRTLE SPEARS 13 Apr 1884 Jul 1986 81004 (Pueblo, Pueblo, CO) (none specified) 524-20-3301 Colorado

JOHN H SPEARS 30 Jan 1919 04 Nov 1994 85636 (Sierra Vista, Cochise, AZ) (none specified) 525-36-2124 New Mexico

MYRA G SPEARS 18 May 1924 09 Aug 1994 85635 (Sierra Vista, Cochise, AZ) (none specified) 266-65-8535 Florida {wife of John, she was born in England}

Van Zandt County book has Ellen Spears as a daughter of WM. and Martha, preceding them in death, as did Billy.

 

Notes for SPEARS WILLIAM H.:

From Rootsweb online query re: Hood Mortuary Index:

William Spears listed in our Mortuary Index as dob 26 Oct 1877, dod 31 Dec 1970, buried in Farmington NM.

Family is traced in the Van Zandt Family History book.

ii. LELA ANN STRAIN, b. October 29, 1891, Kaufman Co. TX1; d. January 1968, Durango, La Plata Co., CO1.

Notes for LELA ANN STRAIN:

SSI Death-Online

LELA STRAIN b. 29 Oct 1891 d. Jan 1968 81301 (Durango, La Plata, CO)

Hood Mortuary Index in Durango:

Lela Ann Strain listed in our Mortuary Index as dob 29 Oct 1891, dod 1 Jan 1968, also buried in Farmington NM.

iii. WILLIAM NORMAN STRAIN, b. Abt. 1889, Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX.

Notes for WILLIAM NORMAN STRAIN:

1920 Wichita Falls TX, Census, Family 358/473 (Seems to be the correct Norman)

Strain, Norman W. Head MW 30 TX TX TX Driller Contractor

Strain, Norma Wife FW 22? OH OH OH

 

Endnotes

1. SSDI.