Life History

Notes

• In the 1940 census, Katie is reported married, and is enumerated under her married name, with two children, but no husband is in the household.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 17 April, Spartanburg, District 42-74B, Page 8B, Hse #152, Owns $950
  Strange, O M Head M W 45 Married Grade 7 b b Tennessee same place in 1935 Cotton Mill Slubber hand [sic] [b abt 1895]
  Strange, Grace Wife F W 42 Married Grade 6 b Tennessee same place in 1935 [b abt 1898]
  Strange, Rex Son M W 17 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1923]
  Strange, Paul Son M W 15 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1925]
  Strange, Robert Son M W 12 Single Grade 7 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1928]
  Strange, Wayne Son M W 6 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
  Strange, Kenneth Son M W 6mos Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1939]
  Caldwell, Katie Dau F W 20 Single Grade 0 b South Carolina same place in 1935 [b abt 1920]
  Caldwell, Grace A Granddau F W 2 Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1938]
  Caldwell, Gale K Granddau F W 9mos Single Grade 0 b South Carolina [b abt 1939]
  
  Kate's brother Wayne reports that her full name was Beulah Katherine.
  
  The children:
  Leroy Strange b 14 July 1918 Jefferson County, TN d 19 May 2008 Buried:  Cremation
  Beulah Kate (Katherine?) b 1921 Jefferson County, TN d 1991 Cremation
  Walter R Strange b 1923 Spartanburg County, SC d 1974 Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, SC
  John Mack Paul Strange b 1925 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 1982 (?) Zephryhills, FL
  Wilson Robert Strange b 1927 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 1991 (est) Spartanburg, SC
  Wayne Oneill Strange  (see note 1) b Oct 29, 1933 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC
  Frank Kenneth Strange b Oct 8, 1938 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC d 2 Jan 2013 Cremation (?)
  1.  Oneill is the spelling on my birth certificate.
  --  Wayne Strange, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 May 2016
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Beaula Kate Colwell [Beaula Colwell Caldwell] [Beulah Holley] [Beaula Kate Strange]
  Birth 19 Aug 1920 Enoree, Spartanburg, South Carolina
  Death Date Aug 1991
  Father Oscer M Strange
  Mother Grace E Rhinehart
  Signature on SSN Card KATIE COLWELL
  SSN 251289265
  Jun 1942 Name listed as BEAULA KATE COLWELL; Dec 1955 Name listed as BEAULA COLWELL CALDWELL; 13 Jan 1975 Name listed as BEULAH KATHERINE HOLLEY; 03 Jun 1993 Name listed as BEULAH K HOLLEY

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 17 April, Spartanburg, District 42-74B, Page 8B, Hse #152, Owns $950
• 2. Email Sources
• 3. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 4. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015