Life History
24th May 1894 |
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13th Jul 1913 |
Married Jeffie Clarence BRINKLEY in Her name on the marriage record is spelled Whitsell.7 |
5th Oct 1914 |
Birth of son Willis Perry BRINKLEY in Texas.1,2,8 |
about 1916 |
Birth of daughter Letha BRINKLEY in Texas.1,2 |
before 1935 |
Divorced from Jeffie Clarence BRINKLEY in Texas.2 |
29th Feb 1964 |
Death of Jeffie Clarence BRINKLEY in Los Angeles County, California.4,3 |
7th Jun 1976 |
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after 7th Jun 1976 |
Buried in Bell Gardens, Los Angeles, California.5 |
Notes
- One or two genealogies reprot her last name as Whitesell, without any documentation.
My cousin Marion Mixon reports that his sister has found rmarriage records for Moillie and Jeffie on FamilySearch. The place and date fit with records in 1918 and 1920 reporting them in Parker County. The name on this record is spelled Whitsell. A couple of genealogies that have her maiden name spell it Whitesell.
Jeff Brinkley
Marriage to Spouse's Name Mollie Whitsell
13 Jul 1913 Parker County, Texas
-- "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," ref 4 p 86, index, FamilySearch, accessed 28 Jul 2014, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F612-Q3G
1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 12 January, Weatherford Ward 1, District 61, page 10A, 207 Ft Worth Street, Hse #177, Fam #208
Brinkley, Jeff C Head Rents M W 29 TX TX TX Laborer, Railroad
Brinkley, Mae Wife F W 24 TX TX TX
Brinkley, Willis P Son M W 5 TX TX TX
Brinkley, Letha F W 3 TX TX TX
I have not found Mollie Mae and Jeff int eh 1930 census. The 1940 census record tells us they divorced before 1935. She and her two children are reported living in Gainesville, Texas, in Cooke County near the Red River border with Oklahoma. The census says they were in the same place in 1935. So she and Jeff divorced and she moved before 1935.
She is reported here, not as Divorced, but as a Widow! Also both the children are reported as Divorced, even though Letha is reported with her maiden name.
1940 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas, 15 April, Gainesville Ward 2, District 41-3, page 11A, East Belcher St, Hse #259, Rents $16
Brinkley, Mollie M Head F W 45 Widowed [Shoudl be Divorced] Grade 7 b Texas same place in 1935 No Occup [b abt 1895]
Brinkley, Perry Son W 25 Divorced Grade H3 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1885]
Scott, Letha Dau F W 22 Grade H3 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1860]
Marion Mixon, My cousin and coresearcher, has been in touch with Brinkley family members reconstructed this side of the family, his direct lineage. He reports that Mollie married William Jake Johnsons some time after 1940. She died in California, according to her granddaughter.
Mollie Whitesell Brnkley
Marriage to William Jake Johnson
aft 1940 in California
-- Marion Mixon, "Mollie Mae Whitesell," http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12166079/person/-321973451
Searching under this marreid name, I found what appears to be Mollie's Califronia death record in Orange County, California.
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Mollie M Johnson
Birth 24 May 1894 Texas
Death 7 Jun 1976 Orange County
Social Security #462093508
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mollie Johnson
Born 24 May 1894
Died Jun 1976
Last Residence Bell, Los Angeles, California 90201
SSN 462-09-3508 issued Texas (Before 1951)
Mollie Whitesell Brnkley Johnson
Burial aft 7 Jun 1976
Bell Gardens, Los Angeles County, California
-- Glenda Farrell, granddaughter of Mollie Whitesell, Los Angles County, California, through Marion Mixon
Sources
- 1. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
- 12 January, Weatherford Ward 1, District 61, page 10A, 207 Ft Worth Street, Hse #177, Fam #208
- 2. 1940 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas
- 15 April, Gainesville Ward 2, District 41-3, page 11A, East Belcher St, Hse #259, Rents $16
- 3. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 5. Glenda Farrell, granddaughter of Mollie Whitesell
- 6. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- 7. FamilySearch Trees
- 8. Family Bibles