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• Nora's name appears with many different spellings in public documentsand family sources.  We find Nora, Norah, Elnora, Elnorah, Ellnorah,and maybe some other variations.
  
  Norah was likely born in Stonewall County, Texas.  Barnett researcherBarbara Stevens reports on records showing her father Francis Marionmoved from Hill to Stonewall County in the 1880s.  This also tells usthat her mother did not die until after 1891.  I have not yet found anentry in the 1900 census for Norah and her father Francis MarionBarnett.  The 1910 census there tells us that Francis was a widow andthat Nora (Elnora Ethyl) was 19, meaning she was born about 1891.  Thereported age of 29 in the 1920 census is consistent with this.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas, 2 May, Justice Precinct5, District 259, Page 8B, Hse #131, Fam #139
  Barnett,  F M Head M W 69 Widowed NC SC SC Farmer, Owns
  Barnett, Mollie Dau  F W 31 Single TX NC IL Farm Laborer
  Barnett, Myrtle Dau  F W 23 Single TX NC IL Farm Laborer
  Barnett, Nora Dau  F W 19 Single TX NC IL Farm Laborer
  
  By 1920, Norah has married but is still living in her father'shousehold with her older unmarried sister Mollie Priscilla.  We alsofind that in this census, her father is reported as an invalid and nolonger as a Farmer.  Since their first child is only 1 month old, Noraand her husband Robert Hudson have probably been married less than oneyear.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas, 7 March, Commissioner'sPrecinct 4, District 229, Page 2A, Hse/Fam #26
  Barnett,  Francis M  Head  Owns M W 79 Widowed NC SC SC Invalid
  Barnett, Priscilla M  Dau  F W 43 Single TX NC IL No Occupation
  Hudson, Robert C  Head  Rents M W 24 Married TX TX TX [OccupationUnstated]
  Hudson, Nora E  Wife F W 29 Married TX IL NC No Occupation
  Hudson, Veda M  Dau  F W 1 month TX TX TX
  Beauford, Ervin J  Head  [Status of home/farm not stated]  M W 24Married TX TX TX  General Laborer
  Beauford, Alma C  Wife F W 18 Married MO IL KY ("Contucky") NoOccupation
  
  Next door to this mixed family in 1920 is what appears to be Robert'sfather and his second wife.  The ages would fit for 24-year-old Robertto be the oldest child of Bill L Hudson.  The next child in Bill'shousehold is 13-year-old Bill E.  Of course, there may be otherchildren already married and not living nearby.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas, 7 March, Commissioner'sPrecinct 4, District 229, Page 2A, Hse/Fam #27
  Hudson, Bill L  Head  Rents M W 61 Married TX TN TN Farmer
  Hudson, Lara M  Wife F W 38 Married TX TX TX No Occupation
  Hudson, Bill E Son M W 13  TX TX TX
  Hudson, Olif A Son M W 3  TX TX TX
  Hudson, Geniva A  Dau  F W 16 TX TX TX
  Hudson, Sadie M  Dau  F W 9 TX TX TX
  
  From the ages of Bill and his presumed son Robert in the house nextdoor, Lara is Bill's second wife.  This pattern of relationships seemsconfirmed when we find a 3-year old child, Olif (Olaf?) A as the nextchild after 9-year-old Sadie M, who followed 13-year-old Bill E.
  
  In 1930, we find that Robert and Nora have moved to Cochise County,Arizona, near Douglas, where Robert and all the neighbors on thiscensus page are working at a lime quarry.  Since their son Lamont wasborn in 1930, they moved to Arizona in late 1922 or later.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona, 29 April, Precinct 1(outside Douglas), District 35, Page 3A, Hse #57, Fam #73
  Hudson, Robert Head  Rents M W 35 Married at age 19 TX TX TX Laborer,Lime Quarry [b abt 1895]
  Hudson, Nora E  Wife F W 38 Married OK OK OK No Occupation [b abt1892]
  Hudson, Vida M  Dau  F W 11 TX TX OK [b abt 1919]
  Hudson, La Mont  Son M W 8 TX TX OK No Occupation [b abt 1922]
  Hudson, R B  Son M W 5 TX TX OK No Occupation [b abt 1925]
  
  Note that in the 1930 census, Nora and both her parents are reportedas born in Oklahoma!
  
  Living next door to them are the Beauford family we found living withthem in 1920.  I have not yet figured out the relationship betweenthese two families.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona, 29 April, Precinct 1(outside Douglas), District 35, Page 3A, Hse #56, Fam #72
  Beauford, Ervin J  Head  [Status of home/farm not stated]  M W 24Married TX TX TX  Laborer, Lime Quarry [b abt 1906]
  Beauford, Alma C  Wife F W 18 Married MO MO IL No Occupation [b abt1912]
  Beauford, Pauline  Dau F W 9 TX TX MO No Occupation [b abt 1921]
  Beauford, J C  Son M W 3 years 3 months TX TX MO No Occupation [b abtJanuary 1930]

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas
  • 2 May, Justice Precinct 5, District 259, Page 8B, Hse #131, Fam #139
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas
  • 7 March, Commissioner's Precinct 4, District 229, Page 2A, Hse/Fam #26
• 3. 1930 Federal Census, Cochise County, Arizona
  • 29 April, Precinct 1 (outside Douglas), District 35, Page 3A, Hse #57,
• 4. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
• 5. L Loper, Ancestry.com Discussion Group, 12 Aug 2001
• 6. Gravestone of Oscar Hudson, Johnson Cemetery, Stonewall County, Texas
• 7. Barbara Stevens, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, October 2008
• 8. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  • http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4876&enc=1
• 9. Gravestone of Clint Lamont Hudson, Johnson Cemetery, Stonewall County,Texas
  • Find a Grave,
• 10. Death Certificate of Charlie Robert Hudson