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relations to: Martin Smith b. abt 1800 and Thomas E. Byrd b. abt 1876-7
Posted by: Susan Traywick Redenius (ID *****8868) Date: January 03, 2008 at 13:50:06
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IF ANYONE KNOWS THESE NAMES...PLEASE CONTACT ME
I cannot seem to find where my Thomas E. Byrd came from or who his people were... I've found the Smith family, no problem, also, there is a mystery around the marriage of Elisabeth Smith to ??? maybe a Bridges? and I cannot find info on Fanny (Frances) Smith, both daughters of Robert & Nancy Smith. Can ANYone help?

T S Byrd 29, TX, Age at first marriage: 22; cotton farmer (great grandfather)
Beualah Byrd 23, TX; Age at first marriage: 14
Herman Byrd 5, TX
Emery Byrd 2 6/12, TX

1920 - This is T. S. Byrd - note spelling
Name: Is Bird
Home in 1920: Justice Precinct 6, Robertson, Texas
Age: 19 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1901 (actual is 1900)
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Grandson (could be living with step-grandparents)
Father's Birth Place: Texas (This I don't understand, everything I've found says Thomas Byrd was born Tn)(or MS) May refer to Ella's new husband John Wiley, he was born in TX.
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes

John Willet 54 (This should be Wiley)Ella married after Thomas died (1901)
Ellen Willet 44
Ethel Willet 15
Ella Mae Willet 10
Sally Willet 8
Is Bird 19 (This should be TS Byrd)

1910 -
Name: T S Byrd
Age in 1910: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Stepson (Thomas Byrd died 1901)
Father's Birth Place: Texas
Mother's name: Eleor (Is Ella, she married John Wiley)
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 5, Robertson, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male

John Wiley 43, TX., 2nd marriage; married 6 yr
Eleor Wiley 37, TX, 2nd marriage; she has had 5 children and 4 are living
Robert Wiley 12, TN
Ethel Wiley 4, TX
Ellamae Wiley 11/12, TX
Fred Byrd 14, TX, s-son
Ts Byrd 9, TX, s-son

1900 -
Name: Thomas E Bird [note spelling] (great great grandfather)(paternal)
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 5, Robertson, Texas
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to head-of-house: Son-in-law
Spouse's name: Ella (maternal grandparent, her last name MAY have been Bridges, though not proven)
Race: White
Occupation: farmer
(died in a hunting accident in 1901)

Robert Smith 75, 10/24, GA; farmer (gggg grandfather)
Nancy Smith 77, 9/22, TN; she has had 5 children and 2 are living (it's thought that Robert and Nancy move back to Franklin County, TN before 1910 and died there).
Albert Bridges 31, 9/68, TN; g-son
Thomas E Bird 23, 10/76, TN; son-inlaw; farmer
Ella Bird 24, 7/75, TN, daughter??
Fred Bird 4, 9/95, TX; g-son [see 1910]

1880 -
Name: Ella Smith [This is the future Ella Byrd](she is my ggg grandmother)
Home in 1880: District 8, Franklin, Tennessee
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to head-of-household: Granddaughter
Father's birthplace: Georgia
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
There is a Mary Smith that was daughter to Robert and Nancy, she was born around the early to mid 1850's. Mary, married Richard Butler Oliver. She'll be listed in the 1870 census , Franklin, TN

Robert Smith 55, GA; cannot write, farmer
Nancy N. Smith 58, TN (ggggg grandmother)(The N stands for Norman. Nancy Jane Norman Smith).
Elisabeth Smith 31, TN; widow; daughter (possibly gggg grandmother and may have been maried to a Bridges...no proof)
Fanny Smith 23, TN; daughter (I can't find out what happened to Fanny)
Elbert Smith 11, TN; g-son (later married widow, Ella Walker(?) Holton TX)
Ella Smith 4, TN; g-daughter
George Smith 2, TN; g-son (may be a widower around 1905 or 1910 and lives with his brother for a short time).

Roberts father is Martin Smith, born about 1800, his mother's name may have been Easter or Esther.



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