Forced removal of several native tribes from southeastern United States to Indian Territory in the early 1800s prompted this kickass meme. The subject looks more like a "Plains Indian" but I won't quibble.
The following is for Laura, a researcher who contacted me regarding Dora Jalifi, who married my Great Uncle Ernest in 1961.
UPDATE of June 2018: I was happy to locate an obituary for Dora Childers, as published in the Valley Morning Star newspaper in Harlingen, Texas on January 16, 2006:
HARLINGEN - Dora Jalifi Childers, 79, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Retama Manor Nursing Facility in Harlingen, Texas.
She is survived by her loving family: Two sisters: Emma (Robert) Hinojosa of San Antonio, Texas, Eva Castillo of Harlingen, Texas, Two Brothers: Oscar (Amita) Jalifi of Houston, Texas, Herman (Maria) Jalifi of Huntsville, Texas, Numerous Nieces and Nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband; Ernest Childers, Son; Federico Guerra and parents; Enrique and Enriqueta Jalifi.
Visitation will be today, Monday, January 16, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a service held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. At 1 p.m. Chapel Service will be held at Rudy Garza Chapel of Peace.
Interment will then follow at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas.
Dora Jalifi Childers was a loving and dedicated daughter, sister and wife. She is dearly loved and missed by all those who knew her.
The Social Security Death Index indicates:
- Dora Jalifi Childers
- Born 1 Jan 1927
- Died 14 Jan 2006
- State (Year) SSN issued Texas - Before 1951
The 1940 Federal Census finds Dora in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, with her family, and she is 13 years old.
Ancestry.com's database, Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964, shows that Dora visited Mexico and returned through Brownsville, Texas. I've copied the transcription (with its misspellings) from Ancestry.com, and below is a copy of the card from which the transcription came:
- Name: Maria Dora Jalie De Guerra
- Arrival Date: 9 Nov 1951
- Port of Arrival: Brownsville, Texas, United States
- Arrival Contact: Father Enrique Jalife
- Age: 24
- Birth Date: abt 1927
- Birth Location: Mercedes
- Gender: Female
- Race/Nationality: Spanish
- Record has photo?: No
- Record Type: Card
This is the actual card. Difficult to read, I know. Two pages, please click on both:
I've no proof of Dora's marriage to Ernest Childers, but family tells me that they were married in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 7, 1961.
Ernest was born January 6, 1908, in Keystone, Pawnee County, Oklahoma Territory, and he died in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas on Feb. 8, 1987. Family tells me he had no children with Dora (just his five children from a previous marriage).
And this news article from 1966. What a heartbreaking time for Dora's family. She lost a son!
I found a brief death notice for Dora, but do not know where she is buried. I would appreciate any leads as to her final resting place. I know that her husband Ernest is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Weslaco. This is from The Monitor newspaper in Hidalgo County, Texas:
I've no proof of Dora's marriage to Ernest Childers, but family tells me that they were married in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 7, 1961.
Ernest was born January 6, 1908, in Keystone, Pawnee County, Oklahoma Territory, and he died in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas on Feb. 8, 1987. Family tells me he had no children with Dora (just his five children from a previous marriage).
And this news article from 1966. What a heartbreaking time for Dora's family. She lost a son!
I found a brief death notice for Dora, but do not know where she is buried. I would appreciate any leads as to her final resting place. I know that her husband Ernest is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Weslaco. This is from The Monitor newspaper in Hidalgo County, Texas:
UPDATE of June 2018: I was happy to locate an obituary for Dora Childers, as published in the Valley Morning Star newspaper in Harlingen, Texas on January 16, 2006:
Dora Jalifi Childers
HARLINGEN - Dora Jalifi Childers, 79, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Retama Manor Nursing Facility in Harlingen, Texas.
She is survived by her loving family: Two sisters: Emma (Robert) Hinojosa of San Antonio, Texas, Eva Castillo of Harlingen, Texas, Two Brothers: Oscar (Amita) Jalifi of Houston, Texas, Herman (Maria) Jalifi of Huntsville, Texas, Numerous Nieces and Nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband; Ernest Childers, Son; Federico Guerra and parents; Enrique and Enriqueta Jalifi.
Visitation will be today, Monday, January 16, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a service held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. At 1 p.m. Chapel Service will be held at Rudy Garza Chapel of Peace.
Interment will then follow at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas.
Dora Jalifi Childers was a loving and dedicated daughter, sister and wife. She is dearly loved and missed by all those who knew her.
Cankles posed a problem, what? Ankle corsets promised relief after a day of wearing uncomfortable shoes? This is from a 1920 Texas newspaper. Have you ever "heard the like?" (Apologies for the blurry quality.)
While in search of ancestors in newspaper archives, I found this chilling tidbit from a 1922 southeast Texas paper. Apparently an editor was still nursing his anger over losing our nation's bloodiest war.
Curious as to when lynching of citizens was outlawed, I found only a 2005 apology sponsored by 80 U.S. senators for not passing anti-lynching laws. I've read this article twice, and don't see that ANY lynching law has yet passed. Ever.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/06/13/senate-apologizes-for-not-passing-anti-lynching-laws.html
Really? From 1882 to 1968, "nearly 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in Congress, and three passed the House. Seven presidents between 1890 and 1952 petitioned Congress to pass a federal law."
I firmly believe that laws are not a deterrent to criminal behavior. But laws sure as hell aid prosecutors when seeking to press charges and to later convince juries to give l o n g lengthy sentences to those found guilty.
So no, Mr. Editor from a town called Liberty. Your right to murder by (white) cloak of darkness or by public hanging was not deemed unlawful in 1922, as you had earlier feared.
FEBRUARY 2020 UPDATE: Were S L O W L Y making progress, folks, towards a federal law against lynching, FFS:
"Previous attempts by Congress since 1900 to pass similar legislation repeatedly failed. The Senate approved a similar version by unanimous consent in February 2019. But because of minor discrepancies, the Senate will need to vote on the House's in order for it to land on the president's desk for approval. If the measure becomes law, violators would face substantial fines and/or jail time.
Between 1877 and 1950, the Equal Justice Initiative estimates that more than 4,000 black people were lynched in a dozen states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
The bill, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, was written after the 1955 racist murder of a black teenager in Mississippi, which spawned civil rights action."
I learned a really helpful census trick when using Ancestry dot com's database, and did not record from whom I copied it. It has come in really helpful when I want to quickly find relatives of someone who I knew lived in that area. As an added bonus, you'd be surprised at the number of times that future spouses' names appear living in nearby households.
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ANCESTRY QUICK TIP
Sometimes I could not read a last name on a census record.
I found that if you put in the State, County, and Township in
the index search engine without a name, all the names of the
people in the township appear in alphabetical order.
Just scroll down to the first letter of the last name and see if
Just scroll down to the first letter of the last name and see if
you can find how to spell the person's name. Right now this
would work for the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850,
1870, and 1920 census. And for part of the 1930 census at
Ancestry.com/
My paternal third great-grand uncle, John Ackley, is my hero du jour. Meet Dr. Daddy Hague:
--FROM THE ATHENS MESSENGER AND HERALD newspaper, Athens, Ohio, 8 AUG 1895, p. 5.
TRANSCRIPTION READS:
JOHN ACKLEY DEAD
Everybody was startled and surprised when it was announced Saturday morning that John Ackley died Friday of apoplexy at his home a short distance south of Mechanicsburg. He had been apparently in his usual health until within a few hours of his death. Mr. Ackley was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania May 31, 1825. His mother died when he was but 11 years old and he lived with his father until he was twenty years old, working on a farm and attending common school in the winter. In 1846 he entered the Ohio University and took an irregular course, studying and teaching till 1849 when he was elected Surveyor of Athens County and continued in office six years.
However, on account of his superior knowledge of the plat of the county, he has been engaged in surveying in this county ever since quitting the Surveyor's office. In his later years he amused himself by sending contributions to his party paper, calling attention to the eccentricities of the Republican leaders and displaying no mean ability as a humorous writer. These letters always appeared over the signature of Daddy Hague, MD. Mr. Ackley was a good citizen, and a public servant whose advice and knowledge of the surveys of the county will be greatly missed.
He was a member of the State Board of Equalization for the ninth senatorial district, composed of Athens, Hocking And Fairfield Counties for the last decennial period.
The funeral services occurred Monday afternoon and the remains were interred in the Haning Cemetery.
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FYI to my relatives: John Ackley was an older brother to Samuel Ackley-- both sons of Jehu Ackley (b.1798 New Jersey) and Elizabeth (Ator) Ackley (born in the Netherlands). Yes, that's right. My father's third great-grandmother was allegedly born in Holland, according to our cousin, Adolphus W. Ackley, Jr.
Those of us who descend from Eva (Baker) and Sam Childers might recall John Ackley's little brother, Sam Ackley (1827-1908). THAT same Sam homesteaded in Oklahoma Territory after the 1893 Cherokee Strip land run, made his final home in Keystone, Oklahoma, and was the grandfather to Sam Childers (1881-1962).
BTW, I'm STILL looking for old letters to the editor signed by Daddy Hague. Will update should I find some in newspaper archives. What a guy!
It is the day after the attacks in Paris. Twitter is thick with supportive memes for our French allies. This one cracked me up.
Shorpy Historic Picture Archive this week shared a great photo of a family from Arkansas seeking better luck elsewhere during the Depression, with this intro below. I appreciate Shorpys for sharing this image. Photographer Dorothea Lange's work is a treasure trove.
Seven children and eldest son's family. Father was a blacksmith in Paris, Arkansas. Son was a tenant farmer. 'We're bound for Kingfisher (Oklahoma wheat) and Lubbock (Texas cotton). We're not trying to but we'll be in California yet. We're not going back to Arkansas; believe I can better myself'." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Admin.
Tenant farmers and America's "Great Depression" were on my mind this week. I had just learned of a friend's death and wondered about his ancestry. Found his parents on a couple of federal censuses during the Depression. Their occupations were given as "orchard pickers." This family had moved from Iowa to Kansas to Texas to New Mexico and on to California--in search of seasonal agricultural work. The parents had about eleven kids--five of whom were taken by "the State" in New Mexico. Reasons unknown. The children were almost all later reunited as adults. But I find that nearly all had died before age 75. Some passed on when in their early 60s. I consider that young, people! Might their early diet and lack of good nutrition have affected their longevity? I found a notation from my friend's sister of how a baby brother had died because the parents hadn't the money to seek medical attention. I can't grasp how difficult a time the Depression was. Cannot.
I work in the Brady District in downtown Tulsa, and am fascinated by its history. Steve Warren shared a short clip to Youtube prepared by Tulsa's Historical Society of a meeting of Confederates at what is today known as the Brady Theater, adding: "The national reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was held in Tulsa in September of 1918."
Among those veterans, I recognize several names of Tulsa's white pioneers. (Many Creek Nation cattlemen and their families had lived for decades in this area that was later "discovered" by white businessmen and lawyers) This reunion must have helped push the new city into prominence. Discovery of oil had already given Tulsa its first boost.
Tate Brady's Theater is just a few blocks west of the site of one of our nation's worst race riots. Oklahoma's "Black Wall Street" and hundreds of homes were demolished by fire brought by white rioters just three years after this 1918 reunion.
New to Tulsa's sordid history? My old friend Lee Roy Chapman best describes events leading up to our city's most shameful occasion: http://thislandpress.com/2012/04/18/tate-brady-battle-greenwood/
Dick Eastman's newsletter today brought interesting news of Ancestry.com's third quarter profits:
The number of Ancestry's subscribers totaled approximately 2,243,000 as of September 30, 2015--up 6% from the year before. I imagine their much-touted DNA services brought in a lot of new subscribers.Third Quarter Revenues $171.5 Million, Up 10.9% Year-Over-Year
It also "added more than 400 million new records in the third quarter of 2015 to its collection of more than 16 billion records. During the quarter, the Company launched its U.S. Probate and Wills collection, comprising 170 million records dating to 1668 and spanning all 50 states and more than 100 million Americans. Additionally, Newspapers.com, an Ancestry business unit, announced a collaboration with Gannett to digitally archive more than 80 U.S. newspapers. Other significant new collections added in the third quarter included:
• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007• U.K. City, Town and Village Photos, 1857-2005• U.K. Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910• Germany collections totaling 60 million new records."
From URL: http://ir.ancestry.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1575319-15-7&CIK=1575319
Ancestry's release of Social Security Applications made my heart sing, as it helped solve several mysteries in my own family research. How? Applicants were asked for parents' names.