Saturday, February 6, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Where Were Your Ancestral Families in 1920?

 From Randy (cousin discovery!!) over at Genea-Musings:

it's Saturday Night 
time for more Genealogy Fun!!!


Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

(1)  Where did your ancestral families reside in 1920?  Do you know their addresses or locations? Have you visited the home? Who was enumerated in the 1920 census in each family?  Are any of your ancestral families missing from the 1920 U.S. Census even if they should be in the census?

(2)  Tell us all about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a post on Facebook.  

Here's mine:

Here are my ancestral families and where they resided as of the 1920 U.S. Census:

(1)  Grandparents:  The Lusion K Tapley family resided in the Powell section of Johnson County, Georgia.  This location would have been the Tapley family land that Lush "bought" from his father.  His mother lived next door, and his brothers and sisters and their families all lived nearby.  

- L.K. Tapley, Head of the Household, Owned his home, Male, White, age 50, Married, can read and write, Birthplace is Georgia, both his father and mother were born in Georgia, Farmer, General Farming

-  Nealie (Drake) Tapley, Wife, Female, White, age 24, Married, can read and write, Birthplace is Georgia, as well as her parents' birthplace, occupation is None.

- James Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 15, Single, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia, occupation is Farm Laborer, General Farming.

- Morgan Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 12, Single, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia, occupation is Farm Laborer, General Farming.

- Champ Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 10, Single, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia, occupation is None.

- Lamar Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 4, Single, all birthplaces are Georgia.

- Russell Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 2, Single, all birthplaces are Georgia.

- Baby Tapley (This would have been Hugh Dorsey), Son, Male, White, age 3/12, Single, all birthplaces Georgia.  

(2)  My great-grandmother, Rebecca "Becky" (Page) Tapley was alive in 1920.  She was a widow and lived next door to my grandfather, Lusion.


In her household:

- Mrs. E. R. Tapley, Head of Household, Owned her home, Female, White, age 75, Widowed, can read and write, her parents and her were born in Georgia, and her occupation is listed as Farmer, General Farming.

- Viana Tapley, Daughter, Female, White, age 30, Single, can read and write, she and her parents were born in Georgia, and her occupation is None.

- Anna Tapley, Grand-daughter, Female, White, age 19, Single, can read and write, she and her parents were born in Georgia, and her occupation is None.  (Annie is Lusion's daughter, but she always lived with her grandparents.)

- Gordon Tapley, Son, Male, White, age 24, Single, he and his parents were born in Georgia, and his occupation is Farm Laborer, General Farming.  (Gordon is actually her grandson.  This was around the time he was AWOL from the Army, so she was probably trying to throw them off his trail.)

(3)  My Drake great-grandparents were living in Emanuel County, Georgia.


In their household:

- Will Drake, Head of Household, Rents his home, Male, White, age 62, Married, can read and write, he and his parents were all born in Georgia, and occupation is Farmer, General Farming.

- Emma Drake, Wife, Female, White, age 52, Married, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia, and occupation is None.

- James Drake, Son, Male, White, age 19, Single, attended school, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia and occupation is None.

- Lawton Drake, Son, Male, White, age 16, Single, attended school, can read and write, all birthplaces are Georgia and occupation is None.

(4) My Ranney great-grandparents, along with my grandmother, Ethel, were living in Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan in 1920.


Their household consisted of:

- Luther B. Ranney, Head of Household, owned home, Male, White, age 49, Married, can read and write, his birthplace is Michigan, his parents' birthplaces are both Ohio, occupation is Farmer.

- Bessie C. Ranney, Wife, Female, White, age 36, Married, can read and write, birthplace is Wisconsin, parents' birthplaces are both Ohio, occupation is None.

- Kenneth C. Ranney, Son, Male, White, age 10, Single, attended school, can read and write, he and his father were born in Michigan, his mother was born in Wisconsin, and occupation is None.

- Alice L. Ranney, Daughter, Female, White, age 8, Single, attended school, birthplaces the same as her brother, occupation is None.

- Ethel I. Ranney, Daughter, Female, White, age 6, Single, attended school, birthplaces are the same as her siblings, and occupation is None.  (This is my maternal grandmother.)

(5) My 2nd Great-Grandparents Ranney were still alive at the time of the 1920 Census IF the census was done in January.  They both passed away later that same year.  However, I have been unable to locate them on the 1920 census.  I am fairly certain they were living in DeWitt, Clinton County, Michigan.  They had been living there for a long time, and they died there.  I went through all 33 pages of the census for DeWitt, which was enumerated in January 1920, and while I found their son, I found no trace of them.  

That's everyone.  Four grandparents and five great-grandparents.  Also, a set of 2nd great-grandparents that were alive in January 1920, but cannot be located on the census.  

I have been to the place where my Great-Grandmother Becky Tapley lived.  It is just land now; the house is long gone.  I have not seen any of the other locations my ancestors lived.

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