Horace Creswell1

#21024, (15 November 1877 - 14 January 1965)
Father*Percival M Creswell1 (1854 - 1931)
Mother*Josephine C Staley1 (c 1860 - 1888)

Family

Ethel Ernest Norris b. 1890, d. 1978
Children 1.Ruth Creswell9 (c 1909 - )
 2.Nina Creswell9 (c 1912 - )
Birth*15 November 1877He was born on 15 November 1877 at Memphis, Tennessee.2,3 
1 June 1880He appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 in the household of Josephine C Staley and Percival M Creswell at 4th Civil Dist., Wilson Co., TennesseeG, age 2, b. TN; (neis. E S Coles and gr. dau. Orva Staley, fam. 2; G M and Ester Coles, fam. 3; R E and M F Coles, fam. 7; A E and E J Coles, fam. 12.)4 
2 June 1900He appeared on the census of 2 June 1900 in the household of Percival M Creswell at Justice Prec. 5, Hill Co., TexasG, age 22, b. TN Nov 1877.5 
Marriage*circa 1908He married Ethel Ernest Norris, daughter of Jessie M Norris and Susan E Bynum, circa 1908.6 
2 January 1920He and Ethel Ernest Norris appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 at Justice Prec. 5, Hill Co., TexasG.7 
7 April 1930He and Ethel Ernest Norris appeared on the census of 7 April 1930 at 807 North 5th Street, Waco, McLennan Co., TexasG.6 
19 April 1940He and Ethel Ernest Norris appeared on the census of 19 April 1940 at 523 Herring Avenue, Waco, McLennan Co., TexasG.8 
Death*14 January 1965He died on 14 January 1965 at Twin Oaks Rest Home, Waco, McLennan Co., TexasG, at age 87.3 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
  3. [S1814] Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, online Ancestry.com, McLennan > 1965 > Jan-Mar, img. 347/409. State File No. 04188. Horace Creswell, b. Memphis [sic] TN 15 Nov 1877, son of Percival Creswell and Josephine Cole [sic]; marr., wholesale grocery salesman, res. 2414 Herring Avenue, Waco TX, SSN 455-10-3027; d. Twin Oaks Rest Home, Waco, McLennan Co. TX (res. 42 yrs.), 14 Jan 1965, age 87, sudden cardiac and respiratory failure; inf. Teddy Horst; bur. Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, TX, 15 Jan 1965.
  4. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Pers (26), b. and parents b. TN, farming; Josie (20), b. TN, [parents b. location not named], house keeper.
  5. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Percival (45), b. TN Sep 1854, parents b. TN, wid., hardware salesman.
  6. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Horace (53), b. and parents b. TN, salesman, first marr. age 27; Ethel E (39), b. AL, father b. GA, mother b. TN, first marr. age 17.
  7. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Horace (41), b. and parents b. TN, bank cashier; Ethel (28), b. and mother b. AL, father b. GA.
  8. [S346] 1940 U.S. Federal Census. Horace (62), b. TN, wholesale grocery salesman; Ethel (49), b. AL; same res. in 1935.
  9. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census.