Precinct 8, Enumeration District 716, Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, 6 Jan 1920
p.185a, 24 Windmere, dwelling number 36, family number 58
Mead William H. 51 head m m w none (sick) MI MI MI
Maggie 50 wife f m w none MI MI Canada
Myrtle 24 dau f s w bookkeeper, furniture store MI MI MI
Keating Thomas 25 roomer m s w laborer, auto mfg PA Canada PA
Barbon Loy G. 26 roomer m s w machinist, auto mfg KY KY KY
Wells William H. 24 roomer m s w machinist, auto mfg TN TN TN
Wells George 19 roomer m s w rough carpenter, lumber yard TN TN TN
Lassiter Price 17 roomer m s w cashier, restaurant KY KY KY
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William H. (Bill) Wells age 24 was the son of Phillip Hancher Wells and Ida Rhoda Cole, and the grandson of my second great grandparents William Cole and Vesta Clay (Vestie) England. As such, Bill was the nephew of my great grandmother Sallie Jane Cole and the first cousin of my grandfather Ernest Lester (Lester) Peters Sr. George Edgar Wells age 19 was Bill's younger brother. Bill and George apparently had moved to Detroit because of jobs in the automobile industry. But Bill was married on 21 Jul 1920 in Knox County, Tennessee. So he apparently returned to Tennessee shortly after the 1920 census. |
Ward 12, Dist. 16, Enumeration District 378, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, 2 & 3 Jan 1920 p.220a, 621 Tuxedo Ave, dwelling number 8, family number 10 Wells Luther B. 30 head m m w machine shop foreman TN TN TN Genevieve H. 31 wife f m w IN IN IN Ledbeter Emma 54 motherL f w w IN IN IN |
Luther Brown Wells age 30 was the son of Phillip Hancher Wells and Phillip's first wife Sarah J. Minge. Phillip married second Ida Rhoda Cole. Aunt Ida was the daughter of my second great grandparents William (Will) Cole and Vesta Clay (Vestie) England. As such, Aunt Ida was the sister of my great grandmother Salle Jane Cole, and Luther Wells was the half brother of Aunt Ida's children. Genevieve H. Ledbetter age 31 was the daughter of Dempsey T. Ledbetter and Emma W. Hockett age 54. One record for Emma lists her surname as Garrett. It's not 100% clear which name is correct and which is a transcription error, but I believe that Hockett is probably correct. |
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