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Lesbia Houston

Lesbia Houston[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1884 - 1977  (93 years)

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  • Name Lesbia Houston 
    Born 1884  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1977  Kern Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1626  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2015 

    Father William Alexander Fletcher Houston,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1919, Iredell, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Lilla Slater,   b. 21 Sep 1863,   d. 2 Dec 1919, Hamilton Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 21 Nov 1880 
    Family ID F516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas William Childers,   b. 27 Aug 1879, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1949, Kern Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1901  Meridian, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Photo Fletcher and Lilla Houston and children
    Photo Fletcher and Lilla Houston and children
    lilla and children.jpg

    Documents
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    Lisbia Houston

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Family Search, LDS.
      Lesbia Houston, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"
      Name: J. B. Arnold
      Birth Date: 1880
      Birthplace:
      Age: 21
      Spouse's Name: Lesbia Houston
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1883
      Spouse's Birthplace:
      Spouse's Age: 18
      Event Date: 23 Dec 1901
      Event Place: Meridian, Bosque, Texas
      Father's Name:
      Mother's Name:
      Spouse's Father's Name: W.A. Houston
      Spouse's Mother's Name:
      Race:
      Marital Status:
      Previous Wife's Name:
      Spouse's Race:
      Spouse's Marital Status:
      Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75208-4
      System Origin: Texas-EASy
      GS Film number: 1428144
      Reference ID: 1428144 Afidvt Pg 57

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116769120.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=houston&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1919&GSdyrel=in&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=18346827&df=all&.
      William Alexander Fletcher Houston
      Birth 27 Jan 1919
      Death: Jan. 27, 1919
      Parents:
      Thomas Jefferson Houston (1833 - 1881)
      Children:
      Harvey F Houston (1894 - 1936)
      Sibling:
      Fletcher Houston (1857 - 1919)
      Theopelous Walter Houston (1872 - 1936)
      Burial:
      Fairy Cemetery, Fairy, Hamilton County, Texas

      Fletcher Houston was William Alexander Fletcher Houston b 10 Dec 1857 in Marshall Co, TN. He married Lila Slater 21 Nov 1880. Son of Thomas Jefferson Houston buried in Salem Cemetery, Irene, Hill Co, TX and Louisa Carter Taylor Houston buried somewhere in Caldwell, Burleson Co, TX. Fletcher and Lila helped raise my Great grandfather T. W. Houston after his mother died when he was 2 yrs old. Theophelous Walter Houston is buried in Mitchell Cemetery, Iredell, Bosque Co, TX.

    4. [S36] Birth Certificate, Thurmon Theodore Childers, Son.