James Anderson ALEXANDER, 18721950 (aged 78 years)

Name
James Anderson /ALEXANDER/
Given names
James Anderson
Surname
ALEXANDER
Name suffix
Jr.
Citation details: census 1930, 9 E-WD Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, SEries:T626 Roll:2394 Page: 106
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Name
Jim //
Given names
Jim
Birth
Citation details: film # 2074493, Digital GS # 4166796, Image # 1032, Ref. # 45398, Death Certificate of James Anderson Alexander
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Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
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Occupation
Barber
Birth of a sister
Citation details: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Llano, Texas; Roll: 2370; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 520.0
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Citation details: about Modena Alcesta Madden, Film # 2223119, Digital Film Number 4031763, Image Number 1140, Reference Number cn3368
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Birth of a sister
Citation details: about Susan Martha Henderson, Film # 2074928, Digital Film # 4167223, Image # 176, Ref. # cn 162
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Birth of a sister
Citation details: 16 Mar 2001,5:49PM
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Citation details: death of Mary Emma Gault, Film # 2118255, Digiatl GS # 4030454, Image # 2799, Ref. # Item 6 cn29698
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Birth of a brother
Citation details: Film # 2114625, Digital GS # 4165504, Image # 638, Ref. # 63986, Death certificate of John Vance Alexander
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Shared note:

His death certificate says he was born in Mississippi, but that appears to be incorrect.

Birth of a sister
Citation details: about Althia White, Film # 2218565, Digital Film # 4031922, Image # 1024, Ref. # 4381
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Birth of a brother
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Note:

Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.

Citation details: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
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Birth of a sister
Citation details: about Grover A. Redford, film # 2117176, Digital Film # 4028564, Image # 3332, Ref. # cn 10750
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Marriage
Marriage
Citation details: 1920 census, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, WD part of 9, Enum. dist., 140, Sup. Dist. 12, sheet 8B, Series: T625 Roll: 1850 Page: 201
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Citation details: " Marriage Licenses" Fort Worth Star-Telegram, published as The Fort Worth Telegram; Date: 12-07-1907; Volume: XXV; Issue: 331; Page: Page Two; Col. 7, Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Note:

about J. A. Alexander, Apocher, Oklahoma, and Miss Eva L. White, Rhome

Residence
111 Pavilion St. (9th Ward)
December 27, 1918 (aged 46 years)
Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
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Note:

This was their residence at the time of the birth of his son James Anderson, Alexander, Jr.

Birth of a son
Citation details: 1920 census, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, WD part of 9, Enum. dist., 140, Sup. Dist. 12, sheet 8B, Series: T625 Roll: 1850 Page: 201
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Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
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Death
Cause of death: coronary thrombosis due to chronic myocorditis
Citation details: film # 2074493, Digital GS # 4166796, Image # 1032, Ref. # 45398, Death Certificate of James Anderson Alexander
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Alt. Death
September 15, 1950 (1 day after death)
Burial
Family with parents
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
mother
Marriage MarriageFebruary 20, 1868Coldwater, Desoto County, Mississippi, USA
10 months
elder sister
18681959
Birth: December 14, 1868Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
Death: November 8, 1959Mrs. Joe Tinney Rest Home, Brady Pct. 1, McCulloch, Texas, USA
23 months
elder brother
William Allen "Doc" Alexander
18701959
Birth: October 26, 1870Mississippi, USA
Death: December 13, 1959
21 months
himself
James Alexander
18721950
Birth: July 2, 1872Waterford, Marshall, Mississippi, USA
Death: September 14, 1950Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
18741949
Birth: November 5, 1874Mississippi, USA
Death: January 21, 1949Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
23 months
younger sister
18761952
Birth: September 24, 1876Mississippi, USA
Death: January 23, 1952Bell County, Texas, USA
3 years
younger sister
18791939
Birth: April 7, 1879Robertson County, Texas, USA
Death: June 14, 1939Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
3 years
younger brother
John Vance Alexander
18811955
Birth: September 13, 1881Robertson County, Texas, USA
Death: December 31, 1955Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
3 years
younger sister
Althea Alexander
18841947
Birth: April 18, 1884Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: January 18, 1947St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
2 years
younger brother
18861973
Birth: May 23, 1886Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: May 27, 1973Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
18881963
Birth: July 1, 1888Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: January 21, 1963Kerrville State Hospital, Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Henrietta A. STANALAND
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
father’s ex-wife
18481932
Birth: November 7, 1848Georgia, USA
Death: December 28, 1932Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageFebruary 3, 1897Robertson County, Texas, USA
Divorce DivorceNovember 18, 1900
Father’s family with Mary E. FLANAGAN
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
stepmother
Marriage MarriageMarch 26, 1903Llano County, Texas, USA
Family with Susan FORD
himself
James Alexander
18721950
Birth: July 2, 1872Waterford, Marshall, Mississippi, USA
Death: September 14, 1950Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
wife
Marriage MarriageMay 20, 1896
Family with Eva Lou WHITE
himself
James Alexander
18721950
Birth: July 2, 1872Waterford, Marshall, Mississippi, USA
Death: September 14, 1950Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
wife
18851968
Birth: July 23, 1885Hatton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA
Death: June 8, 1968St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Marriage Marriageabout December 7, 1907
11 years
son
19181976
Birth: December 27, 1918Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Death: April 1976Pennsylvania, USA
BirthTombstone in Rosehill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.
BirthTexas Deaths, 1890-1976
Citation details: film # 2074493, Digital GS # 4166796, Image # 1032, Ref. # 45398, Death Certificate of James Anderson Alexander
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BirthDigital Images of Birth Certificates Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935
Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
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MarriageHeritageQuest Online
Citation details: 1920 census, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, WD part of 9, Enum. dist., 140, Sup. Dist. 12, sheet 8B, Series: T625 Roll: 1850 Page: 201
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MarriageDallas Morning News Historical Archive 1885-1977
Citation details: " Marriage Licenses" Fort Worth Star-Telegram, published as The Fort Worth Telegram; Date: 12-07-1907; Volume: XXV; Issue: 331; Page: Page Two; Col. 7, Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Note:

about J. A. Alexander, Apocher, Oklahoma, and Miss Eva L. White, Rhome

ResidenceDigital Images of Birth Certificates Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935
Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
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NameHeritageQuest Online
Citation details: census 1930, 9 E-WD Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, SEries:T626 Roll:2394 Page: 106
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DeathTexas Deaths, 1890-1976
Citation details: film # 2074493, Digital GS # 4166796, Image # 1032, Ref. # 45398, Death Certificate of James Anderson Alexander
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Alt. DeathTombstone in Rosehill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.
NoteHeritageQuest Online
Citation details: 1920 census, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, WD part of 9, Enum. dist., 140, Sup. Dist. 12, sheet 8B, Series: T625 Roll: 1850 Page: 201
Quality of data: secondary evidence
NoteHeritageQuest Online
Citation details: census 1930, 9 E-WD Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, SEries:T626 Roll:2394 Page: 106
Quality of data: primary evidence
NoteTexas Deaths, 1890-1976
Citation details: film # 2074493, Digital GS # 4166796, Image # 1032, Ref. # 45398, Death Certificate of James Anderson Alexander
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NoteDallas Morning News Historical Archive 1885-1977
Citation details: Headline: Burleson; Article Type: News/Opinion. Paper: Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Date: 06-17-1917; Volume: XXXVII; Issue: 157; Page: Page [Six]; Col. 3; Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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NoteDigital Images of Birth Certificates Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935
Citation details: birth certificate, scan of original 62902, image 506 of 638 (filed 4 Jan 1919), James A. Alexander, Jr, accessed 26 Feb 2014.
Quality of data: 4
Note1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Digital images
Citation details: T627, roll T627_4188, Fort Worth, enumeration district (ED) 257-133, sheet 8A, p. 8A, household 165, James A. Alexander, accessed 28 Dec 2014
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Note

about J. A. Alexander, Apocher, Oklahoma, and Miss Eva L. White, Rhome

Note

This was their residence at the time of the birth of his son James Anderson, Alexander, Jr.

Shared note

He was born on a Tuesday. His son's death certificate said that he was born in Waterford, Mississippi.

He advertised his City Barber Shop in Mercury, "When you are in Mercury and need a shave or hair cut, drop in and see me. Sharp razors and comfortable chair. Everything kept clean and neat. Shave 15¢, Haircut 25¢. Your patronage solicited. Give us a trial. (Kirby, Jack H., History of Mercury, McCulloch County, Texas From 1904 to 1919)

In 1917 T. Patello of Burleson sold his interest in a barbership to J. A. Alexander according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. J. Alexander was residing in Fort Worth at the time.

At the time of his son's birth in 1918, he was a barber.

He died in a mental institution. His death certificate said he had resided in the Wichita Falls Sate Hospital for one year, one month.

Census: 1920, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, enum. dist. 140, sheet 8B 111 Pavillion Street 148/170, Alexander, James A., head 2, R, m, w, 45, m, TX, TX, TX, barber shop, em ---- Eva, wife, f, w, 35, m, TX, TX, TX, none ---- James, Jr., son, m w, 1, s, TX, TX, TX, none

1930, 9 E-WD Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, SEries:T626 Roll:2394 Page: 106 1102 Belknap St. 151/221, Alexander, Jim A., head, r, 35.00, m, w, 56, m, 35, no, yes, MS, MS, MS, speak Eng, Barber, Barber Shop, worked for wages, not a veteran ----, Eva L., wife-H, f, w, 39, m, 18, no, yes, AL, AL, AL, speak Eng., none ----, Jim A., Jr., son, m, w, 11, s, att. school, TX, MS, AL, none Zelinskey, Harry, roomer, m, w, 35, d, no, yes, Russia, Russia, Russia, Hebrew, imm. 1916, not naturalized, can speak Eng., Book Maker, Ruben(?) Company, worked for wages, not a veteran.

1940, Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T627_4188; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 257-133 3023 Ave. B 165, own, 3500, not a farm, Alexander, James A., head, m, w, 67, married, 7th grade, MS, same place, Tarrant, TX, not a farm, unemployed and not seeking work, worked 0 hrs in 1939, 0 income, income from other sources ----, Eva L., wife, f, w, 54, 8th grade, AL, same place, Tarrant, TX, employed for pay, 44 hours, school matron, public school, gov. work, worked 40 weeks in 1939, income $504, no other income sources ----, James A Jr., son, m, w, 21, s, did not attend school, 3rd year high school, Texas, same place, Tarrant, TX, employed for pay, worked 30 hoursprior week, musician, orchestra, private work, worked 22 weeks in 1939, income $440, no other income NOTE: Edward Fly and his wife Vennie P. were renters in the same house.

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