born ~1905 (age 45 in the 1950 census)1905 · Mississippi · line: GAVINS
Existence: found (RECORD for the 1950 household (IIIF verified by both passes); THIN for the name form "Rev. Willie H. Gavins Sr." and the parentage, which rest on a single-contributor Find a Grave bio.)
| Link | Person | How sure | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent of | James Edward Gavin 1933 | found (several records agree) (TRIANGULATED) | Named on his Oakwood memorial and enumerated in the 1950 Gavin household at 17. [mirror] |
| parent of | Jimmie Louise (Gavins) Sims 1935 | found (several records agree) (TRIANGULATED) | Memorial bio names Rev. Willie H. Gavins Sr. and Spicie Newell Gavins; the 1950 Jasper County MS census independently enumerates Willie H. + Spicie N. Gavin with a 13-year-old daughter Jimmie Louise. [mirror] |
| spouse of | Spicie (Newell) Gavins 1906 | found (RECORD) | 1950 census, Jasper County MS, ED 31-18 sheet 11, serial 89. |
| About | What the record says | How sure | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| census 1920 candidate | 1920 US Census, Jasper Co MS, Southwest Beat 4 (part), ED 19, sheet 17A, line 7, enumerated 23 Jan 1920: "Gavin, Willie | Nephew | M | Mu | 15 | S", attended school, reads & writes, born Mississippi, father b. Mississippi, mother b. Mississippi, farm laborer on home farm - in the household (dwelling 296) of Amous [Amos] McCullough, head, owns farm free, B, 43, with wife Callie (Mu, 38), niece Callie Gavin (14), nephew Chester Gavin (5) and "Gavin, Adny | mother-in-law | F | B | 80 | Wd". Age 15 in Jan 1920 = b. c.1904-05, matching #404 (age 45 in April 1950, Beat 4 Southwest ED 31-18). | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (strong; identity triangulated on name + exact age + same Beat 4 Southwest + Gavin/McCullough association in 1920 AND 1950; no document yet names his parents)) | 1920 U.S. Census, Mississippi, Jasper Co., Southwest Beat 4 (part of), ED 19, sheet 17A, d |
| Result | What was searched | Open next |
|---|---|---|
| found | searched, not there (details held by the researcher) | (1) 1910 Mississippi index G-150 (IA soundex1930ms046, cards are printed 1910 forms) - find a Gavin family card in Jasper with Willie ~5, Callie ~4 and parents; frames n1506-n1536 partly read (J.C. Gavin, 3, grandson of John Gavin, ED 10). (2) 1910 census Jasper schedule for that ED. (3) Mississippi death certificate / SS-5 for Willie H. Gavin(s) Sr naming parents (MDAH / SSA FOIA). |
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