Re: Mary Lou or Robert Tankersley children of Frank & Gladys
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In reply to:
Re: Mary Lou or Robert Tankersley children of Frank & Gladys
Jill Mac Meeken 5/05/12
Fain Tankersley first appears in the 1910 census of Benjamin's family in Hamilton Ward 1, Butler, Ohio:
Household Gender Age
HeadBenjamin TankersleyM 34y
SpouseRhoda TankersleyF 33y
ChildFain TankersleyM 8y
ChildKenneth TankersleyM 7y
ChildSylvester TankersleyM 5y
ChildFurel TankersleyF 3y
Sister-in-law Tulia RobinsonF 20y
The 1910 census is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLZV-2MR
By the 1920 census, Fain has been transcribed, as Thane still living with father Benjamin, and daughter Furel is now called Hariet, Benjamin's wife was Rhoda on 1910 and is now Rose:
Household Gender Age
HeadBenjamin TankersleyM 45y
SpouseRose TankersleyF 42y
ChildThane TankersleyM 19y
ChildKenneth TankersleyM 16y
ChildSylvester TankersleyM 15y
ChildHariet TankersleyF 12y
ChildWilliam TankersleyM 8y9m
The 1920 census is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDBQ-QJX
The census taker in one of these censuses may have had a spelling or hearing problem.Frank may have been named Fain or Thane and decided as an adult that he preferred Frank.