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Martha Penelope “Mattie” <I>Kidd</I> Lesseur

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Martha Penelope “Mattie” Kidd Lesseur

Birth
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Death
17 Jul 1952 (aged 72)
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.9690003, Longitude: -83.2710952
Plot
F-157
Memorial ID
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Discrepancy of birth year on marker and 1880 census.

1880 Census for Militia District 235 Pleasant Hill, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, enumerated on 4 June, 1880. Page 7, Supervisor District 2, Enumeration District 91, Household 61-61 enumerates the newborn Martha Kidd and her parents J.T.Kidd and Martha F.

The census taker documented the newborn Martha as 2 months old (2/12) in column 6 (age) and specified the birth month of April in column 7.

TWELFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES
1900 Census for Militia District 235 Pleasant Hill, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, enumerated on 27 June 1900. Page 223, Supervisor District 8, Enumeration District 94, Sheet 15, Dwelling 185, Family number 184 enumerates Martha P., daughter, of James T. Kidd and Mary F. The documented birth month and year in Column 7 is April 1880.

According to a 1978 letter from one of Mattie's daughters, Myrtle Elizabeth LeSueur Steele (44798535), to another, Cecile Bell LeSueur Carter (112143685), Martha's date of birth was the 7th of April 1880.

This information was verified by the D.A.R. as a descendant of Charles O'Kelley (DAR Ancestor #: A085952) (F.A.G. Memorial ID 60043795)
Discrepancy of birth year on marker and 1880 census.

1880 Census for Militia District 235 Pleasant Hill, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, enumerated on 4 June, 1880. Page 7, Supervisor District 2, Enumeration District 91, Household 61-61 enumerates the newborn Martha Kidd and her parents J.T.Kidd and Martha F.

The census taker documented the newborn Martha as 2 months old (2/12) in column 6 (age) and specified the birth month of April in column 7.

TWELFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES
1900 Census for Militia District 235 Pleasant Hill, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, enumerated on 27 June 1900. Page 223, Supervisor District 8, Enumeration District 94, Sheet 15, Dwelling 185, Family number 184 enumerates Martha P., daughter, of James T. Kidd and Mary F. The documented birth month and year in Column 7 is April 1880.

According to a 1978 letter from one of Mattie's daughters, Myrtle Elizabeth LeSueur Steele (44798535), to another, Cecile Bell LeSueur Carter (112143685), Martha's date of birth was the 7th of April 1880.

This information was verified by the D.A.R. as a descendant of Charles O'Kelley (DAR Ancestor #: A085952) (F.A.G. Memorial ID 60043795)


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