Biobuilders March 2021 - People born in the 1900’s

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This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is People Born in the 1900’s.

Thank you for your support.

Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

  • birth date/place
  • names of parents
  • marriage date/place and spouse name
  • names of children, if any
  • death date/place


Biography Section:

  • Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
  • Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
  • As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
  • Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
  • Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
  • List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
  • Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
  • Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
  • Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
  • Categories.
  • Connection to the Global Tree.
  • All duplicates merged or initiated.
  • Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
  • Historical context as related to the person's life.
  • Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

NOTE: Biography Builders will not show on the tracker. Please add a list to your answer.

in The Tree House by Bob Keniston G2G6 Pilot (266k points)
Thinking this over and wondering if 1900s means

1900 to1909 or 1900 to 1999
1900 to 1999.
That's great Bob, thanks
This one is hard.  Any advice on being sensitive to living relatives and security conscious? Most of the ones I could write have living children or grandchildren and in one case a living sister.
The best answer I can give you is state how many children the person had. No names, no living son/daughter. Nothing, just the number.

19 Answers

+13 votes
Thanks Bob!  I will be working on as many as I can get finished.
by Scott Lee G2G6 Mach 6 (60.4k points)
edited by Scott Lee

1.  Sergeant William Bill Addison Taft  POW World War II

2.  Colonel Cornelius Cole Smith, Jr.  Military Historian

3.  Ensign Clifford Warren Smith, Jr.  Wealthy Playboy

4.  Cherie Emma ''Hibbard'' Silva  2nd Cousin

5.  Donald Leonard Silva  Korean War Veteran

6.  Earl Roger Hibbard  Academy Award Recipient

7.  Albert Flip Leonard Rosen  Baseball Legend

8.  Steven Ripley Jr.  Southern Rock Music Star

9.  Perez Prado  Mambo King

10.  Robert Bobby Byrne  Trombonist, Big Band Leader

11.  George Montgomery Letz  Cowboy Star et al.

12.  Roland Lawrence Laprise  Do The Hokey Pokey; Musician

That's a great selection of profiles, Scott!
Thank you Star!
+12 votes

Have several that i can get done this month

1. Clara Marie (Umhoefer) Keeler (1902 - 1971)

by Jennifer Robins G2G6 Pilot (260k points)
edited by Jennifer Robins
+12 votes

I can come up with a few!

  1. Pearl Boudreaux (1900-1982)
  2. Marie Armance Rivette (1900-1995)
  3. Joseph Tib Rivette (1902-1903)
  4. Cenita Rivet (1902-1903)
  5. Herman Lorraine Coles (1905-1924)
  6. Gaston Rivet (1900-1965)
  7. Charles Preston Burcham (1898-1957) **
  8. Joseph Louis Rivette (abt.1918-1977)
  9. Marie Anaise Rivette (1900-1959)
  10. Lindon Paul Rivet (1901-1985)
  11. Percy Raoul Kemp (1901-1973)

** Oops, he started out being born "about 1900" but I later found his birth date in 1898. I did a lot of work on him, but please remove him from the count if you don't think he should be counted for this challenge!

by Joyce Rivette G2G6 Pilot (181k points)
edited by Joyce Rivette
+9 votes

I would like to join this challenge.  I will be working on my mother, for starters and go from there.

by Robin Shaules G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
Do a good job!  She's my 7th cousin!
Hello Cousin. I'll do my best -- having to dig through my memory trying to remember as much as I can, then move on to my siblings memories. By the way, you and I are 8th cousins
Cousin Robin!!!  I will do my best if I can just remember the profile that I just created! lol  Regards, Scott
I have completed this profile to the best of my ability. Children not listed as they are living. Still searching for marriage certificates, but have birth and death certificates. I'm happy with the results.
Super job Robin!  In case you didn't see my comment on Betty's page, I think her car is a 1951 Mercury Woody Station Wagon, selling today at about 50k!
Hi Scott; thanks for the compliment. I did see your comment on the profile, but thought I'd answer here too. You're right that the car in the photo is a Mercury, but I don't know what year. I remember the car. We had it until about 1955-56, when it was replaced with a 1955 or 56 Oldsmobile 98 Coupe, blue and white.
+13 votes
I can add a few.  It fits my planned work for the month.

1. McKnight-3349 Estine Inez McKnight Fitzpatrick b. 1904-1983

2. McKnight-3351 Horace Poleman McKnight b. 1910
by Cherry Duve G2G6 Mach 7 (70.0k points)
edited by Cherry Duve
+11 votes
I should be able to get some done
by Michelle Wilkes G2G6 Pilot (171k points)
+13 votes
I will do several this month.
by Lauren Hopkins G2G4 (4.8k points)
+9 votes

Thank you, Bob. I'll be taking part :-)

1. Ronald James Hendy (1911-1981)
2. Rev. William Lancelot Ackroyd (1900-2006)

by Susie MacLeod G2G6 Pilot (303k points)
edited by Susie MacLeod
+10 votes

I'm in again!  Didn't complete as many as I had hoped to do of the 145 on my list:

MISCELLANEOUS (orphaned)

1.   Gertrude Marie (Humm) Robenstine Fryberger 

2.   Inez H. (Colby) Westby 

 RABENSTEIN/ROBENSTINE

3.   Margaret Louise (George) Robenstine 

4.   Kenneth Karl Robenstine 

5.   Elmer O. Robenstine 

by Kathy Rabenstein G2G6 Pilot (323k points)
edited by Kathy Rabenstein
+11 votes
Do I have to create new profiles or can I use existing profiles which have minimal details in?? I can try to have a go at this
by Anon Sharkey G2G6 Pilot (125k points)
Either works. Connections to the Tree are done once a day, but parents and children, if any, need to be included as part of the bio. It is possible to have three consecutive generations not connected to the Tree.
+10 votes
My other question is about being connected to the global tree is this a requirement as despite lots of searching I have not yet managed to connect to the tree
by Anon Sharkey G2G6 Pilot (125k points)
+10 votes
I'll certainly do this one, I have lots of them!!
by Christine Frost G2G6 Pilot (154k points)
+10 votes
I'd like to participate please. 

1) Thomas L Morrison (1931-2019)
2) David Anderson McKinney
3) Estill Wright
4) Kendall Ray Sebastian (1961-2019)
5) Eva Juanita (Van Horn) Vallance (1929-2019)
6) Edna Earle White
7) Alice Rebecca (Gabbard) Stamper (1929-2002)
8) Ethel Mae (Yates) Howard (1909-1996)
9) Ronnie Mullins (1941-2020)
10) Grace (Amburgey) Kirk (1909-1990)
11) David Burnside Tobias Sr. (1936-2020)
12) Micheal Dean Poore (1981-2008)
13) William Oakley (1931-1980)
14) Brenda Ann (Martin) Rogers (1944-2019)
15) William Hiram Sexton (1919-2004)
16) Dorcas D (Spencer) Smith (1939-2020)
17) Alton Clell Neal (1931-2020)
18) Phillip Jacoby Pridemore (1937-2007)
19) Paul Edward Roundtree (1938-2020)
20) Ecton Willoughby (1900-1981)
21) Lucas Anthony Charbeneau Jr. (1929-2017)
22) Margaret Lee Rogers (1923-1923)
23) Mildred Irene (Gillespie) Turner (1938-2019)
24) Tommy Joel Shelton (1951-2020)
25) Luther Hershel Pelfrey (1923-1988)
26) Raymond Leggett (1919-1928)
27) Clyde Cyrus Reynolds (1927-2020)
28) Edith Fay (Waters) Wayne (1936-2019)
29) Winston Harold Martin (1947-2020)
30) Jo Ann (Travis) Wolfe (1938-2019)
31) Robin G (Freels) Newsome (1959-2019)
32) Betty Jean (Allen) Martin (1926-2006)
33) Ayleen C (Crook) Sale (1926-2020)
34) Bonnie Jean (Thacker) Walden (1953-2019)
35) Henry Willoughby (1901-1933)
36) Ila Bea (Barnum) Yaney (1932-2019)
37) John Erb Tharpe (1928-2005)
38) George Russell Lathen (1914-1965)
39) Reva Elizabeth (Montgomery) Wright (1920-2000)
40) Hollis Thomas Merritt (1927-2020)
41) Dallas McCarty (1929-1978)
42) Daisy O Oakley (1919 - 1997)
43) Harold Clay Staton (1923 - 2019)
44) Durward Lyle McKenzie (1905 - 1956)
45) Thelma Roy Leggett (1918 - 1918)
46) Wilburn Dennis King (1940 - 1997)
47) Imogene Blanche (Wilson) Turner (1927 - 2019)
48) Ruby May (Barnes) Cundiff (1937 - 2011)
49) Birtie Clay (Willoughby) Moore (1904 - 1994)
50) Hugh Neal (1923 - 2010)
51) Stephen Norbert Thomas (1929 - 1997)
52) Ida (Neal) Manley (1911 - 1984)
53) Carl Junior Oakley (1965 - 1965)
54) Bonnie Dimple (Randolph) Kincaid (1929 - 1991)
55) Raymond Roy Miles (1942 - 2001)
56) Steven King Manley (1947 - 2019)
57) Dortha Clay (Duncan) Leach (1916 - 2006)
58) Mitchell Lee Tubbs Sr. (1902 - 1934)
59) Thomas Wilburn Comer (1915 - 1989)
60) Flossie Edna (Perry) Rose (1926 - 2012)
61) Elmer Watkins (1957 - 1957)
62) Hildreth (Wagoner) Wituszynski (1931 - 2019)
63) Emma Era (Jones) Oakley (1901 - 1990)
64) Ida Rose (1922 - 1937)
65) Mildred M Monyhan (1924 - 1929)
66) Mabel E Woodard (1905 - 1911)
67) Cleveland Roe Stone (1913 - 1958)
68) Albert Lee Sheline (1936 - 1936)
69) Donetta Kay (Ritchie) Willoughby (1955 - 2018)
70) Wilda Jean (Duncan) Robbins (1951 - 1997)
71) Jerry Wayne Ramey (1963 - 1985)
72) William O Yarber (1907 - 1986)
73) Anna Irene (Plummer) McKenzie (1917-1948)
74) Clarence J. East (1910 - 1982)
75) Fred Carl Whitt (1925 - 1925)
76) Christine (Watkins) Martin (1960 - 2019)
80) Daniel Lee Rowe (1949 - 1949) 
81) Marion Chester Maddox (1943 - 1960)
82) Lizzie Mary Marie Lovelace (1914 - 1914)
83) Alice (Oakley) Schmidt (1915 - 1998
84) Audrey Lanham (1931 - 1932)
85) Myrtle Lanham (1929 - 1929)
86) Alex Rose (1924 - 1928)
87) Viola (Rose) Rice (1902 - 1928)
88) Wallace Stepp (1950 - 1972)
89) Tammy Wayne (Hunt) Wiseman (1971 - 2019)
90) Thomas Andrew Richardson (1904 - 1986)
91) Betty Jean Moore (1930 - 1930)
92) Vernon Richardson (1930 - 2019)
93) Cynthia Jean (Shigley) Agee (1959 - 2013)
94) Gary Clark Robinson (1963 - 2020)
95) Herbert Emery Townsend (1949 - 1949)
96) Ben Franklin Townsend (1940 - 1940)
97) Ray A Sparks (1922 - 1979)
98) James Fredrick Wilson (1946 - 2019)
99) Robert Martin (1915 - 1915)
100) Gerald Thomas Tabor (1915 - 1917)
101) Harold Amos Tabor (1915 - 1917)
102) Grace M (Farthing) Sheline (1900 - 1929)
by Pam Fraley G2G6 Pilot (152k points)
edited by Pam Fraley

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