Butler Austin (1906 - 1984)

Born 12 Aug 1906 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Sep 1984 at age 78 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Biography

Butler Austin is a part of US Black heritage.

Butler Austin was born April 12, 1906^[1] in South Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Austin and Alice Wood. At age 4, he was in is parent's home in Butler, Greenville, south Carolina, along with 4 siblings. ^[2]

He was in the family home at age 13, in Butler Twp., Greenville, South Carolina where he grew up helping on the farm.^[3]

At age 24, he was working as a laborer in a Garage, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio where he was living with his sister Tamaisena (Austin) Ford. His sisters, Clara (Austin) Johnson-23, and Grace-22 were also in the home.^[4]

He had married by 1940, to Mrs Grace Jackson, and was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, where he was a Chaufeur. Her son Elmer Jackson-12, was also in the home.^[5]

Still in Cincinnati, in 1950, he was working as a Truck Loader for a Grocery Supermarket, at age 43, and Grace (40) was a domestick worker for a Private Family.^[6]

He died at the age of 78, on September 28, 1984 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.^[1][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY63-L65 : 9 January 2021), Butler Austin, Sep 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBS-B9M : Thu Oct 05 02:27:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Tom Austen and Allice Austen, 1910.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CK-8JF : Fri Dec 22 05:10:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas M Austin and Alice Austin, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X47K-M2R : Fri Oct 06 21:59:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Tamalsena Ford and Butler Austin, 1930.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWP6-5Y7 : Tue Nov 28 14:27:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Butler Austin and Grace Austin, 1940.
6. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XB4-GL6M : Fri Oct 06 01:34:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Butler Austin and Grace Austin, 8 April 1950.
7. ↑ "Butler Austin," obituary, The Greenville News [South Carolina], 1 Oct 1984, page 10A, column 1; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-obituary-for-butler/146299717/ : accessed 29 Apr 2024).
8. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKKW-J1Y : accessed 29 Apr 2024), Butler Austin, 28 Sep 1984, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, citing certificate #74338.