Averilla (Gilcrease) Deubler (1872 - 1929)

Born 27 Feb 1872 in Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, United States

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Died 19 May 1929 at age 57 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

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Biography

Averilla was born in 1872 in Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama. She was the daughter of John Gilcrease and Nancy Gilcrease. She was enumerated with them on the 1880 United States Census for Clarke County, Alabama, however her name was misspelled in the record.^[1]

Her last name at birth was spelled Gilcrease, but she and many other family members spelled it Gilchrist later on.

At least one family tree on Ancestry.com, that of a direct descendent, has her middle name as Althea, but this name does not appear on any records found so far and cited with this biography.^[2]

She was first married to someone with the last name Morgan. She had two children from that relationship, Lillian A. Morgan and William McKinley Morgan (who later changed his name to Jack Deubler.) At the time of the 1900 United States she and her two children were living in the household of James Mitchell in Kaufman County, Texas. She is listed as a widow. The occupation given for her is "Housekeeper."^[3]

She was married to August Deubler. The marriage probably took place in Texas about 1901 but a marriage record has not yet been found. In the 1910 United States Census for Blaine County, Oklahoma, August and Averilla are shown with four children they had together, Lawrence, John, Augustine, and Orville, and Averilla's two children from her previous relationship, Lillian and William.^[4] The 1920 Census for Maricopa County, Arizona shows August and Averilla with the aforementioned four children, and another child added to the family--a son named Leroy. Granddaughter Ethel Wilson and Lodger Edgar Burnham are also residing with them in 1920.^[5]

Averilla passed away in 1929 as a result of metastatic breast cancer and is buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery located in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. On her gravestone, her first name is spelled "Avarilla."^[6][7]

In 1935, her brother, Edmond Gilchrist, was asked to give testimony regarding the make-up of his extended family in a case involving land in Texas which belonged to his uncle, Charner H. Gilchrist. About Averilla and her family, he said...

"... that he had two sisters, Averilla Gilchrist and Matilda Gilchrist; that all of said brother and sisters are dead except Matilda; ...that Averilla Gilchrist married Augustus Deubler and she had seven children, to wit: Jack, Lillian, Lawrence, John, Augustine, Orville, and Leroy; that to the best of his knowledge he has given the correct names of the children of his sister, Averilla:...""^[8]

Research Note

Avarilla's birth date on her gravestone (a photograph of which may be seen at FindAGrave.com) and her own death certificate list her birth date as February 27, 1872, but the death certificate of her husband gives her birth date as March 26, 1858. The person supplying the information on August's death certificate was their daughter-in-law, wife of Lawrence Deubler.^[9]

At FamilySearch.org, Noah Tipton Morgan has been linked to Averilla as her first husband and father of Lillian A. Morgan and William McKinley Morgan (aka Jack Deubler.) The 1900 United States Census records that Averilla was a widow. Noah Tipton Morgan was alive and married to someone else (m. Dovie Ray 1897) in 1900. Also, the 1910 United States Census Record for Noah Tipton Morgan says that his marriage to Dovie Ray was his first marriage. I have left a note on Averilla's FamilySearch profile, on the FamilySearch profiles of both Lillian A. Morgan and William McKinley Morgan (aka Jack Deubler), and on the FamilySearch profile of Noah Tipton Morgan that a source is needed for this assertion. Gilchrist-1197 13:11, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J4-J8B : 12 August 2017), Savilia Gilchrist in entry for John Gilchrist, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 22, sheet 321B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0007; FHL microfilm 1,254,007.

   Name	Race	Sex	Age	Relationship to Head	Occupation	Birthplace
   John Gilchrist	W	M	43		Farmer	Ala
   Mancyan "	W	F	35	wife		"
   Willie "	W	M	10	son		"
   Edward "	W	M	8	son		"
   Savilia "	W	F	7	Daughter		"
   Johnny "	W	M	7/12	son		"

   (Note: This census record contains some inaccuracies but I do believe it is the census record of this John A. Gilchrist. There are similar discrepancies in the record of his brother/neighbor Bart Gilchrist, so it's possible the information was supplied by someone who didn't know the families' details well.) Transcription by Nelda Gilchrist Spires
2. ↑ Ancestry Public Member Tree: Jack Deubler & Arlen Hirn, Ancesty.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21223449/family
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PQ-QPP : accessed 26 March 2019), Avesilla Morgan in household of James J Mitchell, Justice Precinct 1 (north & west part), Kaufman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 9B, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,650.

   Name	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
   James J Mitchell	Head	M	44	Louisiana
   Martha Mitchell	Wife	F	42	Louisiana
   Grover C Mitchell	Son	M	14	Louisiana
   Ida Pauline Mitchell	Daughter	F	12	Louisiana
   Samuel M Mitchell	Son	M	11	Louisiana
   Willie B Mitchell	Son	M	9	Louisiana
   Noma C Mitchell	Daughter	F	5	Texas
   Joseph L Mitchell	Son	M	1	Texas
   Avesilla Morgan	Servant	F	28	Alabama
   Lillie Morgan	Daughter	F	7	Alabama
   Wm Mck Morgan	Son	M	4	Texas

   Transcription by Nelda Gilchrist Spires
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7T-CLD : accessed 26 March 2019), Averilla Duebler in household of August Duebler, Geary Ward 1, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 3B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1243; FHL microfilm 1,375,256.

   Name	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
   August Duebler	Head	M	52	New York
   Averilla Duebler	Wife	F	38	Alabama
   Lawrence Duebler	Son	M	8	Texas
   John Duebler	Son	M	6	Oklahoma
   Augustine Duebler	Daughter	F	4	Oklahoma
   Orville Duebler	Son	M	0	Oklahoma
   Lillian Morgan	Stepdaughter	F	16	Alabama
   William Morgan	Stepson	M	13	Texas

   Transcription by Nelda Gilchrist Spires
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRL-6MC : accessed 26 March 2019), Averilla Deubler in household of August Deubler, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; citing ED 63, sheet 20A, line 35, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 49; FHL microfilm 1,820,049.

   Name	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
   August Deubler	Head	M	51	New York
   Averilla Deubler	Wife	F	47	Alabama
   Lawrence Deubler	Son	M	17	Texas
   John Deubler	Son	M	15	Oklahoma
   Augustine Deubler	Daughter	F	14	Oklahoma
   Oriville Deubler	Son	M	10	Oklahoma
   Leroy Deubler	Son	M	8	Arizona
   Ethel Wilson	Granddaughter	F	4	Arizona
   Edgar Burnham	Lodger	M	54	Vermont

   Transcription by Nelda Gilchrist Spires
6. ↑ "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVQ-DZ9 : 10 March 2018), Averilla Deubler, 1929; citing Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,586.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 26 March 2019), memorial page for Averilla Gilchrist Deubler (27 Feb 1872–19 May 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #22327214, citing Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA ; Maintained by G L O R Y B E ~ Gotta Lotta Our Relatives... (contributor 46498873); Image of gravemarker, Contributed by Layla (contributor 46519181) .
8. ↑ “Edom Messer Gilchrist Affidavit,” Probate Court, Clarke County, Alabama, 17 August 1935; transcription in personal files of Nelda Gilchrist Spires, received from cousin (Living.)
9. ↑ "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLJK-HZJ : 10 March 2018), Averilla Duebler in entry for August Deubler, 1942; citing Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,711.

See also:

• "Hold Funeral Services for Mrs. Deubler" (Obituary for Averilla Gilchrist Deubler), Newspapers.com, Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), 20 May 1929, Page 14, accessed and clipped 28 Mar 2019.
• Last Will and Testament of Averilla Deubler and Probate Records: "Arizona, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1995 for Averila Deubler," (database online) Arizona County, District and Probate Courts. Superior Court Maricopa County, Case Files, P7295-P7332, Ancestry.com. Arizona, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1995. Image for Ancestry.com subscribers or Free image for non-subscribers
• Birth Certificate for son Leroy Deubler: "Arizona Births and Christenings, 1909-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3Y2-9PB : 10 March 2018), Averrill Gilchrist in entry for Leroy Deubler, 11 Feb 1911; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,135,402.
• Death Certificate for daughter Lilly A. Wilson: "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLND-DB7 : 10 March 2018), Alveria Gilchrist in entry for Lilly A. Wilson, 06 Jun 1915; citing Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, reference , Department of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Arizona; FHL microfilm 2,114,408.