Osite (Hanks) Guidry (1909 - 1979)

Born 6 Nov 1909 in Acadia, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Jan 1979 at age 69 in Orange, Orange, Texas, United States

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Biography

Ozite (Hanks) Guidry is a descendant of an Acadian

Ozite (Hanks) Guidry lived in Louisiana.

Ozite (Hanks) Guidry was a Texan.

Ozite Hanks was born in November of 1909 to Jean Hanks and his wife Carmelite Simon. She was their youngest, with two older sisters and three older brothers. The census taken on April 23 of 1910 listed her age on the document as "1/2 [year]."^[1] Ozite's family lived next door to her maternal grandparents, Norbert Simon and Edmonia Judson Simon.

Not long after Ozite was born, as understood from the family story told years later by Osite's oldest brother, Alec Hanks, to his young granddaughter, their mother was killed in an accident, and the children all went to live with relatives.^[2]

It is unknown, so far, specifically where most of the children grew up, but it is likely that all three girls and the youngest boy went next door to their Simon grandparents. But by 1920 Ozite was living with with her sister Corinne Hanks Istre and her husband and children, and her brother Bernis was the last Hanks child remaining with the Simons.^[3]

Ozite married Clomare Guidry on 15 January 1926.^[4]

Known children of the marriage were:

1. Lovenia Edna Guidry (c.1926-1975)^[5]
2. Grace Lee Guidry (c.1928)
3. Roy Guidry (c.1930)
4. Clomare Joseph Guidry (1933-2002)^[6]
5. Herbert Guidry (c.1939)
6. Robert Guidry (c.1945)
7. Patricia Guidry (c.1950)
8. Linda Guidry (c.1955)

They lived with their first children, two daughters and a son, in Queue Tortue, Louisiana in 1930.^[7] By 1940 they had two more sons and were still living in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.^[8]

Osite and Clomare divorced in 1973. The document states they had five children under age 18 at the time.^[9]

Ozite died in Orange, Texas, on January 6, 1979.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTD-D89 : accessed 8 January 2020), Ozite Hawks[sic] in household of John Hawks[sic,] Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 6A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 507; FHL microfilm 1,374,520;

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   John Hawks Head Male 35 Louisiana

   Carmalite Hawks Wife Female 26 Louisiana

   Edna Hawks Daughter Female 11 Louisiana

   Carine Hawks Daughter Female 9 Louisiana

   Elexon Hawks Son Male 7 Louisiana

   Gillis Hawks Son Male 6 Louisiana

   Bernice Hawks Son Male 4 Louisiana

   Ozite Hawks Daughter Female 1/2 Louisiana

2. ↑ Alec Hanks, c.1954, conversation with his granddaughter, Susan Ward. She was under 10 years old when her grandfather told her the story, so the telling was no doubt tailored to the listener. On the other hand, Alec was under 10 when the event occurred, so it's possible he never learned the whole story of his mother's death. The story was told by Susan to this writer, her sister Stephanie, c.2015.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ3-P93 : accessed 8 January 2020), Oze Hanks in household of Claimile Istre, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 12, sheet 6B, line 79, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 603; FHL microfilm 1,820,603.

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Claimile Istre Head Male 26 Louisiana

   Corine Istre Wife Female 19 Louisiana

   Carmilete Istre Daught Female 2 Louisiana

   Leona Istre Daughter Female 1 Louisiana

   Oze Hanks Sister-in-law Female 10 Louisiana

   Marcelite Istre Aunt Female 45 Louisiana

4. ↑ "Acadia Parish Marriage License Applications, 18__-19__ Inclusive, Bride's Index [H] Sequence, USGenWeb Archives
5. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3X7-HMY : 13 March 2018), Ozite Hanks in entry for Lovenia Edna Coon, 11 Jan 1975; citing certificate number 02648, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,527.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRV-QGHJ : accessed 8 January 2020), Ozite Guidry in entry for Clomare Joseph Guidry Jr, Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, 31 Oct 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing American Press, born-digital text.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT8-NCK : accessed 8 January 2020), Ozete Guedry in household of Chloma Guedry, Queue Tortue, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 10A, line 17, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 823; FHL microfilm 2,340,558.

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Chloma Guedry Head Male 22 Louisiana

   Ozete Guedry Wife Female 21 Louisiana

   Lavenia Guedry Daughter Female 5 Louisiana

   Graclee Guedry Daughter Female 2 Louisiana

   Roy Guedry Son Male 0 Louisiana

8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRQ-797 : 27 July 2019), Ozite H Gindry [sic] in household of Clomere Gindry, Morse, Police Jury Ward 5, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-19, sheet 5A, line 27, family 83, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1378.

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Clomere Gindry Head Male 33 Louisiana

   Ozite H Gindry Wife Female 32 Louisiana

   Lovenia Gindry Daughter Female 13 Louisiana

   Graceline Gindry Daughter Female 12 Louisiana

   Roy Gindry Son Male 10 Louisiana

   Clomere Gindry Son Male 7 Louisiana

   Herbert Gindry Son Male 1 Louisiana

9. ↑ "Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY6F-FZS : 12 December 2014), Clomare Guidry and Ozite Guidry, 12 Apr 1973; from "Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Orange, Texas, United States, certificate number 017396, Texas Department of State Health Services.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1VK-CQ9 : 20 May 2014), Ozite Guidry, Jan 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com: accessed 08 January 2020), memorial page for Ozite H Guidry (6 Nov 1909–6 Jan 1979), Find A Grave: Memorial #44590856, citing Claybar Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Judy Allen (contributor 47457072).

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