Estella A. (McNab) Beard (1881 - 1935)

Born Jul 1881 in Pike, Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Monroe Beard — married 30 Jul 1908 in Pike, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1935 at age 54 in Goshen, Pike, Alabama, United States

Biography

Stella (McNab) Beard is a part of US Black heritage.

Estella McNab was born about Jul 1881, probably in Pike, Alabama, to William McNab and Ellen Williams. She died 1935.

The 1900 census of Darbys, Pike, Alabama reported Estelle McNab 18 (b. Jul 1881 AL, asst. house keeper) in the household of her parents, William McNab 77 and Ellen McNab 36, with six younger siblings. Her father was a farmer.^[1]

Estella McNab apparently married a Mr. Johnson before 1908.

Stella Johnson married Monroe Beard on 30 Jul 1908 in Pike, Alabama,^[2] his second marriage and her third, according to their 1910 census.

The 1910 census of Darby, Pike, Alabama reported Monroe (coded Momoe) Beard 24 and Estella Beard 27, with daughter Burdie Monroe 7/12 and brother-in-law Dennis McNab 19. Monroe was a farm laborer.^[3]

The 1920 census of Darbys, Pike, Alabama reported Monroe Beard 36 and Stella Beard 37, with children: Birdie 10, John W. 8, Pinkie Lou 6, Mamie Lee 4, Collin P. 2, and Lela Fay 1/12. Monroe was a farmer.^[4]

The 1930 census of Darbys, Pike, Alabama reported Monroe Beard 46 and Estella Beard 43, with John W. 19 Manny L. 14, Callin P. 12, Doris M. 10, and Stella F. 7.^[5]

Estella Beard 50 died 1 Sep 1935 in Goshen, Pike, Alabama. Married to Monroe Beard, her parents were Billie McNab and Ellen [Williams McNab] Key, both of Pike County, Alabama.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Darbys, Pike, Alabama; Roll: 37; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1240037
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #34884975 (accessed 25 February 2023)
2. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967"
   Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61365 #428374 (accessed 25 February 2023)
3. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Darby, Pike, Alabama; Roll: T624_31; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0137; FHL microfilm: 1374044
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #189007 (accessed 24 February 2023); "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWS-35G : accessed 25 February 2023), Monroe Beard, Darby, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 137, sheet 5A, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 31; FHL microfilm 1,374,044.
4. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Darbys, Pike, Alabama; Roll: T625_38; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 152
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #108481931 (accessed 24 February 2023); "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXD6-6YF : 31 January 2021), Monroe Beard, 1920.
5. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Darbys, Pike, Alabama; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2339781
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #118542593 (accessed 24 February 2023); "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3K6C-DZM : accessed 25 February 2023), Monroe Beard, Darbys, Pike, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1B, line 54, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 46; FHL microfilm 2,339,781.
6. ↑ Death: "Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974"
   FHL Film Number: 1908534
   Ancestry Record 2543 #681404 (accessed 25 February 2023)