Sidney Merida Waddell (1876 - 1960)

Born 30 Dec 1876 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Allie Kate (Best) Black — married 2 Aug 1903 in Cocke, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1960 at age 83 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Sidney Waddell was born in Tennessee.

Sidney Merida Waddell is the son of Iva Greene Waddell and Mary Tramel. He married Allie Best on 1 Aug 1903.

His 1917-8 draft registration record gives his name as Sidney Merida (wrongly transcribed as Marida on Familysearch), birth date 30 December 1877, nearest relative Mrs Allie Waddell. , occupation supervisor of car works for Southern Railway.^[1]

Sidney and Allie divorced. Sidney died on 9 Dec 1960 in Asheville, NC. His death record gives his names as Sidney Merida Waddell and his birth date as 30 December 1876. His occupation is given as railway machinist, retired and his birthplace as Greene County, Tennessee. His parents are named as Greene Waddell and Mary Trammell, and his wife as Allie Kate Best Waddell (deceased). He was buried on 11 December 1960 at Green Hills cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8R-NJ8 : 24 December 2021), Sidney Marida Waddell, 1917-1918
2. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGTT-S23 : 18 July 2017), Sidney Merida Waddell, 09 Dec 1960; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, v 34B cn 34585, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,159
3. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Ancestry.co.uk

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Y9-8JH : 27 January 2020), Sydney Waddle, 1903.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSY-WGW : accessed 29 May 2022), Waddell, Asheville Ward 4, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 13B, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1099; FHL microfilm 1,375,112.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKH-SH6 : 2 February 2021), Sidney Woddell, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39Y-7CL : accessed 29 May 2022), Sidney M Waddell, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 15A, line 32, family 322, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1675; FHL microfilm 2,341,409.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9X-5SQ : 9 January 2021), Sidney M Waddell, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-31, sheet 1B, line 46, family 14, 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 2878.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51380996/sidney-merida-waddell : accessed 29 May 2022), memorial page for Sidney Merida Waddell (30 Dec 1876–9 Dec 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51380996, citing Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by James Archer (contributor 47046691) .