Mildred was born 18 Feb 1909 in Meansville, Georgia, to Robert Lee Barrett and Mary Eugenia Aldredgs.[1][2]
Mildred shows up first in the 1910 census, age 1, living with her family in Meansville, Georgia.[3]
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Reltion | Occupation | Birth Place |
Robert D Barrett | M | 38 | Married | Head | Farmer | Georgia |
Mary E Barrett | F | 36 | Married | Wife | Georgia | |
Jessie F Barrett | F | 17 | Single | Daughter | Georgia | |
Roscoe P Barrett | M | 15 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Mettie M Barrett | F | 12 | Single | Daughter | Georgia | |
Emmie G Barrett | F | 10 | Single | Daughter | Georgia | |
Robert E Barrett | M | 6 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Mildred M Barrett | F | 1 | Single | Daughter | Georgia |
At the age of 11, Mildred appears in the 1920 census showing her mother as widowed. Most of her siblings have grown up and left home, leaving just a family of 4.[4] Family lore stated that her father had left; in reality, he had died.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
Mary Barrett | F | 47 | Widowed | Head | Georgia | |
Roscoe P Barrett | M | 25 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Robert E Barrett | M | 16 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Mildred F Barrett | F | 11 | Single | Daughter | Georgia |
By the 1930 census, at age 21, Mildred is living in brother-in-law's household with sister, Mettie. [5] It is the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
Alfred Benford | M | 40 | Married | Head | Georgia | |
Mattie Benford | F | 32 | Married | Wife | Georgia | |
Mary Benford | F | 11 | Single | Daughter | Georgia | |
Caroline Benford | F | 9 | Single | Daughter | Alabama | |
Mildred Barrett | F | 21 | Single | Sister-in-law | Georgia |
On November 11, 1934, Mildred (age 25) marries her 2nd cousin, Harry Ottis Collier in Meansville, Georgia.[6] They have 4 children:
Per the 1950 Census (age 41), Mildred is married and living with her husband and children in Tampa, Florida. [7]
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
Harry O Collier | M | 46 | Married | Head | Crane Operator | Georgia |
Mildred B Collier | F | 41 | Married | Wife | Georgia | |
Carol M Collier | F | 13 | Never married | Daughter | Georgia | |
Robert W Collier | M | 11 | Never married | Son | Georgia | |
Charles B Collier | M | 8 | Never married | Son | Georgia | |
James M Collier | M | 0 | Never married | Son | Florida |
Mildred died of brain cancer on 23 Jan 1995, 3 days after the death of her husband.[1] She died in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was buried with her husband in Tampa, Florida.[8]
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