Gerald Ellery Hughes (1929 - 1982)

Born 12 Aug 1929 in Richmond, Howard, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Jan 1982 at age 52 in Rio Grande City, Starr, Texas, United States

Biography

Gerald was a Jehovah's Witness and served at Brooklyn Bethel

This profile is part of the 122-124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York One Place Study.

Gerald was born in 1929, in Richmond, Missouri.^[1] Gerald was the son of Estell Hughes and Lula Bains.^[2][3][4]

Gerald volunteered at the world headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society at Brooklyn, New York.^[5]

In 1957, Gerald married Norma Jean Milam in Kanawha County, West Virginia.^[6][4]

Gerald died on January 29, 1982, in Rio Grande City, Texas.^[4][7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999"
   Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Birth Index, 1920-1999
   Ancestry Record 1170 #13199835 (accessed 18 September 2022)
   Gerald Allerey Hughes born on 12 Aug 1929 in Missouri, USA.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF9-5NM : accessed 18 September 2022), Gerald E Hughes in household of Estell Y Hughes, Richmond, Howard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 4B, line 76, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1191; FHL microfilm 2,340,926.
3. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Prairie, Howard, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02112; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 45-13
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #87939218 (accessed 18 September 2022)
   Gerald Hughes (10), single son, in household of Estell Y Hughes (46) in Prairie, Howard, Missouri. Born in Missouri.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982"
   Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2272 #1355244 (accessed 18 September 2022)
   Gerald Ellery Hughes death 27 Jan 1982 (born 12 Aug 1929), son of Estil Hughes & Lula Bains, in Rio Grande City, Starr, Texas, USA.
5. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: 2756; Sheet Number: 2; Enumeration District: 24-1355
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #294832923 (accessed 18 September 2022)
   Gerald E Hughes (20), single lodger, in household of Richmond Loyd Bible (32) in New York, Kings, New York, USA. Born in Missouri.
6. ↑ Marriage: "West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971"
   Ancestry Record 2538 #212267 (accessed 18 September 2022)
   Gerald Ellery Hughes marriage to Norma Jean Milam in 1957 in Kanawha.
7. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZZJ-471 : 24 May 2014), Gerald Hughes, 27 Jan 1982; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Starr, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
8. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVXF-SQ9 : 5 December 2014), Gerald Ellery Hughes, Starr, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY18-26V : 10 January 2021), Gerald Hughes, Jan 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 September 2022, 17:54), entry for Gerald Ellery Hughes (FamilySearch Person: LLHZ-TP7 ); contributed by various users.