Norman Stacey Steward (abt. 1894 - 1986)

Born about 24 Aug 1894 in Schulenburg, Texas, United States

Husband of Asia Minor (Darden) Steward — married 2 Dec 1914 in El Paso County, Texas, United States

Died 3 Jan 1986 at about age 91 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Norman Steward is a part of US Black heritage.

Norman Stacey Stewart was born on 24 August 1893 or 1894 in Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas. He and Asia Minor Darden were married in El Paso, Texas, in December 1914 when he reported that he was born in 1893^[1] He might have done that to be old enough to get married without permission. Norman and Minor were still living in the El Paso area when Norman completed his WWI Draft registration in 1917. He reported that he was born on the same date in 1894, that he worked as a cook in Columbus, New Mexico, and that the couple had one child.^[2] A year one way or the other on the 1917 document would not have made a difference in whether he was drafted, so is probably the more accurate date.

By 1919, the couple had moved to Los Angeles, California, where their second child, Lowell Cedric Stewart, was born.^[3]

Asia Minor died in 1956 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles.^[4] Norman may have remarried.

Norman died in 1986 in Los Angeles, California^[5]

This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Sourced changes welcome.

Information

• 1920 Census^[6]
  Abstracted from attached image by Debi McGee Hoag (hereafter DMH), 8 June 2017
  • Enumerated as of 1 January 1920; enumerated on 10 January 1920
  • Residence: 1205 East 28 Street, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Norman Stewart[sic], head of household
  • Demographics: Male, Mulatto, age 24, Married, Renter
  • Education: Can read & write
  • Birthplace: Texas; Birthplace of both parents: Texas
  • Occupation: Porter, Railroad, wages
  • Also in the household:
    • Asia Stewart Wife F 22 Texas
    • Yvone Stewart Daughter F 4 Texas
    • Lawell Stewart Son M 0 California
  • Sharing the home:
    • Rutherford N Sanford Head M 22 Texas
    • Ester Sanford Wife F 21 Texas

▪Comments by DMH, 8 June 2017

▪Earlier and later records have been found which use the Steward spelling. Source will be attached.

▪No indication has been found for the relationship of the housemates

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F611-2J5 : 11 February 2018), Norman Steward and Minor Darden, 02 Dec 1914; citing El Paso Co., Texas, , reference bk 14 p 45; FHL microfilm 25,061; "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-82Z8-4?cc=1803987&wc=M61N-8P8%3A146691401 : 22 December 2016), 004640128 > image 349 of 716; county courthouses, Texas.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXW-GM5 : 13 March 2018), Norman Stacy Steward, 1917-1918; citing El Paso County, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,953,279.
3. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-RGDY : 18 January 2018), Norman Stacey Stewart in entry for Lowell Cedric Stewart, 25 Feb 1919; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 July 2018), memorial page for Asia Minor Steward (unknown–1956), Find A Grave: Memorial #153973585, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Pam (contributor 48523084).
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPMW-HSG : 26 November 2014), Norman Stacy Steward, 03 Jan 1986; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7S-43N : accessed 8 June 2017), Norman Stewart[sic], Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 386, sheet 21B, line 75, family 479, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 113; FHL microfilm 1,820,113.

Also Consulted:

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVX-CF9 : accessed 1 July 2018), Norman S Steward, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 288, sheet 13B, line 97, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 143; FHL microfilm 2,339,878.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZS-GWR : accessed 1 July 2018), Norman S Steward, Councilmanic District 10, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-817, sheet 2B, line 76, family 50, 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 415.

• Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942" (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002 : accessed 1 July 2018) > California > Abad, Antonio Alta - Zurbuchen, Otto > image 86-87 of 2752 for for Norman S Steward, serial no U2382, 21 April 1942; The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147. [Abstracted Info: Residence: 1407 E Washington, Los Angeles, L.A Calif; born 24 Aug 1894, Fayette County, Texas; Person who will know your address: Asia M Steward, same address; Employer: Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal]

• Ancestry.com, database with images, "Kansas, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Prior Service Records, 1859-1935" (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2122 : accessed 1 July 2018) > S > St > image 165 of 2195 for Norman S Steward, no 1537; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Records. Topeka Kansas: Kansas State Historical Society.. [Abstracted Info: Residence: 1407 E Washington, Los Angeles, L.A Calif; born 24 Aug 1894; Los Angeles Station - The A. T. & S.F. Ry.Co - The Pullman Company; most recent date 10/30/61]

• Ancestry.com, database, "U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987" (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61597 : accessed 1 July 2018) for N Steward (Aug 1894-Jan 1986), Claim ID A863882; Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934-1987. Record Group 184. The National Archives at Atlanta, Morrow, Georgia.