Jane Goodwin

Family/Spouse: Gary Burke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Aug 1951, St Louis, Missouri, USA; His mother\'s obit.
• Death Notice: 2 Dec 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;

  Death notice, William Grady Goodwin, Jr., Star Tribune (Minneapolis):

  "Goodwin, William Grady, age 83, of Hopkins. Born January 22, 1924. Entered into the presence of his Lord on August 31, 2007. He was preceded in death by wife, Lucille of 61 years. Survived by sons, Jim (Eulala), Tom (Sue); and daughter, Jane (Gary) Burke; grandchildren, Amy, Angela and Patrick. Bill served in WWII with the US Army Air Corps European Theater. Graveside service Wednesday, 11:15 AM, at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday, 9 AM, at: Washburn-McReavy Strobeck Johnson Chapel 1400 Mainstreet, Hopkins 952 938-9020."

William married Lucille. Lucille died before 2007. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

Married 61 years.

Children: Jim Goodwin Tom Goodwin 1. Jane Goodwin

William married Jewell Wright. Jewell (daughter of William Y. Wright and Bettie Walker Atkinson) was born in Apr 1886 in Arkansas, USA; died on 17 Aug 1951 in Caddo County, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 12 Apr 1940, 702 Howell, Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana, USA;

  1. Goodwin, Jewel, head, female, white, 48, [marital status ambiguous], completed grade 5, Arkansas, Alexandria, Rapides Parish in 1935 2._____, Grady, Jr., son, male, white, 16, attending school, completed 2 years high school, Louisiana

• Obituary: 18 Aug 1951, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA; The Town Talk, Alexandria:

  \"Mrs. Jewel Goodwin Mrs. Jewel Goodwin, 62, of Shreveport, a former resident of Alexandria, died at 3 p.m. Friday, August 17, 1951 in Shreveport. She is survived by her husband, Grady Goodwin of Shreveport, one son, Grady Goodwin, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., and three grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, August 19, 1951 in the Kramer Funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the Methodist cemetery.\"

Notes:

Birth:

In the 1900 census his birth state was listed as Alabama.

Died:

Wife Bettie was found in 1900 census with him, but was listed in 1910 as a widow.

William married Bettie Walker Atkinson on 6 Nov 1872 in Bradley County, Arkansas, USA. Bettie (daughter of Thomas A. Atkinson and Mary J. Adams) was born in Jan 1857 in Dallas County, Arkansas, USA; died on 8 Feb 1930 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Methodist Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Bettie's 1930 death certificate names her parents as "Tom Adkinson" and "Mary Adams," both born in Arkansas.

• Census: 28 Jul 1870, Red Land township, Bradley County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Ledbeter [Ledbetter], John, 36, male, white, farmer, real estate $200, personal $350, tennessee 2. _____, Mary, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. _____, Charles, 3, male, white, Arkansas 4. Atkinson, Bettie, 13, female, white, Arkansas, cannot write 5. _____, Henry, 10, male, white, Arkansas

• Census: 4 Jun 1880, Prairie township, Dorsey County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Wright, Thos Y., white, male, 33, married, farmer, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia 2. _____, Bettie, white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee 3. _____, Mary W, white, female, 7, daughter, single, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas 4. _____, William F., white, male, 5, son, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas 5. _____, Martha A, white, female, 7 months, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas

• Census: 22 Jun 1900, Pennington township, Bradley County, Arkansas, USA;

  1. Wright, William, head, white, male, March 1846, 53, married 27 years, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, teamster, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Bettie, wife, white, female, January 1857, 43, married 27 years, 5 children 4 living, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Rithia, daughter, white, female, June 1882, 18, single, Arkansas, Alabama, Arkansas, cannot read or write 4. _____, Jewell, daughter, white, female, April 1886, 14, Arkansas, Alabama, Arkansas, at school, attended 8 months, can read and write 5. _____, [Panis?], daughter, white, female, March 1890, 10, Arkansas, Alabama, Arkansas, at school, attended 8 months, can read and writ 6. Robison [possible cross-through], Edward, boarder, white, male, March 1880, 20, single, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, teamster, can read and write

• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Alexandria Rd., Ward 1, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA;

  1. Gravier, Felix, head, male, white, 35, first marriage, married 7 years, Arkansas, Ireland, Arkansas. engineer, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Ritha, wife, female, white, 28, first marriage, married 7 years, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas, can read and write 3. _____, Harry, son, male, white, 6, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 4. _____, Felix, Jr., son, male, white, 2, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 5. Wright, Betty, mother in law, female, white, 53, widowed, 6 children 4 living, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee 6. _____, Jewell, sister in law, female, white, 24, single, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas, can read and write

• Census: 12 Jan 1920, 3316 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA;

  1. O'Rourke, A. L. head, renting, female, white, 28, widowed, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, keeper, boarding house, own account 2. Wright, Bettie, mother, female, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Arkansas, Alabama, Arkansas, no occupation 3-19. [Boarders with no apparent relationship] [It is not clear why Hallie (Wright) O'Rourke is listed as A. L. O'Rourke?her deceased husband's name. Possibly her name was given as "Mrs. A. L. O'Rourke" and incorrectly transcribed later]

• Obituary: Feb 1930, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA;

  "WRIGHT--At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Grady Goodwin, at 1530 Fourth street, Sunday, February 9, 1930, at 8 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Betty Wright, aged 73 years. She was a descendant of John Quincy Adams, her mother being a cousin of the former president of the United States. She is survived by three of her children. Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Ray Jacobs, of San Francisco, Cal., and Mr. Tom Wright of McKay, Arizona. She also leaves two brothers, Mr. Hal Atkinson, of Fordyce, Ark., and Mr. C. E. Ledbetter of Kingland, Ark. Funeral services will take place next Thursday, pending the arrival of Mrs. Jacobs from California. Interment will be made under the direction of Hixson Brothers, local undertakers."

Notes:

Obituary:

Obituary clipping (digital) provided by Wesley Saunders, reference librarian, Rapides Parish Library. No publication data.

Children: Mary W. Wright was born about 1873 in Arkansas, USA; died in 1880. William Thomas Wright was born on December 1875 in Arkansas, USA; died on 26 Dec 1930 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA. Martha A. Wright was born about 1879 in Arkansas, USA. Ritha Wright was born in Jun 1882 in Arkansas, USA; died on 5 May 1920 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. 5. Jewell Wright was born in Apr 1886 in Arkansas, USA; died on 17 Aug 1951 in Caddo County, Louisiana, USA. Hallie Wright was born on 11 Mar 1890 in Arkansas, USA; died on 4 May 1942 in San Francisco County, California, USA.