Vera Ellison

1912 - 1979  (67 years)

• Name	Vera Ellison  [1, 2]
  	Obit indicates that her parents were "Mrs. G. R. O'Quinn" and "the late Roscoe Ellison." It does not indicate that the parents were married, but I am making that assumption for the moment and assigning Vera a surname of Ellison.
  Born	8 Feb 1912	Florida, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	12 Apr 1940	Precinct 4, Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA   [4]
  	1. Cruce, C. J., head, male, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Florida, Dade County Miami in 1935, employed, worked 12 hours previous week, laborer, floor boarding, worked 50 weeks, $1200 year, has other sources of income 2. _____, Vera, wife, female, white, 28, married, completed grade 8, Florida, Miami in 1935, employed, 18 hours, manager of farm, income $200 3. _____, Roscoe, son, male, white, 11, completed grade 4, Miamia 1935 4. _____, Leona, daughter, female, white, 10, Florida, Miami 1935 5. Holder, Bobby, lodger, male, white, 21, Florida, Alachua County 1935, laborer, farm
  Died	22 Aug 1979	Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	Obit states that at the time of her death, Vera was a resident of Tallsheek (Saint Tammany County), Louisiana, but does not indicate where death occurred.
  Obituary	23 Aug 1979	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	Obituary, Vera (Ellison) Walker, Times-Picayune Vera E. Walker, of Tallsheek, La., on Wedneday, August 22, 1979 at 8:45 A.M., wife of the late Roy H. Walker, mother of Leona Epstain, Roscoe Cruce of Gainesville, Florda, Barbara Herring of Miani, Florida, Biron Walker of Gainesville, Florida, Margaret Libertus of Hartsville, Missouri, Kathryn Grisham of Cabool, Missouri, Thomas Walker of Newnan, Georgia, and Jean Walker of Rolla, Missouri, daughter of Mrs. G. R. O'Quinn and the late Roscoe Ellison of Perry, Florida, sister of Minnie O'Quinn of Perry, Florida, Ruby Woodard of Palatka, Florida, Ophelia, Lopez of Clearwater, Florida, the late Cedron scott of Perry, Florida, Irene O'Steen of Perry, Florida, Jimmie Scott of Cherry Lake, Florida, and Rowan O'Quinn of Perry Florda, grandmother of 21 grandchildren, great-grandmother of 15 great-grandchildren. Memorial at 1664 Robert St. on Saturday, August 25, at 1 P.M. Friends and relatives are invited. Remains to the Tulane Medical School. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
  Person ID	I3663	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family 1	C. J. Cruce,   b. Abt 1898, Florida, USA
  Married	27 Jul 1927	Madison County, Florida, USA   [4, 5]
  Divorced	1944	Marion County, Florida, USA   [6]
  Children	1. Roscoe Cruce,   b. Abt 1929, Florida, USA   2. Leona Cruce,   b. Abt 1930, Florida, USA
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F2080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Roy Helton Walker,   b. 9 Sep 1891, Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri ,   d. 21 Sep 1969, Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	After 1944  [6, 7]
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F1229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1035] Walker, Roy Helton - obituary (1969), (Obituary of Roy Helton Walker, 27 Sept 1969, «i»The Gainesville Sun«/i», Gainesville, Florida, p. 4, col. 4). [S4078] "Deaths: Walker," The Times Picayune (New Orleans, Lousiana), 23 August 1979, Sec. 1, p. 22, col. 7; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 6 January 2014). [S4082] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 January 2014), entry for Vera Walker, August 1979, SS no. 266-20-4005. [S4079] 1940 U.S. census, Alachua County, Florida, population schedule, Precinct 4, Gainesville, enumeration district (ED) 1-18, sheet 3A, p. 257 (stamped, recto), household no. 44, C. J. Cruce household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 573. [S4080] Madison County, Florida, marriage license and return, no. 1461, C.J. Cruce-Vera Ellison, 27 July 1927; digital images, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1893," FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 January 2014). https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17951-66682-52?cc=1803936&wc=M9W1-K4R:n1956454007 . [S4081] "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 December 2014), Marion County, divorce vol. 272, certificate no. 14169, for Vera Cruce and C. J. Cruce (1944). [S2690] "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 January 2014), entry for Roy H. Walker-Blanche Walker, 1944, Alachua Florida, vol. 270, certificate no. 13209; citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville; index provided to FamilySearch by Ancestry.com.