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Dimple "Dee" Walker

Dimple "Dee" Walker

Female 1895 - 1968  (72 years)

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  • Name Dimple "Dee" Walker  [1, 2
    • Sometimes seen as "Dimples," as in the SSDI.
    Born 12 Sep 1895  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 13 Jan 1920  133 12th Ave. N., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 1. Hooper, Ray, head, renting, male, white, 26, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, brakeman, railroad
      2. _____, Dimple, wife, female, white, 24, can read and write, Tennessee, Virginia, Tennessee
      3. _____, Vaughn, son, male, white, 4 7/12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, Mary A., daughter, female, white, 1 7/12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Directory 1924  305 McMillan Ave., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Naming "Hooper, Grover R. (Dimple)" and defining him as a railroad brakeman. 
    Missing Census 1930 
    Not located. 
    Directory 1933  1270 Albany Ave., Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Appearing as "Harry P. Eveleth" and wife "Dee." No profession for Harry stated. 
    Census 12 Apr 1940  1270 Albany Ave. W., Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 1. Eveleth, Harry P., head, male, white, renting, $35, 58, married, 4 years of college, Maine, same home 1935, employed for pay, worked 42 hours previous week, tool maker, commercial diamond factory, worked 50 weeks in 1939, income $2214
      2. _____, Dimple, wife, female, white, 44, married, completed 4 years high school, Tennessee, same house, not employed outside, has other income
      3. Hooper, Allen V. [Vaughn], male, white, 24, single, not attending school, completed 4 years high school, Tennessee, employed, shop clerk, machine factory, worked 10 weeks in 1939, income $165, no other income
    Died 15 Jun 1968  St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8
    Person ID I685  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2013 

    Father Calvin Monroe Walker,   b. 22 Mar 1848, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1930, 3811 Elkins Ave., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Nannie England,   b. Abt 1870, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1927, Kenelworth [sic] Apts., 1st Civil District, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1891  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Family ID F1203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ray Hooper,   b. 12 Jun 1893, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Aug 1912  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Children 
     1. Allen Vaughan Hooper,   b. 25 May 1915, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 2004, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Mary A. Hooper,   b. Abt 1918, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 May 2013 
    Family ID F1903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harry P. Eveleth,   b. 15 Mar 1882, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1972, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married Between 1927-1933  [5, 6, 12
    • "Mrs. G. R. Hooper" listed as informant on Nannie (England) Walker's death certificate, so she had not yet married Eveleth as of that date.
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2013 
    Family ID F1904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Argument for Dimple's birth, death, and marriage to Harry Eveleth

      • 1900 census reflects Dimple's birth in September 1895
      • Bowen states that Dimple first married Ray Hooper and second married Harry Eveleth
      • 1912 marriage of Dimple Walker to Ray/Roy Hooper, Dickson Co TN
      • 1920 census of Ray Hooper and wife Dimple, Nashville TN (Dimple born about 1896), Ray employed as brakeman, railroad
      • 1924 Nashville Directory, Grover R. Hooper (brakeman, RR) and wife Dimple
      • 1927 death certificate of her mother Nannie, informant was "Mrs. G. R. Hooper" of the same address where Nannie's death occurred in Nashville
      • 1930 missing census
      • Death of Hooper or divorce not located
      • Marriage to Eveleth not located in Mich or TN
      • 1933 Oakland Co Mich Directory, Harry P. Eveleth and wife "Dee"
      • 1940 Oakland Co Mich census, Harry P. Eveleth and wife "Dimples," born about 1896
      • 1940 Oakland Co Mich census, Eveleth household also reflects Allen V. Hooper,step son, born abt 1916 in TN; Dimple was first married to Ray Hooper, and had son "Vaughn" (born abt 1914/15 in 1920 census
      • 1952 St. Petersburg (Pinellas Co) FL, Directory, Harry P. Eveleth and wife "Dee W."
      • Florida death index, for "Dee Eveleth," June 1968, Pinellas Co FL
      • SSDI, for "Dimples Eveleth," died June 1968, born 12 September 1895, SS# issued in Michigan

  • Sources 
    1. [S3412] "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 13 May 2013), entry for Dee Eveleth, Pinellas County, certificate no. 400743, June 1968; citing Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

    2. [S3362] 1900 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 5th Civil District, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 37A [dimly crossed through and "19" added] (penned), p. 57 (stamped, recto), dwelling 351, household 369, C. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1567.

    3. [S3411] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 May 2013), entry for Dimples Eveleth, 1968, SS no. 365-05-0906.

    4. [S3410] 1920 U.S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Nashville (133 12th Ave. N.), enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 12B (penned), p. 125 (stamped, verso), dwelling 245, family 331, Ray Hooper household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1734.

    5. [S3413] Nashville City Directory the Buyer's Guide: 1917 (Nashville, Tenn.: Marshall-Bruce-Polk-Company Publishers, 1917), 388, for Jos. S. Larkins and wife Clara; "U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 May 2013).

    6. [S3414] Polk's Royal Oak and Ferndale (Oakland County, Mich.) City Directory 1933 (Detroit, Mich.: R. L. Polk and Co., 1933) , 476, entry for Harry P. Eveleth and wife "Dee"; "U. S. City Directories, 1821-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013).

    7. [S3417] 1940 U.S. census, Oakland County, Michigan, population schedule, Royal Oak township, Ferndale (1270 Albany Ave. W.), enumeration district (ED) 63-41, sheet 8A, p. 772 [stamped, recto], household no. 148, Harry P. Eveleth household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1799.

    8. [S3450] Charles Dewey Bowen, "The Descendants of Elijah Walker, Jr., and Mary (Polly) McMillan Walker of Middle Tennessee," unpublished typescript, undated. Internal evidence dates the document to after 1981 (see p. 11, listing a 1981 death). While riddled with error, the document still offers useful information and clues to the lives of Elijah Walker's descendants, particularly his younger children.

    9. [S3375] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Walker-Nanie [Nannie] England, marriage bond no. 4451, Dickson County, 26 March 1891; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,117; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    10. [S3374] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Wallker-Nanie [Nannie] England, marriage license and return, Dickson County, issue and return 26 March 1891; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,117; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    11. [S3408] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2013), Dimple Walker-Ray Hooper, marriage license and return, Dickson County, 17 August 1912; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002_, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    12. [S3449] "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," index and digital images, LDS, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 18 May 2013), Nannie Lane Walker, 19 January 1927, Davidson County, certificate no. 342; citing FHL microfilm no. 1,876,723; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.