1900 United States Federal Census (Home of Robert James and Liza Pace James) Updated

(Document Updated using original census document)
about Robert James
Name: Robert James
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 2, Claiborne, Louisiana
Age: 67
Birth Date: May 1833
Birthplace: Indian Territory
[Sf] (IT originally mistaken for Sf)
Race: Black
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Indian Territory
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Liza J
Marriage Year: 1870
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 30
Residence : Ward 2 (All North of Middle Fork Bayou), Claiborne, Louisiana
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Robert James 67 (Daddy's grandfather) bd May 1833 married 30yrs Farmer
Liza J James 45 (Daddy's grandmother) bd Jun 1858 married 30 yrs 16births 7living She was born in GA, both parents born in GA
Alma James 23 (Daddy's mother) bd Jan 1877
Lottie James 22 (Cousin Gert's mother)
Sela James 21 (moved to Oklahoma)
Norell J James 18 (Called a genius in his day)
John James 10 (Laylus' & Mildred's father)
Elva James 8 (Cousin Levie's mother)
Robert James 5 (called Bob Jean)

Items in red added by me.
Items in blue were on original document.

July Birthdays!

July 18th - Las, Jr., Candice
July 19th - Kamasi
July 21st - Kimberly, Tommie (TT)

Happy Birthday, LouVata!

1930 United States Federal Census about Gent Hays (Hay)

Name: Gent Hays
Home in 1930:
Police Jury Ward 1, Claiborne, Louisiana
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of House: Head
Mother's Name: Flora
Spouse's Name: Lily M
Race: Negro (Black)
Occupation: Farm
Education:
Military service: No
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage: 35
Parents' birthplace: *Father: Alabama, Mother: Louisiana
Household Members:
Name Age
Gent Hays 41 (Mama's Daddy)
Lily M Hays 28 (Grandpa Gent's 2nd wife) (this lady I believe was also Aunt Eleze's sister)
Margie M Battle 6 **(Grandpa Gent's granddaughter)
Flora Mitchell 65 (Granpa Gent's mother, Mama's grandmother)

*Although on this document it says Grandpa Gent's father was born in Alabama, I believe he was probably born in Georgia and perhaps lived in Alabama before coming to Louisiana as a small child. On other census documents where he was alive (Will Hay) it shows him being born in Georgia. I will continue to research

**I'm not sure if this was a step granddaughter or not. I will continue to research this

Items in blue observed on original document.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Gent Hay

Name: Gent Hay (Mama's Daddy)
County: Claiborne
State: Louisiana
Birth Date: 1878
Race: Black
Roll: 1684668
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 39

Occupation: Farming employed by J.D. Branch, Summerfield, LA (AKA Dean Branch)

Nearest Relative: Anna Hay Antioch, LA

Height/Build: medium/medium No distinguishing marks

Color of Eyes/Hair: brown/black

Signature: View image signed 9-12-1918

Items in red taken from orignal document

Items in purple are my added observations from studying both documents

Mama Shinet was 7 months pregnant with Mama when this registration took place.

Thoughts From Wallace!

Here is my list of unique names and nick names from back home: Dude Martin, Bobbie Meadows, Art Washington, Boug Brown, Union Bell, 98 and 99 Gray, Manhead Buggs, Boogie Levingston, Gobble, Pudding, Meathead Hay, Po Boy Brown, Naughty Boy Bell, Brut Bell, Thirsty Levingston, Att, Yutt, Buddy Brown.

More of Isaiah's Graduation Celebration Pictures!

Isaiah will be attending The College of NJ this fall. Majoring in Business Marketing. Florine and Francine live approx 5 mins away from the campus. What a blessing!

Congratulations, Isaiah!

1910 United States Federal Census about Jent Hay

Name: Jent Hay
Age in 1910: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Father's Birth Place: Alabama
Mother's Birth Place: Louisiana
Spouse's name: Anna
Home in 1910: Police Jury Ward 1, Claiborne, Louisiana
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black[Colored (Black)]
Gender: Male
Neighbors:
View others on page
Household Members:
Name
Age
Jent Hay 24 (Mama's Daddy)
Anna Hay 22 ( His lst wife)
Anna Hay Jr 3 (Mama's sister, Annie)

Happy Father's Day!

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get. - Tim Russert

Happy Father's Day to: Las, Chris, Tommie, Wallace, WayneH, Las, Jr., JamesW., WayneJ & Wesley, Hank, Phillip, Regi, Rodney, Rick, Carlton, & JamesR (Hope I didn't miss any - Pics of those 50 and older xcept LasJr and JamesW(I have no pics of them)).

1910 United States Federal Census about Flora Mitchell

Name: Flora Mitchell
Age in 1910: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Alabama
Mother's Birth Place: Alabama
Home in 1910: Police Jury Ward 8, Claiborne, Louisiana
Marital Status:Si ngle
Race: Black
Gender: Female

Household Members:
Name
Age
Jeff Hay 27 (Uncle Jeff was head of household - He was about 400 lbs father to Fred, Elgin)
Armie Hay 22 (Uncle Jeff's wife)
Henry Hay 3 (Uncle Jeff's son - called Son)
Will Hay 1 2/12 (Uncle Jeff's son - This was Cousin Bill)
Flora Mitchell42 (This was Grandpa Gent's mother, Mama's grandmother)
Adella Hay 18 (Aunt Monk)
Willie Hay 13 (Aunt Willie was married to Lonnie Bell)
Eula Hay 12 (once married to Plummer Bell, Sr.)
Jimmie Hay 7 (Aunt Jimmie and Uncle Jim were twins)
James Hay 7 (Jim Hay - Jean said he was cripple)
Mamie Hay 4 (She was once married to Will C. Meadows)
Mary Hay 2 5/12 (called Aunt Chippie)

Cool Websites!

Happy weekend! Here are some cool websites:
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.twitter.com/
http://www.winzy.com/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.pogo.com/
http://www.trivia.com/
http://www.joelosteen.com/
http://www.everydayhealth.com/
http://academicearth.org/lectures/bible-parts-of-the-whole or just
http://www.academicearth.org/
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=qwncsQ6u9PSySV1mvv0etA%3D%3D
http://joycemeyer.org/OurMinistries/EverydayAnswers/FeaturedHandouts/healingscriptures.htm?print=true
http://www.flightclub.com/ *
http://www.bored.com/ *

*Nick's
More to come

Send me your cool websites to share.

Congratulations, Lasker!

Happy Juneteenth!

http://www.juneteenth.com/

Congratulations, Ishmael!

Ishmael graduated from Nathan Hale Elementury school. Same school Roni, Carl, TT and I graduated from n the 80's. Back then the school went from 3-8th. Now its pre-k thru 5th. He will be attending Carteret Middle Scchool in the fall.

1900 United States Federal Census - Home of William T. Hay and Flora Mitchell

Name: William T Hay (# 12*) (Mama's grandfather)
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 8, Claiborne, Louisiana
Age: 57
Birth Date: Oct 1842
Birthplace: Georgia
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Marital Status: Single
Residence : Ward 8 (North Half), Claiborne, Louisiana
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
William T Hay 57
Household Listed as owned, mortgaged, farm
Name: Flora Mitchel Cook (Mama's grandmother)
Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 8, Claiborne, Louisiana
Age: 34
Birth Date: May 1866
Birthplace: Louisiana
Race: Black
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Female
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother: number of living children: 10
Mother: How many children: 10
Marital Status: Single
Residence : Ward 8 (North Half), Claiborne, Louisiana

Household Members: Name Age
Flora Mitchel 34
John Mitchel 19 Farm Laborer
Jeff Mitchel 16 Farm Laborer (father of Cousin Boot, Fred, Bill)
Jentry Mitchel 15 Farm Laborer Mar 1885 (Mama's daddy)
Cleveland Mitchel 13 Farm Laborer
Dave Mitchel 11 Farm Laborer (father of Cousins, Shedrick, Gent, Australia)
Clidie Mitchel 10 Farm Laborer
Flora Mitchel 8 (mother of Uncles Porter, Willie T., Aunt Ethel - once married Tommie Bell, Sr. who is Daddy's Daddy)
Monkie Mitchel 6 (real name Ardella, called Monk)
Bunt Mitchel 4 (real name Willie, called Bunch - mother of Buster, Plummer, Jr. married Lonnie Bell)
Eula Mitchel 2 (was once married to Plummer Bell Sr.)

View original image @http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004120177_00432&fn=Flora&ln=Mitchel&st=r&ssrc=&pid=17693840

May need Ancestry account to view
Items in red added by me - Seen only on original document
Items in purple added by me.
* 12 in household

Old Pics (Uncle Tom) (Joe, Billie, Jean, Glen & Rick)

How Bout Those La.kers!

The Lakers carried Los Angeles back to the top of the basketball world Sunday night, the ease of the championship-clinching victory belying the difficulty of the seven-year round trip.
Pulling away to beat the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Florida, the Lakers took the NBA Finals by 4 games to 1, capping off the 10th championship for L.A. and a milestone achievement for series Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson. It's the 15th NBA title in franchise history.
Players and coaches began to celebrate with grins and hugs during a timeout with 40.4seconds on the clock and let loose at the buzzer. From The Daily Breeze
(I know we have Laker fans in the family. There's an unhappy Celtics fan in my house :-)

Happy Birthday, Bozie!

Congratulations, Charisse!

Happy Birthday, Loretta!

Old Pics (Ke.nan, TT, Glen 07 Golf Tourny) (Dorothy aka Ferra & me)

Old Pics (Uncle Porter) (Mattie, Florine, Vata, Mary)

Col.on Can.cer Pre.vention

http://coloncancer.about.com/od/cancerprevention/a/Colon_Cancer.htm
from About.com

Happy Birthday, Octavian

Happy Birthday, Ockie! Have a great one, friend. :-)

Walk Away from Hyper.tension

Did you know that lowering high blood pressure could be as simple as putting one foot in front of the other? In a study, people who took 10,000 steps each day (the rough equivalent of walking 5 miles daily) experienced a significant decrease in both their systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings. (A pedometer can help you keep track.) From Realage.com Check with your doc before starting any exercise program.

Happy Birthday, Aeneas James

Wishing Aeneas James, also known as A.J. a very happy birthday!

Tips To Save On Gas

I thought this information may be useful for our family. I must admit I don't use all of these but Alex told me he started using this, after I sent it to him, and he gets 20% more miles on each tank of gas.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business , the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your ta nk the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount. < /FONT>

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some f the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

Sum.mer Bi.rd Wins Bel.mont

We were pulling for "Min.d That B.ird", but the winner had jockey and trainer who were Louisiana men so it's all cool. :-)

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/triple/belmont/2009-06-06-belmont-final_N.htm

Isaiah's Senior Dinner Dance Photos

Isaiah & Armanda