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CONFIRMEDAlfred & Rachael Frizzel are Jobie Hooks's grandparents 1880 census lists Jobie as their grandson (record image).
CONFIRMEDLewis Tolliver → Mathew → Mary Alice → Lorene Mathew's 1958 death record names Louis Tolliver & Mandy; Mary Alice's death record names Mathews Tolliver & Mary Calloway (indexes).
CONFIRMEDIda Mae Townsend = Ida Mae Atkins in 1940 Same five children listed as Townsends in 1930 and under Atkins on Dudley St. in 1940 (record images).
CONFIRMEDHunty = Rosa Mae Townsend Stokes; Idell = her daughter Ideil 1991 obituary names sister Willie Mae and daughter Ideil Stokes (record image).
CONFIRMEDA Hooks married a Ross in Bullock 1884 'Colored' marriage license: William Hooks + Anna Ross (record image).
CONFIRMEDCooks, Hollenheads and a Rowell lived side by side in 1940 One Union Church census page, sheet 7A (record image).
OPENRoss and Rouse are one Bullock family under two spellings (strong) Hood Ross, 6, in 1870 (Sardis Beat) and Hood Rouse, 60, in 1930 (Bruceville): same rare first name, ages 6 years apart. Deciding record: Hood in 1880–1920 under either spelling with Richard or Matilda.
DECLINEDClem Roberson & Mary McDade (m. 1911) are Willie Roberson's parents Willie was born 1906 and his 1927 marriage names his father as Dorn Roberson.
OPENWhich Hooks family William Hooks (m. Anna Ross 1884) belongs to Deciding record: William & Anna Hooks in an 1890s–1900s census or a child's death record naming them.
OPENMr. Rowell's line back to an 1870 Bullock Ross/Rouse household Deciding record: his death record or obituary (Detroit) naming his parents — need his birth/death year from Rita.
OPENAunt Clarissa named for the Bullock Clarissas (Ross, Rouse, Stokes, 1870) Deciding record: Mr. Rowell's mother's/grandmother's name.
OPENDad's family related to the McDades Deciding record: a McDade in the Brown, Gray, Vandiver, Caldwell or MacCloud lines (marriage or death record naming parents).
OPENMcDade–Jackson marriages (1876, 1878) and Eddie's Jackson side Deciding record: Josh Jackson's parents (his death record or SS file).
OPENHow Willie Roberson and Eddie Hooks Sr. were first cousins Deciding record: Dorn Roberson's wife (Willie's mother) — census 1910/1920 or Willie's SS application.
OPENBenny James Cooks's exact place on Rita's father's side Need from the family: how Benny connects to Mr. Rowell (step-father? grandfather?).
OPENRoss + James marriages (1888, 1914) and Arthur James Sr. Deciding record: Arthur James Sr.'s parents.
OPENBettie Rouse + Edgar Townsend (1940) and Milton Townsend's family Deciding record: Edgar Townsend's parents (U L Townsend named on the marriage index).
OPEN'Negro man John' (1850 Hooks estate) = John Hooks (1867 voter) Deciding record: later Hooks estate papers naming John with Rebecca, or a Freedmen's record.
OPENSinai Hooks's relationship to the Frizzels Deciding record: 1866 Alabama state census or a death record.