101. John Calhoun Christmas-1977
1900 Census, Mills Co., TX; list J. C. Christmas, b. Jan. 1868 in TX, Father b. in LA & Mother in AR; wife, M. J., b. Feb. 1871 in KY, parent b. in KY; married 6 years, 1 male child - R. F., b. June 1897 in TX.1910 Census, San Saba Co., TX; Justice Precinct 2; Dwelling 177; ED: 215, p. 15A list John Christmas, age 42, farmer; wife, Mary, 39, married 15 years, had 2 children - 2 living: Rubert, 12 & Archie, 8. Also living in the household is John's father, Benjamin, 66, widow.
[WHT: Information send by Ray Anderson, in July 2000, from Bettie Oliver, g-granddaughter of John says his middle name was Calhoun, not Collier.]
[WHT: Following is from the files of Ginger Christmas:]
He appeared on the census of 1880 at Van Zandt County, Texas; is with father. He appeared on the census of 1900 at Mills County, Texas; sheet 7 #114 Prect 5 line 83 Soundex Vol 80 wife; son R F. He appeared on the census of 1910 at San Saba County, Texas; Soundex #177 #215 Vil 116 wife; 2 sons; father. News '40 years ago on Dec 9 1915 J C CHRISTMAS of the Northern part of the county was in the capitol Monday attending to business. He is the gin man at the Weldon gin and reports the season closed in that part of the county' on 9 Dec 1915 at San Saba County, Texas.
102. William Harvey Christmas-1979
1900 Census, Earth Co., TX; Prec. 7; Dwelling 434; ED: 76, p. 26A list Havy Christmas, age 26, born April 1874, farm laborer; wife, Nellie, 23 & 2 children: Elvia, 5 & Trudie, 3.1910 Census, Eastland Co., TX, Precinct 1; Dwelling 24; ED: 88, p. 2A list William H. Christmas, age 39, farmer; wife, Mellie, 33, married 16 years, had 8 children - 7 living: Alvin, 14; Truder, 13; Vera, 11; Clint, 8; May, 5; Alfa, 2 & Oma, 2.
1920 Census, Eastland Co., TX, Precinct 1; Dwelling 140; ED: 121, p. 8A list Harter W. (William Harvey) Christmas, age 48; wife, Millie W., 46 & 8 children: Alvie, 23; Triett G., 22; Clint, 19; Mae, 14; Alfred, 12; Omega, 12; Willie, 9 & Lillie, 9. All born in TX. William, Arnie & Clint are laborers in the oil fields. Living in dwelling 139 is daughter, Vera & family.
1930 Census, Palo Pinto Co., TX; Mineral Wells; Dwelling 159; ED: 182-12, p. 7B list William H. Christmas, age 59, works odd jobs; wife, Mellie, 55 & 2 children: Lillian, 18 & Willie, 18.
[WHT: D. W. Thompson, descendant, provided some children and spouse information, in Nov. 2001 - US Postal.]
Census info from the files of Ginger Christmas. He appeared on the census of 1880 at Van Zandt County, Texas; #46 #119 Jus Prect #1 Vol 32 line 34 Soundex. He appeared on the census of 1900 at Erath County, Texas; with wife 23 and 2 dau. 5, 3 yrs all born in TX. He appeared on the census of 1910 at Eastland County, Texas.
Last name & dates from Dub Thompson, a descendant.
TX Marriage Index, 1851-1900: Christmas, Nancy Ann Married: Dec 15, 1897 in: Comanche, TX; Gender: F ; Source info: Library of Congress reference number (book) File name: 976.4554V2h ; Spouse's gender: M Spouse's name: McCullough, William.1920 Census, Dwelling 242; Brown Co. TX; Brownwood; ED: 5: p. 13A list Nancy, age 46, widow & 5 children: Layville, 19; Geneva, 12; Lillian, 10; Norton, 7 & Telma, 5. Also living with them is Nancy's father, B. S. Christmas, age 76
[WHT: Received the following by email.]
My name is Joe Bailey Cole, a native American living in London, England, UK, but born in Brownwood, Texas. My mother Lillian Eugene McCullough/Cole died two years ago at the age of 90 in 1999, in Keene, TX, near Cleburne, Johnson County. She was very familiar with our Christmas family heritage, and knew many of her relatives. As a teenager, in the 1960's, I would attend Christmas family reunions, mostly held in Parker County, Texas, but attended also by Oklahoma Christmas relatives. Although we lived in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX, I was not aware of any Christmas relatives in or associated with that county at the time.My grandmother's maiden name was Nancy Ann Christmas (NOT to be confused with the same name 419, 753), born in VanZandt County, Texas, Oct 31, 1873; died Brownwood, TX, 1945; married William M. McCullough on December 15, 1897 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. (from my grandmother's Bible, and confirmed on Ancestry.com Texas Comanche county marriage records). They were refugee Southerners from the post-Civil War South, when Texas population expanded rapidly as the Indian frontier collapsed.
I recall Nancy Ann had a brother named Harvey Christmas, sisters named Mary and Sally (sp?), and several other siblings. According to my mother, they left VanZandt county in East Texas in the 1870's and moved west to the Indian frontier counties. The Christmas family was later centered in the area of Mineral Wells, TX, Parker County (county seat Weatherford), just west of Fort Worth. They were almost all Southern Baptists, small landowners or share-croppers, with basic school educations and literate. There were polite jokes about relatives named "Mary Christmas" (Mary and merry are pronounced the same in Texas), and "Mollie Christmas." The counties of Parker, Hood, Johnson, Somerville, Erath, Comanche, Eastland, Brown, and San Saba are all adjacent, and on the 1870's Indian frontier. There are other Christmas families on the Brazos River in coastal Texas, but I don't recall ever hearing about them, and others in Kaufman County, just east of Dallas, but again, I do not recall hearing about them either.
[WHT: Received from Joe Baily Cole on Feb. 7, 2001.]
Benjamin S. Christmas certainly seems to be my great-grandfather for the following reasons which might be of some use to you.I had a grandmother named Shepherd who was a Cherokee Indian from Arkansas, as told to me by my mother, although she sometimes said Comanche, I think she just got the Indian tribe names confused because of being born in Comanche County, TX. Comanches didn't marry into Anglo-American families much.
I personally remember William Harvey Christmas (1979) as my mother's Uncle Harvey. Moreover, I remember his wife Mellie (1992). They were both elderly when I saw them several times from 1948 to1953. Although elderly for his time, Uncle Harvey was very active, and my mother was very fond of him. He was very deaf. I also remember their daughters Gertrude-2000 and Viola Mae-2003 very well. Indeed, my mother and Aunt Geneva McCullough (see below) were very close to "Trudy" and "Mae" and we visited frequently. They lived in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, TX, but would drive to Cleburne often. I remember Trudy had two sons (John-4609, Harvie-4608) and Mae one daughter, Millie-4596. In addition, I remember their brother Alvin. They also had a sister who died in Oklahoma when I was very young, and I never met her, no doubt Vera Hesper-2001. It is not difficult to remember names like Mellie, Mary, and Millie Christmas.
In addition, I remember my mother's first cousin Rubert-1993, and his wife Jewelle-1997, and Jerry Don Christmas-5134, who was close to my age; cousin Archie-1994 and his wife Inez-1998; and Norma Gene-2018. Note: my third cousin John C-1996, lived on Lake Whitney, in Hill County, not Whitney Hill County, and I visited him there once.
Here are my mothe's siblings from my Grandmother Nancy Ann's Bible, and maintained by my mother Lillian Eugene McCullough Cole, with substantiated annotations by myself in parentheses:
The Family Register of W.M. McCullough (first name William) and Nancy Ann Christmas McCullough, Married Dec.15th, 1897, Comanche County (TX) Births and Deaths: 1) William M. McCullough, b. Dec. 19, 1873 (TX); d. Nov 18, 1918 (great flu epidemic, Brownwood, Brown County, TX, buried Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood). Note: William M. McCullough has been traced through the Bean-Darrow Family (<http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sharoner39&id=I869>),
1) Nancy Ann Christmas McCullough, Oct. 31, 1873; died Sept. 22, 1945 (Brownwood, Brown County, TX; buried Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County, TX)
2) Letha Rella McCullough, Sept. 19, 1898 ; died, July 9, 1961 (born Eastland? Died, rural area near Baltic, SD. The first of my grandmother's inventive names. She was called Sister by her family.) 2) Otto Layvelle McCullough, June 11, 1900 ; died Mar 8, 1976 (buried in Brownwood, but not Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown County, TX. His name is sometimes misspelled as Leville or Layville, and this kindest man in the world, much admired by his community and family, hated his name. To his friends, he was O.L, to his family he was Brother, and to his nephews and nieces he was Uncle Brother. Following his father's untimely death in 1918, he became the head of the family. He was one of the finest men I ever knew, taught me to walk, and became a father substitute for most of the family, the scion of the Christmas-McCulloughs.) 2) Eva Hortense McCullough, March 16, 1902; died May 8, 1983 (Brownwood, Brown County, TX) 2) Geneva Josephine McCullough, Sept 9, 1907 (born Comanche County); died Feb 18, 1965 (Cleburne, Johnson County, TX, never married, no children) 2) Lillian Eugene McCullough, Aug 10, 1909 (born near Indian Creek, Comanche County, TX); died Oct 12, 1999 (Keene, Johnson County, TX. (Note: Her middle name is Eugene from one of her father's brothers, my great Uncle Eugene McCullough of Hamilton County, TX). She was the last of the Christmas-McCullough children to die. 2) William Norton McCullough, July 17, 1912; died Oct 31, 1984 (Brownwood, Brown County, TX; NOTE: his name in the Bible is listed as William Norton when he was born, but Willie Norton when he died, and I believe the former was his birth certificate name, which I will confirm with his daughter Carol Jane McCullough Carpenter of Baton Rouge, LA. I was a pall-bearer at his funeral. He, his wife Aunt Mattie-Lee, and their children were my personal favorites, and I remain very close to Jane, who has visited me in London.) 2) Talma McCullough, Aug 30, 1914 (died, North Miami, FL, 1999, NOTE no middle name, I guess my grandmother had run out of them by then; Talma had the family traced in the 1940's in order to qualify as a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy when she was living in Greenwood, MS, but the records are now lost; there was a David Crockett McCullough grandfather in the Confederate army, from Texas, under General Hood at the Battle of Atlanta.
Marriages:Letha Rella McCullough to Andrew Torkelson (of rural South Dakota, near Baltic and Sioux Falls), March 5, 1919 Brownwood, Brown County, TX. (survived by 3 daughters in South Dakota: Fayella, Francis, and Ihla Mae, all married with children and grandchildren and all living in 2000.)
Eva Hortense McCullough to Jessie Bennett, Dec 19, 1919, Brownwood, Brown County, TX (7 children, one surviving, Betty Bennett Redwine, San Angelo, TX) Otto Layvelle McCullough to Dovie White, July 18, 1925 (Brownwood, Brown County, TX; 1 son Davey, d.2000 in Canton, OH; 1 daughter Joann McCullough Gill, living in Brownwood, TX) Talma McCullough to Thomas M. Blake, June 6, 1921 (I think Brownwood, Brown County, TX; 1 son Thomas Beverly Blake of TN, and 1 daughter Nancy Ann Blake (yes, another), whereabouts or existence are unknown since 1964) Norton McCullough (first name William) to Mattie Lee McIntosh, Aug 16, 1936 (perhaps married in Mississippi, but resided in Brownwood; 2 sons Jerry of Arlington, TX; Charles of Austin, TX; and Carol Jane McCullough Carpenter of Baton Rouge, LA, all living) Lillian Eugene McCullough to Joe [sic] Bailey Cole July 8, 1939 (First Baptist Church, Brownwood, Brown County, TX; 1 son, Joe Bailey Cole, of London, England)
1900 Census, Eastland Co., TX; Justice Precinct # 2; Dwelling 234; ED: 57 p. 13B & 14A list Jerome Christmas, age 27; wife, & son, Baily, 1. This census shows his father born in MS & mother in TX.1910 Census, Eastland Co., TX, Precinct 2; Dwelling 202; ED: 40, p. 11A list Jerome G. Christmas, age 30, farmer; wife, Florence, 28, married 12 years, had 5 children - 5 living: Bailey, 10; Raymond, 8; Myrtle G., 6; Maston, 4 & Hazel, 1 & 7 mo.
1900 census shows her father born in MS & mother in AR.1920 Census, Taylor Co., TX; Abilene; Dwelling 191; ED: 263; p. 11A list Florence, age 39 with her second husband, W. T. St. John, 46, Deputy Sheriff and 5 of her children with Jerome Christmas: Raymond, 17; Myrtle, 16; Maston, 14; Hazel, 11 & Jerome, 7.
1930 Census, Taylor Co., TX; Abilene; Dwelling 562; ED: 14, p. 25A list Jerome, age 17, living with mother, Florence, 49, and stepfather Wm. T. St. John, 49, peace officer.
[WHT: Son, Bailey death certificate shows her name as Beula Florence Ferguson; this info was given by her husband, Jerome.]
217. Jerome G. Christmas Jr-5135
The TX Marriage Records show marriage to Craig LaRue on June 4, 1983 in Coleman Co. & Aug. 8, 1992 in Stonewall Co., TX, in addition to the 1987 marriage.Jerome G. Christmas, 94, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Anson. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2007, in Mount Hope Cemetery, with Harold Eldridge officiating, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home. Born August 16, 1912, in Ranger, Jerry was a son of the late Jerome G. and Florence (Ferguson) Christmas.
110. Benjamin Asa Christmas-1986
Living with mother, Zilpha & sister Odie in 1900 Stephens Co., TX Census.[WHT: Cemetery information and middle name for Benjamin, received by Ray Anderson from Mrs. B. Taylor, in answer to his query.]
They were buried in Memory Lane Cem., Anna is in lot# F-61-4 and Ben in F-61-8.
Received Nov. 22, 2002 Hi Herbert: I am an Oil & Gas Landman. I work for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. I am trying to locate Bradford Ace Christmas, Mary Theresa Christmas, Candy Christmas, Helen Jane Christmas and Joyce Ann Brown. They own a mineral interest in Madison County, Texas. Anadarko wants to buy an Oil and Gas Lease on this land. There is a Mineral Deed, dated June 20, 1962 from Annie L. Christmas, widow of B. A. Christmas, Sr., to B. A. Christmas, Jr. et al, recorded in Volume 142, Page 177, Deed Records, Madison County, Texas. In this Mineral Deed, Annie L. Christmas recites that she is the widow of B. A. Christmas, Sr. Annie conveys 1/2 of her mineral interest to her son, B. A. Christmas, Jr. for life, with remainder to his children: Mary Theresa Chistmas, Bradford Ace Christmas, Candy Christmas and Helen Jane Christmas. The other 1/2 of her mineral interest is conveyed to her daughter, Joyce Christmas Brown for life with remainder to her daughter, Joyce Ann Brown. I have been unable to locate Bradford Ace Christmas and others. I did, however, find their names on your website. If you know how they may be contacted would you please send that information to me or have them contact me directly. Thank you for your assistance. Very truly yours, John R. Thomason jthoma@directvinternet.com <mailto:jthoma@directvinternet.com>
1900 Census, Bolivar Co., MS; Beat 3, west of Riverside; Dwelling 437; ED: 10, p. 21A list George, age 32, b. June 1868 in MS, parents LA. Wife, Kate, no dates, F. b. in NY, M. in LA, shows no children and 0 years married. this might be George's second wife as George Jr. is listed as b. in Dec. 1896 in MS, or this could be a Census mistake.
Also buried in Beular Cem., next to Mamie is Nellie C. Christmas, Born Feb. 28, 1878 - Died Nov. 4, 1900
According to the 1900 Census, Kate father was born in NY, and mother in LA.
137. Walter Flower Christmas-7735
See 1910 census info under brother, Charles.[WHT: His World War I Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918 - Online, signed Sept. 12, 1918 shows his middle name to be Flower, DOB, City Marshall in Cleveland, MS, nearest relative is Gretchen Christmas. He is described as tall, slender with blue eyes, and dark hair.]
1920 Census, Bolivar Co., MS; Cleveland, Beat 4; Dwelling 242; ED: 22, p. 10B list Walter Christmas, age 34, town marshall; wife, Interin (?) 21 and 3 children: Walter S., 4; Merry, 2 & Chas, 8 mo.[In dwelling 244 is his brother, Charles, 36 & wife, Cora, 32.]
1930 Census, Bolivar Co., MS; Cleveland, Ward 3; Dwelling 8; ED: 1. p. 1A list Walter F. Christmas, age 44, married at age 29, no employment, but owns $6500.00 real eatate; wife, Grethen, 41, saleslady in dept. store & 2 children: Merry, 12 & Charles F., 10. Also living in the household is C. B. Kinell, 40, roomer. [In dwelling 2 is his brother, Charles & wife.]
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