- 1910 Census -- Boon Hill, Johnston NC
- 1910 -- Historical Insight, The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus.
- 1912 -- Marriage with Fristus Haywood Howell, Johnston NC
- 1913 -- birth of sister Beeles Watkins, North Carolina, and daughter Arlie Virginia Howell.
- 1914 -- birth of brother Clarence Arthur Watkins, and son Garland Arthur Howell
- 1916 -- birth of sister Blanche Mozelle Watkins, and birth of daughter Pauline Melissa Howell
- 1917 -- Historical Insight -- America Enters World War I.
- 1918 -- birth of daughter Letha Blanch Howell
- 1919 -- Historical Insight -- Women Gain the Constitutional Right to Vote.
1910 Census
Boon Hill, Johnston, North Carolina. Boon Hill Census
Katie's family starts on line 54. Her father is more formally listed as Henry B. Watkins, age 46, renting the farm. He can read but is not able to write. Ida is 34, has had a total of 8 children born, so far, with only 6 still living. She is able to both read and write.
Jasper works on the farm and attends school. Katie is 14 years old, also works on the farm and attends school. Lelia, age 10, is also working on the farm, as well as attends school. The other children, Marty age 8, Frank age 3, Louise age 4/12 are also listed.
Historical Insight, The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus. "People flocked to the circus as wild and exuberant advertising announced the exciting acts that had come to town."
birth of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell. 2 October 1913, Johnston NC
both her sister Beeles and her daughter Arlie were born on this year.
Woodrow Wilson is elected President
birth of brother Clarence Arthur Watkins. 9 July 1914, North Carlina
birth of son Garland Arthur Howell, 22 December 1914, Johnston NC
Once again, her brother and her son are born the same year. I wonder if they all visited frequently, and played together much?
birth of daughter Pauline Melissa Howell, 4 October 1916, Johnston County NC
Third time, sibling and child are roughly the same age.
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| 1910 Census, Lower Boon Hill Precinct, Johnston County NC from Ancestry.com |
Jasper works on the farm and attends school. Katie is 14 years old, also works on the farm and attends school. Lelia, age 10, is also working on the farm, as well as attends school. The other children, Marty age 8, Frank age 3, Louise age 4/12 are also listed.
A couple of points.
1 -- Henry Blake Watkins, went by the name of Blake. Sometimes the census is indexed as WADkins because the handwriting may seem like this. He couldn't write, but he could read.
2 -- it looks like two children died in the last 10 years.
3 -- It is unusual for a girl of 14 to have an occupation listed like Katie does.
1910 age 16
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| from Ancestry.com Historical Insight 30 March 1902. Credit: The New York Times/Newspapers.com |
Historical Insight, The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus. "People flocked to the circus as wild and exuberant advertising announced the exciting acts that had come to town."
1912, age 18
Marriage with Fristus Haywood Howell, Johnston NC. I would love to have a photo of their wedding. I wonder how they met? Did they live close by? Did they go to the same church? Meet in the General Goods Mercantile? |
| Woodrow Wilson, President from Wikipedia |
1913, age 18
birth of sister Beeles Watkins, North Carolina.birth of daughter Arlie Virginia Howell. 2 October 1913, Johnston NC
both her sister Beeles and her daughter Arlie were born on this year.
Woodrow Wilson is elected President
1914, age 20
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| 1914 It's a Boy |
birth of son Garland Arthur Howell, 22 December 1914, Johnston NC
Once again, her brother and her son are born the same year. I wonder if they all visited frequently, and played together much?
1916, age 21
birth of sister Blanche Mozelle Watkins, 1 April 1916, Johnston County NCbirth of daughter Pauline Melissa Howell, 4 October 1916, Johnston County NC
Third time, sibling and child are roughly the same age.
1917, age 22
Historical Insight -- America Enters World War I. |
| 1917. Credit: Underwood Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images from Ancestry.com Historical Insight |
The American entrance into the First World War was a relief to the exhausted Allies. Troops were inspected by foreign officers and trained by their British and French comrades in the trenches.
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| 1918 advertisement Salina Evening Journal, Salina Kansas 3 October 1918, page 8 downloaded March 2017 from Newspapers.com |
1918, age 23
birth of daughter Letha Blanch Howell, 23 May 1918, Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina.1919, age 24
Historical Insight -- Women Gain the Constitutional Right to Vote. |
| September 1920 Credit: Harris & Ewing, Inc/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain from Ancestry.com Historical Insight |
Alice Paul shifted from suffrage to general equal rights as she led the National Woman's Party for half a century.
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| Katie Watkins Howell 3-gen Pedigree from Ancestry.com |
