- 1940 Census, 733 North Herman Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
- 1944 -- 916 East Elm Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
- 1946 -- 211 East Beech Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC
- 1948 -- death of brother Clarence
1940s
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Katie Watkins Howell 1940s Howell, Roland, Blanche, Katie Watkins |
1940, age 45 Census
733 North Herman Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC. Living with Fristus. |
| Fristus and Katie Howell 1940 Census |
- This family starts on line 14, where they rent the home at 733 North Herman Street. Fristus is 65 years old, and Katie is 44 years old.
- This census says she was born in South Carolina, but I think that is an anomaly.
- This indicates that Katie engages in working at home, while Fristus is unable to work. What happened that he can no longer work? Is it his age? Is it his knees?
- At the bottom is some additional information. Fristus' usual occupation is as labourer for the County Laundry
- Several of their kids live with them, including 20 year old Lois. Lois works in the City Laundry. Did her father get her that job?
- Interestingly, the last child, Alford is not actually a Howell child. He is, instead, the child of Lois and Joseph Vidunas. Joseph is in the Army, Lois lives with her parents and, I guess he went by the name "Alford?"
1940 Residence
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1940 733 North Herman Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps Standard |
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1940 733 North Herman Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps Satellite View |
Pretty little area as of 2017. I don't think it would have looked that much differently in 1940. Different trees, smaller trees perhaps.
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1940 733 (almost) North Herman Street, Goldsboro NC 2012 Google Maps Street View |
I can't find the exact street view spot for this address. This is the closest I can get. Nothing to see here, move along.
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About 1942, USA. Credit: Anthony Potter Collection/Archive Photos/Getty |
1941, age 46
Historical Insight -- The United States enters World War IIFrom coffee to panty hose to chicken wire fencing, most common foods and supplies were rationed during World War II. Each American family was issued a ration book that contained an allotted number of coupons to purchase staples at stores.
1944, age 50
Residence 916 East Elm Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC, per draft registration for William Roland Howell. |
1944 WWII Draft Registration William Roland Howell, age 18 |
I include, for your perusal, the Draft Registration for Roland. While it isn't directly Katie, it does include her as a person who will always know where he is, and her address -- which is also his address. I wonder why he mentioned his mother, Mrs. F.H. Howell, and not his father Fristus H. Howell?
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1944 916 East Elm Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps |
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1944 916 East Elm Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps Satellite View |
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Fristus and Katie Howell 1944 916 East Elm Street, Goldsboro NC 2012 Google Maps Street View |
I think this is the house in a certain photo. My dad took a photo of his grandmother Katie in front of a house in 1950. That photo will be in the next blog as tribute to her, but I include it in this blog to examine the house itself.
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Close up of same photo |
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Katie Howell 1950s photo by Bill Vidunas |
This is the original photo, and the next one is the detail I want to point out. If I use my imagination, I can see the porch of the house looks similar. I checked out Trulia, found out this house was built in 1900, so it could, indeed, be the same house. The current street view looks like a brick wall and I don't see that on this house. In this photograph, Dad also pointed out the new convienience store in the background. Sort of a dichotomy, the old and the new. The street view doesn't give me that same store. Does anybody know what this house address may be? If so, let me know and I will correct this blog.
And, once again, we see his contact person is Mrs F.H. Howell, not Fristus Howell. So, let's look at this address.
Whelp, nothing to see here, move along. It's all industrial, now. NEXT!
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1945-1953 Harry S. Truman 33rd President |
1945, age 50
Historical Insight -- V-J Day
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| Impromptu outdoor displays of patriotism took place in cities and towns across the United States on V-J Day. August 14, 1945, UnitStates. Credit: Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images |
1946, age 52
Residence per draft registration for Henry Haywood Jethro Howell -- 211 East Beech Street, Goldsboro, Wayne NC. Once again, we have extracted an address for Katie Howell from another son's Draft card. Henry Haywood Howell registered when he turned 18. |
Fristus and Katie Howell 1946 Residence |
And, once again, we see his contact person is Mrs F.H. Howell, not Fristus Howell. So, let's look at this address.
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| Fristus and Katie Howell 1946 Residence 211 Beech Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps, Standard view |
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| Fristus and Katie Howell 1946 Residence 211 Beech Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps, Satellite View |
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| Fristus and Katie Howell 1946 Residence 211 Beech Street, Goldsboro NC 2017 Google Maps, Almost Street View |
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| Fristus and Katie Howell 1946 Residence 211 Beech Street, Goldsboro NC 2012 Google Maps, Street View |
Whelp, nothing to see here, move along. It's all industrial, now. NEXT!
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| Government-sponsored posters encouraged Americans to stay positive and reminded them that the ration system supported the boys fighting abroad. About 1942. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain |
1946, age 52
Historical Insight -- WWII Rationing in the United States.1948, age 53
death of brother Clarence Arthur Watkins, 30 January 1948 |
| Katie Watkins Howell 3-gen Pedigree from Ancestry.com |
- https://www.trulia.com/homes/North_Carolina/Goldsboro/sold/1000427041-916-E-Elm-St-Goldsboro-NC-27530
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