Oaks to Acorns - Julia Ann Anderson

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Julia Ann Anderson
Julia Ann on the Pedigree Chart
b: 15 Apr 1868 Wilcox County, Georgia
  d: 15 April 1934 Wayne County, Georgia
         
  Parents: Hezekiah K. Anderson and Sarah Jane Statham
         
  m: 16 Jan 1887 Noah Griffin Heath Laurens County, Georgia
     
   
  Notes: (includes both facts and conjecture)
       
 
Personal
Julia Ann Anderson was my grandmother's mother and I don't know alot about her, though the picture of her linked below is how my own grandmother looked at about the same age. It's a little humbling to realize what Julia (and, similarly, other women of her generation) had to endure: she had at least 5 kids who didn't survive infancy - 2 sets of fraternal twins, and a little girl.

Census:

1870 Telfair County, Georgia: Hizakiah, 21; Sarah J., 20; Julia, 3; Thomas, 4M; Daniel McDuffie, 72, works farm.

1880 Wilcox County, Georgia: Hes. K., 31; Sarah Jane, 30; Julia A., 12; Thomas, 11; James, 9; Rebecca, 4; Alice, 2M.

1900 Laurens County, Georgia: Noah G. Heath, 47; Julian, 32; Thomas N., 12; Sarah E., 11; Clevia (sic), 10; James H., 8; Gertrude, 6; George G., 5; Mary E. (sic), 3; Hezekiah, 1. Noah owned the farm where they were living; they had been married 13 years and all 8 of the children they'd had survived.

1910 Wilcox County, Georgia: Noah G., 56; Julia, 43; Thomas, 22; Sarah, 20; James H., 18; Rebecca G., 16; George G., 15; Alma I., 13; Hezekiah, 10. Noah and Julia Ann had been married 23 years, and 11 of the the 15 children they'd had survived. Noah rents the property that he is farming. Also living there (or next door) is their widowed daughter, Lucretia Holder, 20, and her 1-year-old daughter, Annie. Thomas was working his father's farm as the foreman, and James and George were laborers. Lucretia was listed as a dressmaker.

1920 Wayne County, Georgia: Noah G., 65; Julia, 52; Sarah E., 30; James H., 28; Georga G., 25; Hez K., 20; Ina, 18; Florence (sic), 13; Annie, 11; Henry Billings, 18, hireling. Though Annie is listed as a Heath and Noah's daughter, this is probably his granddaughter, Annie Holder.

Noah died in 1929.

1930 Wayne County, Georgia: Roland Dennison, 30; Florene, 24; Annie J. Heath (sic), 61, mother-in-law, governess.

 
     
 
Children
Children with Noah Griffin Heath:
  1. Thomas Nathaniel Heath, b. 9 Dec 1887; m. Gertrude Lee Harden
  2. Sarah Elizabeth Heath, b. 7 Mar 1889; d. 15 Jul 1975
  3. Lucretia Heath, b. 4 Apr 1890; m. G. C. (Cleve) Holder, Abner T. Brown
  4. James Henry Heath, b. 8 July 1891; m. Ruth L. LNU
  5. Gertrude Rebecca Heath, b. 23 Aug 1893; m. Hubert L. McKie
  6. George Griffin Heath, b. 3 Feb 1895; d. 14 Jun 1925
  7. Mary Alma Inez Heath, b. 10 Jan 1897; m. William Lonnie Newman
  8. Hezekiah Anderson Heath, b. 30 May 1899; m. Mary Elizabeth Kirkland
  9. Ina Jane Heath, b. 19 May 1901; m. Sam B. Wasdin
  10. Florene Editha Heath, b. 23 May 1905; m. Donnie Roland Denison
  11. John Heath, b. ca 1903; died in infancy
  12. Unknown daughter, b. ca 1903; died in infancy
  13. Unknown son, b. ca 1908; died in infancy
  14. Unknown daughter, b. ca 1908; died in infancy
  15. Mattie Mozelle Heath, b. 10 June 1909; d. 15 Sep 1910

The information about Mattie Mozelle and the two sets of twins who died in infancy came from Elizabeth (Kirkland) Heath, wife of my great-uncle Hezekiah.

Hezekiah dropped his middle name when he turned 21 and used the initial "K" instead, possibly emulating his maternal grandfather, Hezekiah Anderson, who went by H. K. Anderson in later years.

 
     
 
Photos
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Noah and Julia marriage license
George Griffin Heath, date unknown
Noah and Julia Heath
     
 
Records
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1870 Telfair County, Georgiap. 2
1880 Wilcox County, Georgia
1900 Laurens County, Georgia
1910 Wilcox County, Georgia, p. 2
1920 Wayne County, Georgia
1930 Wayne County, Georgia
     
 
Sources
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 census; Marriage License image from Georgia Virtual Vault; Julia Ann Anderson's death certificate; family researcher Anne C. Rousseau.
     
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