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My Golden grandparents -- my father's parents -- are:

  •  John Wesley Golden; born 3 Jan 1874, Calhoun County, AL; died 15 Sep 1933, Calhoun County, AL.
  •  Mary Bennie Johnson; born 22 Aug 1876, Cleburne County, AL; died 3 May 1969, Anniston, Calhoun County, AL.
  •  They were married 26 May 1894 in Heflin, Cleburne County, AL.

Their children

My father's parents had 13 children:

  1. Clarence Harleston Golden (1895 - 1963)
  2. Carl Webster Golden (1898-1919)
  3. Howard Lee Golden (1900 - ???)
  4. Bennie Pearl Golden (1902 - 1983)
  5. Paul Golden (1904 - ???)
  6. Harry Golden ( Feb - June 1906)
  7. Ernest Edgar Golden (my father; 1908 - 1966)
  8. Mable LeClaire Golden (1910 - 1999)
  9. James Huston Golden (Sep 1913 - May 1915)
  10. Louis Leon Golden (22 Mar - 8 Apr 1915) Twin with Nellie.
  11. Nellie Golden (22 Mar - 23 Mar 1915) Twin with Louis.
  12. Alvis Fulton Golden (1916 - 1981)
  13. Homer Floyed Golden (1919 - 1990)

Golden Family Photo, circa 1910

At some point in the early 1900's my Golden grandparents moved from Calhoun County, Alabama, to near Hico, Louisiana.  Here is a photo of the family at their home in Louisiana. 

Photo of Golden Family at their home near Hico, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.  Undated.  We have analyzed this photo several times, each time trying to estimate the ages of the children in an attempt to determine when the photo was made.  The adults are John Wesley Golden (father, b. Jan 3, 1872; d. Sep 14, 1933; far left) and Mary Bennie Johnson Golden (mother; b. Aug 22, 1875, d. May 3, 1969; far right).  As of July 2016, this is our best estimate as to who the children are: 

Based on dates of birth and apparent ages of children, we believe the children are (L - R):  Homer (born Nov 25, 1919; leaning on father's knee); Mable (b. Sep 16, 1910); Paul (b. May 24, 1904); Ernest (b. Aug 16, 1908); Alvis (b. Apr 15, 1916; standing next to his mother).  Assuming our estimate is correct, the photo likely was made in the early winter of 1921-22 (possibly early winter 1922-23), when Homer, the youngest child, would have been two (or three) years old.

1910 Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Police Jury Ward 8, Lisbon Village; 3 & 4 May 1910.  Census form states they lived on “Lisbon – Hico Road.” 

 

Age

Place of birth

Father POB

Mother POB

Ocupation

Date of Birth

Date of Death 

Golden, John W.

38

Alabama

Alabama

S. Carolina

Farmer

1874

 1933

Mary B.

34

Alabama

Alabama

Georgia

 

1876

 1969

Clarence H.

14

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Farm laborer

1895

 1963

Carl W.

11

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Farm laborer

1898

 1919

Howard L.

9

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

1900

 ??

Pearl

7

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

1902

 1983

Paul

5

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

1904

 ??

Earnest E. (sic)

2

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

1908

 1966

Here are some interesting items in this photo.

  •  The family is dressed in their best clothes.  They may have arranged with a traveling photographer to make the family portrait.
  •   The photo probably was made in the winter -- note that some of the trees have lost their leaves, and, there's a BIG stack of firewood on the left side of the photo running from the house to the edge of the photo.   The trees that still have foliage could be cedar trees (common, evergreen), or, oak trees that do not drop their leaves until late winter.

Here are photos of the parents -- my grandparents -- that were cropped and blown up from this photo.

                

LEFT:  John Wesley Golden, my grandfather, with my uncle, Homer Golden, leaning on his knee.   RIGHT:  Mary Bennie Johnson Golden ("Granny Golden")

My Golden Grandparents in the Federal Census Records

 

John Wesley Golden and Mary Bennie Johnson (Golden) family census records

 

1900 Census; Precinct 13, Calhoun County, Alabama; 1 June 1900

 

DOB

Place of birth

Father POB

Mother POB

Ocupation

Golden, John W.

Jan 1872

Alabama

Alabama

S. Carolina

- illegible -

Mary B.

Aug 1876

Alabama

Alabama

Georgia

 

Clarence H.

May 1892

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Carl W.

July 1898

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Howard L.

Jan 1900

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

 

 

1910 Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Police Jury Ward 8, Lisbon Village; 3 & 4 May 1910 

 

Age

Place of birth

Father POB

Mother POB

Ocupation

Golden, John W.

38

Alabama

Alabama

S. Carolina

Farmer

Mary B.

34

Alabama

Alabama

Georgia

 

Clarence H.

14

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Farm laborer

Carl W.

11

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Farm laborer

Howard L.

9

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Pearl

7

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Paul

5

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Earnest E. (sic)

2

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

 Ernest Edgar Golden, my father,  born in Louisiana, 1908.  Note that Paul, age 5 in May 1910 was born in Alabama 24 May 1904 while Ernest (Earnest E.) was born 16 August 1908 in Louisiana.  These dates and places suggest the family moved from Alabama to Louisiana between May 1904 and  August 1908. 

 

 

1920 Census, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, 22 January 1920 

 

Age

Place of birth

Father POB

Mother POB

Ocupation

Golden, John W.

46

Alabama

Alabama

S. Carolina

Farmer

Mary B.

44

Alabama

Alabama

Georgia

 

Clarence H.

24

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Laborer

Howard L.

20

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Laborer

Paul

15

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

 

Ernest

11

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

Mable

9

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

Alvis

3 yr; .9 mos

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

Homer

2 months

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

Address listed as “Lisbon – Hico Road,” house number possibly 206.
No longer in household:

  • Carl, born 1898, age 22
  • Pearl, born 1902, age 18.  Pearl appears in the 1920 census records with her husband, Virgil Napper, and her age at marriage is listed as 17.  It appears, then, she was married shortly before this census was taken.
  • Note, also, the ages of Clarence and Howard -- 24 and 20 respectively.  Homer is 2 months.  Because the family photo above depicts a 2- or 3-year-old Homer, then, when this photo was made, Clarence and Howard would have been 26-27 and 22-23, likely gone from the home with their own families.

 

 

1930 Census; Precinct 15, Calhoun County, Anniston City, Alabama; 3 April 1930 

 

Age

Place of birth

Father POB

Mother POB

Ocupation

Place of work

Golden, John W.

58

Alabama

Alabama

S. Carolina

Collector

Furniture store

Mary B.

54

Alabama

Alabama

Georgia

 

 

Clarence H.

35

Alabama

Alabama

Alabama

Meat cutter

?? store

Ernest E.

22

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

Waiter

Restaurant

Mable

19

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

 

Alvis

13

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

 

Homer

10

Louisiana

Alabama

Alabama

 

 

Gatha

35

Arkansas

Kentucky

Arkansas

 

Daughter-in-law

Address listed as Wilmer Avenue,  house number possibly 107
No longer in household:

  • Howard, born 1900, age 30
  • Paul, born 1904, age 26

Added to household:

  • Gatha Hulett, born August 1894, wife of Clarence; age at marriage – 28 (1922).

 


 

 

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