Charlotte Major, 18501879 (aged 29 years)

Name
Charlotte /Major/
Birth
about 1850
Immigration
before 1854 (aged 4 years)
Note: Estimate
Marriage of a parent
Marriage
Note: Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Note
Note: Charlotte was the sister of Anne Major who married Augustus Close, the brother of Cephas Close.
Death
Burial
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Birth of a son
Note: Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Joseph appears as the half-brother of Cephas Major Close on the 1900 US Federal Census.

Family with parents
father
1806
Birth: about 1806Leicestershire, England
mother
18121893
Birth: 23 February 1812England
Death: 18 March 1893Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1833Leicestershire, England
4 years
elder sister
1880 US Federal Census
18361892
Birth: about 1836Leicestershire, England
Death: 2 September 1892Houston, Harris County, Texas, America
15 years
herself
18501879
Birth: about 1850England
Death: 26 September 1879Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Mother’s family with Robert Spence
stepfather
18121900
Birth: 9 October 1812Yorkshire, England
Death: 4 January 1900Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
mother
18121893
Birth: 23 February 1812England
Death: 18 March 1893Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageafter 1868Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Family with Cephas B Close
husband
1880 US Federal Census
18411893
Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
herself
18501879
Birth: about 1850England
Death: 26 September 1879Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1875Texas, America
15 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
18761901
Birth: 22 March 1876Texas, America
Death: 4 March 1901Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
19 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
18771936
Birth: 28 September 1877Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Death: 14 December 1936Livingston, Polk County, Texas, America
17 years
son
1900 US Federal Census
18941971
Birth: 24 February 1894Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Death: 24 July 1971Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
Cephas B Close + Josephine Unknown
husband
1880 US Federal Census
18411893
Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
husband’s wife
18451890
Birth: 13 May 1845Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, America
Death: 24 April 1890Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageafter 1881Texas, America
Cephas B Close + … …
husband
1880 US Federal Census
18411893
Birth: 11 January 1841Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriageafter 1891Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Immigration

Estimate

Marriage

Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.

Note

Charlotte was the sister of Anne Major who married Augustus Close, the brother of Cephas Close.

Burial

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