John Burns Motley

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Facts

• Birth

  22 April 1912 • Texas

  10 Sources

  1912

  (AGE)

• Birth of Sister Pauline Hazel Motley(1917–2015)

  14 Jan 1917 • Timpson, Shelby County, Texas, USA

  1917

  4

• Death of Father Gooch Henderson Motley(1879–1920)

  24 sept 1920 • Overton, Rusk, Texas, United States of America

  1920

  8

• Residence

  1920 • Overton, Rusk, Texas

  1 Source

  1920

  8

• Residence

  1920 • Overton, Rusk, Texas

  1 Source

  1920

  8

• Residence

  1930 • Houston, Harris, Texas

  1 Source

  1930

  18

• Residence

  1935 • Rural, Shelby, Texas

  1 Source

  1935

  23

• Divorce

  1939 • Texas

  WW2 registration shows he was divorced prior to 1940. Family lore is that he married and abandoned a woman in New Zealand during the war

  1939

  27

• Residence

  1 Apr 1940 • Joaquin, Shelby, Texas, United States

  Age: 28; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law

  1 Source

  1940

  27

• Military

  23 Jul 1940

  Age: 28

  1 Source

  1940

  28

• Residence

  1945 • Timpson, Shelby, Texas, USA

  Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Mother

  1 Source

  1945

  33

• Death of Mother Carrie Evie Burns(1882–1947)

  21 Feb 1947 • Pasadena, Harris, Texas, USA

  1947

  34

• Residence

  1953 • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  2 Sources

  1953

  41

• Residence

  1956 • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  1 Source

  1956

  44

• Residence

  1957 • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  1 Source

  1957

  45

• Residence

  1958 • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  1958

  46

• Marriage

  29 Oct 1959

  Private

  1 Source

  1959

  47

• Death of Brother Gooch Henderson Motley(1908–1967)

  24 December 1967 • Louisiana, USA

  1967

  55

• Divorce

  15 Oct 1973 • Harris, Texas, USA

  Private

  1 Source

  1973

  61

• Death

  30 March 1982 • Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA

  Age: 69

  4 Sources

  1982

  69

• Burial

  Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

  2 Sources

• Civil

  Louisiana

  1 Source

• Residence

  Texas

  1 Source

• Census

  Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Sources

Ancestry Sources

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  1920 United States Federal Census

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  1930 United States Federal Census

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  1940 United States Federal Census

• Ancestry Family Trees

• Social Security Death Index

• Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2002

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  U.S. City Directories (Beta)

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  U.S. City Directories (Beta)

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  U.S. City Directories (Beta)

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  U.S. City Directories (Beta)

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  U.S. City Directories (Beta)

• U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

• U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

• U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

• Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012

Family

Parents

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  Gooch Henderson Motley

  1879–1920

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