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Floye
Hovis
Loftin

(1901 - 1973)

Alonzo
Lester
Loftin

(1876 - 1937)

William Alexander
Loftin

(1851 - 1939)

James
Franklin
Loftin

(1827 - 1864)

Thomas
Loftin

(1798 - 185?)

James
Loftin

(1768 - 1836)

John
Loftin

(1740 - 1793)

Cornelius
Loftin III

(1714 - 1785)

Cornelius
Loftin II

(1675 - 1735)

Cornelius
Loftin I

(1648 - 1735)

Leonard
"Laughton"
Loftin

(1610 - 1678)
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Floye's
Siblings

Nannie
May
Loftin

(1895 - 1982)

Lillie
Stamey
Loftin

(1897 - 1988)

Roy
Henry
Loftin

(1899 - 1972)

Verdie
Lee
Loftin

(1903 - 1993)


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Muller
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Floye Hovis Loftin

 

 

Born: 26 Jul 1901, Catawba County, NC
Died:  06 Jan 1973

 

 

                           

Floye Hovis Loftin was the fourth child born to Alonzo Lester Loftin and Cornelia Estelle Lowrance.  Floye was born 26 Jul 1901 in Catawba County, North Carolina.

                             
               

(Below) Cornelia holding Floye

When Cornelia died from pneumonia in 1904, Floye was 2 1/2 years old.  Floye, Nannie, Roy and Lillie were sent away to an orphanage for a short period of time.

 

By 1910, Lillie, Roy and Floye were living with Alonzo, his 2nd wife Ida, and their children Charlie, Theodore and Sadie.

1910 Catawba County Census

According to Diane Wilson Elliot, Floye lived with her Aunt Frances Ivey Loftin Drum for a while, adding that Alonzo's first group of children felt they had been brought out of the orphanage to baby sit the second group of children.

                             
 

Floye with her cousin, Garvin Loftin Drum

 
 
 
The 1920 Gastonia City Census lists Floye, Lillie and Verdie Lee as living with their sister Nannie and her husband Wade.  Floye was 17-years-old and was working as an Operator at the local Telephone Office.
 

1920  Gastonia City Census

 
Last Name First Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Can
Read
Can
Write
Birth
Place
Occupation Industry
Martin Wade V. Head M W 25 M Yes Yes NC Manager Repair
Shop
----- Nannie M. Wife F W 24 M Yes Yes NC None  
----- Cornelia L. Daughter F W 4 S     NC None  
Loftin Lillie S. Sis-in-law F W 22 S Yes Yes NC Operator Telephone
Office
----- Floye H. Sis-in-law F W 18 S Yes Yes NC Operator Telephone
Office
----- Verdie L. Sis-in-law F W 16 S Yes Yes NC Knitter Hosiery
Mill
 
 
 
Floye married William "Bill" Simeon Ellers around 1922.  Bill was  2 years older than Floye.  Floye and Bill had one child, William "Bill" Simeon Ellers, Jr., born 01 Apr 1924 in Hartford, Maryland.  The family lived in Harve De Grace, Maryland, just north of Baltimore.
 
 
Bill Sr. appears to have been born 20 Mar 1897 in Wilkes County, NC, to Simson/Simeon Eller and Theodosia Miller.
 
 
 
The 1930 Census shows the family living on Adams Street in Harve De Grace, Maryland.  Bill Sr. was 30, Floye was 28 and Bill Jr. was 6.  Floye's brother, Theodore Roosevelt Loftin (age 23), was also living with the family as a boarder.  Bill Sr. was working as a fireman.  Bill and Floye were renting their home for $30 per month.
 

1930  Harve De Grace City Census, Maryland

 
Last Name First Name Relation Rent
Own
Home

Home
Rent
Sex Race Age S/M
W
Age
Md
Can
Read
Write
Birth
Place
Occupation Industry
Ellers William S. Head R $30 M W 30 M 23 Yes NC Fireman  
----- Floye H. Wife     F W 28 M 21 Yes NC Home  
----- William S., Jr. Son     M W 6 S   No MD None  
Loftin Theodore R. Boarder     M W 23 S   Yes NC Laborer Rail Road
 
 
 
 

Bill & Floye Ellers in 1942, Harve De Grace, MD

                             
                             

Floye died 06 Jan 1973 in Baltimore, MD.  Her intentions were to be buried at Center Methodist Church in Catawba County, NC, near her father, Alonzo.  There was a heavy snow storm in January 1973 in the Baltimore area, however, and Floye's body could not be flown back to Catawba.  The family chose to have her buried in Maryland. 

                             
                             
William and Floye Loftin Ellers' son, William "Bill" Jr., married Buena Vida Vaught.  They had one daughter Linda who died in 2002.  Linda had cerebral palsy and was wheelchair bound most of her life.  She lived at home until her death.
 
 
SOURCES
 

A special thanks to May Morrow Loftin & Yvonne Loftin Bryson for the photo of Floye and Bill.
Thanks to Dee Dee Martin for the photo of a young Floye holding Garvin Loftin Drum
Thanks to Chevy Straley for the information of Bill, Buena & Linda Ellers

                             

 

                           
 

If you have additional photos or information on Floye Hovis Loftin or her family, PLEASE contact me.