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Floye Hovis
Loftin |
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Born: 26 Jul 1901, Catawba County, NC Died:
06 Jan 1973 |
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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. |
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(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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Floye with her cousin, Garvin Loftin Drum |
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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. |
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1920 Gastonia City Census |
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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 |
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Cornelia L. |
Daughter |
F |
W |
4 |
S |
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NC |
None |
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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 |
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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. |
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Bill Sr. appears to have been born 20 Mar 1897 in Wilkes County,
NC, to Simson/Simeon Eller and Theodosia Miller. |
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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. |
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1930 Harve De Grace City Census, Maryland |
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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 |
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Floye H. |
Wife |
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F |
W |
28 |
M |
21 |
Yes |
NC |
Home |
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William S., Jr. |
Son |
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M |
W |
6 |
S |
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No |
MD |
None |
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Loftin |
Theodore R. |
Boarder |
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M |
W |
23 |
S |
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Yes |
NC |
Laborer |
Rail Road |
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Bill & Floye Ellers in 1942, Harve De Grace, MD |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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If you have additional photos or information
on Floye Hovis Loftin or her family, PLEASE contact me. |
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