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Nannie May Loftin |
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Born: 08 Nov 1895, Catawba County, NC Died:
15 Jul 1982, Catawba County, NC |
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Nannie May
Loftin was the first child born to Alonzo Lester Loftin and
Cornelia Estelle Lowrance. Nannie was born 08 Nov 1895 in
Catawba County, NC. She was infant baptized on 19 Oct 1897
at the Catawba Methodist Church. |
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Alonzo Lester Loftin & Cornelia Estelle Lowrance Loftin |
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(Left to Right) Nannie, Alonzo, Roy, Cornelia holding Floye and
Lillie |
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When Cornelia
died form pneumonia on 11 Feb 1904, most of their children were
sent away to live in an orphanage. |
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1910 McDowall County Census |
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Number |
Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
S/M/W |
Birth
Place |
11 |
Loftin |
Nannie |
Student |
F |
W |
15 |
S |
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Nannie Loftin,
age 15, is listed on line 11 on the 1910 McDowall County Census
as residing at the Elhanan Training Institute as a student. |
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Nannie married Wade
Vernon Martin in 1915 and spent the first few years of their
marriage in Gastonia, NC. Their first daughter, Cornelia
Lucille Martin, was born 29 Dec 1915. |
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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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According to the
1920 Gastonia City Census, Wade & Nannie were renting a house
there. At the time Wade was 25, Nannie was 24, and their
daughter Lucille was 4 years old. Also living with them were
all of Nannie’s younger sisters, Lillie 22, Floye 18 and Verdie
Lee 16. Roy was living nearby. Wade was managing a shop, Lillie and Floye were working
as telephone operators, and Verdie Lee was working in a hosiery
mill. |
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(Left) Nannie |
Wade and Nannie soon returned to Newton and moved into a house
on West C Street where their second daughter, Nancy Wadine
Martin, was born 14 Mar 1930. |
Children of Wade Martin and Nannie May Loftin |
Name |
Birth
Date |
Death
Date |
Spouse |
Cornelia Lucille Martin |
29 Dec 1915 |
03 Sep 1998 |
(1) William E. Wolf
(2)Robert Michael Holmes |
Nancy Wadine Martin |
14 Mar 1930 |
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Howard Alexander Smith Jr. |
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(Below) Nannie with her Step-Mother, Ida, and many of her
sisters and brothers |
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(Left to Right) Elma, Speedo, Charlie, Thelma, Frances, Roy,
Ida, Sadie, Verdie Lee, Lillie, Mike, Nannie |
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(Right) Nannie & Wade Martin |
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The family eventually moved into a large two-story, white-frame
house on North College Avenue, just two blocks up from the court
square, beyond the State Theatre. They lived there for thirty
years and the upstairs rooms in Martin’s Boarding House were
soon filled with tenants. |
Nannie & Wade sold the big house in 1964 and moved into a
smaller house on South Main Avenue. This was the house where
Wade and Nannie spent the rest of their lives. |
Wade and Nannie were members at First Methodist Church in
Newton. Wade died 29 Jan 1975. Nannie died 15 Jul 1982.
They are buried at Hopewell Methodist Church, the Martin Family
home church, in Sherrills Ford, NC. |
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(Below)
Hopewell Methodist Church in Sherrills Ford, NC |
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SOURCES |
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A special thanks to John Smith
and Frances Loftin Cook for the photos of Nannie. |
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If you have additional photos or information
on Nannie May Loftin, please contact me. |
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