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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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Alonzo & Ida's
Children
Were:

Charlie
Roosevelt
Loftin

(1905 - 1988)

Theodore
Roosevelt
Loftin

(1906 - 1969)

Sadie
Elizabeth
Loftin

(1909 - 2007)

Willie
Thelma
Loftin

(1911 - 1977)

Callie
Elma
Loftin

(1911 - 1992)

Sallie
Allie
Loftin

(1813 - 1986)

Daisy
Pearl
Loftin

(1914 - 1994)

Michael
Whitener
Loftin

(1916 - 1949)

Sam
William
Loftin

(1918 - 1979)

Oscar
Sherrill
Loftin

(1920 - 1986)

Glennie
Frances
Loftin

(1926 - 20??)(1926 - 2015)
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FAMILY
NAMES

LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lanier
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Washington
Work


SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon

GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson

JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson

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Willie Thelma Loftin

 

Born: 31 May 1911, Catawba County, NC
Died:  28 Nov 1977, Catawba County, NC

 

After Alonzo Lester Loftin's marriage to Ida Lillian Setzer, Ida gave birth to her first set of twins on 31 May 1911 and named them Willie Thelma Loftin and Callie Elma Loftin.

 

(Right)
A very young Callie Elma & Willie Thelma Loftin

The 1920 Catawba Census lists Thelma's parents and siblings.  Several of the sibling names are misspelled.  The Census show her name as Thelma W. but it was actually W. Thelma.

 

 
 

1920 Catawba County Census

 
Last Name First Name &
Middle Initial
Relation Sex Race Age Married
Single
Attended
School
Can
Read
Can
Write
Loftin Alonzo L. Head M W 49 M   Yes Yes
----- Ida L. Wife F W 35 M   Yes Yes
----- Charlie R. Son M W 14 S Yes Yes Yes
----- Thedor Son M W 13 S Yes Yes Yes
----- Saddie E. Daughter F W 10 S Yes Yes Yes
----- Thelma W. Daughter F W 8 S Yes    
----- Callie E. Daughter F W 8 S Yes    
----- Sallie A. Daughter F W 7 S Yes    
----- Dassie P. Daughter F W 5 S No    
----- Mick W. Son M W 3 11/12 S      
----- Sam Son M W 1 7/12 S      
 
 
 
As a young girl, Thelma and several of her siblings attended Waldon School on Lowrance Rd. in Catawba County, NC. 
 

Observer News Enterprise Newspaper photo from Walden School students

 

Thelma (1) with her twin sister Elma (3) and siblings Daisy Pearl (2) & Allie (4) -
First Cousins Marie, Glenn and Ray Loftin are also pictured

 

Alonzo & Ida Loftin's, children were Thelma, Daisy Pearl, Elma and Allie
Lee & Josephine Loftin's children were Marie, Glenn and Ray

 
 

Elma and Thelma

 
 

(Top Row) Mae & Roy Loftin, Thelma Loftin
(Bottom Row) Daisy Pearl Loftin, Elma Loftin & Allie Loftin

Thanks to Deanie Herman Hilton for this photo from her mother's collection
 
 
 
Thelma married Dewey Connor.  Dewey was born around 1911 in Catawba County, NC. 
 
 

(Top Row) Dewey Connor and "Unknown Man"
(Bottow Row) Sadie and Thelma Loftin

Thanks to Linda Lee Setzer for this photo from her mother's collection

 

 

Children of Dewey Connor and Thelma Loftin

Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Celia Jo Connor 13 Jun 1932 07 Jan 2005 James Peeler
Dewey Lane Connor 1943    
                             
                             
                             

                             
                             
                             

(Left) Dewey Connor
(Right) Thelma Loftin

 
 
 

Dewey Connor (left) with his brother-in-law Jick Huffman, Elma Loftin's husband

 
 

Dewey Connor (right) with his brother-in-law Sam Loftin (center)

 
 

Thelma (right) in 1931, 20-years-old

 

 

 

Thelma holding Jo in 1934

     
 

Elma & Thelma outside the Loftin house on Sherrills Ford Rd. in Catawba County, NC

 
 
Thelma’s second marriage was to Dewey M. Lanier.  Thelma and Dewey resided in Claremont, NC on Hwy. 70. 
 
                             

Photos of Thelma taken at the Balls Creek Campground

  
         
                             
 
 
Dewey Lanier and some of the men from Shiloh Methodist Church, prior to 1942
(Left to Right) 
Walter Elmore, Rev. Graham, J. Mackie, Jess Holbrook, William Augustus Setzer, Dewey Lanier
 
 
     

Dewey Lanier and Thelma

 

Thelma & Jo, holding Dewey Lane

 
 

(Below) Thelma E. Loftin Connor Lanier

 
 
Dewey Lanier died 04 Jan 1977.  Thelma died 28 Nov 1977.  They are buried in the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery.
                             

                             
                             
 
SOURCES
 

A special thanks to Tina Peeler Cloninger, Frances Loftin Cook, Willie Goble Loftin and Logan Fajkus
for the photos and additional information about Thelma and her family.

 
 
 
 
If you have additional photos or information about Thelma E. Loftin, please contact me.