Katherine Engle MARTIN1,4,2
also known as Katherin ROWLS3
6th Jan 19121,2 - 8th Feb 20022
Life History
6th Jan 1912 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2 |
16th Dec 1933 |
Married Dewey Lee RAWLS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.11 |
30th Jun 1937 |
Death of Dewey Lee RAWLS in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.9,10 |
24th Sep 1938 |
Married James Marvin MCSWAIN in Arkansas County, Arkansas.8 |
3rd May 1941 |
Birth of son Marvin Martin MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.5,6 |
26th Jun 1953 |
Death of Robert Oscar TAYLOR in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.9 |
14th Jul 1957 |
Death of James Marvin MCSWAIN in Arkansas.7 |
8th Feb 2002 |
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.2 |
after 8th Feb 2002 |
Buried in DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas |
UNKNOWN |
Birth of son Donald Lee TAYLOR |
Other facts
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Married Robert Oscar TAYLOR |
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Birth of daughter Living MCSWAIN |
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Birth of son Living RAWLS |
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Birth of son Living TAYLOR |
Notes
- The first public record I find of Katherine's family is in DeWitt,Arkansas, in the 1930 census. She and her sister are living withtheir widowed father, James E Martin, age 61. Their mother Byrdie IdaGordon had passed away at some unknown time before this census.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 3 April, DeWitt,District 16, page 1A, Hse/Fam #3
Martin, James E Head Owns house $2000 real estate M W 61 WidowedIndiana Indiana Indiana No occupation
Martin, Katherine E Daughter F W 18 Single AR AR Indiana Nooccupation
Martin, Jewell L Daughter F W 14 Single AR AR Indiana No occupation
One genealogy had the name of James E Martin as James Edward. I foundthis was wrong when I got complete names from James' granddaughterByrdie Engle McSwain. Her grandfather Martin was named James EdgarMartin.
Katherine Engel Martin had been married before she married JamesMarvin McSwain. Her first husband was Dewey Rawls. Dewey was born 22August 1900 in DeWitt, Arkansas, the southern county seat of ArkansasCounty. After Dewey died, Katherine married James Marvin McSwain, sonof James Magnus McSwain, of Ethel, Arkansas.
The marriage record for Marvin and Katherine misspells both her names,recording her name as Katherin Rowls.
Marvin and Katherine divorced after the birth of two children.Katherine later married a third time, to Robert Oscar Taylor, Jr.They had one child, Robert Gordon Taylor, born 3 April 1948. Many ofthese names and details were missing until I received more informationfrom Katherine's daughter Byrdie Engle McSwain in May 2008.
Sources
- 1. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 3 April, DeWitt, District 16, page 1A, Hse/Fam #3
- 2. Byrdie Engel McSwain, email correspondence May 2008
- 3. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- page 0835
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v08t0201&id=I0225
- 5. Obituary of Marvin Martin McSwain, ANG Newspapers online, 11 December2007
- No Longer online
- 6. Social Security Death Index
- 7. Gravestone of J Marvin McSwain, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 8. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Certificate 00216, Volume 0002
- 9. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v07t4199&id=I1024
- 10. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
- Page 2849
- 11. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Volume 143, Page 0434, Certificate 28409