Frances "Fanny" Smith: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Frances "Fanny" Smith was born in 1854 in Texas; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 12 Jun 1880, Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

1880 Census: age 26, b TX; Father TN, mother PA.
According to Kirby, she died "around 1890 along with their children."

Census:
12 Jun 1880 Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

210 Court, William 21 work at saw mill TX - TX
Darinda, 22 wife Texas Georgia Texas
Danie 3 dau TX
Benton 1 son TX

211
J.M. COURT Self M Male W 50 LA Wagoning ENGLAND LA
Julia A. COURT Wife M Female W 43 TN Keeping House NC AL
Helma (Helmer) COURT Son S Male W 18 TX Wagoner LA TN
James COURT Son S Male W 15 TX At Home LA TN
Annie COURT Dau S Female W 12 TX At Home LA TN
Lillian COURT Dau S Female W 8 TX At Home LA TN
Fannie COURT Dau S Female W 5 TX At Home LA TN
Emmet COURT Son S Male W 3 TX At Home LA TN
Viola COURT Dau S Female W 11M TX At Home LA TN

213
Court, Clifton 25 1855 raftsman TX LA TN
Fannie 26 1854 TX TN TN
Ella M. 3 1877 TX

(Peter Stockholm & Pierre Frugia in this community. No Sparks or Blocks or Burrrells. Must be Beaumont proper.)

Frances married Henry Clifton Courts, Sr on 31 Dec 1874 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Henry (son of James* Madison Court and Julia* Ann Sparks) was born on 5 Jul 1854 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 May 1938 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Ella M. Courts was born in 1877 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).
3. (5 other children) Courts was born between 1878 and 1889 in Sabine Pass; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Generation: 2

Ella M. Courts

(1.Frances¹) was born in 1877 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 12 Jun 1880, Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
12 Jun 1880 Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas

210 Court, William 21 work at saw mill TX - TX
Darinda, 22 wife Texas Georgia Texas
Danie 3 dau TX
Benton 1 son TX

211
J.M. COURT Self M Male W 50 LA Wagoning ENGLAND LA
Julia A. COURT Wife M Female W 43 TN Keeping House NC AL
Helma (Helmer) COURT Son S Male W 18 TX Wagoner LA TN
James COURT Son S Male W 15 TX At Home LA TN
Annie COURT Dau S Female W 12 TX At Home LA TN
Lillian COURT Dau S Female W 8 TX At Home LA TN
Fannie COURT Dau S Female W 5 TX At Home LA TN
Emmet COURT Son S Male W 3 TX At Home LA TN
Viola COURT Dau S Female W 11M TX At Home LA TN

213
Court, Clifton 25 1855 raftsman TX LA TN
Fannie 26 1854 TX TN TN
Ella M. 3 1877 TX

(Peter Stockholm & Pierre Frugia in this community. No Sparks or Blocks or Burrrells. Must be Beaumont proper.)

(5 other children) Courts

(1.Frances¹) was born between 1878 and 1889 in Sabine Pass; died between 1890 and 1891 in Port Arthur (Aurora), Jefferson Co, Texas (yellow fever epidemic -prob).

Notes:

Died:
story told by Kirby Courts and apparently by several other Courts family members:
"Cliff had six children in a previous marriage. The family died of yellow fever in the epidemic of the 1880s. My father Coley said, his father would never talk about his first family."

Jun 12 1880 he is shown in (Port Arthur) Aurora with wife Fannie and Ella M. age 3, living one residence away from James & Julia. Record of his marriage to Fannie was 31 Dec 1874. The other children had to have been born between likely after 1878/9 and bef about 1890. It would take about 10 years to have 5 more children; so the deaths must have been about 1890-91.