| 1. | Hilda Gray Ward was born on 21 Aug 1927 in Hunt Co, Texas (daughter of Thomas Henry Ward and Willie Louise Dickey); died on 11 Oct 1999 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1943, 457 Franklin, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1943, 4310 Congress Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1945, 401 College, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1947, 4360 Ave A, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Occupation: 1949, Simmons Jewelers
- Residence: Aft 1958, Battle Pine Court, Vidor, Orange Co, Texas
- Residence: Between 1987-1989, 3895 North Main, Vidor, Orange Co, Texas
- Residence: Between 1998-1999, 1425 Washington Village Parkway, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Research Notes: 29 Jul 2010, ASSOC-Ward/Bell; relation to Bell family?
Notes:
She was only 14 or so when she married Uncle Jr. and when he went into the Army, she decided she didn't want to be married, and sent him a dear john letter - later regretted it deeply, but he would not take her back.
Mother said the first thing you notice about Hilda were her extraordinary blue eyes. She had brown hair.
Billy Ward was her older brother. He and my dad were friends in school - high school or middle school? -- and Billy would take Daddy home every day for lunch, and every day his mom fixed beans and rice -- every day Daddy remembered His militay record states he had one year of high school; so best guess is it would have been around 15 or 16 years old.
There was another older brother, and then a younger brother by a few years. Mother remembers her parents taking Hilda and her brother and mother so they could all visit Jr. in Alexandria when he was in the Army. The younger brother, Byron, hd a nickname they called him, like maybe Butch or Buddy or something. She remembers he was about 10 years old and had real blond hair. When they went to eat somewhere, the boy was collecting tips that had been left on the tables.
Mother also remembered a story that after Hilda and Jr. were divorced, but Mother was not yet married, that Hilda was taking Mom up to a lake or somewhere and Hilda stopped and picked up a couple of Army boys hitchhiking. It scared my mom, buthe boys were very nice. She said when the told Hilda later she shouldn't have done that, Hilda just laughed.
Hilda somehow knew Judy Lemaire's mother, Margie, and they were good friends. (Mary Marjorie Scaife Lemaire). Margie loaned mother her bassinette for me when I was born in Sept and then got it back from my mom when Judy was born the followingovember.
Mom remembers going to see Hilda after her son Jerome Armand was born and understood that he grew to be a doctor and moved to NY. He seems to currently be practicing in Georgia. She thinks that Hilda married again after divorcing Armand, but st touch. (She did, but the marriage did not last. She apparently didn't marry again after #3, as he she died with his last name.
Birth:
Name: Hilda Gray Ward
Date of Birth: 21 Aug 1927
Gender: Female
Birth County: Hunt
Father's Name: Thomas G Ward
Mother's Name: Willie L Dickey
Roll Number: 1927_0006
Residence:
Jones Kyle (Hilda) slsman r457 Franklin
(city directory shows Kyle & Hilda at both his parents' home and her parents' home)
Residence:
Jones, Ogden K jr (Hilda) whsemn Dallas-Williams Furniture Co 4 4310 Congress av
Ogden K (Lillian: 3) driver MagPetCo Sales Dept h 4310 Congress Av
Gloria G (sic) student r 4310 Congress av
Jones Kyle (Hilda) slsman r457 Franklin
(city directory shows Kyle & Hilda at both his parents' home and her parents' home)
Cleo not listed separately
Residence:
Jones, Hilda cash-sec Smith Service Station 4401 College
Residence:
Armand, Edgar J (Hilda G) slsm Bakers Shoe Store h4360 Avenue A
Occupation:
Armand Hilda Mrs bkpr Simmons Jwlrs
Residence:
Name: Hilda W Bellard
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1927
Address: Battle Pine CT
City: Vidor
State: TX
Zip Code: 77670
Residence:
Name: Hilda W Bellard
Address: 3895 N Main St, Vidor, TX, 77662-9613 (1987)
[PO Box 284, Vidor, TX, 77670-0284 (1989)]
Residence:
Name: Hilda Bellard
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1927
Address: 1425 Washington Village Pkwy
City: Beaumont
State: TX
Zip Code: 77707-4323
Name: Hilda Bellard
Address: 1425 Washington Vlg Pkwy
City: Beaumont
State: Texas
Zip Code: 77707-4323
Phone Number: 409-840-5010
Residence Years: 1998 1999 2000
View Neighbors: View neighbors
Research Notes:
Veromi shows Hilda with relative/associations to this Bell family.
Not clear how the Bell family is related to Hilda. Possibly somehow through Husband 2 or 3. Since Husband 1 is my uncle, I know there is no Bell relations there.
Veromi search results:
Bellard, Hilda Ward 82 Beaumont, TX Vidor, TX
-Bell, Wilford J (Sr.) (association link)
-Bell, Clarence ?? not yet found
-Bell, A K (Alice Kemp Bell mother of Wilford J. Sr.)
association link)
-Bell, Wj J (Wilford J Jr.) son of WJ Sr. and grandson of Alice Kemp Bell (association link)
-Bell, Barbara J McClendon, wife of Charlie Bell Jr.; daughter of Robert Myron Bell & Florence Romona Irwin.
Unsure how Charlie and Robert fit into the family (associaton link to Barbara Bell)
Veroma search results for Wilford John Bell:
There were three, grandfather (1910), father (1931), and son (1964). Father was Jr. When his son was born the grandfather had already passed; so the son became Jr.
BELL, W J BELL (son) 46 Beaumont, TX Rockport, TX
Ellison, Dorothy Laminack (father's ex wife)
Bellard, Hilda Ward
Bell, Barbara Mcclendon (don't know yet)
Bell, Clarence (don't know)
Bell, Wilford John (self)
Bell, A K (Alice Keith, She was grandfather's mother)
Bell, Wj J (either father or self)
Bell, Barbara J
Bell, Wilford John (father) 79 Beaumont, TX
Ellison, Dorothy Laminack (1st wife)
Died:
Name: Hilda Bellard
SSN: 454-32-1999
Last Residence: 77707 Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 21 Aug 1927
Died: 11 Oct 1999
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951)
Hilda married Ogden Kyle Jones, Jr on 17 Aug 1942 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas, and was divorced about 1944 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Ogden (son of Ogden* Kyle Jones, Sr and Lillian* Frances Courts) was born on 26 Aug 1923 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 2 Sep 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 5 Sep 1995 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Hilda married Edgar Joseph Armand about 1846 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas, and was divorced before 1956. Edgar (son of Delphin Louis Armand and Pauline Armand) was born on 28 Jan 1926 in Cottonport, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; died on 24 Dec 2008 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Jerome Michael Armand
Hilda married Carey Peter Bellard about 1958 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas, and was divorced before 1986 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Carey (son of Pierre C. Bellard and Mrs. Preia C. (..) Bellard) was born on 23 Apr 1925 in Mowata, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Oct 2000 in Bridge City, Orange Co, Texas; was buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Lake Charles, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Deborah Lynn Bellard
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1927 - 1999 (72 years)