Charlotte Major, 1850–1879 (aged 29 years)

Name
Charlotte /Major/
Birth
about 1850
Immigration
before 1854 (aged 4 years)
Note: Estimate
Marriage of a parent
Marriage
Note: Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Note
Note: Charlotte was the sister of Anne Major who married Augustus Close, the brother of Cephas Close.
Death
Burial
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Birth of a son
Note: Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Appears to have been born after father Cephas B Close died, which implies that Cephas remarried after wife Josephine died in 1890. Given the death date of Cephas (November 1893), his wife at the time could have been pregnant when he died.

Joseph appears as the half-brother of Cephas Major Close on the 1900 US Federal Census.

Family with parents
father
1806–
Birth: about 1806 — Leicestershire, England
mother
1812–1893
Birth: 23 February 1812 — England
Death: 18 March 1893 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — about 1833 — Leicestershire, England
4 years
elder sister
1880 US Federal Census
1836–1892
Birth: about 1836 — Leicestershire, England
Death: 2 September 1892 — Houston, Harris County, Texas, America
15 years
herself
1850–1879
Birth: about 1850 — England
Death: 26 September 1879 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Mother’s family with Robert Spence
stepfather
1812–1900
Birth: 9 October 1812 — Yorkshire, England
Death: 4 January 1900 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
mother
1812–1893
Birth: 23 February 1812 — England
Death: 18 March 1893 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1868 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Family with Cephas B Close
husband
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
herself
1850–1879
Birth: about 1850 — England
Death: 26 September 1879 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — about 1875 — Texas, America
15 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
1876–1901
Birth: 22 March 1876 — Texas, America
Death: 4 March 1901 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
19 months
son
1880 US Federal Census
1877–1936
Birth: 28 September 1877 — Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, America
Death: 14 December 1936 — Livingston, Polk County, Texas, America
17 years
son
1900 US Federal Census
1894–1971
Birth: 24 February 1894 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Death: 24 July 1971 — Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, America
Cephas B Close + Josephine Unknown
husband
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
husband’s wife
1845–1890
Birth: 13 May 1845 — Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, America
Death: 24 April 1890 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1881 — Texas, America
Cephas B Close + … …
husband
1880 US Federal Census
1841–1893
Birth: 11 January 1841 — Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, America
Death: 23 November 1893 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Marriage Marriage — after 1891 — Austin, Travis County, Texas, America
Immigration

Estimate

Marriage

Estimate. The 1880 Federal Census shows the mother of his second and third sons recorded here as having been born in England.

Note

Charlotte was the sister of Anne Major who married Augustus Close, the brother of Cephas Close.

Burial

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