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Nancy Roxy Anna Wilson

Born at Arkansas in 1884 and last recorded at Elk River Township in 1900.

born Feb 1884 at Arkansas, United States died after 5 Jun 1900

Life story

Nancy Roxy Anna Wilson was born in Arkansas in February 1884, the second child and elder daughter of Elijah Daniel "Lige" Wilson and Sarah Ellen "Ella" Chandler.1 Her parents had married in Benton County in 1881, and in 1900 she was living with them on a rented farm in Elk River Township, McDonald County, Missouri: Nancy R., 16 and single, with her brothers James and William, her sisters Mattie and Bertha, and her uncle Robert Chandler.1 Nothing later has yet been found of her.

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Arkansas, 1884
  • Death, 1900
  • one home, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Death. When and where she died is not yet known.

Sources

Source 1

1 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Elk River Township, 1882

Life in time

Feb 1884

Birth , Arkansas, United States

proven Source 1

How we know

  1. 1884 Birth Feb 1884 · Arkansas, United States · proven

    Member trees give 3 Feb 1884 at Robinson, Benton County, Arkansas, without a source seen.

    The 1900 census, taken in her parents' household, gives February 1884, aged 16, born in Arkansas; her parents were living in Arkansas from their marriage in 1881 until at least 1889.

    Source 1

  2. 1900 Residence Elk River Township, McDonald · proven

    Daughter, 16, single, in the household of her parents Eliga D. and Sarah E. Wilson, a rented farm, with her brothers James and William and her sisters Mattie and Bertha.

    Her line of the 1900 census (image read).

    Source 1

  3. 1900 Death after 5 Jun 1900 · proven

    Living at the census of June 1900. Her death has not been found. The FamilySearch tree gives 1957, without a source seen. She was born more than a century ago and is deceased.

    Source 1

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Places in this life

2 places, in order
1 2
  1. 1 Arkansas, United States Birth Feb 1884
  2. 2 Elk River Township, McDonald County Residence 1900

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Family

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The evidence 3 facts with their grades, 1 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth Feb 1884 Arkansas, United States proven 1
Residence 1900 Elk River Township, McDonald, Missouri, United States proven 1
Death after 5 Jun 1900 proven 1

Research notes

  • Sources: Only the 1900 census (image read in the Ancestry survey of her parents, 26 September 2026) has been seen.1
  • Name: "Nancy R." in 1900. The FamilySearch tree calls her Nancy Roxy Anna Wilson (LCPT-KG8, 1884–1957); member trees give "Roxie Anna" and "Nancy Anna". Her full name, her marriage and her death are unverified.
  • Birthplace: Arkansas (1900). Member trees give Robinson, Benton County, 3 Feb 1884, without a source.
  • Next steps: the 1910 census (she was not in her parents' household); an Arkansas or Missouri marriage record about 1900–1910; her death (1957 by FamilySearch).

Working notes

  • 'Nancy R.', 16, 1900 census Elk River Twp., McDonald Co., Mo. (only record seen); Roxy/Roxie Anna from trees; member trees b. 3 Feb 1884 Robinson, Benton Co., Ark.; FS d. 1957 (unverified)

Sources

  1. 1

    1900 U.S. Federal Census, Elk River Township, McDonald County, Missouri, E.D. 94, sheet 5A, family 98 (dwelling indexed as 88), lines 45–50 and overleaf, enumerated 5 June 1900: James Wilson (son, born June 1882, 17, single, born Arkansas, father born Arkansas, mother born Missouri; farm laborer, four months unemployed) in the household of Eligo [Eliga] D. Wilson (head, born April 1861, 39, married 18 years, born Arkansas, parents born Tennessee; farmer; rents), with Sarah E. (wife, born March 1863, 37, mother of five children, all living, born Missouri), Nancy R. (daughter, born February 1884, 16), Wm. A. (son, born March 1886, 14) and Mattie June (daughter, born June 1889, 11), all born Arkansas, and, on the next page, Burtha (daughter, 8) and Robert Chadler [Chandler] (brother-in-law, 43); NARA T623, roll 873; image 4118801_00110; database with images, Ancestry.com (the index gives James's age as 18).