Alberta Josephine Albritton (1872-1932)

Alberta Josephine “Bertie” Albritton was born on November 11, 1872 in Graves County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Adam Atkinson Albritton and Ophelia Collier. 

Alberta’s father died just 17 months after her birth.  Her mother remarried shortly thereafter to a man named Allen S. Heflin.

Alberta married J. Gibson around 1890 in Kentucky.  They had one child:

Geraldine        born April 1892

J. Gibson must have passed away, because Alberta remarried to George Washington Carter in 1898.  She was 26 years old and he was 21 years.  George was born on July 23, 1878 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, the son of David and Elizabeth J. Carter.

George and Alberta had six children:

Lorena M.        born December 7, 1899

Gus W.            born June 10, 1901

Shelburn          born 1904

Clifford                        born 1906

Ruth F.            born 1911

Josephine        born 1914

After their marriage, the couple purchased a home and settled their family in Union City, Obion County, Tennessee.  In 1910, George was working as an insurance agent.

George registered for the draft for the First World War on September 12, 1918.  At that time, he and Alberta and their children were living at 604 North Division Street in Union, Obion County, Tennessee.  He was described as of medium height and slender build, with blue eyes and brown hair.  He did not fight in the war.

In 1930, George and his son, Gus were in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.  They were either visiting or living with his daughter, Lorene, and her husband Herman Bell.  Meanwhile, Alberta was renting a home on South Grand Avenue in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.

Alberta Josephine Albritton Gibson Carter died on February 27, 1932 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.  She was 60 years old at her death.  She was buried in Union, Obion County, Tennessee

Notes for Alberta J. Heflin

Birth, marriage, & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: 1591; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1241591.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Housemans, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 249C; Enumeration District: 089; Image: 0706.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Union City, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1514; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1375527.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, Obion, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1758; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 973.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida; Roll: 335; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 325.0; FHL microfilm: 2340070.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.  Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
Burial:  "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FPSS-986 : accessed 3 February 2015), Alberta J. Carter, 27 Feb 1932; citing Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, reference cn3215; FHL microfilm 2,135,485.

Notes for J. Gibson

Marriage:  J. Gibson mentioned as the father of the bride in "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4S6-F38 : accessed 1 February 2015), S.H. Montgomery and Geraldine Gibson, 17 Nov 1912; citing , reference 315; FHL microfilm 1,944,441.

Notes for George Washington Carter

Birth & Military:  Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Obion; Roll: 1877603. 

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 182A; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0570.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: 237; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 0241; Image: 949.0; FHL microfilm: 2339972.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.