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Josephine Laura Helms 1870–1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 September 1870

Birth Location: Mississippi, United States of America

Death Date: 21 August 1941

Death Location: Tigertown, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America

Father: James Helms

Mother: Margaret "Maggie"

Spouse(s): James Francis

Children(s): James Francis, Johnnie Francis

Josephine Laura Helms was born in 1870 in Mississippi, United States of America, the child of James Malachi Helms And Margaret Evelyn Maggie. Josephine Laura Helms married James Nathaniel Francis, and had children including James Henry Francis, Johnnie Roscoe Francis. Josephine Laura Helms passed away in 1941 in Tigertown, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Josephine Laura Helms was born in 1870 in Mississippi, United States of America, the child of James Malachi Helms And Margaret Evelyn Maggie.
  • Josephine Laura Helms married James Nathaniel Francis, and had children including James Henry Francis, Johnnie Roscoe Francis.
  • Josephine Laura Helms passed away in 1941 in Tigertown, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Josephine Helms's Ancestors

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Josephine Helms
1870–1941
Birth Place: Mississippi, United States of America
Parents
James Malachi Helms
1840–1909
Lafayette County, Mississippi
Margaret (Evelyn) "Maggie"
1850–1936
Lafayette, Mississippi
Grandparents
Meredith (W) Helms
1816–1854
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Sarah (H) Stokes
1816–1864
Tennessee
Greenberry ("Green B") Helms
1822–1885
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Simons
1833–1905
Great-Grandparents
Malachi Helms
1793–1848
Elizabeth Porter
1797–1880
Martha Hall
1798–1863
Weston Simons
1804–1885
Edna Hollowell
1811–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Porter
1766–1841
Sebra Goodrum
1775–1851
John Sr
1765–1834
Martha
1765–1842
Edwin Hollowell
1774–1814
Brambley Daniel
1774–1830

Josephine Helms's Descendants

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Josephine (Laura) Helms (11 September 1870–21 August 1941) m. James (Nathaniel) Francis (14 Jan 1875–9 Sep 1955)
  1. 1. James (Henry) Francis 1892–1967
  2. 2. Johnnie (Roscoe) Francis 1909–1928

Josephine Helms's Timeline

2 Records

1870
11 September 1870
Birth of Josephine Laura Helms in Mississippi, United States of America
Mississippi, United States of America
1941
21 August 1941
Age 71
Death of Josephine Laura Helms in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America
Paris, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 September 1870
    Event Place: Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 August 1941
    Event Place: Paris, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tigertown, Lamar County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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