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Rhoda Estelle Herndon 1898–1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 May 1898

Birth Location: Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 14 Jul 1988

Death Location: Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Samuel Herndon

Mother: Minnie Thompson

Spouse(s): Oscar Payne, George Morris, Homer Watters

Children(s): Roger Payne, Frances Fitzgerald, Jack Sr

Rhoda Estelle Herndon was born in 1898 in Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Andrew George Herndon And Minnie Estelle Thompson. Rhoda Estelle Herndon married George Winfield Morris, Homer Stoddart Watters, Oscar Forrest Payne, and had children including Frances Fitzgerald, Jack Payne Sr, Roger Cloyd Payne. Rhoda Estelle Herndon passed away in 1988 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Rhoda Estelle Herndon was born in 1898 in Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA, the child of Samuel Andrew George Herndon And Minnie Estelle Thompson.
  • Rhoda Estelle Herndon married George Winfield Morris, Homer Stoddart Watters, Oscar Forrest Payne, and had children including Frances Fitzgerald, Jack Payne Sr, Roger Cloyd Payne.
  • Rhoda Estelle Herndon passed away in 1988 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Rhoda Herndon's Ancestors

Self
Rhoda Herndon
1898–1988
Birth Place: Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Samuel Andrew George Herndon
1870–1942
Walhalla, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
Minnie (Estelle) Thompson
1874–1915
South Carolina
Grandparents
Samuel (George) Herndon
1839–1876
Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Rhoda ("Rose") Billingsley
1841–1916
, , Georgia, USA
John (Martin) Thompson
1848–1878
Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Alice (Eugenia) Robinson
1851–1907
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Herndon
1807–1898
Selina Smith
1811–1887
Andrew Billingsley
1817–1850
Harriet Nicholson
1822–1895
Ellis Thompson
1820–1893
Frances Garrett
1821–1883
James Robinson
1830–1879
Elizabeth Maroney
1829–1899
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Herndon
1779–1848
Prisilla Wells
1791–
Samuel Smith
1780–1855
Mary Harlan
1788–1824
James Sr.
1792–1830
Rhoda Alexander
1798–1830
Ira Nicholson
1793–1840
Jane Palmer
1793–1843
Ambrose Garrett
1798–1840
Nancy DeLong
1799–1861

Rhoda Herndon's Descendants

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Rhoda (Estelle) Herndon (13 May 1898–14 Jul 1988) m. Oscar (Forrest) Payne (7 Aug 1895–22 Feb 1969) m. George (Winfield) Morris (1897–06 MAY 1933) m. Homer (Stoddart) Watters (19 June 1895–25 July 1958)
  1. 1. Roger (Cloyd) Payne 1922–1985
  2. 2. Frances Fitzgerald 1918–1987 m. John (Everett Fitzgerald) Sr 1921–2001 m. John (Wesley) Ritchie 1919–1943 m. Edward (Harry) Enders 1911–1987
    1. 1. John (Everett Fitzgerald) Jr 1939–2018 m. Phyllis (Jean) Calzia 1941–2000
    2. 2. Jackie (Cloyd) Fitzgerald 1939–1939
    3. 3. Ronald (Francis) Fitzgerald 1941–2019 m. Barbara (Joan) Gunter 1938–2009
  3. 3. Jack (Payne) Sr 1920–1983 m. Erselene Payne 1921–2007 m. Ouida (Juanita) Ward 1921–2006 m. Naomi Hawkins 1920–2003
    1. 1. Steven (David) Payne 1944–2001
    2. 2. Jack (Payne) Jr 1940–2016 m. Emmie (Diann) Alexander 1949–2020
    3. 3. Dennis (Michael Payne) Jr. 1941–1968

Rhoda Herndon's Timeline

13 Records

1895
13 March 1895
Birth of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Wallahalle A, South Carolina
Wallahalle A, South Carolina
1898
13 May 1898
Birth of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Walhalla, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
Walhalla, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
1898
13 May 1898
Birth of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA
Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA
1900
1900
Age 2
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina, USA
Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina, USA
1910
1910
Age 12
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas, USA
Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas, USA
1930
1930
Age 32
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
1937
Abt 1937
Age 39
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in South Carolina
South Carolina
1938
1938
Age 40
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
1940
1940
Age 42
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA
1950
1950
Age 52
Rhoda Estelle Herndon resided here in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
1988
14 Jul 1988
Age 90
Death of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
1988
14 Jul 1988
Age 90
Death of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
1988
14 Jul 1988
Age 90
Death of Rhoda Estelle Herndon in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 March 1895
    Event Place: Wallahalle A, South Carolina
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 567-54-3656; Issue State: California; Issue Date: 1957
    [2] California, Death Index, Date: 1988-07-14
    [3] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 204; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0276; FHL microfilm: 2339939
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina; Roll: 1540; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1241540
    [5] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas; Roll: T624_1589; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1375602
    [6] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [7] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 May 1898
    Event Place: Walhalla, Oconee, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 May 1898
    Event Place: Walla Halla, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina; Roll: 1540; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1241540

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Tyler Ward 1, Smith, Texas; Roll: T624_1589; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1375602

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 204; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0276; FHL microfilm: 2339939

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1937
    Event Place: South Carolina
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Publication Date: 24 Jul 1937; Publication Place: San Bernardino, California, USA; ,0.5735817,0.49085036,0.6

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1938
    Event Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source: California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968, California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Ang

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: San Bernardino
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Publication Date: 24 Jul 1937; Publication Place: San Bernardino, California, USA; ,0.5735817,0.49085036,0.6

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1988
    Event Place: Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 567-54-3656; Issue State: California; Issue Date: 1957
    [2] California, Death Index, Date: 1988-07-14
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1988
    Event Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1988
    Event Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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