William Lyttle : Family tree by Jacques ST-PIERRE (monartque)

Publish date: 2024-07-15

NOTE:
source: Ancestry.com - Internet Genealogy Website -- links to family genealogical websites - 1 _PAREN N
source: Federal Census of 1900 - USA - 1 _PAREN N
source: Federal Census of 1910 - USA - 1 _PAREN N
source: Federal Census of 1920 - USA - 1 _PAREN N
source: Federal Census of 1930 - US Department of Commerce -- Bureau of the Census - Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 Population Schedule - 1 _PAREN N
NOTE: According to Merrill McAmis:
He was accused of killing a man named Willliam P. Gilbert, in 1893, in Harlan Co KY. William Lankford changed his name to William Little/Lyttle and fled to Virginia.

According to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/LANGFORD/2002-01/1011847079:
Court Records: 1893, Accused of the murder of William P. Gilbert (Source: "From the mouths of babes", Descendants of William G. Lankford, Family tales, Penny Farley, "Story handed down in the family by my grandmother, Nan, William killed a man and then he changed his name to his mothher's maiden name, Lyttle, then moved to VA.")

The 1900 census enumerates William (born February 1867 in Virginia), Mary J. (born April 1878 in Pennsylvania), Mary E. (born May 1896), William B. (born October 1897) and Howard R. (born July 1899). The children were born in West Virginia.

The 1910 census records Wm. Little (age 42, born Kentucky), M. J. (age 32, born Pennsylvania), M. E. (age 14), W. B. (age 12), H. R. (age 10), P. J. (daughter, age 9), I. M. (daughter, age 5) and Cecil (age 2). M. E. was born in Pennsylvania and the other children in West Virginia. He was a lumberman in the woods. They had been married for 15 years, and each of their 6 children was living.

The 1920 census records William M. Little (age 51, born Kentucky), Mary J. (age 41, born Pennsylvania), Bruce (age 20), Howard R. (age 18), Icy M. (age 14), Cecil (age 11), Nannie B. (age 7) and Woodrow M. (age 1 year, 4 months). The children were born in West Virginia. He was a laborer for a lumber mill; Bruce and Howard were carpenters.

The 1930 census lists William (age 58, born Kentucky, married at age 27), Mary J. (age 52, born Pennsylvania, married at age 17), Cecil A. (age 21, Nannie B. (age 17) and Woodrow (age 11). The children were born in West Virginia. He was a laborer for a lumber mill and Cecil was a common laborer.

 -- GEDCOM (INDI) -- 1 DEAT 2 3 MAY 1955 

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