Wade & Webb Family History

Mary Katherine Cranford1904–1976

Richmond · Fulton · Birmingham · District of Columbia

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 16 Oct 1904 Richmond, North Carolina 1

Marriages

  1. 13 Jul 1923 Reuben Walden Webb, at Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 3
  2. Date unknown Wilfred Joseph Serpas

Death and burial

  1. 1976 Burial: Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland
  2. 1976 Death: place not recorded

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Marriage 1, 13 Jul 1923
Reuben Walden Webb 1903–1976
Children
Jean Katherine Webb 1925–?
Marriage 2
Wilfred Joseph Serpas 1892–1971

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Mary Katherine Cranford
  2. Wife of Reuben Walden Webb
  3. Hilda Webb
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of uncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Mary Katherine Cranford was born on 16 October 1904, according to the North Carolina birth index, and the FamilySearch tree places her birth in Richmond County, North Carolina.1 The federal census of 1910 listed Mary K. Cranford in the household of Houston E. Cranford in the second ward of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, and by 1920 the family was in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, where the index spells the surname "Crawford."2 Inference Houston Cranford was probably her father, though the index entries in hand do not state the relationship.2

On 13 July 1923 she married Reuben Walden Webb, a son of James Pleasant Webb of Birmingham, in Jefferson County; the marriage is indexed under both Mary Katherine and Mary Kathryn Cranford.3 The tree names a daughter of the marriage, Jean Katherine Webb, born in 1925, and records a divorce before 1930 without a source.4 The census of 1930 listed her as Katherine C. Webb in the household of Houston C. Cranford in Birmingham, while her husband was living in his own father's household in the same city.5

By 1940 she was married to Wilfred Joseph Serpas, a marriage that the tree records without a date or place.6 The censuses of 1940 and 10 April 1950 listed Katherine C. Serpas in his household in Washington, District of Columbia.7 Wilfred J. Serpas died in 1971, and newspaper obituaries of 29 and 30 November 1971 name his wife Katherine.8 The tree gives her death and her burial at Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, in 1976, without a day or a source; Find a Grave indexes her as Katherine Cranford Serpas.9

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Mary Katherine Cranford.

  1. 16 Oct 1904Mary Katherine Cranford, "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  2. 16 Oct 1904Mary Katherine Crawford, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
  3. 1910Mary K Cranford, "United States, Census, 1910"
  4. 1920Katherine Crawford, "United States, Census, 1920"
  5. 13 Jul 1923Mary Katherine Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  6. 13 July 1923Mary Katherine Cranford, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
  7. 13 Jul 1923Mary Kathryn Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  8. 13 Jul 1923Mary Kathryn Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 1930Katherine C Webb, "United States, Census, 1930"
  10. 1940Katherine C Serpas, "United States, Census, 1940"
  11. 10 April 1950Katherine Serpas, "United States, Census, 1950"
  12. 30 November 1971Katherine C Serpas, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"
  13. 29 Nov 1971Mrs Katherine Serpas, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"
  14. Katherine Cranford Serpas, "Find a Grave Index"
  15. 13 Jul 1923Entry for Reuben Walden Webb and Mary Katherine Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  16. 13 Jul 1923Mary Katherine Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  17. 13 Jul 1923Mary Kathryn Cranford, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"

Notes

  1. "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000", FamilySearch, Mary Katherine Cranford, 16 Oct 1904. Record: Mary Katherine Cranford, North Carolina Birth Index, 16 Oct 1904 "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", FamilySearch, Mary Katherine Crawford, 16 Oct 1904. Record: Mary Katherine Crawford, 16 Oct 1904 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: birth 16 Oct 1904, Richmond, North Carolina back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Mary K Cranford in entry for Houston E Cranford, 1910. Record: Mary K Cranford in entry for Houston E Cranford, 1910 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Katherine Crawford in entry for Houston Crawford, 1920. Record: Katherine Crawford in entry for Houston Crawford, 1920 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: residence 1910, Atlanta Ward 2, Fulton, Georgia; 1920, Birmingham back to the text
  3. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Reuben Walden Webb and Mary Katherine Cranford, 13 Jul 1923. Record: Reuben Walden Webb and Mary Katherine Cranford, 13 Jul 1923 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Mary Katherine Cranford in entry for Reuben Walden Webb, 13 July 1923. Record: Mary Katherine Cranford in entry for Reuben Walden Webb, 13 July 1923 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Reuben Walden Webb and Mary Kathryn Cranford, 13 Jul 1923. Record: Mary Kathryn Cranford, 13 Jul 1923 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-4MS (their page): parents James Pleasant Webb and Lila Walden back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: child Jean Katherine Webb, 1925; divorce before 1930, no source attached back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Katherine C Webb in entry for Houston C Cranford, 1930. Record: Katherine C Webb in entry for Houston C Cranford, 1930 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: residence 1930, Birmingham "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Waldon Webb in entry for James P Webb, 1930. Record: Waldon Webb in entry for James P Webb, 1930 back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: spouse Wilfred Joseph Serpas, 1892–1971, no marriage event "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 1940. Record: Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 1940 back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 1940. Record: Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 1940 "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Katherine Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 10 April 1950. Record: Katherine Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 10 April 1950 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: residence 1940 and 1950, District of Columbia back to the text
  8. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013", FamilySearch, Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 30 November 1971. Record: Katherine C Serpas in entry for Wilfred J Serpas, 30 November 1971 "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013", FamilySearch, Mrs Katherine Serpas in entry for J Serpas, 29 Nov 1971. Record: Mrs Katherine Serpas in entry for J Serpas, 29 Nov 1971 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: Wilfred Joseph Serpas, 1892–1971 back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G392-D54: death 1976, no place or day; burial 1976, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Katherine Cranford Serpas. Record: Katherine Cranford Serpas, Find a Grave Index back to the text