Wade & Webb Family History

Walter Craig Blackwell1898–1981

Birmingham · Fairfield · Trussville

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

Birth

  1. 27 Jan 1898 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 1

Marriages

  1. 13 Oct 1923 Florria Elbert Webb, at Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 5

Death and burial

  1. Aug 1981 Burial: Trussville, Jefferson, Alabama
  2. 16 Aug 1981 Death: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 8

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 13 Oct 1923
Florria Elbert Webb 1899–1997
Children
Carolynne Blackwell 1937–2023

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Walter Craig Blackwell
  2. Husband of Florria Elbert Webb
  3. Hilda Webb
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of half-aunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Walter Craig Blackwell was born at Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, on 27 January 1898, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date.1 The federal census of 1900 listed Walter Blackwell in the household of Wilkie Blackwell in Jefferson County, the census of 1910 found Walter C. Blackwell in the household of Wilkie W. Blackwell in the twelfth ward of Birmingham, and in 1920 he was in the household of W. W. Blackwell at Fairfield, Jefferson County.2 Inference Wilkie W. Blackwell was very probably his father, though the index entries in hand do not state the relationship and the tree records no parents for him.2

He registered for the draft of the First World War in 1917 or 1918 at Birmingham, and the Alabama service cards and the Veterans Administration's master index record his service in that war, the master index with a date of 10 December 1918.3 In 1920 he was registered to vote at Fairfield.4 On 13 October 1923 he married Florria Elbert Webb, a daughter of James Pleasant Webb of Birmingham, in Jefferson County.5 The census of 1930 found the couple at Fairfield; the census of 1940, in which his name is indexed as "William C Blackwell," and that of 7 April 1950 both found them in Birmingham.6 The tree names one daughter, Carolynne Blackwell (1937–2023), whose marriage on 6 September 1958 names him as her father.7 Walter Craig Blackwell died at Birmingham on 16 August 1981 and was buried that month at Trussville, Jefferson County.8 His widow Florrie died in 1997.9

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Walter Craig Blackwell.

  1. 1900Walter Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1900"
  2. 1910Walter C Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1910"
  3. from 1917 to 1918Walter Craig Blackwell, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  4. 10 Dec 1918Walter Craig Blackwell, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
  5. 1920Walter C Blackwell, "Alabama, Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981"
  6. 1920Walter C Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1920"
  7. 13 Oct 1923Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  8. 13 Oct 1923Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 13 Oct 1923Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  10. 13 October 1923Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  11. 1930Walter C Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1930"
  12. 1940William C Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1940"
  13. 1950Walter C Blackwell, "United States, Census, 1950"
  14. 06 Sep 1958Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  15. Aug 1981Walter Blackwell, "United States, Social Security Death Index"
  16. 1 Oct 2018Walter C Blackwell, "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919"
  17. Walter Craig Blackwell, "Find a Grave Index"
  18. 13 Oct 1923Walter Craig Blackwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: birth 27 Jan 1898, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, no source attached back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Walter Blackwell in entry for Wilkie Blackwell, 1900. Record: Walter Blackwell in entry for Wilkie Blackwell, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell in entry for Wilkie W Blackwell, 1910. Record: Walter C Blackwell in entry for Wilkie W Blackwell, 1910 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell in entry for W W Blackwell, 1920. Record: Walter C Blackwell in entry for W W Blackwell, 1920 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: residence 1900, Precinct 29, Jefferson; 1910, Birmingham Ward 12; 1920, Fairfield; no parents recorded back to the text
  3. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell, from 1917 to 1918. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell, 1 Oct 2018. Record: Walter C Blackwell, Alabama World War I Service Cards "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell, 10 Dec 1918. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell, Veterans Administration Master Index, 10 Dec 1918 back to the text
  4. "Alabama, Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell, 1920. Record: Walter C Blackwell, Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1920 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: voter registration 1920, Fairfield back to the text
  5. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell and Florria Elbert Webb, 13 Oct 1923. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell and Florria Elbert Webb, 13 Oct 1923 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell, 13 October 1923. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell, 13 October 1923 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-ZH1 (their page): parents James Pleasant Webb and Elba Lively back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell, 1930. Record: Walter C Blackwell, 1930 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, William C Blackwell, 1940. Record: William C Blackwell, 1940 "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Walter C Blackwell, April 7, 1950. Record: Walter C Blackwell, April 7, 1950 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: residence 1930, Fairfield; 1940 and 1950, Birmingham back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: child Carolynne Blackwell, 1937–2023 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell in entry for James Thomas Northern and Florrie Carolynne Blackwell, 06 Sep 1958. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell in entry for Florrie Carolynne Blackwell, 06 Sep 1958 back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GQJ2-6JL: death 16 Aug 1981, Birmingham; burial Aug 1981, Trussville "United States, Social Security Death Index," , FamilySearch, Walter Blackwell, Aug 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Record: Walter Blackwell, Social Security Death Index, Aug 1981 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Walter Craig Blackwell. Record: Walter Craig Blackwell, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  9. "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, Florrie W Blackwell, 05 Apr 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Record: Florrie W Blackwell, 05 Apr 1997 back to the text