I am searching for records of James Edward Boren and his wife Annie Laura Crawford who had 2 girls, Ardena Lanell and Vera Loraine Boren. I am particularly interested in the two parents and Vera Loraine. If anyone has any information please let me know. I am helping my husband do his genealogy work and have come to a dead end at this point.

James Edward Boren and his wife, Annie, along with their two daughters, Ardena A and Lorain are found on the 1930 census of Bexar County, Texas. He is 36, born in Texas. Annie is 28, born in Texas, Ardena is 7 and Lorain is 6.

Annie Laurie Boren's death certificate has:

Birth: 4 Nov 1902 in Real County, Texas
Death: 9 Aug 1954 in Leakey, Real County, Texas
Burial: Leakey Cemetery
Father James A Crawford
Mother: Claudia Thompson
Informant: Mrs Irene Humphries

Annie Laurie Crawford is found on the 1910 census of Edwards County, Texas. She is living with her grandparents, John Henry Thompson and Emeline Elms Thompson. Annie's father is not in the home. Her mother Claudia Thompson Boren, 26, and her sister, Irene, and brother, Eldredge 3, are living with the Thompsons.

In 1920 Claudia Thompson Crawford and her three children are living in Real County. The census says she is married, but the husband is not present.

James Edward Boren was born 22 February 1894 and died Jan 1979, probably in S. A., Bexar County, Texs.

His parents were Alford Byron Boren and Addie Lee Sansom.

Alford B Boren's death certificate has that he was born 15 March 1870 in Texas and that he died 14 Mar 1950 in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas. He is buried in Leakey Cemetery. His father was William Boren. His mother's name is not given. The informant was his son Sam Boren

Addie Lee Sansom Boren's death certificate says that she was born 21 Aug 1875 in Gonzales County, Texas. She died 9 March 1957 in Leakey, Real County, Texas. She is buried Leakey Cem. Her parents were Jimmy Sansom and Sally Gossett. The informant was Mrs. Preston Boren.

Vera Loraine Boren married Jesse Frank Orear, Jr. They had at least one child, James Franklin Orear.

James Franklin Orear married Linda Louise Everhart. They had a son James Michael Orear.

Loraine Boren Orear's husband, Jesse Franklin Orear, died 13 Nov 2002 in Jal, Lea County, NM. I believe Loraine is living there at present. There is a telephone number for Jesse F Orear in Jal, New Mexico. I will not post that number, but you can go to

http://www.whitepages.com/

Fill in last name "orear" City and state: "jal, New Mexico" and you wil get the number for Jesse F Orear. You may have to click on his name to get the address and telephone number.

There is a birth record for Ardena Lanell Boren. Her birth is given as 19 September 1922 in Real County, Texas.

I am not related to this family.

I want to thank you for the invaluable information that you have provided regarding Annie Laura Crawford. I have just one more question and I don't know if you have the information. According to her great great grandson, my husband, she is half Cherokee. Can you confirm this by any chance?

In doing the research, I did see that someone said that one of her ancestors was full-bloodied Indian, but I cannot find that information right now. Usually there is a separate schedule for those who are Indian. You can always check the Dawes Registry to see if your family is there.

I do have the death records of Claudia Thompson Crawford's brother and sister. I also have some of the records for the siblings of James Edward Boren. Let me know if you are interested. Here is the site were you can find death certificates online.

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?...

Have you tried to get in touch with Loraine Boren Orear?

I just found information on the father of Annie Laurie Crawford. A researcher whose tree is at ancestry.com says that Claudia Thompson was married to James Alexander Crawford, who was born 1 Nov 1878 in Atascosa County, Texas.
The researcher says that he died 20 September 1939. Here is the URL for the cemetery.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cr...;

His parents were George Marion Crawford and Polly Petty, according to the researcher.

There is more, but I am out of time. I must be at a dinner meeting in 20 minutes.


Marion K. Parker
wolfparker1957@gmail.com

I just discovered this website at rootsweb world connect. This research is very well don and well documented.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

Just click on each name and it will show you the information on that person.


According to the death certificate of Polly Ann Petty, her parents were William Petty and Jeanette Evans, both born in Arkansas.

In 1930 James Alexander Crawford is living with his mother, brother, sister, and niece in Medina County Texas. The enumerater for some reason put the middle initial first before the person's first name. He is listed as A James Crawford. He is 52 years old.

I wonder why he and his wife lived apart from one another.

On the death certificate of James Alexander Crawford, his spouse is listed as Claudia Crawford.

Marion K. Parker
wolfparker1957@gmail.com