NameGertrude “Gerdie” Lee Coleman
Birth14 Jun 1890, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia
Death4 Apr 1979, 2823 Mauldin Street, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
BurialSmyrna Christian Church Cemetery, Powcan, Virginia
Soc. Sec. #223-09-5302
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
Documentation
According to the Social Security Death Index, Gertrude Boughan was born 14 June 1890 and died April 1979. Last residence in Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia.
Thomas H. Baughan married Gertrude Coleman on 14 April 1915 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was 31; she was 24. Both were born in Essex County, Virginia, and resided there. He was a farmer. His parents were Thomas W. and Mary E. Baughan; hers were Straughan and Sarah Coleman. James O. Helsabech performed the wedding ceremony. The license was issued on 12 April 1915 in King and Queen County. [King and Queen Marriage Register Book 2, page 36, line 20.]
1930 U.S. Census, Henrico County, Richmond City, Virginia
Jefferson Ward, Block Number 598
Enumeration District 116-94, Supervisor’s District 6
Sheet 1A, Enumerated on 2 April 1930
Dwelling 3, Family 4
Boughan, Hundley T, head, [shared house with renting family], no radio set, male, white age 44, first married at 32 years, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, occupation baker in bakery, wage worker, at work previous day, not a veteran
Boughan, Gertrude L, wife, female, white, age 34, first married at 25 years, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, occupation trimmer, cigar box, wage worker, at work previous day, not a veteran
1940 U.S. Census, Richmond, Virginia
Jefferson Ward, Enumeration District 118-97, Sheet 15A
17 North 29th Street, Family 299, rents, $13, not on farm (in same house with families Throckmorton, Dunn, and Griffith)
Boughan, Thomas H., head, male, white, 57, married, not in school, highest level of education 7th grade, born in Virginia, living in same place in 1935, not on farm, at work week of March 24–30, worked 44 hours that week, baker in bakery, wage worker, 52 weeks employed in 1939, income in 1939 $1,092, no other sources of income
Boughan, Gertrude, wife, female, white, 46, married, not in school, highest level of education 7th grade, born in Virginia, living in same place in 1935, not on farm, at work week of March 24–30, worked 28 hours that week, box trimmer in tobacco factory, wage worker, 32 weeks employed in 1939, income in 1939 $289, no other sources of income
On 4 April 1979, Gertrude Coleman Boughan died at her residence, 2823 Mauldin Street, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. She was 88; born 14 June 1890; she was a resident of Richmond, Virginia; father was Straughan Coleman; mother was Sarah Jones; born in Virginia; widowed; husband was Thomas H. Boughan; occupation homemaker; informant Mr. Richard F. Dunn; cause of death cardiac arrest due to arteriosclerotic vascular disease, other significant cause gastroenteritis; burial at Smyrna Christian Church Cemetery, Powcan, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 79-011671.]
Information from Pearl Irene Davis Kopp. She had no children. She went by Gerdie.
Spouses
Birth1 May 1882, Essex County, Virginia
Death10 Nov 1965, 2823 Mauldin Street, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
BurialSmyrna Christian Church Cemetery, Bruington, King and Queen County, Virginia
OccupationFarmer
Marriage14 Apr 1915, King & Queen County, Virginia