On 22 June 1910, Ellen Christian Boughan was born in Howerton, Essex County, Virginia. She was female and her parents were married to one another. Father John Hancock Boughan; resident of Howerton, Virginia; white; 46; born in Howerton, Virginia; occupation farmer. Mother Sophia Brooks; resident of Howerton, Virginia; white; 24; born in Howerton, Virginia; occupation housewife. Two children born up to and including this child, no children have died. Certified by Sophia [her x mark] Brooks of Warsaw, Virginia; mother; 60. “Filed by special request. Because of late filing without satisfactory written evidence the date of this birth cannot be guaranteed.” [Commonwealth of Virginia, Delayed Certificate of Birth, 1405, 6 November 1940.]