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View Tree for Edward Alphonso RussellEdward Alphonso Russell (b. Aug 28, 1910, d. Dec 26, 1978)

Edward Alphonso Russell (son of Robert John Russell and Sarah Ann Spurgin) was born Aug 28, 1910 in Clear Lake, Collin County, Texas, and died Dec 26, 1978 in McKinney, Collin County, Texas. He married Lillis Irene Lewis on Jul 27, 1932 in Durant, Oklahoma, daughter of Thomas Richmond Lewis and Corda Lee Rogers.

 Includes NotesNotes for Edward Alphonso Russell:


My father was a farmer and the son of a farmer. In 1959, after years of working part time at various jobs to supplement the farm income, he decided it was time to quit farming. He only had an elementary school education but was able to line up a potential job with the Texas State Highway Department, but he would need a social security number. As a farmer it was never necessary for him to have one.
My fathers name was Edward Alphanso Russell. His twin sisters name was Edna Russell and they were born in a farm house in Collin County, Texas, 1910.

One of the requirements for a social security number is proof of birth, usually a birth certificate. When he went to the Collin County Court House to get a copy, they were unable to locate any record of his birth. They then checked on Edna, no record. Edward and Edna Russell were never officially born.

Grandma was still alive and during his efforts to prove he was born, he went and talked to her. Although she was eighty-eight years old, she remembered that the doctor (Dr. Perry) who had delivered the twins, for some reason wanted her to name them Pimbert and Pearl. Not Edward and Edna.

With this information Dad went back to the courthouse. Sure enough, born on Aug,27,1910, was a Pimbert Alphanso Russell and Pearl Agnes Russell.

After all this it was still necessary for dad and Edena to go to court and have there names changed to what they though they were.



More About Edward Alphonso Russell:
Buried at: Ridgeview Memorial Park, Mckinney, Texas.

More About Edward Alphonso Russell and Lillis Irene Lewis:
Marriage: Jul 27, 1932, Durant, Oklahoma.

Children of Edward Alphonso Russell and Lillis Irene Lewis are:
  1. +Robert Eugene Russell.
  2. +Edward Lee Russell.
  3. +David Roy Russell.
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