Adelaide Kennedy

b. 11 July 1899, d. 17 April 1980
Adelaide Kennedy|b. 11 Jul 1899\nd. 17 Apr 1980|p1284.htm|Walter Kennedy|b. 22 Nov 1842\nd. 28 Nov 1926|p1281.htm|Sarah Kimbrough Munson|b. 9 Jun 1857\nd. 13 Aug 1913|p116.htm|William Kennedy II|b. 1800\nd. 1869|p2903.htm|Mary Haile|b. 1812\nd. 1894|p2904.htm|Mordello S. Munson|b. 25 Apr 1825\nd. 13 Oct 1903|p113.htm|Sarah K. Armour|b. 3 Sep 1831\nd. 31 Jan 1887|p114.htm|

1st cousin 1 time removed of George Poindexter Munson Sr.
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Munson and Allied Families
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Addie Kennedy
     Adelaide Kennedy was born on 11 July 1899 at Waverly Plantation, near Chenango, Brazoria County, Texas.1,2 She was the daughter of Walter Kennedy and Sarah Kimbrough Munson. She married Cyril Yates in Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas.3 She died at her home on 17 April 1980 in Angleton at age 80.4,5,3,2 She was buried in Angleton Cemetery.4 Click to view image
     
     Addie graduated from Angleton High School.6 Afterward she earned a teacher's certificate at Sam Houston State Teacher's College. She taught school in Angleton, Port Arthur, and again in Angleton.6 She met Cy Yates in Brazoria County and they married at the home of George and Hattie Kennedy in the early '40s. They had no children.6

     Writer's note: Cousins Cy and Addie lived just across the trap (small pasture set off from a larger one) from us just south of Angleton. I was allowed to walk across by myself, so I visited often. In the spring I picked pepper grass on the way to give to Cousin Addie's canary, and I liked to play with Cousin Cy's bird dog Dinah. Cousin Addie taught sixth grade and Cousin Cy worked for Cousin Bell Giesecke at Giesecke's Department Store in Angleton. He came from England in the 1920s and first worked on a dairy farm in New Jersey. His move to Texas was not by design. He had accompanied a train shipment of dairy cattle to Sherman, Texas, in the early thirties. When he arrived, he got word from his boss that the business was bankrupt. He offered to pay his way back to New Jersey, but Cousin Cy decided to stay in Texas. I never did learn how he ended up in Brazoria County. He retained a rather thick British accent his entire life. Cousin Addie's death was entirely unexpected. She simply didn't wake up one morning. Cousin Cy first called my mother (Ruth Anna Munson) who ran over and confirmed she was gone. After Cousin Addie's death, he became particularly close to Cousin Della Hanly who predeceased him, and Della's brother John H. Caldwell and his family. He moved to Rosharon and the Caldwells cared for him until his death in 1999.7

Additional Data
Addie Kennedy appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Walter and Sarah Kennedy.8 Click to view image

Addie Kennedy appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Walter and Sarah M. Kennedy.9 Click to view image

Addie Kennedy appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her father Walter Kennedy.10 Click to view image

Addie and Emma Kennedy appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, enumerated 8 April 1930, living in a boarding house.11 Click to view image

Citations

  1. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 262.
  2. [S29] Addie Yates, no. 464-80-0839, Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb (Provo: MyFamily.com Inc., 2005). The SSDI component of RootsWeb is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
  3. [S32] Interview with Ruth Anna (Horn) Munson (Mrs. Joe U. Munson; Angleton, Texas), by Laura Munson Cooper. Transcript held in 2003 by Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St.; Arlington, TX 76012-5608).
  4. [S427] Addie K. Yates tombstone, Angleton Cemetery, Angleton, Texas; photographed by the writer on 5 July 2003.
  5. [S31] Texas Department of Health Death Records, 1964-1998, online <http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi>.
  6. [S704] "The Life and Family of Sarah Munson Kennedy," The Munsons of Texas - an American Saga, online. <http://munsons-of-texas.net/c24.html
  7. [S9] Personal recollection of the writer, Laura M. Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St., Arlington, Texas).
  8. [S51] Walter Kennedy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 14B, dwelling 299, family 299; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 1614.
  9. [S50] Walter Kennedy household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 10B, dwelling 205, family 215; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1534.
  10. [S38] Walter Kennedy household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton city, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 35A/107; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1774.
  11. [S433] James M. Plyler household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Texas, population schedule, Port Arthur City, enumeration district (ED) 123-54, sheet 7B, dwelling 133, family 165; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 2362.