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Thomas Clingman Childers, Jr. + Bertha Elizabeth Lambert
1871 - 1957 m. 1893 1878 - 1942
Swain Co NC Haywood Co NC Swain Co NC Swain Co? NC Haywood Co NC
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Thomas Clingman Childers, Jr. + Bertha Elizabeth Lambert
1871 - 1957 m. 1893 1878 - 1942
Swain Co NC Haywood Co NC Swain Co NC Swain Co? NC Haywood Co NC
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Arnold Plains Cemetery,
Haywood County, NC
Haywood County, NC
Francis David Childers (Ethel Clark), 1893 - 1983
Joseph Ezekiel Childers (Connie Penland), 1895 - 1966
Edna Childers (William R. Roberson)*, 1897 - 1918
Emma Childers, 1900 - 1918
Naomi Childers (Ellis Ayers), 1903 - 1992
Roy Arthur Childers (Inez Shepherd) 1905 - 1996
Ruth Lee Childers (William Kelly, Bartlett), 1908 - 2000
Julius Childers, 1912 - ?
Bonnie Thelma Childers (Yates Plemmons), 1914 - 1999
Henry Childers (Bertha Dills), 1916 - 2002
James Edmund Childers (Mary Shope, Gladys Edwards), 1918 - 2000
Carl Childers, 1921 - 1923
*(When Edna died at the age of 21, her baby son Edward Roberson was taken by Thomas
and Bertha to raise as their own son; at the same time their own Edmund was a baby of
nearly the same age.)
On 7 May 1930, the census of Beaverdam township, Haywood Co NC found the
family thus: Thomas, 56, farm laborer; Bertha, 52; Bonnie, 16; Henry, 14;
Edmund, 12; and grandson Edward Roberson, 12. The value of their house and
land was $750.
Joseph Ezekiel Childers (Connie Penland), 1895 - 1966
Edna Childers (William R. Roberson)*, 1897 - 1918
Emma Childers, 1900 - 1918
Naomi Childers (Ellis Ayers), 1903 - 1992
Roy Arthur Childers (Inez Shepherd) 1905 - 1996
Ruth Lee Childers (William Kelly, Bartlett), 1908 - 2000
Julius Childers, 1912 - ?
Bonnie Thelma Childers (Yates Plemmons), 1914 - 1999
Henry Childers (Bertha Dills), 1916 - 2002
James Edmund Childers (Mary Shope, Gladys Edwards), 1918 - 2000
Carl Childers, 1921 - 1923
*(When Edna died at the age of 21, her baby son Edward Roberson was taken by Thomas
and Bertha to raise as their own son; at the same time their own Edmund was a baby of
nearly the same age.)
On 7 May 1930, the census of Beaverdam township, Haywood Co NC found the
family thus: Thomas, 56, farm laborer; Bertha, 52; Bonnie, 16; Henry, 14;
Edmund, 12; and grandson Edward Roberson, 12. The value of their house and
land was $750.
Birth Cert Mother's
Date Birth Name
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1951 Lambert
1957 Franklin
1942 Franklin
1967 Lambert
(The notes above
show the differences
among the surnames
used for their mother
on the delayed birth
certificates of the
children to the right.)
Date Birth Name
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1951 Lambert
1957 Franklin
1942 Franklin
1967 Lambert
(The notes above
show the differences
among the surnames
used for their mother
on the delayed birth
certificates of the
children to the right.)
Thomas Clingman Childers + Emily S. Dawson M. L. Blackwell + Emaline Russell
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Thomas Clingman Childers, Jr. + Ollie F. Blackwell (Phoenix)
1871 - 1957 after 1942 1878 - 1956
Swain Co NC Haywood Co NC Swain Co NC Bunc Co NC Bunc Co NC
Note: According to family sources, Mrs. Ollie Phoenix Childers returned to her own
home not long after marriage to T. C. Childers, Jr. However, it was he who was the
informant for her death certificate, in 1956, just one year before he died in 1957. At
the time of her death, she had resided at 70 North Liberty Street, Asheville, NC, for
one year, but her usual residence was listed as 121 N. Main Street, Canton, NC.
Thomas Clingman Childers, Jr. + Ollie F. Blackwell (Phoenix)
1871 - 1957 after 1942 1878 - 1956
Swain Co NC Haywood Co NC Swain Co NC Bunc Co NC Bunc Co NC
Note: According to family sources, Mrs. Ollie Phoenix Childers returned to her own
home not long after marriage to T. C. Childers, Jr. However, it was he who was the
informant for her death certificate, in 1956, just one year before he died in 1957. At
the time of her death, she had resided at 70 North Liberty Street, Asheville, NC, for
one year, but her usual residence was listed as 121 N. Main Street, Canton, NC.
| James B. Phoenix + Elizabeth Lovin M. L. Blackwell + Emaline Russell |
| | | Garrett Washington Phoenix + Ollie F. Blackwell 1875 - 1938 1878 - 1956 Bunc Co NC Haywood Co NC Bunc Co NC Bunc Co NC | Thelma Phoenix, 1913 - ? Note: In 1880, the James B. Phoenix and Elizabeth Lovin Phoenix family, with Garrett, age 5, resided in Reems Creek Valley, Buncombe Co NC. |
Sources: Stephen R. Childers, "Descendants of Humphrey Posey Childers"; NC Death Certificate, Edna Robinson, 1918;
Elizabeth Childers Fichtel's notes of her interview with Ethel Clark Childers;
NC Certificate of Death, Ollie Phoenix Childers (Informant was Thomas Childers, Route #3, Candler, NC. Burial was 5 April 1956, Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, NC.);
US Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, Haywood Co NC; US Census, 1880, Bunc Co NC;
World War I draft registration, Garrett W. Phenix.
Elizabeth Childers Fichtel's notes of her interview with Ethel Clark Childers;
NC Certificate of Death, Ollie Phoenix Childers (Informant was Thomas Childers, Route #3, Candler, NC. Burial was 5 April 1956, Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, NC.);
US Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, Haywood Co NC; US Census, 1880, Bunc Co NC;
World War I draft registration, Garrett W. Phenix.