Mollie was orphaned by her father when she was about
three months old. Apparently her Uncle Robert Rankin took charge of the care for her, brother to her father.
Mollie's mother remarried shortly thereafter to
Phillip Sparrow.
Mollie was abt 8-9yrs old and then found in DeWitt County
for a land partition suit of her parents James and
Susan Oralie Rivers Rankin,however Mollie was not mentioned in her father's probate records October 1887 when he died?
There has been a story told among Rankin descendants one
of the men met an early death when he was climbing a fence and his rifle or shotgun went off accidently killing him, so most feel it was Mollie's dad, James.
After James died Mollie's mother Elizabeth Jane Day having married Phillip Sparrow moved on down to Houston Harris Co. Elizabeth and Phillip had no known children.
Some added info that has helped to understand this gal and her family a bit better, as they did have some hardships,
so am appreciative for this following info:
''In the 1900 household of Mollie's Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin is her grandmother Irene A Rankin, mother of her father James M Rankin who died Oct 1887, with Mollie E Rankin being born July 21 1887.
My great grandmother is Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, sister of Robert Thomas Rankin, James M Rankin and
daughter of Irene A Rankin.
I feel James M Rankin named his daughter after his sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, particularly as James M Rankin as a young single adult, listed as J M Rankin lived with his now married sister M.E. "Mollie" Rankin Thompson Parker County Texas in the 1880 census, indicating a closeness between the two siblings.
This extended family lived in the four county area of DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Goliad Counties from the late 1840s to 1900 with the strange exception of the 1880 census. The yet to be married James M Rankin, father of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, is living out of that four county area with his married sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin Thompson in Parker County Texas.
DeWitt County Texas is the birth county of the 1887 Mollie Rankin's aunt, Mary Elizabeth Rankin Thompson and Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin with whom Mollie was living with as
an orphaned niece 1900. Feel free to contact me.Thank you for all of your great work.Respectfully,Mike''
1900 US Census Justice Precinct 3 Goliad Texas
Mollie E Rankin birth:Jul 1887 Texas Female
relationship to head of household:Niece
father birthplace:Texas mother birthplace:Texas
White head-of-household name: Robert T Rankin
Robert T Rankin Head M 25 Texas
Mary Rankin Wife F 19 Texas
Irene A Rankin Mother F 59 Mississippi
Mollie E Rankin Niece F 13 Texas
Unable to locate 1930 for her or future husband Almer presently but Mollie appears to be his 3rd and last wife.
No kids are found with any wives.
Molly and Almer were married by 1940 census no kids.
1940 Molly Sleight in household of Alma R Sleight,
South Houston Justice Prec 2 Harris Texas Female
Age:52 Married White Wife
Birthplace:Tex Est Birth Year:1888
Residence 1935: Houston Harris Texas
Family Number:258 Image Number: 00900
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Almer R Sleight M 47 Texas 1893 TX TX
Wife Molly Sleight F 52 Texas
Mollie's husband Almer died Mar 5 1968 Houston Harris Co
as son of Fred S Sleight and Lula Mae Robertson Missouri.
1910 Fred S Sleight Spouse Lula Sleight
Birth:1862 Missouri Res St Louis Ward 13 St Louis City Missouri
Fred's memorial #74716997 Burial:Wares Grove Cem
Butler Montgomery Co Ill
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 Mary Elizabeth Sleight
birth:21 Jul 1887 Texas death:18 Mar 1963 Houston
Harris Texas Female Married
parents:James Rankin [mother-Elizabeth Jane Day]
Informant-husband Almer Russell Sleight/
Intombment Mar 19 1963 Forest Park Cem Houston Harris County Texas/lived 50 yrs Harris Co/
death age 75y-7mo-27dy/died from congestive heart failure and arterioclerosis. Certificate number:17528
three months old. Apparently her Uncle Robert Rankin took charge of the care for her, brother to her father.
Mollie's mother remarried shortly thereafter to
Phillip Sparrow.
Mollie was abt 8-9yrs old and then found in DeWitt County
for a land partition suit of her parents James and
Susan Oralie Rivers Rankin,however Mollie was not mentioned in her father's probate records October 1887 when he died?
There has been a story told among Rankin descendants one
of the men met an early death when he was climbing a fence and his rifle or shotgun went off accidently killing him, so most feel it was Mollie's dad, James.
After James died Mollie's mother Elizabeth Jane Day having married Phillip Sparrow moved on down to Houston Harris Co. Elizabeth and Phillip had no known children.
Some added info that has helped to understand this gal and her family a bit better, as they did have some hardships,
so am appreciative for this following info:
''In the 1900 household of Mollie's Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin is her grandmother Irene A Rankin, mother of her father James M Rankin who died Oct 1887, with Mollie E Rankin being born July 21 1887.
My great grandmother is Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, sister of Robert Thomas Rankin, James M Rankin and
daughter of Irene A Rankin.
I feel James M Rankin named his daughter after his sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, particularly as James M Rankin as a young single adult, listed as J M Rankin lived with his now married sister M.E. "Mollie" Rankin Thompson Parker County Texas in the 1880 census, indicating a closeness between the two siblings.
This extended family lived in the four county area of DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Goliad Counties from the late 1840s to 1900 with the strange exception of the 1880 census. The yet to be married James M Rankin, father of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, is living out of that four county area with his married sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin Thompson in Parker County Texas.
DeWitt County Texas is the birth county of the 1887 Mollie Rankin's aunt, Mary Elizabeth Rankin Thompson and Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin with whom Mollie was living with as
an orphaned niece 1900. Feel free to contact me.Thank you for all of your great work.Respectfully,Mike''
1900 US Census Justice Precinct 3 Goliad Texas
Mollie E Rankin birth:Jul 1887 Texas Female
relationship to head of household:Niece
father birthplace:Texas mother birthplace:Texas
White head-of-household name: Robert T Rankin
Robert T Rankin Head M 25 Texas
Mary Rankin Wife F 19 Texas
Irene A Rankin Mother F 59 Mississippi
Mollie E Rankin Niece F 13 Texas
Unable to locate 1930 for her or future husband Almer presently but Mollie appears to be his 3rd and last wife.
No kids are found with any wives.
Molly and Almer were married by 1940 census no kids.
1940 Molly Sleight in household of Alma R Sleight,
South Houston Justice Prec 2 Harris Texas Female
Age:52 Married White Wife
Birthplace:Tex Est Birth Year:1888
Residence 1935: Houston Harris Texas
Family Number:258 Image Number: 00900
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Almer R Sleight M 47 Texas 1893 TX TX
Wife Molly Sleight F 52 Texas
Mollie's husband Almer died Mar 5 1968 Houston Harris Co
as son of Fred S Sleight and Lula Mae Robertson Missouri.
1910 Fred S Sleight Spouse Lula Sleight
Birth:1862 Missouri Res St Louis Ward 13 St Louis City Missouri
Fred's memorial #74716997 Burial:Wares Grove Cem
Butler Montgomery Co Ill
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 Mary Elizabeth Sleight
birth:21 Jul 1887 Texas death:18 Mar 1963 Houston
Harris Texas Female Married
parents:James Rankin [mother-Elizabeth Jane Day]
Informant-husband Almer Russell Sleight/
Intombment Mar 19 1963 Forest Park Cem Houston Harris County Texas/lived 50 yrs Harris Co/
death age 75y-7mo-27dy/died from congestive heart failure and arterioclerosis. Certificate number:17528
Mollie was orphaned by her father when she was about
three months old. Apparently her Uncle Robert Rankin took charge of the care for her, brother to her father.
Mollie's mother remarried shortly thereafter to
Phillip Sparrow.
Mollie was abt 8-9yrs old and then found in DeWitt County
for a land partition suit of her parents James and
Susan Oralie Rivers Rankin,however Mollie was not mentioned in her father's probate records October 1887 when he died?
There has been a story told among Rankin descendants one
of the men met an early death when he was climbing a fence and his rifle or shotgun went off accidently killing him, so most feel it was Mollie's dad, James.
After James died Mollie's mother Elizabeth Jane Day having married Phillip Sparrow moved on down to Houston Harris Co. Elizabeth and Phillip had no known children.
Some added info that has helped to understand this gal and her family a bit better, as they did have some hardships,
so am appreciative for this following info:
''In the 1900 household of Mollie's Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin is her grandmother Irene A Rankin, mother of her father James M Rankin who died Oct 1887, with Mollie E Rankin being born July 21 1887.
My great grandmother is Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, sister of Robert Thomas Rankin, James M Rankin and
daughter of Irene A Rankin.
I feel James M Rankin named his daughter after his sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, particularly as James M Rankin as a young single adult, listed as J M Rankin lived with his now married sister M.E. "Mollie" Rankin Thompson Parker County Texas in the 1880 census, indicating a closeness between the two siblings.
This extended family lived in the four county area of DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Goliad Counties from the late 1840s to 1900 with the strange exception of the 1880 census. The yet to be married James M Rankin, father of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, is living out of that four county area with his married sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin Thompson in Parker County Texas.
DeWitt County Texas is the birth county of the 1887 Mollie Rankin's aunt, Mary Elizabeth Rankin Thompson and Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin with whom Mollie was living with as
an orphaned niece 1900. Feel free to contact me.Thank you for all of your great work.Respectfully,Mike''
1900 US Census Justice Precinct 3 Goliad Texas
Mollie E Rankin birth:Jul 1887 Texas Female
relationship to head of household:Niece
father birthplace:Texas mother birthplace:Texas
White head-of-household name: Robert T Rankin
Robert T Rankin Head M 25 Texas
Mary Rankin Wife F 19 Texas
Irene A Rankin Mother F 59 Mississippi
Mollie E Rankin Niece F 13 Texas
Unable to locate 1930 for her or future husband Almer presently but Mollie appears to be his 3rd and last wife.
No kids are found with any wives.
Molly and Almer were married by 1940 census no kids.
1940 Molly Sleight in household of Alma R Sleight,
South Houston Justice Prec 2 Harris Texas Female
Age:52 Married White Wife
Birthplace:Tex Est Birth Year:1888
Residence 1935: Houston Harris Texas
Family Number:258 Image Number: 00900
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Almer R Sleight M 47 Texas 1893 TX TX
Wife Molly Sleight F 52 Texas
Mollie's husband Almer died Mar 5 1968 Houston Harris Co
as son of Fred S Sleight and Lula Mae Robertson Missouri.
1910 Fred S Sleight Spouse Lula Sleight
Birth:1862 Missouri Res St Louis Ward 13 St Louis City Missouri
Fred's memorial #74716997 Burial:Wares Grove Cem
Butler Montgomery Co Ill
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 Mary Elizabeth Sleight
birth:21 Jul 1887 Texas death:18 Mar 1963 Houston
Harris Texas Female Married
parents:James Rankin [mother-Elizabeth Jane Day]
Informant-husband Almer Russell Sleight/
Intombment Mar 19 1963 Forest Park Cem Houston Harris County Texas/lived 50 yrs Harris Co/
death age 75y-7mo-27dy/died from congestive heart failure and arterioclerosis. Certificate number:17528
three months old. Apparently her Uncle Robert Rankin took charge of the care for her, brother to her father.
Mollie's mother remarried shortly thereafter to
Phillip Sparrow.
Mollie was abt 8-9yrs old and then found in DeWitt County
for a land partition suit of her parents James and
Susan Oralie Rivers Rankin,however Mollie was not mentioned in her father's probate records October 1887 when he died?
There has been a story told among Rankin descendants one
of the men met an early death when he was climbing a fence and his rifle or shotgun went off accidently killing him, so most feel it was Mollie's dad, James.
After James died Mollie's mother Elizabeth Jane Day having married Phillip Sparrow moved on down to Houston Harris Co. Elizabeth and Phillip had no known children.
Some added info that has helped to understand this gal and her family a bit better, as they did have some hardships,
so am appreciative for this following info:
''In the 1900 household of Mollie's Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin is her grandmother Irene A Rankin, mother of her father James M Rankin who died Oct 1887, with Mollie E Rankin being born July 21 1887.
My great grandmother is Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, sister of Robert Thomas Rankin, James M Rankin and
daughter of Irene A Rankin.
I feel James M Rankin named his daughter after his sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, particularly as James M Rankin as a young single adult, listed as J M Rankin lived with his now married sister M.E. "Mollie" Rankin Thompson Parker County Texas in the 1880 census, indicating a closeness between the two siblings.
This extended family lived in the four county area of DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Goliad Counties from the late 1840s to 1900 with the strange exception of the 1880 census. The yet to be married James M Rankin, father of Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin, is living out of that four county area with his married sister Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Rankin Thompson in Parker County Texas.
DeWitt County Texas is the birth county of the 1887 Mollie Rankin's aunt, Mary Elizabeth Rankin Thompson and Uncle Robert Thomas Rankin with whom Mollie was living with as
an orphaned niece 1900. Feel free to contact me.Thank you for all of your great work.Respectfully,Mike''
1900 US Census Justice Precinct 3 Goliad Texas
Mollie E Rankin birth:Jul 1887 Texas Female
relationship to head of household:Niece
father birthplace:Texas mother birthplace:Texas
White head-of-household name: Robert T Rankin
Robert T Rankin Head M 25 Texas
Mary Rankin Wife F 19 Texas
Irene A Rankin Mother F 59 Mississippi
Mollie E Rankin Niece F 13 Texas
Unable to locate 1930 for her or future husband Almer presently but Mollie appears to be his 3rd and last wife.
No kids are found with any wives.
Molly and Almer were married by 1940 census no kids.
1940 Molly Sleight in household of Alma R Sleight,
South Houston Justice Prec 2 Harris Texas Female
Age:52 Married White Wife
Birthplace:Tex Est Birth Year:1888
Residence 1935: Houston Harris Texas
Family Number:258 Image Number: 00900
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Almer R Sleight M 47 Texas 1893 TX TX
Wife Molly Sleight F 52 Texas
Mollie's husband Almer died Mar 5 1968 Houston Harris Co
as son of Fred S Sleight and Lula Mae Robertson Missouri.
1910 Fred S Sleight Spouse Lula Sleight
Birth:1862 Missouri Res St Louis Ward 13 St Louis City Missouri
Fred's memorial #74716997 Burial:Wares Grove Cem
Butler Montgomery Co Ill
Texas Deaths 1890-1976 Mary Elizabeth Sleight
birth:21 Jul 1887 Texas death:18 Mar 1963 Houston
Harris Texas Female Married
parents:James Rankin [mother-Elizabeth Jane Day]
Informant-husband Almer Russell Sleight/
Intombment Mar 19 1963 Forest Park Cem Houston Harris County Texas/lived 50 yrs Harris Co/
death age 75y-7mo-27dy/died from congestive heart failure and arterioclerosis. Certificate number:17528
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