James Arthur Melvin

Male 1913 - 1979  (65 years)


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  • Name James Arthur Melvin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 20 Jun 1913  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Maternal DNA U5a1b1: found in most of Europe and in Kyrgyzstan  [7
    Race Negro  [5, 6
    Occupation Porter  [3
    Reference Number 258 
    Residence 1930  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1935  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1940  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1940  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    StreetAddress: Sycamore Street; Age: 26; Occupation: Painter; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-31; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 492; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 2000; WeeksWorked: 52; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head 
    Residence 1954  Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 2 Mar 1979  Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Age: 65
    Buried Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I258  Families

    Father Clarence D. Melvin,   b. 3 Mar 1886, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1919, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Luetta Catherine Shepard,   b. 28 Feb 1875, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1939, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zella Mae Boone,   b. 13 Mar 1916, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Aug 1937  Vigo, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1913 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Aug 1937 - Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: Sycamore Street; Age: 26; Occupation: Painter; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-31; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 492; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 2000; WeeksWorked: 52; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head - 1940 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1954 - Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Mar 1979 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S160] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: 635; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 22; Image: 628.0; FHL microfilm: 2340370.
      Record for James Melvin

    2. [S327] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Zella Melvin
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=usdirectories&h=560632237&indiv=try

    3. [S327] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Zella Melvin
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=usdirectories&h=102064188&indiv=try

    4. [S317] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 314-10-0086; Issue State: Indiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for James Melvin

    5. [S266] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for James A. Melvin

    6. [S150] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01103; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 84-31.
      Record for Zella Malvin

    7. [S255] 23andMe DNA, Karen Perkins.
      Maternal DNA test report
      Haplogroup: U5a1b1
      Ethnic Origin: Europe and in Kyrgyzstan