Ancestry of
Dorothy Ruby Lamar

(1905–1991)

Leona Almeda Langston

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• • Mother of Dorothy Ruby Lamar — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • John Wesley Langston 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Malissa Colbert   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Nov 1889 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tennessee 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Jun 1938 
  • Death Location:
  • Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 
  • Burial Date:
  • 1 Jul 1938 
  • Burial Location:
  • McCree Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Oliver Mike Lamar
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Oct 1904 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 
  • Child:

  Dorothy Ruby Lamar (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Leona's gravestone gives her death date as 30 JUN 1938; her death certificate give it as 25 JUN 1938. The death certificate was filed by the local registrar on 28 JUN 1938 indicating the latter death date is correct.

• Sources for Leona Almeda Langston

  • ¹ Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, Marriage certificate for O M Lamar and Leona Langston.
  • ² Federal Census, AL, Jefferson County, 1910, Prec. 30, E.D. 124, Sheet 25A, Image 19 of 35.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Kaufman County, 1920, Forney, E.D. 32, Sheet 12A, Image 23 of 31.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, AL, Jefferson County, 1900, Prec. 20, E.D. 106, Sheet 19B, Image 9 of 29.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/10/2023).
  • ⁶ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Leona Almeda Lamar.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for spouse Oliver Mike Lamar.