Los Charlie Ross, 19071977 (aged 69 years)

Name
Los Charlie /Ross/
Given names
Los Charlie
Surname
Ross
Nickname
Charlie or L.C.
Birth
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Census
Address: San Saba Road, Precinct 2
Citation details: page 8045
Note: in E.D. 120, hh 20-20 as William A. Ross 31 head md. 7 yrs. TX-AL-KY laborer cedar yard, wife Mary A. 28 md. 7 yrs. borne 3 children 2 living TX keeping house, Nellie L. 5 daughter TX-TX-TX, Loss C. 2 son TX-TX-TX; nextdoor to John A. & Fannie Ross
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
Birth of a sister
Note: a twin
Birth of a sister
Note: a twin. Her birth record uses the name Flossy May; her marriage record uses the name Flossie Mae.
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death of a paternal grandfather
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Cemetery: Old Burnet Cemetery
Address: From the city of Burnet, go east on hwy 29 from hwy 281, go to the second stop light that is Rhomberg street, take a right go all the way down till it dead ends at Cemetery road, take a right and take first left on dirt road, Old Burnet cemetery is the cemetery on the right (west) side of the dirt road.
Note: tombstone inscription: John Alfred Ross; Co. C; Texas; Cavalry; CSA [Capt Easley Mann's Regt; burial next to brother William E. Ross]
Birth of a brother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Cause: cancer
Note: only sixteen months after applying for Confederate widow's pension, after an illness of "several months," according to her obituary in the Burnet Bulletin. The certificate of physician, J. L. Williamson, attached to her pension's Application for Mortuary Warrant, stated his opinion that her illness was caused by cancer. J. H. Stapp signed as undertaker. He was paid $30.
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Old Burnet Cemetery
Address: From the city of Burnet, go east on hwy 29 from hwy 281, go to the second stop light that is Rhomberg street, take a right go all the way down till it dead ends at Cemetery road, take a right and take first left on dirt road, Old Burnet cemetery is the cemetery on the right (west) side of the dirt road.
Note: beside her husband
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Death of a maternal grandmother
Marriage of a sister
Address: Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA
Citation details: pg 562
Quality of data: image
Note: married by Morgan Morgaus, minister
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: Bk 1, pg 186
Civil marriage
Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1671495, Reference# Record#1 pg 280
Source: Reta Wilks Ross
Text:

married by Walter Everett, a gospel minister and barber at his home in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA.

Citation details: Summer 1968
Birth of a son
Address: at home
Citation details: Certificate # 24321
Source: Reta Wilks Ross
Citation details: Summer, 1968 family geneaology document
Note: The Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 states his birth as 31 May 1932. His death certificate states that he was born on May 31, 1932. His tombstone inscription and his sister give the date as May 30, 1932. His mother gave the date as May 28, 1932, d. 6-31-1932, premature, lived 3 days. ("Reta very sick, never could remember much of this. In hospital 5 weeks, Scott & White at Temple, Texas.")
Death of a son
June 3, 19325:10 p.m. Age: 4 days
Cause: Icterus/Prematurely born
Text:

Informant: W. A. Ross, Burnet, Texas [his grandfather]

Citation details: Certificate # 24321
Note: Dr. J. L. Williamson stated on the death certificate that he attended the deceased from May 31, 1932 to June 3, 1932 and that he last saw him alive on June 3, 1932 with death occurring at 5:10 p.m. His tombstone inscription and his sister give the date of death as June 2, 1932.
Burial of a son
Cemetery: Old Burnet Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949. From the city of Burnet, go east on hwy 29 from hwy 281, go to the second stop light that is Rhomberg street, take a right go all the way down till it dead ends at Cemetery road, take a right and take first left on dirt road, Old Burnet cemetery is the cemetery on the right (west) side of the dirt road.
Text:

Informant: W. A. Ross, Burnet, Texas [his grandfather]

Note: tombstone inscription: Don Allen; Ross; May 30, 1932; June 2, 1932 [burial by his great grandparents Ross]
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
Birth of a son
Note: Born at home
Note: Ols Spelling Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA
Marriage of a sister
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: page 37
Citation details: certificate# 36492
Note: at home
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Marriage of a brother
Birth of a son
Note: The Texas Birth Index lists mother as Reta Vera Wilks instead of Reta Vird Wilks.
Family census
Address: Precinct 1, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Citation details: Sheet 22A, page 22
Text:

Supervisor's District: 10
Enumeration District: 27-1
Enumerator: W. B. Hubbard

Note: in hh 483, Home: owner, $750. Charlie Ross, Head, Male, White, Age: 32, Married, Schooling: 5th grade, TX Unemployed: 4 mo., Gasoline Shovel Operator, Owens Shovel Construction, Own account, Wks worked: 42; Reta, Wife, Female, White, Age: 28, Married, Schooling: H4, TX, Housework; Jerry E., Son, Male, White, Age: 6, Single, TX; Doris Nan, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 4, Single, TX; Monte Ken, Son, Male, White, Age: 5/12, Single, TX; Dale Wilks, Bro-in-law, Male, White, Age: 25, Single, Schooling: H3, OK, Unemployed: 4 mo, Shovel Operator, Construction, Private work, Wks worked: 40, $940. All with residence in 1935 at Same Place.
Occupation
rancher, farmer
1944
Address: Route 2, Box 83
Burnet, Texas
Family residence
Address: Route 2, Box 83
Burnet, Texas
Note: "Their home for twenty-six years has been a farm and ranch at Route 2, Box 83, Burnet, " stated by their daughter, Doris, compiler of the papers of Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks.
British King
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Marriage of a son
Address: Church of Christ, Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA.
Occupation
County Commissioner
1960
Employer: Burnet County Commissioner's Office
Address: Precinct 1
Note: for eight years
Death of a father
March 31, 19607:45 a.m. Age: 81 years,, 6 months, 12 days
Address: 1006 East Pecan
Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA
Cause: Coronary Occlusion/Heart failure
Citation details: Certificate # 14793
Text:

Informant: L. C. Ross [Los Charlie], his son.

Burial of a father
Address: Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949
Cemetery: Burnet City Cemetery
Citation details: Certificate # 14793
Note: tombstone inscription: William Alfred Ross; TRP H; 1 Regt; Texas Cav.; SP Am War; Sept. 19, 1878; March 31, 1960.
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
Birth of a grandson
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
Death of a mother
December 11, 19683:32 p.m. Age: 87 years, 0 months, 24 days
Cause: Bronchial pneumonia
Address: Oaks Nursing Home
Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Certificate # 91440
Text:

Informant: Mrs. Flossie Ellett, her daughter

Burial of a mother
Address: Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949
Cemetery: Burnet City Cemetery
Citation details: Certificate # 91440
Note: tombstone inscription: Mary Ann Ross; Nov. 17,; 1881; Dec. 11,; 1968. Buried next to her husband.
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
Death
Address: Oaks Nursing Home, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Burial
Cemetery: Burnet City Cemetery
Address: Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 30.75096, Longitude: -98.21949
Note: tombstone inscription: ROSS; L. Charlie; Oct. 6, 1907; Oct. 2, 1977 [beside his wife] Reta Wilks; July 5, 1911; Feb. 3, 1994
Family with parents
father
William Alfred Ross Military Marker
18781960
Birth: September 19, 1878 37 28 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: March 31, 1960Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
mother
Mary Ann Green Ross Tombstone
18811968
Birth: November 17, 1881 30 28 Waelder, Gonzales, Texas, USA
Death: December 11, 1968Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 26, 1902Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, USA
2 years
elder sister
Nellie Lenora Ross Irvin Tombstone
19041994
Birth: November 14, 1904 26 22 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: November 30, 1994Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
19 months
elder sister
19061906
Birth: June 16, 1906 27 24 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: September 11, 1906Burnet, Texas, USA
16 months
himself
Los Charlie Ross Tombstone closeup
19071977
Birth: October 6, 1907 29 25 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: October 2, 1977Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
3 years
younger sister
19111998
Birth: January 12, 1911 32 29 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: August 16, 1998Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
younger sister
Nolan Franklin Ellett & Flossie Mae Ross Ellett Tombstone
19111998
Birth: January 12, 1911 32 29 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: August 8, 1998Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
7 years
younger brother
19181982
Birth: March 3, 1918 39 36 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: October 1982Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
Family with Reta Vird Wilks
himself
Los Charlie Ross Tombstone closeup
19071977
Birth: October 6, 1907 29 25 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: October 2, 1977Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
wife
Reta Vird Wilks [Ross]
19111994
Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: February 3, 1994Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
Civil marriage Civil marriageOctober 6, 1931Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
8 months
son
19321932
Birth: May 28, 1932 24 20 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: June 3, 1932Burnet, Texas, USA
19 months
son
19332020
Birth: December 19, 1933 26 22 City of Bertram, Burnet County, Texas, United States
Death: April 10, 2020Bertram, Burnet, Texas, USA
17 months
daughter
19352014
Birth: May 27, 1935 27 23 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: May 3, 2014Dallas, Texas, USA
4 years
son
19392019
Birth: October 13, 1939 32 28 Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: April 27, 2019Dickenson, Williamson, USA
Asa William Howell Sr + Reta Vird Wilks
wife’s husband
19041982
Birth: December 13, 1904Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: December 24, 1982Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
wife
Reta Vird Wilks [Ross]
19111994
Birth: July 5, 1911 27 30 Chalk Mountain, Somervell, Texas, USA
Death: February 3, 1994Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageJanuary 1, 1979Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA
Birth
Census
Citation details: page 8045
Civil marriage
Citation details: Texas-EASy, Film# 1671495, Reference# Record#1 pg 280
Source: Reta Wilks Ross
Text:

married by Walter Everett, a gospel minister and barber at his home in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA.

Citation details: Summer 1968
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 22A, page 22
Text:

Supervisor's District: 10
Enumeration District: 27-1
Enumerator: W. B. Hubbard

Occupation
Family residence
Citation details: page 36
Occupation
Death
Census

in E.D. 120, hh 20-20 as William A. Ross 31 head md. 7 yrs. TX-AL-KY laborer cedar yard, wife Mary A. 28 md. 7 yrs. borne 3 children 2 living TX keeping house, Nellie L. 5 daughter TX-TX-TX, Loss C. 2 son TX-TX-TX; nextdoor to John A. & Fannie Ross

Family census

in hh 483, Home: owner, $750. Charlie Ross, Head, Male, White, Age: 32, Married, Schooling: 5th grade, TX Unemployed: 4 mo., Gasoline Shovel Operator, Owens Shovel Construction, Own account, Wks worked: 42; Reta, Wife, Female, White, Age: 28, Married, Schooling: H4, TX, Housework; Jerry E., Son, Male, White, Age: 6, Single, TX; Doris Nan, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 4, Single, TX; Monte Ken, Son, Male, White, Age: 5/12, Single, TX; Dale Wilks, Bro-in-law, Male, White, Age: 25, Single, Schooling: H3, OK, Unemployed: 4 mo, Shovel Operator, Construction, Private work, Wks worked: 40, $940. All with residence in 1935 at Same Place.

Family residence

"Their home for twenty-six years has been a farm and ranch at Route 2, Box 83, Burnet, " stated by their daughter, Doris, compiler of the papers of Erie Catharine Taylor Wilks.

Occupation

for eight years

Burial

tombstone inscription: ROSS; L. Charlie; Oct. 6, 1907; Oct. 2, 1977 [beside his wife] Reta Wilks; July 5, 1911; Feb. 3, 1994

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