Autrey Gertrude Warden

Brief Life History of Autrey Gertrude

When Autrey Gertrude Warden was born on 20 December 1902, in Dawson, Navarro, Texas, United States, her father, Elijah Parlee Warden, was 34 and her mother, Cora Belle Wells, was 31. She married Wesley Rupert "Roy" Storey on 6 August 1921, in Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Malone, Hill, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 2, Rusk, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 7 March 1985, in Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States.

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Wesley Rupert "Roy" Storey
1904–1974
Autrey Gertrude Warden
1902–1985
Marriage: 6 August 1921
Wesley Weldon Story Sr.
1927–1975

Sources (26)

  • Girtner Warden in household of E P Warden, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Audrey Gertrude Warden, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Audrey Gertrude Warden, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Anglo-Norman French wardein, Old French gardein ‘one who keeps guard, a warden’, i.e. a gate-keeper, porter, or sentinel.

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Kent, Northumerland, and Northamptonshire, called Warden, from Old English weard ‘watch’ + dūn ‘hill’. Compare Wardlaw and Wardle 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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