Ethington Family

Notes


Lillian HEARLD

Hoffman and James Hukill are buried in the Frankfort cemetery.  Not known if these two men are related to Lillian Hearld.  Record filed in file of Robert and Nettie Hearld family.


Caron's Directory of Frankfort KY:
 1917-1919  Herald, Lillian, operator Hoge Montgomery Co. boards 319 Mero


Homer Lee ETHINGTON

KY state mortality schedules page 406 vol 12/29, cer 5866. Birthdate given as 23 Aug 1914 in Franklin Co KY.
Mother is Mary A. L. Hearld.  Father's name is not requested on form.

Noted in the 1920 census Franklin Co ED 84 S 13 L 3 as living with his grandmother, Nettie J. Hearld.
Census, 1920 Frankfort Ward 2, Franklin, KY 10 Jan 1920

Hearld, Nettie J.    age 44 head     F W widowed or divorced, mark not clear
Hearld, Mary A.      age 24 dau      F W widowed or divorced, mark not clear, shoe factory
Hearld, Floyd        age 22 son      M W 22 shoe factory
Hukill, Lillian      age 17 dau      F W 17 divorced
Herald, Nettie       age 15 dau      F W 15
Ethington, Homer Lee age  5 grandson M W 5


Census, 1930 High Street, Frankfort, Franklin, KY. 10 April 1930

(list of prisoners incarcerated shows the following inmates)
 Ethington, Tommy  W M 23 married at 21 KY KY KY
 Ethington, James  W M 17 Single KY KY KY
  Ethington, Homer  W M 16 Single KY KY KY
 Herald, John      W M 28 married at age 23 KY KY KY
 Bowles, Elis      W M 18 Single KY KY KY
 Ethington, Fields M W 79 Single KY KY KY

James Ethington, listed above, is possibly brother to Homer, Robert James Ethington b. 6 Jun 1912.  He would be 17 on the day this census was taken.

"The actual father of Homer Lee Ethington may have been a black man."
 - Mary Alice Stevenson Baldwin, recalling family conversations
   10 Oct 2008 conversation with HDE