NameBertha Altha Thurmond
Birth5 Apr 1895, Cooke Co., Texas
Death5 Jul 1982, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
Alias/AKABertha Alta
Spouses
Birth27 Mar 1892, Cooke Co., Texas
Death18 Sep 1978, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
FatherJames W. Boone (~1872-1897)
Notes for Bertha Altha Thurmond
2313Birth: 
Apr. 5, 1895
Gainesville (Cooke County)
Cooke County
Texas, USA
Death: 
Jul. 5, 1982
Gainesville (Cooke County)
Cooke County
Texas, USA

Bertha Alta Thurman was the daughter of Mary Pearl "Per" Stewart and Dee Witt Thurman.

Bertha was born in Cooke County, Texas and lived most of her life there.

In 1900, Bertha, age 5, was enumerated on the US Census for Coleman County, Texas, with her parents, Dee Witt and Mary Pearl Stewart Thurman.

Bertha, age 15, was with her parents on the US Census for Cooke County, Texas, April 15, 1910. She was also on the US Census for Carter, Ardmore County, Oklahoma, on April 22, 1910, with her aunt, Bessie Stewart Osborne.

Bertha Alta Thurman married Robert Howard "Bob" Boone of Gainesville, Texas.

Their children were:
Thurston Odell Boone (1914 - 1976)*
Thurman Dee Boone (1917 - 1988)*
Mae Dell Boone McCain Conway (1920 - 1995)*
James Robert Boone (1931 - 1998)*

In 1920, Bertha and Robert Boone with 2 children, Thurston age 5 and Thurman age 2, are on the US Census for Gainesville, Texas.

1n 1930, Bertha and Robert Boone with 3 children, Thurston, Thurman and May Dell, age 9 are living in Gainesville, Texas. Their son, James Robert Boone was born in 1931.

Bertha had a second marriage to Tom Welch. She was mentioned in her father's obituary as Mrs. Tom Welch. There were no children of this marriage.

Texas Death Index:
name: Bertha Alta Welch
title:
gender: Female
marital status:
death date: 05 Jul 1982
death county: Cooke
death place: Cooke, Texas, United States

Bertha Alta Thurman Boone Welch died at age 87 in Gainesville, Texas, and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery along with other family members.
 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Dee Witt Thurman (1874 - 1952)
  Mary Pearl Stewart Thurman (1877 - 1965)
 
 Spouses:
  Robert Howard Boone (1892 - 1978)
  Tom Welch*
 
 Children:
  Thurston Odell Boone (1914 - 1976)*
  Thurman Dee Boone (1917 - 1988)*
  Mae Dell Boone McCain Conway (1920 - 1995)*
  James Robert Boone (1931 - 1998)*
Notes for Robert Howard “Bob” (Spouse 1)
2312Birth: 
Mar. 27, 1892
Cooke County
Texas, USA
Death: 
Sep. 18, 1978
Cooke County
Texas, USA

Robert Howard Boone was the son of James W. and Liller Thomas Boone. His sister was Grace Boone. Robert Howard Boone's father died in 1897 at the very young age of 21. His grandparents, Benjamin Howard and Susan M. Boone, helped to raise them.

The obituary in the photo section has a mistake. It says that Robert Howard Boone was the son of Benjamin Howard and Susan M. Keys Boone of Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. He actually was their grandson.

Robert married Bertha Altha Thurmond. There were 4 children born to Robert Howard and Bertha Boone: Thurston Odell Boone, Thurman Dee Boone, May Dell Boone, and James Robert Boone.

Robert Howard Boone died at age 86 and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas with a large number of his family members.
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