Selma Olivette Whittington
1897 - 1978 (~ 80 years)-
Name Selma Olivette Whittington Born Sep 1897 Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA 
[1] Gender Female Census 1900 Orange, Orange county, Texas, USA [2] Census 1910 Kirbyville, Jasper county, Texas, USA [3] Census Apr 12, 1930 Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA [1] Died Mar 17, 1978 Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA [4] - Death certificate: Selma Olivette SWEARINGEN; parents: Dalton E. WHITTINGTON and unknown; informant: Mrs. Jasper Pizzitola (step-daughter Victoria Williams Pizzitola).
Buried Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA Notes - She abandoned her youngest daughter Emma and her nieces remember her coming back when she was grown and trying to get back into her life.
In a letter postmarked Mar 25, 1952, from Mrs. O. Swearingen, 902 Glade Water Rd, Longview, Texas, Olivette writes to Mr. D.E. Whittington (her brother):
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Dear Brother & Family:
I received your letter and it was a pleasure to read. I am very sorry I did not mention about the perfume. I thought I had. But I have such a bad memory and I am also a bad correspondent. I just hate to write letters but I love to receive them. I know this is inconsistent of me but it seems I never know what to put in a letter. The small ordinary happenings of life are so trivial. I did receive the perfume, also Victoria and it is the kind I love. Thanks a lot. Do you ever see Emma? I wrote to her and she answered and I write again but never did hear any more I do not know if she received my last letter or not. I sure wish I had a picture of her and her family to put with my other babies pictures. I have some pictures of her when she was a baby also of the people who raised her but I would like to have a picture of her, her husband and her children as they are now. I would be very proud of them.
Well I guess I will close as I am rather ill and not very strong although I am the picture of health I am gaining weight. I don't know how I do as I don't eat any thing much and no sweets. I weigh 124 lbs.
I hope this find every one well.
Your Sis Olivette
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A postcard dated Jan 4, 1969, from Mrs. O. Swearingen, 1917 W. Walker, Apt #2, Houston, Tex 77079 to Mr. Dalton Whittington, she writes:
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Dear Brother. Was glad to hear from you and thanks for everything. Hope this year brings you the best there is in life. Give the rest of the family my regards and best wishes. There has been a lot of sickness in this family this last year hope 1969 will be better.
Want to give you this card where it will be handy.
Address O. Swearingen
1917 W. Walker Apt #2
Houston, Tex 77019
Phone 524-nnnn
Wishing you and the family a Happy New Year
Your sister who loves you
Olivette
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Person ID I1271 mykindred Last Modified Sep 26, 2019
Father Dalton Earnest Whittington, b. 1863 OR 1864, Louisiana, USA , d. Aug 30, 1929, Cook county, Hospital, Illinois, USA (Age 65 years) Mother Selma Seybold, b. Oct 1868, Burkeville, Newton county, Texas, USA , d. Aft 1900, Orange, Orange county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 33 years) Married May 10, 1891 Orange, Orange county, Texas, USA [5] - Her name listed as SEYBOLT, marriage date May 9, 1891.
Notes - Dalton and Selma met and married in Texas. After Selma was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, they moved from Houston to Orange, where they were living by the 1900 census.
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1900 census, TX, Orange, Orange, enumeration district 58, sheet 12-B, June 11
HH 280/280 (all adults could read and write)
WHITINGTON, Earnest, head, W, M, Oct. 1863, 36, married 9 years, b. LA, LA, LA, Music Teacher, owns home
WHITINGTON, Selma, wife, W, F, Oct. 1868, 31, married 9 years, b. TX, Germany, MS
WHITINGTON, Daulton, son, W, M, Oct. 1895, 4, single, b. TX, LA, TX
WHITINGTON, Olivett, daughter, W, F, Sept. 1897, 2, single, b. TX, LA, TX
HEBERT, Lula, sister-in-law, W, F, July 1882, 17, single, b. TX, TX, MS, (no schooling recorded)
McALLEN, May, niece-in-law, W, F, Feb. 1889, 11, single, b. TX, TX TX, 8 months in school
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Family ID F474 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Victor L. Williams, b. Jan 07, 1891, Russia , d. Apr 20, 1973, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA (Age 82 years) Married circa 1914 Texas, USA [1] - It is curious that the 1930 census indicates they married in 1914, and they witnessed Olivette's brother's marriage in 1917 (Olivette giving her last name as Williams), but in 1920 Victor is living with J.W. & Evie Head as a lodger and listing himself as widowed.
In 1975, his daughter filed an amended birth certificate which had originally listed her mother as Ella Childress and now lists Selma Seybold as her mother. So Ella died either at childbirth or shortly thereafter and Selma assumed the role of her mother.
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1930 census, TX, Harris, Houston, J.P. 1, blk 3362, e.d. 101-7, 280-A, (T626-2341, p.28)
Apr 12, 1930, 214 Hagan (?) St, HH 247
WILLIAMS, Victor, head, rent, $22, M, W, 39, m2 at 23 yrs, Russia, Russia, Russia, proprietor, store work
WILLIAMS, Olivette, wife H, F, W, 32, m at 16 yrs, TX, US, US
WILLIAMS, Victoria, dau, 14, TX, Russia, TX
WILLIAMS, Selma, dau, 9, TX, Russia, TX
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1940 census, TX, Harris, Houston, April 13
HH 443, 221 West 25th
WILLIAMS, Victor, M, W, 49, Russia, same residence 1935
WILLIAMS, Mildred, wife, F, w, 44, TX
HENDLEY, Maxine, step-dau, 14, TX
WILLIAMS, Oneal, cook, F, W, 42, widowed, LA
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Children 1. infant Williams, b. Aug 02, 1919, Orange, Orange county, Texas, USA , d. Aug 02, 1919, Orange, Orange county, Texas, USA (Age 0 years)2. Selma Williams, b. circa 1921, Texas, USA , d. Y3. Emma Williams, d. Y Family ID F657 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 [son] Swearingen, d. Y Family ID F28618 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Death certificate: Selma Olivette SWEARINGEN; parents: Dalton E. WHITTINGTON and unknown; informant: Mrs. Jasper Pizzitola (step-daughter Victoria Williams Pizzitola).
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Sources - [S2555] 1930 US federal census, 1930 census, Houston, Harris cty, TX, J.P. 1, blk 3362, e.d. 101-7, 280-A.
- [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, TX, Orange, vol. 87, e.d. 58, Sheet 12, Line 84, (T623-1663).
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, TX, Jasper, Kirbyville, e.d. 62, 19-B, (T624-1567, p. 211).
- [S561] Death Certificate.
- [S3630] Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002.
- [S2555] 1930 US federal census, 1930 census, Houston, Harris cty, TX, J.P. 1, blk 3362, e.d. 101-7, 280-A.
