Eighth Generation

2205. William Elbert Bedwell³⁰¹ was born on 26 Nov 1901 in Tennessee.^6,1518 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Shelby County, Tennessee. In 1920 he was a carpenter. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Stoddard County, Missouri. In 1930 he was a farm laborer. He died on 12 Jan 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri.^6,1518

• 1930 Census for Stoddard, Elk County, Missouri, shows Elbert W. Bedwell, age 28, a farm laborer born in Tennessee, as head of household containing: wife Bonnie D., age 26; son Wayne W., age 5; daughter Hellen B., age 2+; sister Adel M., age 22; and sister Irene M., age 16. Elbert and Bonnie had been married for nine years. The two children were born in Missouri, all the adults in Tennessee.

Note that birthdates in the 1930 Census do not completely agree with the dates given by Ray Huston Bedwell.

William Elbert Bedwell and Bonnie Dale Vannoy were married about 1921. William Elbert Bedwell and Bonnie Dale Vannoy had the following children:

4455	i.	Elbert Wayne Bedwell.
4456	ii.	Bonnie Helen Bedwell.
4457	iii.	Rose Marie Bedwell6,1518 was born on 25 May 1929.1518 She died on 25 May 1929.1518
4458	iv.	Wilburn Geraldine Bedwell.
4459	v.	Ruth Alice Bedwell.
4460	vi.	Ray Huston Bedwell.