Snyder Community
Hale County, Texas
Snyder Community Families after 1923
Henry J. and Veda G. (Thompson) Ellis
(These are the basic facts I have for this family, listed here to help guide the research process. As photos, family stories, and other data are submitted, I hope to develop a narrative.)
Henry and Veda Ellis bought the Ferd Rastetter farm in 1927, when the Rastetters moved into Plainview. The Ellises, who were Baptists, lived there from December 18, 1927 until they moved into Plainview in 1950.1
1930 Federal census -
Justice Precinct 1, Hale County, Texas [ same page as Bennie M. Harris]
Henry J. - aged 53, married at age 24, born in Mississippi,
father and mother both born in Mississippi; farmer
Veda G. - aged 45, married at age 18, born in Texas, father
born in Alabama, mother born in Texas
Ora E. - 27-year-old single daughter, born in Texas
Gladys - 23-year-old single daughter, born in Texas
Grady D. - 21-year-old single son, born in Texas; farmer
Elmo V. - 19-year-old single son, born in Texas; farmer
Cleo E. - 16-year-old daughter, born in Texas
Glen H. - 13-year-old son, born in Texas
Oleta - 6-year-old daughter, born in Texas
Footnote
1. Gladys Rastetter Mason, compiler and Dorothy Watters Jamar, editor, "Growth of the Snyder Mennonite Colony of Hale County Texas," Hale County History Vol. VII (May 1977): pp. 28-29.
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