Albert Benjamin Bright (1868-1916)

Mary Louvena Merrell (1871-)

Robert Furman Bright (1907-After 1940)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Jessie Frances Wacaster Robert Furman Bright 1 2 3 Born: 10 July 1907, Fairview, NC 1 2 3 Marriage (1): Jessie Frances Wacaster on 12 October 1929 in Catawba County, NC 1 2 3 Died: After 1 April 1940, Washington, DC 1   Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 4, Cabarrus County, NC on 29 April 1940. 3 1940 US Census Sheet 2B, Roll 2881, District 13-16, Family 61 Township 4, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States 61 Mills Street; House Rented $200 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Marion, Indiana Robert F. Bright..Head..33..NC..10th grade..Textile Worker..earned $1300 in 1939 (Living with wife and 3 children.) . Robert married Jessie Frances Wacaster, daughter of Adolphus Jordan Wacaster and Lottie E. Shoupe, on 12 October 1929 in Catawba County, NC.1 2 3 (Jessie Frances Wacaster was born on 25 August 1908 in Seattle, WA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and died on 25 September 1982 in Salisbury, NC 1 6 7.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 4, Cabarrus County, NC on 29 April 1940. 3 1940 US Census Sheet 2B, Roll 2881, District 13-16, Family 61 Township 4, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States 61 Mills Street; House Rented $200 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Marion, Indiana Robert F. Bright..Head..33..NC..10th grade..Textile Worker..earned $1300 in 1939 Jessie Bright..Wife..31..NC..11th grade Lottie Bright..Daughter..10..NC..3rd grade Robert F. Bright..Son..7..NC..1st grade Clyde Bright..Son..4..NC .

1 Kathy Barnes, "Cathie's Ancestors," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3037865 : accessed 4 Aug 2014).

2 "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch.com (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675514 : accessed 4 Aug 2014), Name: Robert F. Bright; Spouse's Name: Jessie Wacaster; Event Date: 12 Oct 1929; Event Place: Catawba, North Carolina.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 4, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 13-16, sheet 2B, household 61, Robert Furman Bright and Jessie Frances Wacaster; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Aug 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 2881.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Oak Lake, King County, Washington, United States, enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 11B, family 300, Adolphus Jordan Wacaster and Lottie E. Shoup; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Aug 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, United States, enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 9A, family 165, Adolphus Jordan Wacaster and Lottie E. Shoup; index and images (accessed 4 Aug 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

6 "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (accessed 4 Aug 2014), Name: Jessie W. Bright; Event Date: 25 Sep 1982; Event Place: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.

7 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 December 2020), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS51-5MC : 4 December 2020), Jessie Bright, Sep 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).