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Hanna Bessie Elizabeth Alexander

1870–1939

Haddie Elizabeth Kunkel 1842–1936Rev. Hugh Paden Alexander 1836–1911ElizabethRudolph Gunkle
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Life

Born
23 Nov 1870 · Missouri
Died
27 May 1939 · Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Buried
Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA

Parents

Father✦ Rev. Hugh Paden Alexander (1836–1911)✓ father proven
Mother✦ Haddie Elizabeth Kunkel (1842–1936)✓ mother proven

Marriage & children

Spouse✦ George Washington West (1866–1938) m. 5 Dec 1888 · Anderson County, Kansas, USA
Rudolph Wilber West (1889–1954)
Edith M West (c. 1893–1978)
Gertrude Agnes West (1898–1984)
Lora Winona West (1900–1981)
✦ Hugh Othal West, Sr. (1903–1945)
Walter Alexander West (1906–1974)
Bessie Georgia West (1911–1980)
Carroll Earl West (1912–1968)

Timeline

Records behind this page

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Dodge, Ford, Kansas; Roll: 480; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0048
Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Grandview, Ford, Kansas; Roll: T624_439; Page: 4a; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374452
Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 117
Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 5, Harris, Texas; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0193; FHL microfilm: 2342087
Ancestry.com, Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016)
Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012)
Carpenter Linda, Anderson County, Kansas, Marriages, 1857-1894 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998)

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.

Research note · 27 Jul 2026
Audited 27 Jul 2026. BOTH PARENTS EVIDENCED. Death certificate, Harris Co., 1939, file 23706, image 40394_b062165-03375 (Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry coll. 2272)): field 13 FATHER = 'Huey Alexander' (b. Pennsylvania); field 15 MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME = 'Elizabeth Kunkel' (b. Pennsylvania). Her own birthplace Missouri. Informant was hospital records. NOTE a date conflict: field 21 reads 5-28-39 while the index and this tree carry 27 May 1939.

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