A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
 

Wanda Marie COBBS

9 FEB 1938 - ____

  • BIRTH: 9 FEB 1938, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA [560]
  • CENSUS: 1940, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA [561]
  • REFERENCE: 7827
Father: Floyd Edmund COBBS
Mother: Ruby Jewell CARR

Family 1 : Benjamin Carson STAPLETON Jr.
  • MARRIAGE: 9 APR 1961, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico [N1296]
  1. +Bryan Wayne STAPLETON
  2. +David Lee STAPLETON
Family 2 : Earl Harlan MCGAHEY Jr.
  • MARRIAGE: 19 MAY 1956, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA
  1. +Bryan Wayne STAPLETON 
                                                  _William Thomas COBBS ______+
                                                 | (1818 - 1906) m 1843       
                       _Marshall Smith COBBS ____|
                      | (1858 - 1938) m 1901     |
                      |                          |_Cynthia Alice ODEN ________+
                      |                            (1818 - 1897) m 1843       
 _Floyd Edmund COBBS _|
| (1906 - 1991) m 1927|
|                     |                           _Robert J ADAMS ____________+
|                     |                          | (1823 - 1900) m 1871       
|                     |_Elizabeth Jane ADAMS ____|
|                       (1872 - 1956) m 1901     |
|                                                |_Elizabeth C THOMAS ________+
|                                                  (1850 - ....) m 1871       
|
|--Wanda Marie COBBS 
|  (1938 - ....)
|                                                 _William Albert CARR _______+
|                                                | (1861 - 1906) m 1881       
|                      _Robert Franklin CARR ____|
|                     | (1888 - 1953) m 1908     |
|                     |                          |_Ruth Margaret WILLIAMS ____+
|                     |                            (1866 - 1929) m 1881       
|_Ruby Jewell CARR ___|
  (1911 - 2001) m 1927|
                      |                           _William Columbus MCCURLEY _
                      |                          | (1869 - ....) m 1890       
                      |_Lillie Francis MCCURLEY _|
                        (1890 - 1938) m 1908     |
                                                 |_Sarah Elizabeth BRAZZEAL __+
                                                   (1869 - 1951) m 1890

[N1296] When Ben C Stapleton, Jr. adopted Bryan, the attorney suggested that Ben and Wanda should re-marry in the US to ensure that the marriage was legal since the official marriage certificate from Mexico had never been received. The second marriage took place in Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, USA in 1964.

[560] [S20] California, Tulare, Visalia, Birth Certificates

  • REPOSITORY: Tulare County Recorder
      221 S Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA 93291
  • NOTE:

    [3765] California. Tulare. Visalia. Birth Certificates.

  • PAGE: Certificate of Live Birth, 111266, District 5454, Registrar's No. 8 (registered 14 February 1938), Wanda Marie Cobbs born 9 February 1938; Tulare County Recorder.
  • DATA:

    Born at 2:30 AM

[561] [S27] 1940 United States Federal Census

  • NOTE:

    [3775] 1940 United States Federal Census (NARA microfilm publication T627, 4643 rolls). United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

  • PAGE: Year: 1940; Census Place: Porterville, Tulare, California; Roll: m-t0627-00359; Page: 30B; Enumeration District: 54-54
  • DATA:

    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Floyd E Cobbs 33
    Ruby Cobbs 29
    Norman Cobbs 11
    Carl Cobbs 4
    Wanda Cobbs 2