Family History of Rebecca Polk
Herman Ellis Crotwell (1906-1979)
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
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- Ida Lee Crotwell (1914-unk) and Wardella Mardella Crotwell (1916-1998)
- Alvin Norris Summer (1875-1957)
Herman Ellis Crotwell (1906-1979) was the father of Rebecca’s ma-
ternal grandmother, Gloria. He was the oldest of two children born to William Finch Crotwell (1974-1961) and Amanda Ella Barnett (1881- 1910). A sister, Mary Lottie Crotwell (1908-1989), was born prior to his mother’s passing. 149 His father remarried after his mother’s death resulting in two half siblings, Ida Lee Crotwell (1914-unk) and Wardella Mardella Crotwell (1916-1998). 150 It is likely that Herman’s 145 Jill Malmberg (ministry assistant at Walker Baptist Church), phone conversation with Rebecca Polk, April 27, 2022. 146 Graham, interview, April 3, 2022. 147 Ibid. 148 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30793886/eula-crotwell : accessed 12 April 2022), memorial page for Eula Summers Crotwell (13 Oct 1909-4 May 1991), Find a Grave Me- morial ID 30793886, citing Walker Baptist Cemetery, Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Shirley Covington (contributor 46922360). 149 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY4-R9N : accessed 23 February 2022), Herman Crotwell in household of William Crotwell, Police Jury Ward 2, Livingston, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administra- tion, 1982), roll 518; FHL microfilm 1,374,531. 150 Seal, interview, March 15, 2021; Find A Grave database and images, (https://www.findagrave.com/me- morial/142882465/herman-ellis-crotwell : accessed 5 April 2022), memorial page for Herman Ellis Crotwell Sr. (13 Mar 1906-13 Jun 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142882465, citing Palmetto Cemetery, Walker, Livingston Par- ish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Kerry Keller (contributor 47943824) 52 childhood was difficult and emotional due to losing his mom at a young age as well as his stepmother. In his youth, Herman demonstrated strong academic aptitude and could have gone to college but did not either for lack of desire or due to financial constraints. 151 According to the 1930 census, Herman was a laborer who worked at an ice plant. 152 At some point prior to 1940, Herman left his job at an ice plant and began working as a truck driver for a retail grocery store. 153 After working as a truck driver, Herman worked as a machinist and occasionally worked with his father- in-law, Alvin Norris Summer (1875-1957), in a sugar cane factory. 154 When his children were young, Herman began drinking which led to him becoming an alcoholic. While it is not entirely clear why he began drinking, it was suspected by family that it was triggered by going out with friends to drink. 155 He made the lives of his family miserable due to his alcoholism and caused economic hardship on his family as a result. Gloria told her granddaughter, Rebecca, that he would get drunk every Friday after getting paid and would occasionally end up in jail, resulting in his father bailing him out. Herman and Eula sepa- rated and divorced when their children were young adults. 156 151 Seal, interview, March 15, 2021. 152 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYL-TJ8 : accessed 5 April 2022), Herman Crotwell in household of W F Crotwell, Walker, Livingston, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5A, line 8, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 798; FHL microfilm 2,340,533. 153 1940 U.S. census, Family Search, Livingston Parish., LA, pop. Sch., ED 3, sheet 1B, line 75, Eula Crotwell. 154 Nelda Seal (sister of author’s maternal grandmother), interview with Rebecca Polk, April 23, 2022. 155 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 156 Graham, interview, April 3, 2022. 53 Herman’s alcoholism serves as a testament to how drastically al- coholism can change a person. His daughter, Nelda, once told the story of how when Herman was returning home one evening from work as a truck driver sometime in the late 1930s or 1940s, a man who had fallen on hard times asked him if he would buy a clock that had been in his fam- ily for years so he could afford food for his children. Herman said he couldn’t because he had four little ones at home, and money was tight. Seeing the desperation in the man’s eyes to feed his own children, Herman bought the old clock, to the dismay of his wife. Some family conversations and stories indicate he was an intelligent, hardworking person before alcoholism took its hold on him. However, most family stories remember him as the person he became, someone who got angry and yelled at family who visited him in a nursing home. 157 At some point after Herman and Eula divorced, Herman went to a nursing home due to his declining health. 158 He passed away from the residual effects of his alcoholism in a nursing home on June 13, 1973. He was buried in Palmetto Cemetery in Walker, Louisiana. 159 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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