Bettie Ann Wells

I'm starting the Wells' family with Bettie Ann Wells because I have first hand knowledge about her.  After that, I'm using records.  Here is her information from my Family Tree Maker genealogy program.

Bettie Ann Wells was born in Oct 1896 in Mississippi, USA as the first child of Joseph Q. Wells and Delanie Upchurch. She had four siblings, namely: Bertrum Lester, Willie, Polly B, and Bessie. She died about 1950 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA. When she was 16, She married Charles Randolph McClelland,son of Benjamin Pinkman McClelland and Sarah Elizabeth Dawkins, about 1913 in Mississippi, USA.

Bettie Ann Wells lived in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA in 1900. She lived in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA in 1910. She lived in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA in 1920. She lived in Aberdeen, Monroe, Mississippi, USA in 1930. She lived in St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri, United States on 01 Apr 1940.  All of these census records are pictured below.

Charles Randolph McClelland and Bettie Ann Wells had the following children:

1.      Mavis Lucille McClelland was born on 12 Sep 1914 in Mississippi, USA. She died on 01 Feb 1996 in Sun City Center, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Buried in St. Louis, MO).  She never had any children.

2.      Margaret Hazel McClelland 

3.      Earl Wayne McClelland 

4.      Ruby McClelland 

5.     Agnes Madeline McClelland 

6.     Paul Randolph McClelland 

I've just about finished all of Bettie's children and their children, but there are a few holes left to fill.  

1900 US Census - Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA

1910 US Census - Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA

1920 US Census - Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA

1930 US Census - Aberdeen, Mississippi, USA

1940 US Census - St. Louis, Missouri, USA

To-Do Next:

1. Check the census records from her childhood to make sure about siblings and parents' names. 

2. Begin search for parents/siblings and their descendants.

3. Find out why and when exactly they moved from MS to MO.