The Black Tree: In search of Healon/Helen Womack Shars Shears

Saturday, January 25, 2014

In search of Healon/Helen Womack Shars Shears - The daughter of John Womack??

1910 Census - age 12 - Marshall, Harrison, Texas

abt. 1898

Healon Womack, age 12, daughter

F. John Womack, Alabama

M. Emma (?) Womack, Texas

listed as the daughter of John and Nellie

others in the home:

John Womack, 56, Alabama, Father

Emma (?) Womack, 50, Texas, Mother

(I also searched for Nellie 'Emma' Montague, no results found)

Ras, 14, Texas, Brother

Henry, 9, Texas, Brother

Octavia, 2, Texas, Sister

1920 Census - age 21 - Marshall, Harrison, Texas

abt. 1899

Helen Womack, age 21, daughter

F. Henry Womack, Texas

M. Gertrude (?) Womack, Texas

listed as the daughter of Henry and Gertrude

others in the home:

Henry Womack, 56, Texas, Father

Gertrude (?) Womack, 50, Texas, Mother

James, 15, Texas, Brother

Rube, 10, Texas, Brother

Gertie, 4, Texas, Sister

I did not found any record of John Shears and Helen being married, though the death certificate states 'married' and her last name is 'Shars'.

I searched for the marriage record under John Shears/Shars name only.

I did not find any record of her having children. I searched using the above list of searches. When I search John Shears name is showed that he had children with someone else. 'Ardell Shears', John's son was the informant on Healon/Helen's death certificate. I am not sure why, John was still living.

City Directory confirm that they resided together at some point in the relationship.

...then there where City Directories that showed she may have been single in the beginning. The funny thing is, John's body was removed from Dallas to Marshall upon his death. Though one his son (Ardell) was born in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, I did not find any Censuses that showed him residing in Marshall, Texas.

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Hello Family Tree Researcher, my name is Jacqueline Joyce Thomas (born to Gene E. Thomas and Brendel Joyce Lewis) of Texas in '67 . I began doing my family tree search when my son (C. Hicks) was born. He was unfortunately born with Nephrogenic Insipidus Diabetes. When he was two weeks old I could not get him to take his formula, the only thing he would drink was water. We took him to the local emergency room, where the hospital staff spent hours doing test after test and the end result were "we are still uncertain of what is wrong with your son". My heart fell to pieces. The next few days, still nothing. Finally on the forty-fifth day of his prolonged stay , they decided to care flight him to a Children's Hospital where it still took nineteen days for the final results and even then they were not sure. The doctor came into the room with his long white doctor's coat and his glasses hanging from his nose with the final thought (not answer). Ms. Hicks (at the time), "could you have a seat?" My thought was, okay then comes "is you son mixed with Caucasian?" My reply with anger and confusion in my heart was, mixed, with who?...not what but who! And not that I was cared or anything, I have mixed nieces and nephews. Then he went on to explain to me that "that type of diabetes was uncommon, and that it only occurred in every three thousand children" annnnndddd'ah-Rah...here is the killer..."that it only occurred in Caucasian males." Gathering my thoughts and physical seemed to be out of the question. It was not until he turned four years old that I begin getting more and more curious. So next to my son being born with a rare type of diabetes that only (according the doctor) in Caucasian males and me being adopted, I became one curious Sista'. The search began.