Pauline Jones Gandrud papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0555

Scope and Contents

The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other materials. The collection also contains a list of military pension and bounty land applications. In addition to her research materials and other items relating to genealogy, the collection includes her personal and family correspondence and family photographs.

Dates

1900 - 1980

Creator

Gandrud, Pauline Myra Jones (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

none

Conditions Governing Use

none

Biographical / Historical

Pauline Jones was born May 9, 1904, in Huntsville, Alabama. Her parents were George Walter and Evalena (Moore) Jones. She married Bennie William Gandrud on November 29, 1930. She had one son, William Bentley Gardner. She studied at Peabody Conservatory from 1922-1924. A well-known genealogist, she sold copies of her Alabama records to libraries and other institutions; bound copies of her findings were also published.

Mrs. Gandrud had lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for fifty years when she died in September 1980.

She was the younger sister of Walter Bryan Jones, Alabama State Geologist and head of the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

Source: http://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/

Extent

109 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The collection contains genealogical research notes covering 1820-1880, including county data, church and marriage records, family histories, and other information created and gathered by this Alabama genealogist. The collection also contains a list of military pension and bounty land applications.