David Parker Rawls

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census, Virginia, Nansemond Co., Holy Neck, District 26, page 108B records David P. (July 1860) and Carrie T. (April 1868) Rawles with children Emma M. (May 1888), David H. (Nov 1892), Fanny C. (July 1894), and Raymond C. (March 1897).

The 1910 Federal Census, Virginia, Norfolk Co., Portsmouth City, District 102, page 70B records David P. Rawles (45) with wife Carrie M. (40) and children Earl [Emma] M. (21), Heba D. (18), Fanny C. (15), Raymond C. (13), and Carrie D. (8) living at 400 Armstrong Street. David is a furniture salesman, Emma a sales lady in a department store, and Heba a Bioler Maker Helper.

The 1920 Federal Census, Virginia, Portsmouth (Independent City), District 184 records David P. Rawles (56) with wife Carrie M. (50) and children Emma M. (28), Fannie C. (25), Raymond C. (22), and Carrie L. (18) living at 400 Armstrong Street. David is a retail salesman, Emma a trained nurse, and Raymond an Assistant Bank Cashier.

The 1930 Federal Census, Virginia, Portsmouth (Independent City), District 22, page 37A records David P. Rawles (indexed as Rowles at ancestry.com) (68 - VA/VA/NC) with wife Carrie L. (62 - VA/VA/VA) and married daughter Francis F. Sumner (32) with her husband Mills R. Sumner (32 - NC/NC/NC) at 400 Armstrong Street. David and Carrie have been married for 43 years while Mills and Francis for 2. David is unemployed while Mills works at the shipyard and Francis is a stenographer at a hospital.

David married Caroline Frances (Carrie) Cobb, daughter of Henry Vaughn Cobb and Francis A. (Fannie) Harris, on 25 Jan 1886 in Southampton Co, VA. (Caroline Frances (Carrie) Cobb was born in Apr 1868 in Nansemond Co, VA. and died after 1940 in Norfolk City, VA..)