Geraldine Harper Worrill

Geraldine Harper Worrill

• Father: John Raymond Worrill b. 26 June 1826, d. 22 November 1881
• Mother: Sarah Geraldine Jourdan b. 4 July 1829, d. 26 September 1879

• Geraldine Harper Worrill was born on 6 February 1869 in Georgia.
• John Raymond Worrill and Sarah Geraldine Jourdan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Geraldine Harper Worrill, Sarah E. Worrill, Ida G. Worrill, James F. Worrill, Americus Mitchell Worrill, Katherine Jourdan Worrill, Josephine Jourdan Worrill and John Randolph Worrill Jr.
• John Raymond Worrill appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Geraldine Harper Worrill, Sarah E. Worrill, Ida G. Worrill, Katherine Jourdan Worrill, Josephine Jourdan Worrill and John Randolph Worrill Jr.
• The following appeared on 22 June 1893 in The Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Geraldine Worrill and Mr. Linton Eugene Floyd, at St. Paul's church, on Wednesday afternoon, the 28th instant, at 3 o'clock. Miss Worrill is a sister of Mr. John R. Worrill.
• She married Linton Eugene Floyd on 28 June 1893 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, at 1445 Second Avenue.
• The following appeared on 29 June 1893 in The Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The marriage of Mr. L. E. Floyd and Miss Geraldine Worrill was consummated at the residence of Mr. John R. Worrill, 1445 Second avenue, in the presence of only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. /P/ The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. C. Lovett, of St. Paul church, after which the couple were driven to the Union depot and left on the Georgia Midland train for a two weeks' stay at Cumberland and Tybee. /P/ Mr. Floyd is a member of the firm of Allen & Floyd, general merchandise at Chipley, Ga., and is a very popular and enterprising young business man. The young lady whom he has wedded is exceedingly pretty and intellectual, and will make him a very happy wife.
• Geraldine Harper Worrill died on 15 February 1939 at age 70.

• Last Edited: 7 Oct 2011