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Family HistoryFamily History - Ernest Cecil Japhet


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Ernest Cecil Japhet and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Ernest Cecil Japhet,1 born 13 April 1908 (parents not determined);1, 2 died 5 October 1990 in Harris County, Texas.1 Ernest married, 9 November 1981 in Harris County, Texas, Susie S. Constant2 (born ca. 1908 in Mississippi, the daughter of Francis Tebbitts ‘Frank’ Constant and Lucie Barber;3, 4, 5 Susie died 7 January 1992 in Harris County, Texas6). Ernest is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.1

  1. Find a Grave (website). Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, Ernest Cecil Japhet: Ernest C. Japhet / Apr. 13, 1908 / Oct. 5, 1990 [from grave marker]. The record provides the names of his parents and two spouses.
  2. Texas Marriages, 1966-2010, Ernest C. Japhet, age 73; and Susie Constant, age 73, married on 9 November 1981 in Harris [County], Texas.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Louisiana, Avoyelles Parish, Ward 10, Enumeration District 27, Sheet No. 14A, family of F. T. Constant (35, Louisiana, contractor, Leevee and Crusal); wife of 8 years L. V. [sic] Constant (25, Louisiana, 4 children, 4 living); daughter M. K. Constant (7, Louisiana); son L. [sic] W. Constant (5, Louisiana); daughter Susie Constant (2, Louisiana); son F. T Constant Jr. (1/12, Louisiana). [The entry for F. T. Constant, Jr., must be an error, since he died in 1909; more likely, the entry should have been for daughter Lucie S. Constant, who was born in early 1910 based on other records.]
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Enumeration District 57, Sheet No. 47A, family of Frank T. Constant (44, Louisiana, contractor, levee and railway); wife Lucie B. Constant (35, Louisiana); daughter Mary K. Constant (16, Louisiana); son Edward W. Constant (15, Louisiana); daughter Susie S. Constant (12, Mississippi); daughter Lucie S. Constant (10, Louisiana).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Texas, Harris County, Houston City, Enumeration District 258-170B, Sheet No. 1B, family of Henry G Nelms (51, Texas, oil operator, oil company); wife Susie C. Nelms (32, Mississippi); son Frank R. Nelms (10, Louisiana); daughter Mary C. Nelms (4, Texas); mother-in law Lucy Constance [sic] (54, Louisiana, widow); residence on 1 April 1935: same place for all except Lucy: Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana.
  6. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, available at ancestry.com. Japhet, Susie, died: 7 January 1992 in Harris [County], Texas.