Ezekiel Joseph “Zeke” Bonnet and wife Camilla Isabelle “Katy” Whitt-Bonnet are buried at Nameless Cemetery along with their son Meredith Ray Bonnet.
Zeke was born 7 Sep 1907 in San Saba Co., TX and d. 2 Nov 1990 at Leander, TX. On the 1910 census he was living with his parents and siblings in Concho Co., TX. On the 1920 census he was living in Travis Co., TX with his parents and siblings. He had 11 siblings.
Zeke married “Katy” Whitt on Christmas Day 1927 while sitting in a Model T outside the parson’s house. They were married 62 years.
The 1930 census shows Zeke & Katy and their first child living in Travis Co., TX. Katy Whitt was born 16 May 1909 in Travis Co., TX and d. 28 Mar 1996. She had 8 siblings. She is listed on the 1910 and 1920 census records living with her parents and siblings in Travis Co., TX.
At one time in Zeke & Katy’s married life they lived within 3 miles of the Nameless School & Cemetery. They also lived in various parts of Texas but lived around Williamson & Travis Co. most of their lives.
Two of their children are deceased: son Meredith Ray was born 23 Jul 1942, d. 23 Aug 1943, and son Ernest Leroy, b. 3 Jan 1935, d. 8 Dec 2002.
They had 11 children: 9 boys and 2 girls. They raised their children in a good Christian home.
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Bonnett is one of my family lines From Vermont.
My grandparents are buried in nameless cemetery I remember going to the cleanups when I was small their names are Otto and Emma ferril and she was a Williamson born in Williamson county they had two daughters Ann and Vera
Debbie, yes we have your grandparents buried at Nameless Cemetery. I would love to have you come to our annual Cemetery Association meeting on Oct. 5th out at the cemetery if you can. We will have a short meeting and join in with the old schoolhouse for their festivities. They are having a barbecue and arts, crafts, music, authors and more. It starts at 10:00 and our business meeting will be at 11:00 for about 15 minutes. I would like to get your contact information and send you an email about it if possible. You can email us at info@namelesscemetery.org