Lewis HARVEY Lewis Edward POSTON Gale Homer POSTON Timothy Kermit POSTON Nalla Austin KITE Catherine MOORE Mini tree diagram
Ora Ethel HARVEY

Ora Ethel HARVEY2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10

also known as Ethel POSTON4

24th Sep 18844 - 18th Oct 19631

Life History

24th Sep 1884

Born in Mt Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois.1,2,3

(most likely)

about 1895

Born in Illinois.4

(less likely)

21st Feb 1901

Married Lewis Edward POSTON in Jefferson County, Illinois.1,4

24th Sep 1902

Birth of son Gale Homer POSTON.1

23rd Mar 1904

Birth of son Timothy Kermit POSTON in Shiloh Township, Jefferson, Illinois.11,12,13,11,14,1

16th Mar 1930

Death of Lewis Edward POSTON.1,4

9th Dec 1937

Married Nalla Austin KITE in St Francis County, Arkansas.3,10

24th Jul 1957

Death of Nalla Austin KITE in Pulaski County, Arkansas.13

31st Jan 1960

Death of son Gale Homer POSTON.1

18th Oct 1963

Died.1

Notes

  • In the 1900 census with her paretns, she was reported as Ethel Harvey.

    1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Illinois, 12 June, casner, District 80, page 6A, Hse #105, Fam #107
    Harvey, Lewis Head W M  June 1856 43 Married 24 yrs IL VA IL farmer Owns
    Poston, Catherine Wife W F Dec 1860  39 Married 24 yrs 12 children/9 living IL MO MO
    Poston, Thomas W Son W M July 1878  21 Single IL IL IL
    Poston, Silvia R Dau W F Jan 1883 17 Single IL IL IL
    Poston, Ethel Dau W F Sept 1884  15 Single IL IL IL
    Poston, Pleasant W M May 1891 9 AR IL IL At School
    Poston, Elijah B  W M July 1893 6 AR IL IL
    Poston, Lora W F June 1895 4 AR IL IL
    Poston, Lata W F Feb 1899 1 AR IL IL

    She married Edward Lewis Poston on 21 February 1901 in Jefferson County, Illinois.  Their two chlldren, Gale and Tim, were born there.  Some time after Tim was born in 1904, they moved to Arkansas County, Arkansas, where some of the Poston clan had moved earlier.  Oral Ethel's husband died in March 1930.  In the 1930 census she was repreoted as Ethel Poston, creating some confusoin over identities with two other individusls maiden named Ethel, in this same Poston family.

    Ethel Poston is reported in 1930 as age 45, a widow.  The census reports she was first married at age 16, or about 1901.  That matches the birth date of her first son Gale Homer Poston on 24 September 1902.

    1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 21 April, DeWitt, District 1-16, page 14B-15A, Hse #333, Fam #351
    Kaufman, Birdie Head F W Rents $5 39 Widow AR AR MO No Occup [b abt 1891]
    Kaufman, John K Son M W 16 Single AR AR AR Grocery Salesman [b abt 1914]
    - page 15A -
    Poston, Ethel F W 45 Servant Widow Age at first marriage 16 [mar abt 1911] IL IL IL Servant, Private Family [b abt 1895]

    A couple of genealogies report that Ethel married a Noel Kyte.  No records or documentation are included.

    Ethel's Social Security records give us some details, including her mother's maiden name of Moore.

    U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
    Ethel Harvey Kite
    Birth 24 Sep 1884 Mt Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois
    Father Lewis Harvey
    Mother Kate Moore
    SSN 430404160
    Jul 1943 Name listed as ETHEL HARVEY KITE

    Ethel married Nalla Kite in 1937.  But the 1940 census reports that both Nalla and Ethel were living in Little Rock in 1935.  They married in St Francis County, Arkansas.

    Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
    Nalla A Kite
    Saint Francis County
    Spouse Ethel Poston
    License Date 9 Dec 1937
    Volume 1, Certificate #25503

    The 1935 census reports they were both in Little Rock, apparently married then as well as in 1940.  Some genealogies report Ethel's second husband as Noel Kite, but provide no documentation.  No reccord in this name has been found.  Directories and the census have the name as N A Kite, Nabla A Kite, or Nalla A Kite.  He signed his name and reported it on his WWI draft card as Nalla Austin Kite.

    In the 1940 census, Ethel and her husband Nabla (or Nalla) A Kite were reported in Eastman, Pulaski County.  This census reports that in 1935 they were living in Little Rock, the capital, in the same county.

    1940 Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas, 15 April, Eastman, District 60-95, Page 15B, George W Garner Farm, Hse #320, Rents $5
    Kite, Nabla A Head M W 69 Married Grade 8 b Missouri Little Rock AR in 1935 No Occup [b abt 1891]
    Kite, Ethel Wife F W 65 Married Grade 5 b Arkansas Little Rock AR in 1935 [b abt 1895]

    Ethel and Nabla appear in city directories in Little and nearby cities.

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1949, p 484
    Kite Nalla A (Ethel) grdnr h 1500 S Hayes

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1951, p 380
    Kite Nalla A (Ethel O) h 1500 S Hayes

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1953, p 269
    Kite Nalla A (Ethel O) h 1500 S Hayes

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    North Little Rock, Arkansas, City Directory, 1956, p 341
    Kite N A (Ethel) h 4101 W 10th

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