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• 1910 Federal Census, Bell County, Texas, 28 April, Belton Ward 2, District 3, page 14B, Hse #266, Fam #274
  Winter, Alex C Head F W 25 Married 5 yr OK OK OK Pool Hall Mgr Rents
  Winter, Allie A Wife F W 23 Married 5 yr 2 children/2 living OK TX OK
  Winter, David D Son M W 5 Single OK TX OK
  Winter, Kera [Vera] Dau F W 1 Single TX TX OK
  
  Violet's father died in 1914 in a train accident.
  
  "Allie met and married Payne Wilkerson in 1918.  She had two boys, Leroy and Floyd Wilkerson.  They eventually moved from the Oklahoma dust bowl to Watsonville California, and are listed in the 1930 Fed Census (attached).  At that time, Dee is still with his mom, Allie, and Violet had married Joseph Cornett and has a family which includes my mother, Betty Jo.  I don't know where Margurette was, she would have been 19.  Her married name became Podio and she resided in Castroville, not far from Watsonville, until she died about 15 years ago."
  --  Marla King, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2017
  
  In the 1930 census Violet and her husband Joe Cornett were enumerated as a separtate family in the same household with her mother Allie and stepfather, Payne Wilkereson.  Violet's brother Dee was reported in the household of his mother and stepfather.  Violet and her husband Joesph Clinton Cornett moved to California after the birth of Doris in Oklahoma in 1929.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Santa Cruz County, California, 10 April, Watsonville Judicial Township, District 44-34, page 4B, Hse #88, Fam #90
  Cornett, Joe Head Rents  No Radio M W 24 Married at age 21 [mar abt 1906] AR AR AR General Farm Laborer [b abt 1885]
  Cornett, Violet Wife Owns F W 18 Married at age 15 [mar abt 1927] TX OK OK [mar abt 1927] [b abt 1912]
  Cornett, Betty Jo Son M W 4yrs2mos OK AR TX [b abt 1926]
  Cornett, Doris Lee Dau F W 1 OK AR TX [b abt 1929]
  
  The reported age of Violet at marriage does not match the reported as of her daughter Betty Jo as 4 years and 2 months.  That would put Betty Jo's birth before the marriage date.  With Joe's reported age at marriage, it would still be a year before the marriage.  Ages and reported ages at marriage are off.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Santa Cruz County, California, 10 April, Watsonville Judicial Township, District 44-34, page 4B, Hse #88, Fam #89
  Wilkerson, Payne Head Rents  No Radio M W 45 Married at age 27 AR NC TN General Farm Laborer [b abt 1885]
  Wilkerson, Allie Wife Owns F W 42 Married at age 17 [mar abt 1913] OK AR AR Farm Laborer [b abt 1887]
  Wilkerson, Leroy Son M W 11 OK AR OK [b abt 1919]
  Wilkerson, Floyd Son M W 8 OK AR OK [b abt 1922]
  Winters, Dee Stepson M W 23 OK OK OK General Farm Laborer [b abt 1907]
  
  The 1940 census reports their daughter Doris was born about 1929 in Oklahoma, but their son John was born in California about 1931 or 1932.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Santa Cruz County, California, (no date) April, Watsonville Judicial Township, District 44-38, Hecker Pass, page 6B, Hse #145, Rents $5
  Cornett, Joe Head M W 35 M Married Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Oil Ranch Laborer, Fruit Farm [b abt 1905]
  Cornett, Violet Wife F W 30 Married Grade 8 b Texas same house in 1935 [b abt 1910]
  Cornett, Betty F W 14 Single Grade 14 b Oklahoma same house in 1935 [b abt 1926]
  Cornett, Doris F W 11 Single Grade 11 b Oklahoma same house in 1935 [b abt 1929]
  Cornett, John M W 8 Single Grade 2 b California same house in 1935 [b abt 1932]
  Cornett, Billie F W 6 Single Grade 0 b California same house in 1935 [b abt 1934]
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Billie Ann Cornett [Billie Ann Gotcher] [Billie Brown] [Billie Ray] [Billie Kight] [Billie Quelette]
  Birth 31 Jan 1933 Watsonville, California
  Death Date 23 Nov 2005
  ** Father Joseph C Cornett **
  ** Mother Violet V Winters **
  SSN 551428967
  Dec 1949 Name listed as BILLIE ANN CORNETT; Oct 1950 Name listed as BILLIE ANN GOTCHER; Jun 1959 Name listed as BILLIE A BROWN; Apr 1968 Name listed as BILLIE ANN RAY; 19 Jul 1984 Name listed as BILLIE ANN KIGHT; 27 Feb 1992 Name listed as BILLIE ANN QUELETTE
  
  At the time of her death, it appears she was going by her middle nmae.  Her Nevada death record has her name as Violet V Cornett.  Only a brief index record is available.
  
  Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012
  Violet V Cornett
  Birth 14 Dec 1909 Texas
  Death 5 Feb 1998 Sparks, Washoe, Nevada
  
  The place of final residence is reported by her Social Security records.
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Violet V. Cornett
  Born 14 Dec 1909
  Died Feb 1998
  Last Residence Fernley, Lyon, Nevada 89408
  SSN 571-28-8555 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  Violet's Find a Grave memorial reports her palce of final residence as the place of death.
  
  Violet Winter Cornett
  Birth Dec 14, 1909 Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA
  Death Feb 5, 1998 Fernley, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
  Violet Winters was the mother of Betty Jo, Doris Lee, Billie Ann, and John. She was also the sister of Dee Winters and Margaret Podio.
  Parents:
  Alex C Winter (1884 - 1914)
  Allie R Coker Winter Wilkerson (1887 - 1972)
  Spouse Joseph Clinton Cornett (1904 - 1959)
  Children:
  Betty Jo Cornett King (1926 - 2016)
  Doris Lee Cornett Hayden (1929 - 2003)
  Billie Ann Cornett Quelette (1934 - 2005)
  Siblings:
  Margaret M. Winter Podio (1912 - 2003)
  Leroy W Wilkerson (1918 - 1970) Half-sibling
  Burial Pajaro Valley Memorial Park, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
  Maintained by Marla, Originally Created by Carolyn Dec 30, 2014
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #140665828, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140665828

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Bell County, Texas
  • 28 April, Belton Ward 2, District 3, page 14B, Hse #266, Fam #274
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Santa Cruz County, California
  • (no date) April, Watsonville Judicial Township, District 44-38, Hecker Pass, page 6B, Hse #145, Rents $5
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Santa Cruz County, California
  • 10 April, Watsonville Judicial Township, District 44-34, page 4B, Hse #88, Fam #90
• 7. Marla King
• 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 9. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
• 10. United States Social Security Death Index
• 11. California Death Index, 1940-1997