Lois Cleo OVERTON1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,6,10
1st Dec 18991,2,3,4,5,6 - 24th Sep 19731,3,5,6
Life History
1st Dec 1899 |
Born in Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5,6 |
9th Jun 1920 |
Married Pink GREEN in Ft Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas.4,9,11 |
after 1925 |
Divorced from Pink GREEN in Santa Cruz County, California.8,11,9 |
after 1941 |
Married Whoknows WHALEN in Santa Cruz County, California |
before 1948 |
Divorced from Whoknows WHALEN in Santa Cruz County, California |
5th Apr 1968 |
Death of Pink GREEN in Fresno, Fresno, California.1,12,3 |
24th Sep 1973 |
Died in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.1,3,5,6 After a long unspecified illness. |
27th Sep 1973 |
Buried in Soquel Cemetery, Soquel, Santa Cruz, California.5,6 |
Notes
- 1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, 9 June, Prairie Grove Village, District 110, page 6A, Hse/Fam #114
Overton, John B Head W M Mar 1861 39 Married 19 yrs AR TN TN Stone Mason Rents
Overton, Mary E Wife W F July 1862 37 Married 19 yrs 8 children/6 living MO TN IL
Overton, Maude E Dau W F Apr 1882 18 Single AR AR MO
Overton, Johnny Son W M Aug 1884 15 AR AR MO Farm Laborer
Overton, Henry L Son W M Dec 1886 13 AR AR MO
Overton, Charles A Son W M Feb 1890 10 AR AR MO
Overton, Robert F Son W M June 1892 7 AR AR MO
Overton, Lois C Dau W F Dec 1899 5mos AR AR MO
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Lois Overton
Age 20, Birth Year abt 1900
Residence: Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Spouse's Name Pink Green
Spouse's Age 32
Spouse's Residence Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Marriage 9 Jun 1920 Sebastian County
Marriage License Date 9 Jun 1920
An Overton researcher contacted me in 2011. with information about Lois that fills in some gaps. This informs us that Lois and Pink were divorced, and Lois remarried someone named Whalen. She found Lois in several City Directories.
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Lois Cleo Overton born Dec. 1,1899 Ark. died Sept. 24,1973 Santa Cruz, Cal.
Marr 1.Pink Green June 9,1920 Ark. marr 2 __________Whalen
1925 City Directories Santa Cruz, Calif.
Lois Green 229 Hanover spouse Pink Green
1941 City Directories Santa Cruz, Calif.
Lois Green 430 Pacific Av. Cook "stop Inn"
[Divorced between 1941 and 1948]
1948 City Directories Santa Cruz, Calif.
Lois Whalen Cook
1959 Mrs. Lois Whalen 321 Raymond Cook
1960 Lois Whalen Pacific Ave.
California Death Index
Lois CWhalen
Born Dec 1,1899 Arkansas
Died Sep 24 1973 Santa Cruz, California
Died Monday: Lois C.Whalen, 73 native of Praire Grove Ark, died Monday in a local convalescent hospital after a long illness. A Santa Cruz resident since 1927. She was a cook at various local restaurants before retiring. Private interment will be Soquel Cemetery, no survivors were listed.
California Death Certificate
Lois Cleo Whalen
Usual residence: 1520 Pacific Ave
Birth Dec 1,1899 Ark
Death Sept 24,1973 9:00 AM La Casa Extended Care Hospital, 1115 Capitola Road, County of Santa Cruz
Last Occupation Cook, Last Employment The Avenue Restaurant
Father John B Overton Mother Mary E
Burial Soquel Cemetery, Ferguson Mortuary
-- Email from Linda (Unknown) to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 10 April 2011
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They were reported in Muskogee City/County Directory in 1921, along with Pink's mother Susan Barnett Green and his brother Thomas.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Muskogee and Muskogee County, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1921, p 547
(Phoenix Directory Company)
Pink (Lois) Green farmer
Susan (wid Jacob) Green
Thomas Green
With the critical clue of Lois' remarriage and her second married name as Whalen, I was able to find these and other sources in new searches. The directory entry for 1925 also informs us that the first location of Pink Green (and probably the rest of the family that moved with him to California) was Santa Cruz and they were there before the directory listings in 1925. Note that the short obituary above states that Lois Whalen had been a Santa Cruz resident since 1927, though she was in the 1925 directory.
The date of acquisition on the library copy of the Directory was 5 June 1925. I do not know when the actual compilation was made. But this means that Pink and Lois were in Santa Cruz, California, sometime at least in the first half of 1925. No other members of the Green family appear in the Santa Cruz directories.
U.S. City Directories 1925
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
Pink Green (Lois) Lab[orer] Residence 229 Hanover
(Library acquisition date 5 June 1925)
In the 1930 census, Pink is in Fresno County, California, alone, but reported as married. Lois was not found in the 1930 census. All later records for Pink are in Fresno.
In 1936 and 1941 Santa Cruz directories, Lois appears alone as Lois Green.
U.S. City Directories 1936
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
(Library acquisition date 17 August 1936)
U.S. City Directories 1941
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
Green Lois Cook Stop Inn Residence 430 Pacific Av
In 1948 Lois appears as Lois Whalen, with no husband. She must have married and either divorced or been widowed between 1941 and 1948.
U.S. City Directories 1948
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
Whalen Lois Cook Residence 1001 Pacific Av
U.S. City Directories 1959
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
Whalen Lois Cook Round-the-Clock Residence 321 Raymond
U.S. City Directories 1960
Polk's Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County, Calif.) City Directory
Whalen Lois Residence 1109 Pacific Av
Social Security Death Index
Lois Whalen
Born 1 Dec 1899
Died Sep 1973
Last Residence Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95060
SSN 546-26-8346 issued California (Before 1951)
California Death Index, 1940-1997
Lois C Whalen
Sex: Female
Birth 1 Dec 1899 Arkansas
Death 24 Sep 1973 Santa Cruz County
Social Security #546268436
California Death Certificate
Lois Cleo Whalen
Residence 1520 Pacific Ave
Birth 1 Dec 1899 Arkansas
Death 24 Sept 1973, 9:00 AM La Casa Extended Care Hospital, Santa Cruz County
Last Occupation Cook, Last Employment The Avenue Restaurant
Father John B Overton, Mother Mary E
Burial Soquel Cemetery [Soquel, Santa Cruz, California], Ferguson Mortuary
Lois Whalen Died Monday
Lois C Whalen, 73, a native of Prairie Grove, Ark., died Monday [24 Sept 1973] in a local convalescent hospital after a long illness.
A Santa Cruz resident since 1927 [but ref 1925 city directory], she was a cook at various local retaurants before retiring.
Funeral services will be Thursday [27 Sept 1973] at 10:30 am at the Ferguson chapel, 212 Laurel St, with Dr Frederick C Robinson officiating. Private interment will be in Soquel Cemetery. Friends may call at the Ferguson Mortuary from 9 am to 9 pm Wednesday.
No survivors were listed.
-- Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California, Tuesday 25 September 1973, page 22; Clipping courtesy of Richard Stauff, Find a Grave
Sources
- 1. Social Security Death Index
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas
- 9 June, Prairie Grove Village, District 110, page 6A, Hse/Fam #114
- 3. California Death Index, 1940-1997
- 4. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
- 5. California Certificate of Death
- First cited in Email from Linda (Unknown) to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 10 April 2011
- 6. Obituary of Lois Overton Green Whalen, Santa Cruz 1973
- 7. California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
- Fresno County, California, 1930
- 8. Linda Unknown Email
- 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Santa Cruz County, California, City Directory, 1925
- 10. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Muskogee and Muskogee County, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1921, p 547
- 11. 1930 Federal Census, Fresno County, California
- 18 April, Township 5, District 76, page 7A, Conejo Avenue, Hse #150, Fam #151
- 12. Obituaries from California
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