Delora Alma BLACK4,5,6,1,2,3,7
Sep 18981,2,3 - Mar 19774
Life History
Sep 1898 |
Born in Stonewall County, Texas.1,2,3 |
12th Mar 1919 |
Married Alonzo Thomas Gunter MCKEEN in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico.4,5 |
1st Jan 1920 |
Birth of daughter Marian E MCKEEN in Ventura County, California.7,13,14,15 |
26th Dec 1920 |
Birth of daughter Florence A MCKEEN in Riverside County, California.7,1,13 |
after 1921 |
Divorced from Alonzo Thomas Gunter MCKEEN in California.6,1,4 |
1929 |
Married Thomas Gilbert GREEN in California.4,1 Deatils are unclear, but in the 1940 census the wife of what appears to be Thomas Gilbert Green (Tom Green) is named Katherine. Step chidlren named Beeler mentioned in his obit seem to indicate he married again after Delora, and this Katherine is likely the mother of the Clarence and Margaret Beeler. I have not found a divorce record for Tom and Delora. |
before 1940 |
Divorced from Thomas Gilbert GREEN in Fresno County, California.8 |
23rd Apr 1968 |
Death of Thomas Gilbert GREEN in Kerman, Fresno, California.9,10,11,12 |
Mar 1977 |
Died in California.4 |
Notes
- Delora was enumerated in her first census, at age 1, under her middle name Alma. All later records refer to her as Delora or Delora A.
1900 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas, 18 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 46, page 2B, Hse/Fam #26
Black, Hamline Head W M Jan 1859 41 Married 9 yrs OH OH PA Farmer Rents
Black, Mary Wife W F May 1872 28 Married 9 yrs 5 children/5 living TX TN TN Farmer
Black, Ova Dau W F (?) 1891 8 Single TX OH TX
Black, Elbert Son W M May 1893 7 Single TX OH TX
Black, May Dau W F May 1895 5 Single TX OH TX
Black, Pavilie (?) Son W M Oct 1896 3 Single TX OH TX
Black, Alma Dau W F Sept 1898 1 Single TX OH TX
Delora's married name from her first marriage was McKeen. Her maiden name was Black. As a widow she married Thomas Gilbert Green in Fresno County, California, about 1929.
The 1930 census reports that Thomas was married for the first time at age 38, and he is 39 in that census. But Delora was married for the first time at age 20. Thus she was married the first time about 1919. Her two daughters from her previous marriage are listed in the Green household in the 1930 census.
1930 Federal Census, Fresno County, California, 14 April, Township 2, District 11, page 13A, Belmont Avenue, Hse/Fam #4
Green, Thomas G Head M W 39 First married at 38 OK GA MS Farmer
Green, Delora A Wife F W 31 First married at 20 TX OH TX
McKeen, Mary [Marian] Stepdaughter F W 10 CA OK TX
McKeen, Florence Stepdaughter F W 9 CA OK TX
Mary and Florence McKeen's father is reported born in Oklahoma. But further investigation indicated that their father was Alonzo Thomas McKeen, born in New Mexico, where Delora also married him. A genealogy reports that Delora's maiden name was Black. The California Death Index reports Thomas McKeen's birth in New Mexico as well as his death in San Bernardino County, California, in 1978. This fact indicates the Thomas and Delora were divorced, then she married Thomas Green in 1929. They would have divorced after the 1921 city directory.
The genealogy reports that Delora married Thomas Keen in Eddy County, New Mexico, probably in Carlsbad, the county seat.
Delora Black
Birth 1899 in Texas, Death Mar 1977
Marriage to Alonzo Thomas Gunter McKeen 12 Mar 1919 in Eddy, New Mexico
Marriage to Tom Gilbert Green 1929 in California
-- Black-McKeen, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25319046/person/1635915076
This genealogy provides a few documents of some of these facts. A marriage record was also found for Delora's first marriage.
Western States Marriage Record Index
Groom A T Gunter McKeen
Bride Delora Black
Marriage 12 Mar 1919 Eddy County, New Mexico
Marriage ID#1514359, Volume 3, Page 109
Delora and Gunter were reported in the 1920 census as residents in Ventura County, California.
1920 Federal Census, Ventura County, California, 15 January, Voting Precinct 1, District 273, page 7A, Olive Sands Ranch, Hse #153, Fam #154
McKeen, Gunter Rents Head F W 22 NM TX AR Ranch Laborer
McKeen, Delora Wife F W 21 TX TX TX
"Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 823,318. The county seat is Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered the southernmost county along the California Central Coast."
-- "Riverside, California," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County,_California
In 1921 they were reported in the city directory another nearby county of Riverside, California.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Riverside, California, City Directory, 1921, p 190
McKeen Gunter (Delora) farmer h 273 N Monroe
"Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. Riverside is the county seat of the eponymous county and named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire as well as Riverside County, and is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) east of Los Angeles."
-- "Riverside, California," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_California
Gunter's parents, John O and Jennie McKeen, are living next door to them on the Olive Sands Ranch, where both John and Gunter are working as laborers on the ranch. Both couples are reported as renting their home, though housing may be provided as part of the employment. Gunter's brother John is also a Ranch laborer.
The child listed in the 1930 census as Mary McKeen is actually Marian, according to her brith certificate.
California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Marian E McKeen
Birth 1 Jan 1920 Ventura County
Gender Female
Mother's Maiden Name Black
Sources
- 1. 1930 Federal Census, Fresno County, California
- 14 April, Township 2, District 11, page 13A, Belmont Avenue, Hse/Fam #4
- 2. 1920 Federal Census, Ventura County, California
- 15 January, Voting Precinct 1, District 273, page 7A, Olive Sands Ranch, Hse #152, Fam #153
- 3. 1900 Federal Census, Stonewall County, Texas
- 18 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 46, page 2B, Hse/Fam #26
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- 5. Western States Marriage Record Index
- 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Riverside, California, City Directory, 1921, p 190
- 7. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
- 8. 1940 Federal Census, Fresno County, California
- 10 April, Township 11, District 1-30, page 2A, White Bridge Rd, Hse #19, Owns $2500
- 9. Social Security Death Index
- 10. Obituary of Thomas Gilbert Green, The Kerman News of Kerman, Fresno, California. 24 April 1968
- 11. California Death Index, 1940-1997
- 12. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 13. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 14. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 15. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
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