Life History

Notes

• One genealogy with limited details but believable information reports Frances' maiden as Chmielewski.  This name is reflected on some other genealogies also.
  
  Frances Chmielewski
  Birth ABT 1910 in Oklahoma, Death Unknown
  Parents:
  Steve Chmielewski b 1871
  Mary b 1882
  Married Oscar Charles Hill 1901
  --  Stefani Family,  http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/75895909/person/48329127248?ssrc=&ml_rpos=5&ftm=1
  
  Other records, however, matching thhis Framces Chiemielewski, report she died in 2000, not 1998, and in Illinois, not Oklahoma. and Chimielewski was hte Illinois Frances' married name, with a maiden name of Niemiec.  This calls into question the validity of Oscar HIll's wife's name as Chimielewski.
  
  In the 1940 census, Frances is enumerated as the wife of Oscar Charles Hill in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  The daughter Viva (Veva) June is Oscar's daughter from his first marriage to Mabel Jenkins.  Oscar and Mabel divorced after the 1930 census, when they were enumerated as married with their household in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
  
  Since it appears the youngest child here, born in 1932, would be a child of this second marriage, we can estimate that Oscar and Frances were married about 1931.  The daughter named here as Hill must be Frances' daughter from an earlier marriage.
  
  One genealogy, however, reports Frances and Oscar married in 1935, but gives no source for this date.  This could be but note the difference in the records here.  For Oscar, location in 1935 is reported as "same house," while for Francis (Frances), it is "same place," which could indicate the same town or ward, but not the same household.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 5 April, Oklahoma City Ward 4 Block 9, District 78-144, page 5B, 2512 SW 27th St, Hse #95, Owns $1000
  Hill, Oscar C  Head F W 39 Married Grade 6 b Texas same house in 1935 Bacon Wrapper, Meat Packing Co
  Hill, Francis Wife F W 30 Married Grade 8 b Oklahoma same place in 1935 Egg Candler, Meat Packing Co
  Hill, Viva June Dau F W 14 Single Grade 7 b Oklahoma same place
  Hill, <Unreadable> Dau F W 12 Single Grade 7 b Oklahoma same place
  Hill, Julia Dau F W 8 Single Grade 7 b Oklahoma same place
  
  The census tells us that Oscar was working in a meat factory of Wilson and Company.  This longtime career is confirmed in City Directories over the years.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1940, p 332
  Hill Oscar C (Frances) smoke hse Wilson & Co  h 2513 SW 27th
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1947, p 464
  Hill Oscar C (Frances) emp Wilson & Co  h 2233 SW 27th
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1949, p 437
  Hill Oscar C (Frances) meat wrpr Wilson & Co  h 2233 SW 27th
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1959, p 383
  Hill Oscar C (Frances) plant wkr Wilson & Co h 2237 SW 27th
  
  Frances M. Hill
  Birth Dec 3, 1911
  Death Oct 28, 1998
  Spouse Oscar C Hill (1898 - 1984)
  Burial Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  Created by sonya s Apr 01, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #67770391, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67770391
  
  The date of birth is different from the grave on the Social Security Death Index.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Frances M. Hill
  Born 6 Dec 1909
  Died 28 Oct 1998
  Last Residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 73108
  SSN 558-01-1579 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  A directory listing has the 1911 date.
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Frances Hill
  Birth Date 3 Dec 1911
  2237 SW 27th St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73108-6418

Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  • 5 April, Oklahoma City Ward 4 Block 9, District 78-144, page 5B, 2512 SW 27th St, Hse #95, Owns $1000
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #67770391, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67770391
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 4. Ancestry Trees
• 5. Social Security Death Index
• 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1947, p 464
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1959, p 383
• 8. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1949, p 437
• 9. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1940, p 332
• 10. Find a Grave Memorial Registry