Mostly Angels in the Sky

James Lawrence

TMG ID:8301

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	James and Betty Young, daughter of: Coral Henry Young Jr. and Ophelia Nuss, were married.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr.

Family

TMG ID:8302, (27 Dec 1928 - 25 Jun 2006)

Relationship:

Nephew of John Phillip Wagner

L to R: Stacey, Elmer, Jrs Baby and Junior

Father*

Elmer Stacey Wagner¹ B: 13 Jul 1905, D: 3 Aug 1977

Mother*

Laverna Mildred Bailey B: 25 Nov 1908, D: 15 Feb 1968

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was born on Thursday, 27 Dec 1928, at Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.
Died on Sunday, 25 Jun 2006 at Bethel Island, Contra Costa County, California^G, at age 77 years, 5 months and 29 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was the son of: Elmer Stacey Wagner and Laverna Mildred Bailey.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Stacy"²
Nick-Name: his nickname was "Junior"³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 24 Jan 1947, Elmer, age 18 years and 28 days, and Francis J. Benes, age 19 years, 5 months and 19 days, daughter of: Joseph John Benes and Mary R. (?), were married at Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G, Other celebrants were: Elmer Stacey Wagner and Laverna Mildred Bailey.^4,5
Divorce	Feb 1974, on this date, the divorce between Francis J. (neé Benes) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at Los Angeles County, California^G.⁴
Marriage	Friday, 13 Feb 1976, Elmer, age 47 years, 1 month and 17 days, and Lois Mae Young, age 48 years, 8 months and 27 days, daughter of: Coral Henry Young Jr. and Ophelia Nuss, were married at Shafter, Kern County, California^G.
Divorce	circa 1999, on this date, the divorce between Lois Mae (neé Young) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at California^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 24 Jan 1947, Elmer, age 18 years and 28 days, and Francis J. Benes, age 19 years, 5 months and 19 days, daughter of: Joseph John Benes and Mary R. (?), were married at Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G,
Other celebrants were: Elmer Stacey Wagner and Laverna Mildred Bailey.^4,5

Divorce

Feb 1974, on this date, the divorce between Francis J. (neé Benes) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at Los Angeles County, California^G.⁴

Marriage

Friday, 13 Feb 1976, Elmer, age 47 years, 1 month and 17 days, and Lois Mae Young, age 48 years, 8 months and 27 days, daughter of: Coral Henry Young Jr. and Ophelia Nuss, were married at Shafter, Kern County, California^G.

Divorce

circa 1999, on this date, the divorce between Lois Mae (neé Young) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at California^G.¹

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: on Thursday, 22 Jun 1989, Dorothy Marie Brinkman (73 years old) wrote a letter to Elmer Stacy Wagner (60 years old). In the letter, Dorothy provides a lot of details on the Brinkman family for Stacy. Dorothy and Stacy are 1^st cousins once removed.
The following family members were mentioned by Dorothy: Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ronald Earl Brinkman, Julia Ann Young, Mervin Nelson Christensen, Kenneth Allan Brinkman, Bernadene Ethelyn Smith, Donald William Brinkman, Steven Eugene Budd, Michael Hildebrand, John Stanley Nesheim, James Edgar Cook, Bethel Velma Brinkman and Richard James Brinkman.⁶

Other Major Events

Feb 1974, on this date, the divorce between Francis J. (neé Benes) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at Los Angeles County, California^G.⁴
circa 1999, on this date, the divorce between Lois Mae (neé Young) Wagner and Elmer Stacy Wagner at California^G.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	8 Apr 1930, 213 10th Street, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	Elmer Stacey Wagner and Laverna Mildred Bailey⁷
Census-1940	9 May 1940, Fairmont, Benton County, Oregon^G	Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey and James Lewis Wagner⁸
Census-1950	12 Jun 1950, U.S.S. Theodore E. Chandler, Vallejo, Solano County, California^G	⁹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

8 Apr 1930, 213 10th Street, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

Elmer Stacey Wagner and Laverna Mildred Bailey⁷

Census-1940

9 May 1940, Fairmont, Benton County, Oregon^G

Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey and James Lewis Wagner⁸

Census-1950

12 Jun 1950, U.S.S. Theodore E. Chandler, Vallejo, Solano County, California^G

⁹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1950		U.S. Navy Seaman⁹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1950

U.S. Navy Seaman⁹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Obituary	Obituary: on Wednesday, 25 Feb 1953, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Estella Marie Young in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington. Others mentioned: Stacey Elmer Wagner, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Homer Clayton Young, James Lewis Wagner, Donald Ray Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹⁰
Obituary	Obituary: on Thursday, 5 Dec 1957, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Stacey Elmer Wagner in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington. Others mentioned: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Edward Earl Wagner, Hershall Joseph Wagner, Nora Maud Wagner, Florence Willmetta Wagner, James Lewis Wagner, Denice Marie Wagner, Donald Ray Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹¹
Burial	Interred Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. attended the internment of Stacey Elmer Wagner on Saturday, 7 Dec 1957 at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G. Other attendees included: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Elsie Dora Lewis, Mary Lucile Wagner, Dale Rutledge, Charles Wesley Wagner, Patricia Irene Curtarelli, James Lewis Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.^12,13

Activity

Details

Obituary

Obituary: on Wednesday, 25 Feb 1953, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Estella Marie Young in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington.
Others mentioned: Stacey Elmer Wagner, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Homer Clayton Young, James Lewis Wagner, Donald Ray Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹⁰

Obituary

Obituary: on Thursday, 5 Dec 1957, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Stacey Elmer Wagner in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington.
Others mentioned: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Edward Earl Wagner, Hershall Joseph Wagner, Nora Maud Wagner, Florence Willmetta Wagner, James Lewis Wagner, Denice Marie Wagner, Donald Ray Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹¹

Burial

Interred Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. attended the internment of Stacey Elmer Wagner on Saturday, 7 Dec 1957 at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G.
Other attendees included: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Elsie Dora Lewis, Mary Lucile Wagner, Dale Rutledge, Charles Wesley Wagner, Patricia Irene Curtarelli, James Lewis Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.^12,13

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr. was living with Elmer Stacey and Laverna Mildred (née Bailey) Wagner, at Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon^G. Also living at this address: James Lewis Wagner.⁸
Address: in Oct 1948, Elmer Stacy (age 19) and Francis J. (née Benes) (age 21) Wagner lived at: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California^G.¹⁴
Address: circa 1995, Elmer Stacy and Lois Mae (née Young) Wagner lived at: 6900 Sea Pines Circle #17, Bakersfield, Kern County, California^G.²

Newspaper Items & Articles

Tuesday, 28 Jan 1947, an article about Elmer Stacy Wagner and Francis J. (née Benes) Wagner appeared in: The Oregonian, at Portland, Oregon. Headline: Vancouver Marriage Licenses.¹⁵
Thursday, 21 Oct 1948, Elmer was mentioned in an article about Stacey Elmer Wagner and Estella Marie (née Young) Wagner in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: S.E. Wagners Mark Wedding Anniversary With Family Reunion
Also mentioned in the article: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Elsie Dora Lewis, Dale Rutledge, Mary Lucile Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Patricia Irene Curtarelli, James Lewis Wagner, Francis J. Benes, Donald Ray Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner and Nancy Anne Rutledge.¹⁴

Citations

[S220] Interview and notes with Elsie Dora Lewis (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington), by Terrance Wagner, 2002 - 2018. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S252] Interview and notes with John Philip Wagner (6443) (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington), by Terrance Wagner, 2002. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.
[S701] California Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online <http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/>, State File number: 016051. Hereinafter cited as CA Divorce Index.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, http://tinyurl.com/m8skr6n. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S4351] Letter from Dorothy Christensen (8222) (Polk County, Iowa) to Jr. (8302) Elmer Stacy Wagner, 22 Jun 1989; unknown repository (unknown repository address).
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S3662] Article: Deaths & Burials - Mrs. Estella Marie Wagner, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 25 Feb 1953, Page Twelve. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S3709] Deaths-Funerals - Stacy Elmore Wagner, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 5 Dec 1957 & 6 Dec 1957, Ten and Two. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S112] Jerri McCoy, Olympia Genealogical Society Cemetery Listing (n.p.: RootsWeb, 7 May 1998), Odd Fellows Cemetery (I.O.O.F.), Tumwater. Hereinafter cited as Olympia Cemeteries.
[S240] Janice Allen Bertram entry, Death Certificate - Janice Allen Bertram Collection, Stacy Elmore Wagner, unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Death Certificate.
[S2382] Article: S. E. Wagners Mark Wedding Anniversary With Family Reunion, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 21 Oct 1948, Page Seven. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S2381] Article: Vancouver Marriage Licenses, The Oregonian, Vancouver, WA, 28 Jan 1947, Page Seventeen. Hereinafter cited as Oregonian.

Last Edited

10 Jul 2023

Louis Joseph St. Pierre

TMG ID:8310, (11 Nov 1920 - 14 Jan?)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Louis Joseph St. Pierre was born on Thursday, 11 Nov 1920.
Died on 14 Jan?

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Louis and Marie Antoinette Gallo were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Louis and Marie Antoinette Gallo were married.¹

Citations

[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Marie Antoinette Gallo¹

TMG ID:8311, (16 Jul 1920 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Marie Antoinette Gallo was born on Friday, 16 Jul 1920.

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. St. Pierre (née Gallo).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Marie and Louis Joseph St. Pierre were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Marie and Louis Joseph St. Pierre were married.¹

Citations

[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Donald Ray Wagner

Family

TMG ID:8312, (14 Nov 1934 - 2 Feb 2016)

Relationship:

Nephew of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

Ernest Howard Wagner B: 6 Aug 1908, D: 4 Feb 1994

Mother*

Dorothy Irene Conn B: 2 Oct 1913, D: 8 Apr 1993

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Donald Ray Wagner was born on Wednesday, 14 Nov 1934, at Maxwell hospital, 723 West 4th Avenue, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 2 Feb 2016 at Mercy Hospital, Folsom, Sacramento County, California^G, at age 81 years, 2 months and 19 days.^2,3
Interred after 13 Feb 2016 at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California^G.^4,3

Obituary & Burial

An Obituary for Donald Ray Wagner appeared on Saturday, 13 Feb 2016, in The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California. Donald R. "Don" Wagner

November 14, 1934 - February 2, 2016

Don Wagner passed away peacefully while surrounded by family and the caring staff of Mercy Hospital of Folsom. A resident of Folsom since 1979, he was born in Olympia, WA, raised in Port Angeles, WA and moved to California in 1954. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy &; Ernest Wagner of Port Angeles, WA and a daughter Gloria Santos, of Santa Rosa, CA. Mr. Wagner was a noted commercial and portrait photographer during his early career, including extensive work with many California high schools, colleges and universities. In 1979 he gained his Real Estate Broker license and became active in commercial real estate, purchasing and selling rental homes and apartment buildings in three states. Don and his wife Bertha enjoyed ballroom dancing, and met and retained many good friends from both the U.S. and abroad due to their shared enjoyment of this activity. He was also a proficient woodworker with an extensive workshop devoted to his hobby. His finely crafted efforts produced everything from furniture to bowls and landscape pieces. Don leaves behind his beloved Wife Bertha Wagner, his Daughters Laura Grady (Richard), Janet Stanley (Fred), Lynda Keller (Barry), his Son Craig Wagner, and his Step-Daughter Stefani DiMauro (Steve). Mr. Wagner was the proud Grandfather to Jason St. Pierre, Yvette Schissler, Tracy Stanley, Christopher Hillard, Danny Keller, Zachary Downs, Jessica Wagner, Zoe DiMauro and Jack DiMauro, as well as 14 wonderful Great Grandchildren. Don Wagner will be remembered at a private family service to be held at the Mt. Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks.

The Sacramento Bee, (CA) - Saturday, 13 Feb 2016

Others mentioned: Bertha Eleanore Koski.³

'Non-primary' Vitals

Donald Ray Wagner was the son of: Ernest Howard Wagner and Dorothy Irene Conn.

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Don"⁵

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Monday, 8 Feb 1960, Donald, age 25 years, 2 months and 25 days, and Marilou Valerie Henry, age 27 years, 3 months and 21 days were married at Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California^G.^6,7
Divorce	Mar 1966, on this date, the divorce between Marilou Valerie (neé Henry) Wagner and Donald Ray Wagner at San Mateo County, California^G.⁸
Marriage	Friday, 28 Nov 1975, Donald, age 41 years and 14 days, and Bertha Eleanore Koski, age 42 years, 1 month and 8 days, daughter of: Kaleb Koski and Hulda Maria Abelson, were married at South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California^G.⁹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 8 Feb 1960, Donald, age 25 years, 2 months and 25 days, and Marilou Valerie Henry, age 27 years, 3 months and 21 days were married at Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California^G.^6,7

Divorce

Mar 1966, on this date, the divorce between Marilou Valerie (neé Henry) Wagner and Donald Ray Wagner at San Mateo County, California^G.⁸

Marriage

Friday, 28 Nov 1975, Donald, age 41 years and 14 days, and Bertha Eleanore Koski, age 42 years, 1 month and 8 days, daughter of: Kaleb Koski and Hulda Maria Abelson, were married at South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California^G.⁹

Child of: Donald Ray Wagner

Gloria Jean Wagner+⁶ B: 30 Apr 1958, D: 7 Feb 2009

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: in 2014, Donald Ray Wagner and Bertha Eleanore Koski.¹⁰

Other Major Events

Mar 1966, on this date, the divorce between Marilou Valerie (neé Henry) Wagner and Donald Ray Wagner at San Mateo County, California^G.⁸

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1950	10 Apr 1950, 630 Fifth Street, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington^G	Ernest Howard Wagner and Dorothy Irene Conn¹¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1950

10 Apr 1950, 630 Fifth Street, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington^G

Ernest Howard Wagner and Dorothy Irene Conn¹¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa 10 Apr 1950	Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington^G	photographer photo shop¹¹
circa 1972	Folsom, Sacramento County, California^G	Don and Bertha are both real estate brokers in Folsom, California¹⁰

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa 10 Apr 1950

Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington^G

photographer photo shop¹¹

circa 1972

Folsom, Sacramento County, California^G

Don and Bertha are both real estate brokers in Folsom, California¹⁰

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Anniversary	Anniversary: on Thursday, 14 Oct 1948, Donald Ray Wagner attended the 45^th wedding anniversary celebration of Stacey Elmer Wagner and Estella Marie ( neé Young) Wagner at 414 X Street SW, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington^G. Other celebrants were: Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Maude Harriet Smith, Mary Lucile Wagner, Dale Rutledge, James Lewis Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner and Patricia Irene Curtarelli.^10,12
Obituary	Obituary: on Wednesday, 25 Feb 1953, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Estella Marie Young in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington. Others mentioned: Stacey Elmer Wagner, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Homer Clayton Young, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr., James Lewis Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹³
Obituary	Obituary: on Thursday, 5 Dec 1957, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Stacey Elmer Wagner in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington. Others mentioned: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Edward Earl Wagner, Hershall Joseph Wagner, Nora Maud Wagner, Florence Willmetta Wagner, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr., James Lewis Wagner, Denice Marie Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹⁴
Gold Anniv	Golden Anniversary: on Sunday, 6 Jun 1993 Donald Ray Wagner celebrated with numerous family and friends the 50^th wedding anniversary of John Phillip Wagner at age 73and Elsie Dora (née Lewis) Wagner at age 68 at Tumwater First Baptist Church, 405 X Street SE, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington^G. A moving and emotional recommitment ceremony was conducted by their Pastor at the church with their family and friends in attendance. A reception was held immediately following at a nearby restaurant, Nickelby's Restaurant & Lounge Others celebrating were: William Arthur Muir, Stanley Richard Muir, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Gloria Virginia Neat, Nancy Anne Rutledge, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Wilma May Edgbert, Bertha Eleanore Koski, Zoa Lee Lewis, Randy Allan Sapp, Dale Rutledge and Robert Keith Wagner.^15,16
Obituary	Obituary: on Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Gloria Jean Wagner in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California. Others mentioned: Ray Peterson, Bertha Eleanore Koski, Vannie Norris McMurry, Gary Eugene Lott, Joesph A. Williams and Thomas Frank Peterson.¹⁷

Activity

Details

Anniversary

Anniversary: on Thursday, 14 Oct 1948, Donald Ray Wagner attended the 45^th wedding anniversary celebration of Stacey Elmer Wagner and Estella Marie ( neé Young) Wagner at 414 X Street SW, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington^G. Other celebrants were: Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Maude Harriet Smith, Mary Lucile Wagner, Dale Rutledge, James Lewis Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner and Patricia Irene Curtarelli.^10,12

Obituary

Obituary: on Wednesday, 25 Feb 1953, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Estella Marie Young in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington.
Others mentioned: Stacey Elmer Wagner, Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Homer Clayton Young, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr., James Lewis Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹³

Obituary

Obituary: on Thursday, 5 Dec 1957, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Stacey Elmer Wagner in The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Washington.
Others mentioned: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Ernest Howard Wagner, William Henry Wagner, John Phillip Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Mary Lucile Wagner, Edward Earl Wagner, Hershall Joseph Wagner, Nora Maud Wagner, Florence Willmetta Wagner, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr., James Lewis Wagner, Denice Marie Wagner, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Robert Keith Wagner, Nancy Anne Rutledge and Margaret Arlene Wagner.¹⁴

Gold Anniv

Golden Anniversary: on Sunday, 6 Jun 1993 Donald Ray Wagner celebrated with numerous family and friends the 50^th wedding anniversary of John Phillip Wagner at age 73and Elsie Dora (née Lewis) Wagner at age 68 at Tumwater First Baptist Church, 405 X Street SE, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington^G. A moving and emotional recommitment ceremony was conducted by their Pastor at the church with their family and friends in attendance. A reception was held immediately following at a nearby restaurant, Nickelby's Restaurant & Lounge
Others celebrating were: William Arthur Muir, Stanley Richard Muir, Ronald Stephen Wagner, Gloria Virginia Neat, Nancy Anne Rutledge, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Wilma May Edgbert, Bertha Eleanore Koski, Zoa Lee Lewis, Randy Allan Sapp, Dale Rutledge and Robert Keith Wagner.^15,16

Obituary

Obituary: on Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009, Donald Ray Wagner was mentioned in the obituary of Gloria Jean Wagner in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California.
Others mentioned: Ray Peterson, Bertha Eleanore Koski, Vannie Norris McMurry, Gary Eugene Lott, Joesph A. Williams and Thomas Frank Peterson.¹⁷

Known Address(es)

Address: circa 1995, Donald Ray and Bertha Eleanore (née Koski) Wagner lived at: 128 Hillswood Drive, Folsom, Sacramento County, California^G.⁵

Newspaper Items & Articles

Thursday, 15 Nov 1934, Donald was mentioned in an article about Ernest Howard Wagner and Dorothy Irene (née Conn) Wagner in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: Son - Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wagner...¹
Thursday, 21 Oct 1948, Donald was mentioned in an article about Stacey Elmer Wagner and Estella Marie (née Young) Wagner in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: S.E. Wagners Mark Wedding Anniversary With Family Reunion
Also mentioned in the article: Elmer Stacey Wagner, Laverna Mildred Bailey, Ernest Howard Wagner, Dorothy Irene Conn, William Henry Wagner, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, John Phillip Wagner, Elsie Dora Lewis, Dale Rutledge, Mary Lucile Wagner, Charles Wesley Wagner, Patricia Irene Curtarelli, Elmer Stacy Wagner Jr., James Lewis Wagner, Francis J. Benes, Ronald Stephen Wagner and Nancy Anne Rutledge.¹²
Tuesday, 6 Jan 1959, Donald was mentioned in an article about John Phillip Wagner and Elsie Dora (née Lewis) Wagner in The Morning Olympian at Olympia, Washington. Headline: Plumb Station: Station Couple Marries; Folks Visit Relatives
Also mentioned in the article: Robert Keith Wagner.¹⁸

Citations

[S2384] Article: Son, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 15 Nov 1934, Page Three. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S1096] Interview and notes with Laura Wagner Grady (Sacramento, CA), by Terrance Wagner, 30 Apr 2013. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S3985] Donald R. Wagner, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, 13 Feb 2016. Hereinafter cited as Sacramento Bee.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S252] Interview and notes with John Philip Wagner (6443) (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington), by Terrance Wagner, 2002. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S595] Interview and notes with Donald Ray Wagner (Folsom, California), by Terrance Wagner, 20 Aug 2005. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S703] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online <https://tinyurl.com/y7jcrhxt>, State File number: 11611. Hereinafter cited as CA Marriage Index.
[S701] California Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online <http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/>, State File number: 022234. Hereinafter cited as CA Divorce Index.
[S703] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online <https://tinyurl.com/y7jcrhxt>. Hereinafter cited as CA Marriage Index.
[S220] Interview and notes with Elsie Dora Lewis (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington), by Terrance Wagner, 2002 - 2018. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S2382] Article: S. E. Wagners Mark Wedding Anniversary With Family Reunion, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 21 Oct 1948, Page Seven. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S3662] Article: Deaths & Burials - Mrs. Estella Marie Wagner, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 25 Feb 1953, Page Twelve. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S3709] Deaths-Funerals - Stacy Elmore Wagner, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 5 Dec 1957 & 6 Dec 1957, Ten and Two. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.
[S1001] Guest Book from John P. Wagner & Elsie D. Lewis, 6 June 1943, (6 Jun 1943), unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as Wagner - Lewis Wedding Book.
[S1093] Obituary, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, 11 Feb 2009. Hereinafter cited as Press Democrat.
[S3813] Article: Plumb Station: Station Couple Marries; Folks Visit Relatives, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 6 Jan 1959, Page Three. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.

Last Edited

27 Jul 2023

Gloria Jean Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:8315, (30 Apr 1958 - 7 Feb 2009)

Relationship:

Grandniece of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

Donald Ray Wagner¹ B: 14 Nov 1934, D: 2 Feb 2016

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Gloria Jean Wagner was born on Wednesday, 30 Apr 1958, at Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 at her mother's home, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California^G, at age 50 years, 9 months and 5 days. Details as recorded: Cause of Death: suffered a reoccurrence of breast cancer and it spread throughout her body. She refused chemo, etc. and just let the cancer take over. She also did not want a funeral.^1,2
Interred after 7 Feb 2009 at Forestview Cemetery, Forestville, Sonoma County, California^G.³

Obituary & Burial

An Obituary for Gloria Jean Wagner appeared on Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California. Gloria Jean Santos

Passed away peacefully at home in the company of her loving family on Saturday, February 7, 2009 after a short battle with cancer. Gloria was born on April 30, 1958 in Sebastopol, CA. Survived by her husband, Daniel Santos; son, Christopher (Laurie) Hillard; and grandson Ethan Hillard. Also survived by mother, Elsie (Bill) Smith; father, Donald (Bertha) Wagner; sisters, Paula Peterson, Laura (Dick) Grady, Penny (John) Stewart, Janet (Fred) Stanley, Lynda (Barry) Keller, Gail (Tim) Ehlert, Linda (Gary) Lott, Mary (Chris) Elmore; brother Craig Wagner, sister-in-law Lelah Mae Peterson and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceded in death by her brothers Ray and Tom Peterson, stepfather Joe Williams and her beloved dog Sam. Gloria graduated from Forestville Elementary, El MoIino High School, and Santa Rosa Junior College. As a result of her giving spirit and desire to help others, Gloria always put everyone ahead of herself. Her smile and laughter will live in the hearts of her family and friends forever.

Before dancing her way to heaven, Gloria requested that no services be held, but asked that we celebrate life every day. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to a charity of your choice.

The Press Democrat, (Santa Rosa, CA) - Wednesday, 11 Feb 2009
Others mentioned: Ray Peterson, Donald Ray Wagner, Bertha Eleanore Koski, Vannie Norris McMurry, Gary Eugene Lott, Joesph A. Williams and Thomas Frank Peterson.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Gloria Jean Wagner was the daughter of: Donald Ray Wagner.¹
Baptised on Aug 1990.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 10 Nov 1979, her married name became Mrs. Hillard (née Wagner).¹
Name-Married: on Friday, 28 Feb 1986, her married name became Mrs. Santos (née Wagner).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 10 Nov 1979, Gloria, age 21 years, 6 months and 11 days, and Kenneth Lee Hillard, age 26 years, 9 months and 21 days, son of: Donald Rae Hillard and Elma Carol Kastner, were married at Santa Rosa Methodist Church, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California^G.^4,3
Divorce	Wednesday, 30 Oct 1985, on this date, the divorce between Gloria Jean (neé Wagner) Hillard and Kenneth Lee Hillard at California^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 10 Nov 1979, Gloria, age 21 years, 6 months and 11 days, and Kenneth Lee Hillard, age 26 years, 9 months and 21 days, son of: Donald Rae Hillard and Elma Carol Kastner, were married at Santa Rosa Methodist Church, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California^G.^4,3

Divorce

Wednesday, 30 Oct 1985, on this date, the divorce between Gloria Jean (neé Wagner) Hillard and Kenneth Lee Hillard at California^G.¹

Other Major Events

Wednesday, 30 Oct 1985, on this date, the divorce between Gloria Jean (neé Wagner) Hillard and Kenneth Lee Hillard at California^G.¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa 1994		she was a teaching assistant¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa 1994

she was a teaching assistant¹

Citations

[S595] Interview and notes with Donald Ray Wagner (Folsom, California), by Terrance Wagner, 20 Aug 2005. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S1093] Obituary, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, 11 Feb 2009. Hereinafter cited as Press Democrat.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S703] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online <https://tinyurl.com/y7jcrhxt>, State File number: 150842. Hereinafter cited as CA Marriage Index.

Last Edited

28 Jul 2023

James Patrick Grady

TMG ID:8318, (14 Jan 1911 - 31 Oct 1986)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: James Patrick Grady was born on Saturday, 14 Jan 1911.
Died on Friday, 31 Oct 1986 at age 75 years, 9 months and 17 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: James Patrick Grady was born on Monday, 14 Jan 1907.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	James and Dorothy Margaret Schwake were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

James and Dorothy Margaret Schwake were married.²

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Oct 1986, James Patrick Grady lived at: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut^G. Last known address.¹

Citations

[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Dorothy Margaret Schwake¹

TMG ID:8319, (26 May 1920 - 7 Aug 1989)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Dorothy Margaret Schwake was born on Wednesday, 26 May 1920.
Died on Monday, 7 Aug 1989 at age 69 years, 2 months and 12 days.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Dorothy Margaret Schwake was born on Tuesday, 26 May 1914.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Grady (née Schwake).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Dorothy and James Patrick Grady were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Dorothy and James Patrick Grady were married.¹

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Aug 1989, Dorothy Margaret Schwake lived at: Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut^G. Last known address.²

Citations

[S4] Original research and personal knowledge of Terrance Wagner (8648) (Olympia, WA 98501), 09 Jun 2011 - Various.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Timothy Wilson

Family

TMG ID:8320, (26 Jan 1806 - 6 Sep 1887)

Relationship:

Great-grandfather of John Phillip Wagner

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Timothy Wilson was born on Sunday, 26 Jan 1806, at German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York^G. Birth details: "can't say" where parents were born.^1,2,3,4,5
Died on Tuesday, 6 Sep 1887 at Jefferson, Polk County, Iowa^G, at age 81 years, 7 months and 11 days.³
Interred after 6 Sep 1887 at Ridgedale Cemetery, 7401 NW Beaver Drive, Johnston, Polk County, Iowa^G.⁴

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Timothy Wilson was born at Erie County, New York^G.⁶

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 30 Apr 1829, Timothy, age 23 years, 3 months and 4 days, and Roxana Tolman Lewis, age 18 years, 8 months and 14 days, daughter of: Samuel Lewis and Abigail Turner Tolman, were married.⁷
Marriage	Thursday, 5 Feb 1852, Timothy, age 46 years and 10 days, and Abigail Rhodes, age 18 years, 10 months and 9 days, daughter of: Daniel A. Rhodes and Sophia Elizabeth Miller, were married at Dallas County, Iowa^G.^8,9,10

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 30 Apr 1829, Timothy, age 23 years, 3 months and 4 days, and Roxana Tolman Lewis, age 18 years, 8 months and 14 days, daughter of: Samuel Lewis and Abigail Turner Tolman, were married.⁷

Marriage

Thursday, 5 Feb 1852, Timothy, age 46 years and 10 days, and Abigail Rhodes, age 18 years, 10 months and 9 days, daughter of: Daniel A. Rhodes and Sophia Elizabeth Miller, were married at Dallas County, Iowa^G.^8,9,10

Children of: Timothy Wilson and Roxana Tolman Lewis

Lewis Wilson¹¹ B: 5 Jan 1830
Henry Wilson¹¹ B: c 1837

Child of: Timothy Wilson

Nelson Turner Wilson+ B: 7 Sep 1832, D: 16 Dec 1902

Children of: Timothy Wilson and Abigail Rhodes

Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson+¹³ B: 19 Nov 1852, D: 2 Feb 1925
Daniel Wilson+¹³ B: c 1854, D: 21 May 1921
Susan Elvira Wilson+¹³ B: 17 Jan 1857, D: 28 Dec 1927
Angelina Sophina Wilson+ B: 10 Feb 1860, D: 22 Jan 1922
Mary Florence Wilson+³ B: 3 Nov 1862, D: 8 Nov 1942
Sampson Alonzo Wilson+¹⁵ B: Jul 1866, D: 4 Apr 1935
Lucy May Wilson+¹⁵ B: 1 Jan 1874, D: 12 Jan 1924

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1840	1840, Stockbridge Twp., Madison County, New York^G	¹¹
Census-1850	3 Oct 1850, Boone County, Iowa^G, laborer with Joseph Ehle family. Next door to Joseph Rhodes and family.	¹²
Census-1860	19 Jun 1860, Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G	Abigail Rhodes, Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Susan Elvira Wilson and Angelina Sophina Wilson¹³
Census-1870	3 Aug 1870, Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G, next door to C. W. & Elizabeth Rhodes.	Abigail Rhodes, Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Susan Elvira Wilson, Angelina Sophina Wilson, Mary Florence Wilson and Sampson Alonzo Wilson¹⁴
Census-1880	6 Jul 1880, Madison Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G	Abigail Rhodes, Mary Florence Wilson, Sampson Alonzo Wilson and Lucy May Wilson¹⁵
Census-1885 IA	1 Jan 1885, Walnut Twp., Dallas County, Iowa^G	Abigail Rhodes, Sampson Alonzo Wilson and Lucy May Wilson¹⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1840

1840, Stockbridge Twp., Madison County, New York^G

¹¹

Census-1850

3 Oct 1850, Boone County, Iowa^G, laborer with Joseph Ehle family. Next door to Joseph Rhodes and family.

¹²

Census-1860

19 Jun 1860, Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G

Abigail Rhodes, Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Susan Elvira Wilson and Angelina Sophina Wilson¹³

Census-1870

3 Aug 1870, Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G, next door to C. W. & Elizabeth Rhodes.

Abigail Rhodes, Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Susan Elvira Wilson, Angelina Sophina Wilson, Mary Florence Wilson and Sampson Alonzo Wilson¹⁴

Census-1880

6 Jul 1880, Madison Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G

Abigail Rhodes, Mary Florence Wilson, Sampson Alonzo Wilson and Lucy May Wilson¹⁵

Census-1885 IA

1 Jan 1885, Walnut Twp., Dallas County, Iowa^G

Abigail Rhodes, Sampson Alonzo Wilson and Lucy May Wilson¹⁶

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Oct 1850	Boone County, Iowa^G	laborer¹⁷
circa Jun 1860	Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G	farm laborer¹⁸
circa Aug 1870	Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G	none listed¹
circa Jul 1880	Madison Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G	common laborer²
circa Jan 1885	Walnut Twp., Dallas County, Iowa^G	farmer¹⁶

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Oct 1850

Boone County, Iowa^G

laborer¹⁷

circa Jun 1860

Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G

farm laborer¹⁸

circa Aug 1870

Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G

none listed¹

circa Jul 1880

Madison Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G

common laborer²

circa Jan 1885

Walnut Twp., Dallas County, Iowa^G

farmer¹⁶

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Marriage	Sunday, 9 Oct 1870, Timothy Wilson (father of the bride) Consented to the marriage of Joseph Josiah Grove and Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson at Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G.^19,5,20

Activity

Details

Marriage

Sunday, 9 Oct 1870, Timothy Wilson (father of the bride) Consented to the marriage of Joseph Josiah Grove and Elizabeth Jane Louisa Wilson at Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa^G.^19,5,20

Citations

[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, "Johnson Family Tree" owned by shawnafernley.
[S637] Ridgedale Cemetery, Jefferson Twp., Polk County, Iowa, online <http://www.charter-pierce.org/cemje02.htm>. Hereinafter cited as Ridgedale Cemetery.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S263] FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization, online <https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a>, Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Roxana Lewis L4B5-D1Y.
[S545] Dallas County Iowa Marriages 1851 - 1861, online <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadallas/marriages1851rev.htm>. Hereinafter cited as Dallas County Iowa Marriages.
[S263] FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization, online <https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a>, Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934.
[S265] 1 Jun 1840, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yahyt34n Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, Page 127.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Page 143.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Page number 93 & 94.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Page number 17 and 18.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 604D, film number 1254360, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S715] Various, 1885 Digital, Iowa, Ancestry.com, unknown repository unknown repository address.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951.
[S263] FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization, online <https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a>, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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