Janis E. Yocky

Thomas married Beverly A. Applebee [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myron married Cora Lee Barker on 16 Aug 1949 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Ricardo, Precinct 22, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, USA;

  1. Yocky, George, head, male, white, 50, first marriage, married 27 years, Indiana, Germany, Kentucky, farmer, dog farm, own account, can read and write, farm schedule no. 47 2. _____, Idella, wife, female, white, 47, first marriage, married 27 years, 7 children 6 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Peter, son, male, white, 26, single, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, farmer, own account, can read and write, farm schedule no. 48 4. _____, Ernest, son, male, white, 24, single, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, farmer, can read and write 5. _____, Claud [Claude], son, male, white, 16, single, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 6. _____, Gilbert, son, male, white, 14, single, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 7. _____, Phillip, son, male, white, 12, single, Kansa, Indiana, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 8. _____, Florence, daughter, female, white, 10, Missouri, Indiana, Missouri, can read and write, attending school

• World War I Draft Registration: 1917-1918, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Claude stated on his card that he had "conscientious scruples" against the war.

• Census: 3 Jan 1920, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Yocky, George, head, renting, male, white, 60, married, can read and write, Missouri, Germany, Kentucky, farming, farm, own account, farm schedule no. [24?] 2. _____, Adela, wife, female, white, 58, married, can read and write, Kansas, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Claud [Claude], son, male, white, 26, single, can read and write, Missouri, Indiana, Indiana, farmer, worker 4. _____, Florence, daughter, female, white, 20, single, can read and write, Missouri, Indiana, Missouri

• Directory: 1928, 1314 E. 56th, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky, Claud (Lena W) cement wkr r 1314 E 56th" Living with them and listed two listings later were Claude's parents, George and Adella. Also listed, but married and with other addresses, are Claude's brothers Ernest and Peter.

Claude married Lena Ann Walker on 26 Feb 1925 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Lena (daughter of Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker and Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder) was born on 11 Nov 1897 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Dec 1989 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Narrative:

  Memory of Aunt Lena, written by her nephew William D. Walker (son of her brother Earl)

  AUNT LENA It was the 1930?s in the Ozark Mountain region of Missouri. School was out. The bus had let the children off by the mailbox and we had dawdled our way home. It was October. I had just passed my 6th birthday and was adjusting my way into the first grade. Jack in the third grade, Doyne in the 5th, Phyllis in the 7th, Mary in the 9th. The bus stopped, as always it did at the mailbox south of our house and we all scrambled off there at the cross-roads. One of which ran towards Walker?s Chapel to the west and the other a range line running north past our forty acre farm. Half a mile to walk on a warm autumn day. Half a mile with my siblings to talk and to play and finally to race round the corner and up across the yard to the house. Famished and hunting for bread. Quieting our clamor, mother said ?come in here and see what we came in the mail today.? It was a package all the way from California, It was from our Aunt Lena. Too big for the box, our rural mail carrier had driven the extra distance and delivered it to the house. Mother opened it there for all of us to see, and our excitement was hardly contained. It seemed to we kids in our little farm home that new things were never for us. But a package from Aunt Lena was sure to bring a gift or a token to each. A hand-me-down shirt, a package of gum, material for a blouse?. An October-Christmas The best of all days. A package from Aunt Lena A package from Aunt Lena who never forgot her brother Earl, her teenage bosom friend Grace, and the family that still lived in the little house on the Ozark farm with all of the constraints of life in that time and place. Aunt Lena, there were ten of we children and we all love you. Bill Walker

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• NEWS: Apr 1914;

  West Plains (Missouri) Journal:

  ""Mr. T.N. Walker and daughter Lena left Tuesday evening for California. We are sorry to lose them." This may have been when Tom Walker went to California and worked in San Diego for a while. Lena probably kept house for him.

• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Directory: 1924, 688 Ximeno Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, UA;

  "Yocky, Claude lab r 688 Ximena av Claude was residing in Long Beach in the same home with his parents, PRIOR to his marriage to Lena the following year. His parents and brother Peter are listed at the same address just below Claude.

• Directory: 1925, 1008 Ximena Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky claude (Lena A) cementwkr r 1008 Ximeno av" Claude's parents George and Adella were listed at the same address.

• Directory: 1928, 1314 E. 56th, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky, Claud (Lena W) cement wkr r 1314 E 56th" Living with them and listed two listings later were Claude's parents, George and Adella. Also listed, but married and with other addresses, are Claude's brothers Ernest and Peter.

• Directory: 1929, 1310 E. 56th, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky, Claude (Lena W) carrier P O h 1310 E 56th" Claude's parents were no longer listed in the directory, but his brothers Ernest and Peter appear as a riveter and an oil worker, respectively.

• Census: 16 Apr 1930, 5907 Lemon Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Directory: 1935, 60 Zane, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky, Claude (Lena) cement wkr h 60 Zane" Also listed were some of Claude's brothers, and his parents, residing with Edwin Yocky.

• Directory: 1938, 60 Zane, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  "Yocky, Claude (Lena A.) cementwkr h60 Zane" Also several brothers and Claude's parents were in town.

• Census: 10 Apr 1940, 60 Zane St., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Newspaper Article: 22 May 1974, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  Lena, at the age of 77, continuing to participate in community events, providing toys to the room at the police station used to hold children whose parents were being booked or questioned.

• NEWS: 23 Feb 1975, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA;

  Newspaper article, 50th Wedding Anniversary, The Independent Press-Telegram

  "Mr. and Mrs. Claude Yocky celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday with a party for family and friends at their Long Beach home. The couple was married Feb. 25, 1925, in West Plains, Mo., and moved to Long Beach three days later. They have two sons, Myron C. of Lakewood and William D. of Westminster. They also have 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Both are active in the local chapter of Beterans of World War I. Mr. Yocky retired as a cement mason in 1958. his wife, who was a nurse in Missouri before their marriage, is a member of the Houghton Park Hobby Class."

Notes:

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 42, married 22 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 145
2. _____, Tennessee, wife, white, female, January 1858, 42, married 22 years, 10 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Neal, son, white, male, March 1883, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
4. _____, Luther, son, white, male, May 1886, 14, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
5. _____, Roy, son, white, male, September 1891, 8, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, attended school 5 months
6. _____, Earl, son, white, male, March 1894, 6, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, attended school 5 months
7. _____, Lena A., daughter, white, female, November 1897, 2, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tennessee, farmer, home farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 84
2. _____, Phoeba T., wife, female, white, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, 11 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 16, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write, attending school
4. _____, Lena, daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school

Census:

1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Yocky, Claude, head, renting, $22.50, no radio set, not a farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 31, can read and write, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, cement worker, cement work, veteran
2. _____, Lena A., wife, female, white, 32, married, first married age 27, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
3. _____, Myron C., son, male, white, 8 months, California, Kansas, Missouri

Census:

1. Yocky, Claude, 60 Zane St., number 206, owns, value $2400, not a farm, head, male, white, 46, married, 1 year of high school completed, Kansas, same house (1935), worked 32 hours, laborer, cement work, income $1455
2. _____, Lena, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house (1935), worked 10 hours, laundress, at home, income $155
3. _____, Myron C., son, male, white, 10, attending school, completed grade 2, California, same house
4. _____, William D., son, male, white, 8, attending school, completed grade 2, California, same house

Children: Erma Dean Yocky was born about July 1927 in Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA. 4. Myron Charles Yocky was born on 27 Jul 1929 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; died on 8 Aug 2018. William Dale "Bill" Yocky was born on 4 Jul 1931 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; died after February 2018.