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Thelma Luetta Clark

Thelma Luetta Clark

Female 1917 - 1998  (80 years)

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  • Name Thelma Luetta Clark  [1
    Born 31 Dec 1917  Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 15 Apr 1930  Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Devine, Tom, head, owns, farm, mae, white, 22, married first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri, farmer, general farm
    2. _____, Bertha, wife, female, white23, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    3. _____, [Rholine?], daughter, female, white, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    4. _____, Boyd, son, male, white, 1 3/12, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    5. Clark, Thelma, cousin, female, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, MIssouri 
    Census 14 Apr 1940  127 South Fillmore, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    [Boarding in the Charles Pence household]
    1. Clark, Edna, roomer, female, white, 25, single, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house in 1935, employed, worked 60 hours the previous week, housework, private home, worked 52 weeks, income $182, no other source of income
    2. _____, Thelma, roomer, female, white, 21, single, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house in 1935, employed, worked 60 hours the previous week, housework, private home, worked 52 weeks, income $182, no other source of income
    3. Carroll, Marian, roomer, female, white, 27, widowed, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house in 1935, employed, housework, private home, 52, income $208, no other source of income  
    Newspaper Article 28 Dec 1943  Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    From the Maryville Daily Forum:

    \"Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. John O\'Riley and daughter, Mrs. Philip Hall, of Burlington Junction were Mr. and Mrs. Jack O\'Riley of Tarkio and Mr. and Mrs. John Ray, jr., and Miss Nora M. O\'Riley, Independence.\" 
    Newspaper Article 20 Mar 1945  Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    [Dinner guests of Mr. & Mrs.John O\'Riley, included \"Mrs.Jack O\'Riley\" but not Jack.] 
    NEWS 7 Sep 1955  Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    From the Maryville Daily Forum:

    \"Afternoon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Livengood were Mrs. Jack O\'Riley and daughter Sandra, Tarkio, and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown and sons, Sheridan. \" 
    RESEARCH Mar 1982  Southgate, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    At the time of her brother's death her residence was given as Southgate. 
    Died 6 Jul 1998  [1, 9
    Person ID I2526  Full
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2022 

    Father John Lawson Clark,   b. 6 Jan 1889, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1952, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Minnie Mathilda "May" Story,   b. 2 Dec 1888, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1923, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1908  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    • 1930 Howell Co MO census indicates that John was first married at age 19, confirming that his original marriage date was around 1907.
    Family ID F501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harold Edwin O\'Riley,   b. Abt 1911 
    Married 3 Jan 1941  Nodaway County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F2584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Robert M. Williams,   b. Abt 1920 
    Married 24 Aug 1963  Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2017 
    Family ID F1341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1940 census, Thelma, Marian, and Edna boarders together, Maryville, Nodaway Co MO
    1940 census, Thelma, Marian, and Edna boarders together, Maryville, Nodaway Co MO
    1940 U.S. census, Nodaway County, Missouri, population schedule, Maryville (city), Polk township, enumeration district (ED) 7429, sheet 6B (penned), p. 245b (stamped), house no. 127 (South Fillmore), visited 192, Charles Pence household, for boarders Edna Clark, Thelma Clark, and Marian Carroll; digital image, Ancestry.com…
    John L. Clark and wife Minnnie Story, 1920 Howell County, MIssouri, census.
    John L. Clark and wife Minnnie Story, 1920 Howell County, MIssouri, census.
    1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 7B (penned), p. 223b (stamped), dwelling 120, family 124, John L. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 May 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.

  • Notes 
    • Had a daughter named Sandy. My mother spent a week with them the summer she was 16. Didn't enjoy it as much. They ended up divorcing. Thelma moved to CA with her dau Sandy around the same time that her sister Marion moved to CA. Thelma later married Bob Unknown. They did not have children. [16]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6496] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 February 2022), entry for Thelma Luetta Clark with additional names, SSN 487-14-6632; original data, Social Security Applications and Claims, Social Security Administration, extraction from SS-5.

    2. [S17] Missouri, Howell - 1920 U.S. Census, (1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 86, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 120, Family 124, John L. Clark household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S5190] 1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED)46-1, sheet 3B (penned), [no stamped no.], dwelling 63, family 64, Tom Devine household, for Thelma Clark, age 12; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1191.

    4. [S4839] 1940 U.S. census, Nodaway County, Missouri, population schedule, Maryville (city), Polk township, enumeration district (ED) 7429, sheet 6B (penned), p. 245b (stamped), house no. 127 (South Fillmore), visited 192, Charles Pence household, for boarders Edna Clark, Thelma Clark, and Marian Carroll; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2134.

    5. [S5426] [No headline]The Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 28 December 1943, p. 1, col. 1, item for Mr. & Mrs. Jack O\'Riley; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 July 2018).

    6. [S5427] \"Dinner Guests\"The Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 20 March 1945, p. 3, col. 1, item for Mrs. Jack O\'Riley; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 July 2018).

    7. [S5428] \"Elmo\"The Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 7 September 1955, p. 5, col. 5, item for Mrs. Jack O\'Riley; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 July 2018).

    8. [S4840] "Funeral Notices: Clark," The Oregonian (Portalnd, Ore.), 14 March 1982, p. 110, col. 2; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 12 May 2015).

    9. [S4849] "Edna Brown," Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 29 November 1998, [p.and col. not stated]; digital image of clipping supplied by Margaret Kelley, Nodaway County Historical Society, Maryville.

    10. [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for John Lawson Clark, certificate no. 17911, Jasper County, Missouri (1952) (Reliability: 3).
      Division of Health, State of Missouri
      Registration District 155
      Primary Registration District 5579
      Registrar's Number 73
      State File Number 17011
      Place of Death: Mineral, Jasper County, Missouri
      Hospital: Jasper County TB Hospital
      Length of Stay: 5 years
      Usual residence: Atchison County, Missouri; Tarkio
      Name: John Lawson Clark
      Date of Death: 12 May 1952
      Male, white, married
      Date of Birth: 6 Jan 1889
      Age: 62 years, 4 months, 6 days
      Farmer
      Born in West Plains, Missouri
      Father's Name: John Clark
      Mother's Name: Carolina Clark
      Name of Husband/Wife: Minnie May Story
      Disease leading to death: Pulmonary tuberculosis
      Other conditions: diabetes
      The physician of record had been treating him since August 1947. Death occurred at 10am.
      Jesse E. Douglass, M.D., Webb City, Missouri
      Burial 16 May 1952, Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville, Missouri
      Informant: Records

    11. [S16] Missouri, Howell - census 1910 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    12. [S6071] Howell County, Missouri, marriage [1908]:164, license and return, John L. Clark-Minnie M. Storey, 8 February 1908; "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 May 2020); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .

    13. [S5425] Nodaway County, Missouri, marriage license and return, 25:20, license no. 20, O\'Riley-Clark (1941?); \"Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002,\" digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 July 2017); Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .

    14. [S1118] Clark, Thelma - photo from marriage (1963).
      Photo of the marriage of Thelma (Clark) Carroll to Bob Williams, 24 Aug 1963. With her are her brother David Clark and Marian (Clark) Livengood. Inscription on back of photo offers names, and the date.

    15. [S5189] \"California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985,\" database and digital image of index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 November 2017), entry for Robert M. Williams-Thelma L. Clark, Los Angeles County (1963); citing California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.

    16. [S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).), Interview Oct 2003. (Reliability: 3).