Verna C. Walker

1889 - 1954  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Verna C. Walker
  Born	Jan 1889	Illinois, USA
  	1900 Jefferson Co IL census
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Feb 1920	Raccoon township, Marion County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	1. McBride, Isaac, head, owns, free of mortgage, male, white, 66, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, North Carolina, Tennessee, farmer, general farm 2. _____, Berthold, son, male, white, 30, married, can read and write, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois, farmer, home farm 3. _____, Verna, daughter in law, female, white, 31, married, can read and write, Illinois, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, John, grandson, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Flossie, granddaughter, female, white, 8, attending school, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
  Obituary	19 Jan 1954	Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Obituary of Verna (Walker) McBride, 1954, Mt. Vernon Verna McBride of Dix Dies At Age of 64 Years Mrs. Verna McBride, of Dix, died at 1:10 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital at the age of 64 years, 11 months and 27 days. Mrs. McBride had been a patient at the hospital since last Thursday, when she suffered a stroke when the McBride home at Dix caught fire. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Dix Christian church. The Rev. Harry Black, the pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Zion Grove (County Line) cemetery. The body will remain at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, where friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. McBride was the daughter of L. V. and Winnie (Parker) Walker. Forty-five years ago she was married to Bert McBride, who survives. She was a member of the Dix Christina church. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, John L. of Cetnralia; one daughter, Mrs. Flossie Bond of Dix; six grandchildren; one brother, J. F. Walker of Dix; and three sisters, Mrs. Iva Gossett and Mrs. Daisy Flowers of Walnut Hill and Mrs. Vena Hawkins, her twin sister, of Dix.
  Parents	Verna's obit names her parents as "L. V. Walker" and "Winnie (Parker) Walker."  [2]
  Died	19 Jan 1954	Good Samaritan Hospital, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Death was the result of a stroke that occurred when the family home caught on fire.
  Buried	Zion Grove (County Line) Cemetery, Kell, Marion County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I3075	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Levi V. Walker,   b. 11 Apr 1836, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1923, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Winifred Louise "Winnie" Parker,   b. Feb 1851, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1937, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1880	Illinois, USA   [3]
  	1900 Jefferson County IL census states the couple has been married 20 yrs. Winnie first appears as his wife in the 1880 Jefferson Co IL census.
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berthold "Bert" McBride,   b. Abt 1890, Illinois, USA
  Married	Abt 1909  [2]
  	Verna's obituary states that she was married "forty five years ago" to "Bert McBride, who survives."
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2013
  Family ID	F1445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi's 1900 census enumeration lists both "Verna" and "Vena" as daughters, both born in January 1889, middle initial for both may be a "C." Apparent twins. One birth record apears in the FamilySearch Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940," for a "Vera Myrtie Cora Walker" born on 22 January 1889--clearly the other sister would have been born the same date. Additionally, Winnie's obit names surviving daughters "Verna McBride" and "Vena Hawkins." Difficult to sort out which is which, so which is Vera Myrtie Cora?

  
  

• Sources

  [S3235] 1920 U.S. census, Marion County, Illinois, population schedule, Racoon township, enumeration district (ED) 188, sheet 7B (penned), p. 7 (stamped, verso), dwelling 159, family 159, Isaac McBride household, for Berthold and Verna McBride; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 March 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 391. [S3286] "Funerals: Verna McBride of Dix Dies at Age of 64," The Register-News (Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois), 19 January 1954, p. 2, col. 2; digital image, NewspaperArchive (http://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 2 April 2013). [S3195] Jenny Ridenour, submitter, "Jefferson County, Illinois, Obituaries" transcriptions, Welcome to Jefferson County, Illinois (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ : accessed 7 March 2013), for Mrs. Winnifred Walker; no publication information.