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Bessie Viola Koonce

Bessie Viola Koonce

Female 1892 - 1960  (68 years)

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  • Name Bessie Viola Koonce  [1, 2] 
    Born 31 May 1892  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 25 Jun 1900  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 1. Koonce, Robert, head, white, male, November 1867, 32, married 9 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, laborer, saw mill, can read and write, renting house
      2. _____, Nora, wife, white, female, January 1868, 32, married 9 years, 5 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, May 1892, 8, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      4. _____, Effie, daughter, white, female, October 1893, 6, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      5. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, June 1896, 3, Missouri, illinois, Tennesse
      6. _____, Wesley, son, white, male, June 1898, 1, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
    Census 26 Apr 1910  Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Koonce, Robert H., head, male, white, 42, first marriage, married at age 19, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, farmer, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 57
      2. _____, Nora L., wife, female, white, 42, first marriage, married age 18, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, can read and write
      3. _____, Bessie V., daughter, female, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      4. _____, Effie E., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      5. _____, Jennie M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      6. _____, Wesley R., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      7. _____, Virgie E., daughter, female, white, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      8. _____, Emma EE., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      9. _____, Lula M., daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      10. _____, Willis W., son, male, white, [7 months], Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
    Census 27 Jan 1920  Chandler township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, male, white, 28, married, can read and write, Missouri, North Carolina, U. S., farmer, operator, farm schedule no. 118
      2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      3. _____, Zola E., daughter, female, white, 4 years 6 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Robert C., son, male, white, 3 years 5 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      5. _____, Byron G. son, male, white, 2 years 5 months, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
      6. _____, Wellford D., male, white, 1, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
    Census 1 May 1930  Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Missouri, North Carolina, Illinois, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 154
      2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 30, married, first married age 14, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      3. _____, Zola E., daughter, female, white, 15, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Robert C., son, male, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      5. _____, Byron E., son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
      6. _____, Pricilla L., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
    Census 4 Apr 1940  303 Dewey Ave., Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, $15, not a farm, male, white, 48, completed 3 years college, Missouri, lived same place 1935, works for pay, has a job, worked 48 hours, county superintendent of schools, Lincoln County, worked 52 weeks, income $1290
      2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 48, married, completed 2 years college, Missouri, same place (1935), not working for pay
      3. _____, Lorane, daughter, female, white, 19, single, attending school, completed 1 year college, Oklahoma, same place (1935)
      4. Koonce, Nora, mother in law, female, white, 70, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same place (1935)
    Residence Nov 1957  Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Died 7 Nov 1960  Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I851  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2020 

    Father Robert Houston Koonce,   b. 18 Nov 1867, Norris City, White, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker,   b. 25 Jan 1868, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1891  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F1180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Wesley Thomas,   b. 3 Oct 1891, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1977, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 25 Aug 1914  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    • Date of license, not marriage.
    Children 
     1. Zola Ernestine Thomas,   b. 11 Jun 1915, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1980, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +2. Robert C. Thomas,   b. 23 Jul 1916, Douglas County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 2010, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     3. Byron Garfield Thomas,   b. 25 Jul 1917, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1997, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Wilford D. Thomas,   b. 15 Dec 1918, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1920, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +5. Priscilla Lorane Thomas,   b. 20 Mar 1921, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 2014, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. Mary Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 1922, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 52, Sheet 20, Dwelling 394, Household 396, Robert Koonce household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother).

    3. [S2845] "New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012), entry for Bessie Viola Koonce Thomas (1960), memorial no. 25891348, posted by Pat Simmons (wingsmedia@cox.net), 9 April 2008.

    4. [S2833] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 20B (penned), p. 42 (stamped, verso), dwelling 394, household 396, Robert Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.

    5. [S2834] 1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Union township, enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 4A (penned), p. 118 (stamped, recto), dwelling 71, household 71, Robert Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1259.

    6. [S2841] 1920 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Chandler township, enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 7B (penned), p. 43, (stamped, verso), dwelling 134, family 134, John W. Thomas household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1469.

    7. [S2842] 1930 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Union township, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 9A, p. 261 (stamped, recto), dwelling 148, family 148, John W. Thomas household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1911.

    8. [S2843] 1940 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Chandler (303 Dewey Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 41-4 sheet, 3B, p. 19, household 56, John W. Thomas household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3306.

    9. [S6119] "Services Held Tues. for Coantha LaNora Koonce" The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Oklahoma), 27 November 1957, p. 1, col. 4; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 October 2020).

    10. [S38] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 3 & 4, 1889 - 1893 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1992), Book 4, Page 7 (Reliability: 3).
      Robert H. Koonce to Cautha [sic] L. Walker, on 15 August 1891, by Samuel T. Proffitt, Minister.

    11. [S2832] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 1648 [loose papers, jacket only, no return], for Robert H. Koonce-Coantha L. Walker (1891); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .

    12. [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).), Personal testimony and knowlege of my parents, Bill and Lu Walker. They indicated that Phronia Mae Thomas (who married Louis DeBOARD) and Wesley THOMAS (who married Bessie KOONCE) were siblings, and the children of Columbus 'Lum' Thomas. (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S2840] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 170 [loose papers, jacket only, no return], for Wesley Thomas-Bessie Koonce (1914); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .


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