Ladora "Dora" Jane Crowder

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Death certificate named father as "Unknown Crowder" and mother as "Martha J. Taylor." It named her husband as John Foster.

• Census: 17 Jun 1880, Chapel township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  1. Crowder, M. Jane, white, female, 25, widowed, keeping house, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois 2. _____, L. Jane, white, female, 5, daughter, at home, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 3. _____, L. Bell, white, female, 3, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 4. _____, J. Cora, white, female, 8 months, born in September, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas 5. Taylor, S Ann, white, female, sister, single, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois 6. _____, N. Susan, white, female, 16, sister, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois 7. _____, L. Benton, white, male, 22, brother, single, farm labor, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois

• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Pleasant Hill township, Cass County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Blythe, Martha J., head, female, white, 33, widowed, 5 children 5 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, own income, can read and write, owns, free of mortgage, home 2. Crowder, Bell, daughter, female, white, 29, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write 3. Moran, Dora, daughter, female, white, 33, widowed, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write 4. _____, May, granddaughter, female, white, 19, single, Utah, Pennsylvania, Missouri, can read and write

• Residence: 1916, 1526 Central, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: 8 Nov 1961, Kansas City, Jackson County, MIssouri, USA;

  Obituary, Dora J. (Crowder) Moran Foster, Kansas City Times

  "Mrs. Dora J. Foster. Mrs. Dora J. Foster, 85, of 3612 Wyandotte, died testerday at the home. Mrs. Foster was born in West Plains, Mo., and lived here for 74 years. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be held at 10 o?clock Friday at the Newcomer chapel, Brush Creek and the Paseo; graveside services at 12 o?clock at the cemetery in Pleasant Hill."

Notes:

Name:

Death certificate names her only as Dora J.

Buried:

Oddly, Dora's FindAGrave entry is under the name Dora J. Blythe. The marker was not photographed, so it is not clear if that name is on the marker. However, Dora was born the daughter of Joshua T. Crowder, who died when she was just 4 years old. Her mother subsequently married Aron/Aaron Blythe. Dora married first a Moran and then a Foster. She appears in Kansas City directories as Dora Foster and her death certificate is in that name.

Ladora married Thomas F. Moran on 25 May 1889 in Jackson County, Missouri, USA. Thomas was born about 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Oct 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah; was buried on 12 Oct 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 2. May Moran   was born about 1892 in Utah, USA; and died.

Ladora married John Foster on 16 Jul 1910 in Cass County, Missouri, USA. John was born about 1879 in Oklahoma, USA; died after 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]