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Molly Verona Kennemer

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Molly Verona Kennemer Downing

• Molly Verona Kennemer was born on 18 June 1887 in Texas, United States.^1,2
• She appeared on the 1900 census in the household of her parents in Justice Precinct #5, Wise County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Kennemer, GW, age 39, rents farm.
  2. -----, Lee H., age 33, given birth to 8 children, 7 children living.
  3. -----, Daisy W(m?), age 15.
  4. -----, Mollie V., age 12.
  5. -----, Victor R., age 10.
  6. -----, Styles M., age 7.
  7. -----, William G., age 5.
  8. -----, Minnie B., age 3.
  9. -----, Max, age 0/12.²
• She and Thomas ("Oscar") Downing were married on 9 July 1905 in Wise County, Texas, United States.³
• Molly was enumerated on the 1910 census in the household of her spouse in Justice Precinct #3, Wise County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household:
  1. Downing, Oscar, age 28, works as a farmer, able to read and write, owns the farm free.
  2. -----, Mollie, age 21, one child born and living.
  3. -----, Olive, age 2.⁴
• Molly was enumerated on the 1920 census in the household of her spouse in Byers, Clay County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, Thomas O., rented home, age 38, worked a a laborer in oil refining for a wage.
  2. -----, Mollie B., age 32.
  3. -----, Gertrude, age 12, attended school.
  4. -----, Nell, age 4 years 8 months.⁵
• Molly was enumerated on the 1930 census in the household of her spouse in Justice Precinct #2, Wichita County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Downing, Oscar; renting at $10 monthly, owns radio, age 48, worked in oil fields, not a veteran.
  2. -----, Mollie; age 42.
  3. -----, Nellie; age 14, attending school.
  4. -----, Billie J.; age 8, attending school.⁶
• Molly was living with her spouse on 1 April 1935 in Union County, New Mexico, United States.⁷
• Molly was enumerated on the 1940 census in the household of her spouse in Montague County, Texas, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. -----, Oscar, age 58, he worked as a farmer for 50 weeks on his own account, he received more than $50 doing other work.
  2. -----, Mollie, age 52. .
  3. -----, Nell, age 23, marital status is divorced
  4. -----, Billie Jane, age 18, attending high school.⁷
• Molly was living with her spouse in 1942 in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.⁸
• Between 1972 and 1974, Molly resided in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, United States.⁹
• She died on 19 February 1974, at age 86, in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, United States.⁹
• She was buried on 21 February 1974 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County, Texas, United States.^9,10

• Last Edited: 3 July 2019

Citations

1. [S38] Texas, Montague County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, gives ages as 52 and born in Texas., T627, roll 4108, Justice Precinct #18, enumeration district (ED) 169-19, sheet 8A, household 159, Oscar Downing, accessed 17 May 2014
2. [S341] Texas, Wise County, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T623, roll 1680, Justice Precinct 5, Voting Box 6, enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 2B, dwelling 35, family 35, GW Kennemer household, accessed 8 Oct 2004
3. [S329] Texas. Wise County., TX-County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, marriage record, TO Downing-Mollie Kennelmer.
4. [S309] Texas, Wise County, 1910 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, 1. Downing, Oscar, age 28, first marriage, married 4 years, born TX, father born MO, mother born IL, works as a farmer, able to read and write, owns the farm free, farm schedule 117
   2. -----, Mollie, age 21, first marriage, married 4 years, one child born and living, she and parents born TX able to read and write
   3. -----, Olive, age 2, born TX, T624, roll 1600, Justice Precinct #3, enumeration district (ED) 252, sheet 7B, p. 105, dwelling 140, family 144, Oscar Downing, accessed 17 Apr 2017
5. [S343] Texas, Clay County, 1920 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, 1. Downing, Thomas O., rented home, age 38, able to read and write, born TX, father TX, mother IL, worked a a laborer in oil refining for a wage.
   2. -----, Mollie B., age 32, able to read and write, born TX, father AL, mother TX.
   3. -----, Gertrude, age 12, attended school and able to read and write.
   4. -----, Nell, age 4 years 8 months., T625, roll 1784, Byers Town, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 5a, p. 1645, dwelling 88, family 95, Thomas O. Downing, accessed 10 May 2002
6. [S314] Texas, Wichita County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, 1. Downing, Oscar; renting at $10 monthly, owns radio, not on a farm, age 48, aged 22 at first marriage, not attending school this year, able to read and write, born TX, father, TX, mother IL, worked in oil fields, not a veteran.
   2. -----, Mollie; age 42, aged 18 at first marriage, not attending school this year, able to read and write, born TX, father AL, mother TX.
   3. -----, Nellie; age 14, attending school, able to read and write.
   4. -----, Billie J.; age 8, attending school, able to read and write., T626, roll 2410, Justice Precinct #3, enumeration district (ED) 243-4, sheet 90A, p. 70, dwelling 210, family 221, Oscar Downing, accessed 16 Apr 2017
7. [S38] Texas, Montague County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T627, roll 4108, Justice Precinct #18, enumeration district (ED) 169-19, sheet 8A, household 159, Oscar Downing, accessed 17 May 2014
8. [S285] Oklahoma., Oklahoma County Marriages, 1890-1995. Digital images., 21: 56, Downing-Jahn, 6 Dec 1942, accessed 24 Mar 2017
9. [S323] Texas Department of State Health Services, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Digital Images of Death Certificates Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982," death certificate 09073 (1974), Molly Vernona Downing, accessed 29 Dec 2014.
10. [S53] Find-A-Grave, digital images, accessed 17 May 2014<, Molly Downing