Person Page 541

Olive ("Gertrude") Downing¹

Parents

Gertrude "Diddle" Downing Hall

• Olive ("Gertrude") Downing was born on 22 June 1907 in Texas, United States.^2,3,4
• Olive was enumerated in the household of her parents on the 1910 Census 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 2.⁵
• Olive was enumerated in the household of her parents on the 1920 Census 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.⁶
• She and Frank Van Hall were married on 6 December 1925 in Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, United States.^7,8
• Olive was enumerated on the 1930 census in the household of her spouse in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. Living at 613 South 13th were:
  1. Hall, Frank V., age 29, works as a meat cutter in a meat marker for wages.
  2. -----, Gertrude O., age 22.
  3. -----, Jack R., age 2 years 7 months.⁷
• Olive was living with her spouse between January 1934 and January 1936 at Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.^9,10,11
• Olive was enumerated on the 1940 census in the household of her spouse in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. Enumerated at 503 N. Main were:
  1. Hall, Frank V., age 39, he worked 63 hours the previous week as partner proprietor of a retail grocery store.
  2. -----, Gertrude O., age 32.
  3. -----, Jack R., age 12, has completed 6 years of school.
  4. -----, Joe F., age 6, has completed 0 years of school.¹²
• Before 2000, Olive resided in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, United States.³
• She died on 22 February 2000, at age 92, in Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, United States.^13,3,14
• She was buried estimated 25 February 2000 in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, United States.¹⁴

• Last Edited: 21 June 2019

Citations

1. [S18] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Gives name as Olive G. Hall., entry for Olive G. Hall, 2000, SS no. 463-44-6651, accessed 18 Apr 2017
2. [S330] Oklahoma, Tillman County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, Gives age as 22 (born circa 1907) and born in Texas., T626, roll 1932, Frederick, enumeration district (ED) 71-6, sheet 8B, dwelling 185, family 193, Frank V. Hall, accessed 18 Apr 2017
3. [S18] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, entry for Olive G. Hall, 2000, SS no. 463-44-6651, accessed 18 Apr 2017
4. [S339] Find A Grave, digital images, States she was born 22 Jun 1907., accessed 19 Jun 2019, Frank Van Hall, 100113678.
5. [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
6. [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
7. [S330] Oklahoma, Tillman County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T626, roll 1932, Frederick, enumeration district (ED) 71-6, sheet 8B, dwelling 185, family 193, Frank V. Hall, accessed 18 Apr 2017
8. [S691] FamilySearch, database, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, accessed 19 Jun 2019), Downing-Hall; Citing: reference P98 CN3320; FHL microfilm 1,403,383.
9. [S690] County Clerk and/or School District Offices., "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936." Digital images., p. Card 70, Jack Roger Hall, "Frederick Dist. 158, 1936 -- Manitou Dist. 187, 1914-1936 -- Grandfield Dist. 248, 1912-1936," Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007762623?i=77&cc=1926701 : accessed 19 Jun 2019)
10. [S690] County Clerk and/or School District Offices., "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936." Digital images., p. Card 434, Jack Roger Hall, "District 13-158, 1933-1936 > image 1198 of 2276," Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007762623?i=77&cc=1926701 : accessed 19 Jun 2019)
11. [S690] County Clerk and/or School District Offices., "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936." Digital images., p. card 498, Jack Roger Hall, Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007762623?i=77&cc=1926701 : accessed 19 Jun 2019)
12. [S320] Oklahoma, Tillman County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, Enumerated at 503 N. Main were:
    1. Hall, Frank V., age 39, completed 2 years of high school (10th grade), born in Oklahoma, lived in the same place (city) in 1935,he worked 63 hours the previous week as partner proprietor of a retail grocery store. He worked 50 weeks in 1939 and earned $1520 that year. He has other income sources as well.
    2. -----, Gertrude O., age 32, completed 3 years of high school (11th grade), born in Texas, lived in the same place (city) in 1935.
    3. -----, Jack R., age 12, has completed 6 years of school, was born in Oklahoma.
    4. -----, Joe F., age 6, has completed 0 years of school, was born in Oklahoma., T627, roll 3335, Frederick, enumeration district (ED) 71-8, sheet 2B, household 52, Frank V. Hall, accessed 18 Apr 2017
13. [S322] Texas Department of Heath, State Vital Statisticcs Unit, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, accessed 18 Apr 2017), Gertrude Olive Hall; Deaths for 2000, page 1036.
14. [S339] Find A Grave, digital images, accessed 19 Jun 2019, Frank Van Hall, 100113678.