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Lela Estelle CONWAY

Female 1898 - 1991  (93 years)


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  • Name Lela Estelle CONWAY  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 26 Mar 1898  Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • IGI says that she was born in Sugden, Jeffeson, Oklahoma.
    Gender Female 
    Birth 26 Mar 1898  Sugden, Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number 12 
    Residence 1910  Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 4 Sep 1991  Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I12  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Oscar C. CONWAY,   b. 1856, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1912, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ophelia UNKNOWN-CONWAY,   b. 1870, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1891 
    Family ID F119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lawrence Barnard SCRUGGS,   b. 8 Sep 1883, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1973, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1920  Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • IGI and Pedigree Resource File (familysearch.org) says that they were married in Lexington, Oklahoma on Aug.6, 1919.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Mar 1898 - Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Mar 1898 - Sugden, Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Feb 1920 - Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1991 - Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1900: familysearch.org. Lela Conway, 2, b. March 1898 in Indian Territory. living with parents:OscarA.43/Ophelia29 and 3 siblings:OscarC.7, Ina5, Roscoe3 Conway. location: Toronski 6 A R 8 west, Chickosaw County, Indian Territory

      CENSUS 1910: familysearch.org. Lela E Conway, 12, b. in Oklahoma. living with parents:OscorC.53/OpeliaA.39 and 4 siblings:OscarC.Jr.16, IonaL.15, Rosco13, CecilM.6 Conway. location: Patterson Town, Jefferson, Kansas.

      MARRIAGE 1920: on familysearch.org. Lela E Conway, 21, married Lawrence B Scruggs, 36, on Feb.2, 1920 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. (Oklahoma Marriages)

      CENSUS 1920: familysearch.org. Lela E Scruggs, 26[sic], b. in Oklahoma, living with husband Lawrence Scruggs. location: Glenpool Township, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Note: on the census it is difficult to read Lela's age, and the index writer guessed at 26. It is more liekly either 21 or 22.)

      CENSUS 1940: familysearch.org. Lelia Estelle Scruggs,, 42, b. in Oklahoma, education: 3 yr high school, living with husband: Lawrence Barnett Scruggs54. location: Pampa, Gray, Texas

      DEATH 1991: on ancestry.com. Lela E Scruggs died in September 1991. (US Soc.Security Death Index) (location not stated)

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States. Found on familysearch.org.

    2. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Sugden Ward 2, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States. Census Place: Sugden Ward 2, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 375267. familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLQF-61R : accessed 23 Oct 2013), Lela E Conway in household of Oscor C Conway, ; citing sheet , family 33,

    3. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Glenpool, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1486; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 197; Image: 428. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    4. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2170; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 116-112. Found on Ancestry.com.

    5. [S110] US Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.

    6. [S49] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, page 605, GS Film Number: 001021150 , Digital Folder Number: 005683010 , Image Number: 00755 .
      Found on familysearch.org


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