Lora Blanch Daniels: More Info Found!

I came home from my Grandma's house with a good sized stack of old family group sheets. I've been looking through them over the past few days and have come across tidbits of helpful information.

Tonight I was able to take some of those tidbits and solidify some information from my grandpa's sister, Lora Blanch. The family group sheet gave me the name of her husband, Forrest Barksdale (which sounds familiar so I probably already had the info written down somewhere -- the curse of disorganization). I did a search in the Social Security Death Index on http://www.familysearch.org/ and came up with a definitive hit for both Lora and Forrest! This information will make it possible to get their work done.

Lora BARKSDALE

Birth Date:9 Dec 1900 (confirms the birth date I have)
Death Date: Apr 1980
Social Security Number: 334-40-4016
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Illinois

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 62849
Localities: (Marion County is where she was born)
Helm, Marion, Illinois
Iuka, Marion, Illinois
Omega, Marion, Illinois
Slap Out, Marion, Illinois



Forrest BARKSDALE

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1898
Death Date: Dec 1968
Social Security Number: 356-16-5007
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Illinois

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 62849
Localities: (matches those of his wife)
Helm, Marion, Illinois
Iuka, Marion, Illinois
Omega, Marion, Illinois
Slap Out, Marion, Illinois

I was also able to locate Lora and Forrest in the 1930 Census taken April 16th in Stevenson Twp, Marion County which gives their ages as Lora 29 and Forrest 31 and their ages at marriage as Lora 24 and Forrest 27. They have a 1 9/12 year old daughter listed with them. The family group sheet has a penciled in marriage date of 28 Jan 1926 and the census info does not conflict with this date.

I went ahead and quickly did census searches for Forrest Barksdale. He is fairly easy to find with his unique name and limiting the location to Marion county Illinois. He is listed with his parents Louis and Effie in the 1920 and 1910 censuses. In the 1900 I find his parents, three older siblings, and a "Carson" born Aug 1898. I think it is fair to assume they are one and the same, either a middle name or a change of name.