Family:Charles Yockey and Lenna Miller (1)

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Facts and Events
Marriage[1][5] 28 Jun 1920 Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States
Census[2][4] Bet 1930 and 1940 Licking, Crawford, Illinois, United StatesContiguity presumed.
Census[6] 1950 Olney, Richland, Illinois, United States717 N. Boone Street
Residence[5] 1977 Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States701 Buntin Street
Children
BirthDeath
1.
 
Bef 1980

Contents

Census information

1930 census

1930 census information
Living in a rented space in a farm dwelling owned by Lizzie E. Boyd, though it's unclear whether Boyd lived at the location as well; the family had a radio set
Name Relation Sex Age Marital
Status
Age at
first marriage
Birthplace Father birth Mother birth Occupation Industry Worker
Class
Worked
Yesterday
Veteran
Boyd Lizzie E. Head F 77 Wd Illinois Kentucky Kentucky none
Yockey Charles A Head M 32 M 22 Illinois Indiana Illinois Oil Laborer W yes no
___ Lenna M Wife F 30 M 20 Illinois Illinois Illinois none
___ Windell D Son M 5 S Illinois Illinois Illinois none
  • Content field excluded: color/race "W" (all)
  • Content fields excluded: In School "No" (all); able to read and write "Yes" (all)
  • Content field excluded: Able to speak English "Yes" (all)

1940 census

1940 census information
Living in an owned home worth $900 on a farm (farm schedule 93) along Rural Route 1 near Annapolis, Illinois in Licking Township.
Name Relation Sex Age Marital
Status
In school
this year
Highest
School
grade
Birthplace Residence
5 yrs ago
Work status Occupation
(Industry)
Worker
Status
Weeks
worked
1939
1939
Income
Yockey, Avery Head M 42 M No 8 Illinois Same house Working
(40 hr week)
Pumper
(Crude oil)
PW 28 $672 (yes)
___, Lenna Wife F 40 M No 8 Illinois Same house Not working
___, Dale Son M 15 S Yes H1 Illinois Same house Not working
  • Content field excluded: Color/Race "W" (all)
  • Highest Grade: "H1" = 1st year of highschool
  • Worker status: "PW" = paid worker
  • 1939 Income: "(yes)" indicates >$50 earned from non-wage work during the year

1950 Census (Olney, Illinois)

Both members of the household are white.

(Head) Chas A Yockey, 52 year old male oil industry roustabout born in Illinois.
(Wife) Lena L (Yockey), 50 year old female born in Illinois.
References
  1. Charles Avery Yockey, in Find A Grave.
  2. Licking Township, Crawford, Illinois, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
    Sheet 6B, dwelling 134, rows 53 to 55, 13 April 1940.

    "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-QSCM?cc=2000219&wc=QZXR-L15%3A790104501%2C791543001%2C791081401%2C802435502 : accessed 10 January 2022), Illinois > Crawford > Licking Township > 17-8 Licking Township > image 12 of 25; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

  3.   Charles A Yockey , in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States. Vincennes Sun-Commercial. (Owensboro, Kentucky)
    Deaths and Funerals, pg. 2, 29 Oct 1980.

    Obit notes that a son preceded Avery in death (1980), and that a son remained living.

  4. Licking Township, Crawford, illinois, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Sheet 2B, dwelling 54a, family 54a, rows 91 to 93, 7 Apr 1930.

    "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRH7-N4Z?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-F4H%3A648807601%2C649433701%2C650029801%2C1589282415 : 8 December 2015), Illinois > Crawford > Licking > ED 7 > image 4 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

    Transcription at FamilySearch incorrectly stated surname as "Yackey" instead of "Yockey"

  5. 5.0 5.1 Find A Grave.

    Lenna L Miller Yockey
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    Includes a transcription of an obituary from July 1977 published in the Olney Daily Mail

  6. Olney, enumeration district 80-16, in Richland, Illinois, United States. 1950 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Sheet 19, 717 North Boone Street, dwelling 243, 12 Apr 1950.

    FamilySearch has not provided a copyable citation for re-use. Sheet image appears at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQHW-NSKQ-T .