Olive May Owen1,2,3

ID# 20070, (1873 - 1941)
FatherSamuel B. Owen1,4 (abt 1829 - )
MotherEmma A. Blake4,5,6 (3 Feb 1849 - 29 Apr 1940)

Key Events:

Birth: 24 May 1873, Minnesota7,8,9
Marriage: about 1892, Louis Larsen (Apr 1864 - )10
Marriage: about 1901, Louis Ray Schinkel (9 Jan 1873 - about 1942)11
Divorce: before 1920, Louis Ray Schinkel (9 Jan 1873 - about 1942)12,13,14,15
Marriage: 6 Feb 1920, Dixon Co., Nebraska, Samuel James Welburn (6 Dec 1877 - 17 Nov 1960)16
Divorce: before 1930, Samuel James Welburn (6 Dec 1877 - 17 Nov 1960)17
Death: 7 Oct 1941, Marin Co., California18

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Narrative:

     Olive May Owen was born on 24 May 1873 in Minnesota.7,8,9 She appeared on the 1875 State Census of Pleasant Grove Twp., Olmstead Co., Minnesota, in the household of her parents, Samuel B. Owen and Emma A. Blake.19
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lu Verne, Rock Co., Minnesota, in the household of her mother.20 She appeared on the 1885 State Census of Lu Verne, Rock Co., Minnesota, in the household of her mother.21
     At some point between 1885 and 1900 Olive's mother took back her maiden name, Blake. It appears Olive did as well, as both her daughters gave that as her maiden name in later years.5,22,23
     Olive and her mother both moved to Dixon Co., Nebraska, but just when, and whether they moved together or separately, is unknown.
     Olive married first Louis Larsen about 1892.10
     Olive and Louis appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Emerson, Dixon Co., Nebraska, enumerated 5 Jun 1900, reporting they were renting their home. Their daughter Beatrice was listed as living with them.24
     No further record of Louis has been found. Whether he and Olive divorced or he died is unknown.
     Olive married second Louis Ray Schinkel, son of Carl R. Schinkel and Lotta May Stoburg, about 1901.11
     Olive and Louis appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Concord Twp., Dixon Co., Nebraska, enumerated 9 May 1910, reporting they were renting their home. Their children Ray and Doris, and Beatrice, her daughter by her previous marrige, were listed as living with them.25
     Olive and Louis were divorced before 1920.12,13,14,15
     Olive married third Samuel James Welburn, son of John Welburn and Lucretia Jane Agy, on 6 Feb 1920 in Dixon Co., Nebraska.16
     Olive and Samuel appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Concord, Dixon Co., Nebraska, enumerated 8 Mar 1920. The listing is confused, apparently because they were married between 1 Jan, the official "as of" date for the census, and 8 Mar 1920, when the enumerator came to their home. She is listed in the household preceding his, with surname Shinkel and divorced, while he was shown as widowed, which apparently would have been correct on 1 Jan. His children Walter, Selma and Jessie were listed as living with him, as were her children by her prior marriage, Ray and Doris, who are listed as his step-children, which would not have been correct on 1 Jan but would have been when the enumerator arrived.26
     Olive and Samuel apparently were divorced before 1930.17 After her marriage to Samuel dissolved, Olive took back her second married name, Schinkel.27
     Olive moved to California by 1930. She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of San Francisco, California, at the Laguna Honda Home for Aged and Infirm, enumerated 12 Apr 1930.28
     Olive returned to Dixon Co., Nebraska, by 1933, when she advertised her sewing skills, offering to make sweaters into smaller garments. She remained there for several years before re-joining her daughter in California.29 Olive appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Mill Valley, Marin Co., California, in the household of her daughter Beatrice and her husband, Thomas M. Bradley.30
     Olive died on 7 Oct 1941 in Marin Co., California, at age 68.18

Children:
     Children with Louis Larsen

Louis and Olive had one additional child, whose name is unknown, who was born and died before 1900.34
  • Beatrice Eleanor Larsen31,32,33 (10 Feb 1900 - 28 Dec 1987)

Children:
     Children with Louis Ray Schinkel:

  • L. Ray Schinkel35 (abt 1904 - 1 Jan 1928)
  • Doris May Schinkel36,22 (30 Sep 1909 - 10 Nov 1991)

Children:
     There were no children with Samuel James Welburn

Citations

  1. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Olive May Schinkel, shows father's surname as Owen.
  2. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows name a Ollie Larsen.
  3. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows name as Ollie Schinkel.
  4. [S6178] S. B. Owen household, 1875 Minnesota State Census, Olmstead Co., Minnesota, Pleasant Grove Twp., shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S6184] Emma Blake obituary, The Dixon Journal.
  6. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Olive May Schinkel, shows mother's surname as Blake.
  7. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Olive May Schinkel, shows date and state.
  8. [S6178] S. B. Owen household, 1875 Minnesota State Census, Olmstead Co., Minnesota, Pleasant Grove Twp., shows age 2 and state.
  9. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows month, year, age 27, and state.
  10. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows married 8 years.
  11. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows married 9 years, his first marriage and her second.
  12. [S6158] Samuel J. Wellburn and May Shinkel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows her as divorced.
  13. [S6186] Joseph E. Cunningham household, 1920 U.S. Census, Woodbury Co., Iowa, shows him as divorced.
  14. [S6189] Marie Miller household, 1930 U.S. Census, Woodbury Co., Iowa, shows him as divorced.
  15. [S6188] Louis Smith household, 1940 U.S. Census, Woodbury Co., Iowa, shows him as divorced.
  16. [S6177] "Welburn-Schinkel," The Dixon Journal, 12 Feb 1920, shows they married "last Friday."
  17. [S6181] Laguna Honda Home for Aged and Infirm, 1930 U.S. Census, San Francisco, California, shows her as widowed, but he was still living.
  18. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Olive May Schinkel, shows date and county.
  19. [S6178] S. B. Owen household, 1875 Minnesota State Census, Olmstead Co., Minnesota, Pleasant Grove Twp.
  20. [S6179] Emma A. Owen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Rock Co., Minnesota.
  21. [S6180] Emma Owen household, 1875 Minnesota State Census, Rock Co., Minnesota, Lu Verne.
  22. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Doris May Morrell, shows mother's maiden name as Blake.
  23. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Beatrice Eleanor Bradley, Soc. Sec. No. 551-18-4145, shows mother as May Blake.
  24. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska.
  25. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska.
  26. [S6158] Samuel J. Wellburn and May Shinkel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska.
  27. [S6181] Laguna Honda Home for Aged and Infirm, 1930 U.S. Census, San Francisco, California, shows name as Olive M. Schinkel.
  28. [S6181] Laguna Honda Home for Aged and Infirm, 1930 U.S. Census, San Francisco, California.
  29. [S6185] "Concord News," The Dixon Journal, 30 Nov 1933, includes ad.
  30. [S6182] Thomas M. Bradley household, 1940 U.S. Census, Marin Co., California.
  31. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Ollie's husband nand that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  32. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of her husband, but the girl's age is older than the length of the marriage, and her father is shown as from Denmark while Louis is born in Nebraska.
  33. [S6182] Thomas M. Bradley household, 1940 U.S. Census, Marin Co., California, shows Beatrice as wife and Olive as mother-in-law of the head of household.
  34. [S6174] Louis Larson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows her as the mother of 2, with one living.
  35. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  36. [S6173] Louis Schinkel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dixon Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Ollie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.