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Sarah Lou Frances Berry1,2,3

ID# 391, (1924 - 2007)
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherWilliam Osvol Berry (14 Jun 1892 - 2 Sep 1979)
MotherMaude Gertrude Moore (15 Jun 1897 - 15 Jun 1968)
Chart MembershipDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
Family IndexesThe Glabe Family

Key Events:

Birth: 21 Apr 1924, Stanton, Martin Co., Texas,4,5,6
Marriage: 1 Apr 1944, Long Beach, California, David Harvey Glabe (b. 8 Oct 1919, d. 18 Jan 2013)7,8,9
Divorce: bef 1957, Mexico, David Harvey Glabe (b. 8 Oct 1919, d. 18 Jan 2013)10
Divorce: Sep 1959, David Harvey Glabe (b. 8 Oct 1919, d. 18 Jan 2013)11
Marriage: 20 Dec 1983, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Arthur Quayle Cook (b. 28 Jul 1919, d. 6 Sep 2004)3
Divorce: Arthur Quayle Cook (b. 28 Jul 1919, d. 6 Sep 2004)
Death: 10 Aug 2007,12,13
Burial: 16 Aug 2007, Hickman Cemetery, Hickman, Nebraska,13
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Narrative:

Sarah Lou Frances Berry was born on 21 Apr 1924 in Stanton, Martin Co., TexasG.4,5,6 She consistently used the given name Frances, which does not appear on her birth certificates, from childhood. She even used it for some official records, including her Social Security account.1,2,14
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Martin Co., Texas, G in the household of her parents, William Osvol Berry and Maude Gertrude Moore.15
     She moved to Carroll Co., ArkansasG, with her parents between 1930 and 1935.16 She moved to OklahomaG with her parents between 1935 and 1940.16 She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Caney, Atoka Co., Oklahoma, G in the household of her parents.17
     Sarah married first David Harvey Glabe, son of Harvey Sebastian Glabe and Nettie Lou Bess, on 1 Apr 1944 in Long Beach, CaliforniaG.7,8,9
     Sarah and David settled Michigan after their marriage, and then moved to California before 1948 when their third child was born there.
     Sarah and David appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Redondo Beach, Los Angeles Co., California, at 1914 Graham G, enumerated 13 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.18
     Sarah and David were divorced before 1957, in MexicoG.10 They were divorced again in Sep 1959, apparently because his second wife believed the previous divorce was not valid.11
     She was a legal secretary.13
     Sarah married second Arthur Quayle Cook, son of William H. Cook and Elizabeth E. Elton, on 20 Dec 1983 in Salt Lake Co., UtahG.3 They were apparently separated or divorced before their deaths, as neither is mentioned in the other's obituary.
     She was living in Hickman, NebraskaG, where her eldest son lived, at the time of her death.13
     Sarah died on 10 Aug 2007 at age 83.12,13 She was buried on 16 Aug 2007 in Hickman Cemetery, Hickman, NebraskaG.13

Children:
      Children with David Harvey Glabe:

David and Sarah's children are still living.

Children:
     There were no children with Arthur Quayle Cook

Citations

  1. [S8182] Sarah Lou Berry, Standard Certificate of Birth.
  2. [S8183] Willie O. Berry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Martin Co., Texas, shows name as Francis Berry.
  3. [S7305] "Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985," Ancestry.com, record for Arthur Q Cook and Sarah Lou Frances Berry, citing cert. no. C003949.
  4. [S8182] Sarah Lou Berry, Standard Certificate of Birth, shows date, town, and county.
  5. [S8183] Willie O. Berry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Martin Co., Texas, shows age 5 and state.
  6. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Frances B. Cook, shows date.
  7. [S8084] "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," Ancestry.com, record for David Glabe and Sarah Lou F Berry, shows date.
  8. [S12968] David Glabe household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows married.
  9. [S14] Pound, "Re: Another Glabe Mystery," e-mail to author, 6 Oct 1998, shows date, city, and state.
  10. [S7302] Interview, Barbara Schneider, Barbara, 29 Dec 2016, said they divorced before he and Ovalee married, and country.
  11. [S14] Pound, "Re: Another Glabe Mystery," e-mail to author, 6 Oct 1998.
  12. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Frances B. Cook, shows date and last residence as 68372 Hickman, Lancaster, Nebraska.
  13. [S8187] Frances B. Cook obituary, Lincoln Journal Star.
  14. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Frances B. Cook.
  15. [S8183] Willie O. Berry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Martin Co., Texas.
  16. [S8186] William O. Berry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Atoka Co., Oklahoma, shows they lived in rural Carroll Co. Arkansas in 1935.
  17. [S8186] William O. Berry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Atoka Co., Oklahoma.
  18. [S12968] David Glabe household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.

 

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