Dollie Rena Kingery1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 12473, (1906 - 1991)
FatherFredrick McClellan Kingery5,6 (26 Oct 1875 - 16 Jul 1932)
MotherCora Cordelia Miller7,8 (23 Jan 1879 - 7 Jul 1961)

Key Events:

Birth: 20 Jul 1906, Iowa9,10,11
Marriage: 22 Nov 1932, Jackson Co., Missouri, Francis Joseph McDermott (about 1907 - )12
Divorce: before 1940, Francis Joseph McDermott (about 1907 - )13
Marriage: 20 Jun 1942, Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., Missouri, Edward C. Schmitt (about 1899 - )14
Marriage: 20 Oct 1951, Green's Chapel of Flowers, King Co., Washington, Edward Henry Gapsch (25 Nov 1893 - 15 Sep 1991)15,16
Divorce: 27 Apr 1954, Lewiston, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, Henry Gapsch (25 Nov 1893 - 15 Sep 1991)17,16
Death: 22 May 1991, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa18,19
ChartsDescendants of Edward and Sophie Gapsch

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Narrative:

     Dollie Rena Kingery was born on 20 Jul 1906 in Iowa.9,10,11 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Union Twp., Union Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents, Fredrick McClellan Kingery and Cora Cordelia Miller.5 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Dodge Twp., Iowa in the household of her parents.6
     Dollie appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, at 3131 Forest, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, rooming in a hotel with over 80 roomers, many of them couples.20
     Dollie married first Francis Joseph McDermott on 22 Nov 1932 in Jackson Co., Missouri.12
     Dollie and Francis were divorced before 1940.13
     Dollie appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, at 1021 Linwood Blvd, enumerated 1 May 1940, reporting that she was renting her room for $40 per month, in what appears to have been a residential hotel, with nearly 200 residents. She was listed as living with Madaline Gore, a 25-year-old stenographer. Dollie reported that she had been living in the same city in 1935.21
     Dollie was a stenographer for a manufacturing company in 1930, and a clerk for a cosmetic manufacturing company in 1940.22,23
     Dollie married second Edward C. Schmitt on 20 Jun 1942 in Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., Missouri, with Rev. Clyde S. Clark of the Methodist Church officiating.14
     Dollie married third Edward Henry Gapsch, son of Robert Edward Gapsch and Matilda Henriksdotter, on 20 Oct 1951 in Green's Chapel of Flowers, King Co., Washington, with Rev. C. E. Rayburn officiating.15,16
     She and Henry lived in Vancouver, Washington, for a few months after they married, then moved to Lewiston, Idaho in late Mar 1952.24
     Dollie and Henry were divorced on 27 Apr 1954 in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co., Idaho.17,16
     After their brief marriage, Dollie and Henry's divorce seems to have been very acrimonious. She filed for divorce 6 Aug 1953, less than two years after their marriage, charging extreme cruelty. He filed a cross-complaint on the same grounds. The court granted her motion and made a property settlement, which he appealed. The Idaho Supreme Court decided his appeal 24 Nov 1954, upholding the divorce granted by the lower court, but in a long and detailed decision overturned many of the aspects of the property settlement. The appellate decision was evidently precedent-setting, as it has been cited by the Court some 50 times in of other cases over the years.24,25 She died on 22 May 1991, probably in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa, at age 84.18,19

Children:
     There were no children with Francis Joseph McDermott

Children:
     There were no children with Edward C. Schmitt

Children:
     There were no children with Edward Henry Gapsch

Citations

  1. [S1480] Gapsch v. Gapsch, Tenth District Court, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, vol. 15: 510-1, Nez Perce County Clerk, shows her former name, Dollie Rena Kengery, was to be restored.
  2. [S1476] Gapsch v. Gapsch, Supreme Court of Idaho, 76 Idaho 44, 277 P.2d 278 (Idaho, 1954), shows name as Dollie Rena Gapsch.
  3. [S2846] E. Henry Gapsch and Dollie Rena Kingery, marriage certificate.
  4. [S1481] Fred M. Kingery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa, shows name as Dolla E. Kingery.
  5. [S1481] Fred M. Kingery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa.
  6. [S1482] Fred Kingery household, 1920 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa.
  7. [S1481] Fred M. Kingery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa, shows the girl as the daugher of Cory's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S1482] Fred Kingery household, 1920 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa, shows the girl as the daughter of Cora's husband.
  9. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Dollie R. Kingery, soc. sec. no. 486-05-5513, shows date.
  10. [S1481] Fred M. Kingery household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa, shows age 3 and state.
  11. [S1482] Fred Kingery household, 1920 U.S. Census, Union Co., Iowa, shows age 12 and state.
  12. [S7155] Record of Marriages, Jackson Co., Missouri, Francis Joseph McDermott and Dollie Rena Kingery, shows county and date of issue.
  13. [S5315] Dollie Kingery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows her as divorced.
  14. [S1487] Edward C. Schmitt and Dollie Rena Kingery, marriage license.
  15. [S2846] E. Henry Gapsch and Dollie Rena Kingery, marriage certificate, shows date, city, county, state, and officiant.
  16. [S1476] Gapsch v. Gapsch, Supreme Court of Idaho, 76 Idaho 44, 277 P.2d 278 (Idaho, 1954), shows date.
  17. [S1480] Gapsch v. Gapsch, Tenth District Court, Nez Perce Co., Idaho, vol. 15: 510-1, Nez Perce County Clerk, shows date.
  18. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Dollie R. Kingery, soc. sec. no. 486-05-5513, shows month, year, and last residence as 50314 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. A record for Dollie Kingery, soc. sec. no. 451-80-0775, of Gainsville, Texas who died 25 May 2004 is known not to be her based on obituaries found on Ancestry.com for the latter woman which identify her birth name as Burchfiel, with Kingery being a married name.
  19. [S3397] Miller, "Dennis Miller Family Tree" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows date, county, and state.
  20. [S1485] Annette Carey household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows the head with an occupation as manager, industry appears to be Fac__ly Hotel, with some 80 roomers with a wide variety of occupations, and two janitors whose relationship to the head is identified as "help."
  21. [S5315] Dollie Kingery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri.
  22. [S1485] Annette Carey household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows occupation as stenographer, industry as manufacturing.
  23. [S5315] Dollie Kingery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows occupation as clerk, industry as cosmtic mfg.
  24. [S1476] Gapsch v. Gapsch, Supreme Court of Idaho, 76 Idaho 44, 277 P.2d 278 (Idaho, 1954).
  25. [S1477] FastCase.com, online, shows 49 cases that cited "Gapsch v. Gapsch" from 1956 through 2004. Most of the cases were divorces, with a few estate settlements and other matters, involving several different issues raised in the Gapsh decision.