Louise Dorothy May Morris1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19158, (1915 - 1970)
FatherEdgar Lafeyette Morris4,5,6 (25 Mar 1889 - 15 Dec 1969)
MotherLola L. Knisley7,8,6 (17 Oct 1897 - Dec 1987)

Key Events:

Birth: 8 Oct 1915, Iowa9,10,11
Marriage: William Edwin Hooton (17 Jun 1908 - 13 Mar 1954)12,13
Divorce: Sep 1950, William Edwin Hooton (17 Jun 1908 - 13 Mar 1954)14
Marriage: Jun 1951, Omaha, Nebraska, Ray Vernon Keene (9 May 1919 - 2 Feb 1998)15,16,17
Death: 3 Dec 1970, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas18,19
Burial: 7 Dec 1970, Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas20,21
AncestryThe Reigel Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Louise Dorothy May Morris was born on 8 Oct 1915 in Iowa.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents, Edgar Lafeyette Morris and Lola L. Knisley.4 She appeared on the 1925 State Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents.8 She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents.22
     Louise married first William Edwin Hooton, son of Richard Schooler Hooton and Minnie Belle Howard. He had previously been married to Eva Rosline Miller.12,13
     Louise and William appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents. They reported that they had lived in Hamburg, Fremont Co., in 1935.12
     Louise and William appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, at 826 Thomas, enumerated 18 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.23
     Louise and William were divorced in Sep 1950.14
     Louise married second Ray Vernon Keene, son of Joseph Hiram Keen and Gertrude Hannah, in Jun 1951 in Omaha, Nebraska.15,16,17
     Louise and Ray moved to Omaha, Nebraska by 1954, when they were living at 5214½ S. 21st St.24 By 1957 they had moved to El Paso, Texas, and were living at 6343 Airport Rd.25
     Louise died on 3 Dec 1970 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, at age 55.18,19 She was buried on 7 Dec 1970 in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas.20,21

Children:
     Children with William Edwin Hooton:

  • Jesse Edgar Hooton26,27 (2 Apr 1935 - 2 Apr 1935)
  • Jerome Edwin Hooton28,29 (2 Apr 1935 - 7 Jul 1935)

Children:
     There were no children with Ray Vernon Keene

Citations

  1. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Morris.
  2. [S5036] Ed Morris household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows name as Louise Morris.
  3. [S5052] Edgar L. Morris household, 1940 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows name as Louise D. L. Hooten.
  4. [S5036] Ed Morris household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  5. [S5521] Edgar L. Morris obituary, unknown newspaper.
  6. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S5036] Ed Morris household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows the girl as daughter of Lola's husband.
  8. [S5450] Ed Morris household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Shenandoah.
  9. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  10. [S5036] Ed Morris household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows age 4 2/12 and state.
  11. [S5450] Ed Morris household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Shenandoah, shows age 9 and state.
  12. [S5052] Edgar L. Morris household, 1940 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  13. [S12462] William E. Hooton household, 1950 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows married.
  14. [S4751] O'Dell, Abstracted Newspaper Index of Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri, divorce extract for Hooton, William & Louise, citing Clarinda Herald Journal 18 Sep 1950.
  15. [S5497] Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, Omaha Area Marriages, record for Ray Vernon Keene and Louise D. M. Hooton, citing cert no. A22043, shows month and year.
  16. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death, shows her as married, and Ray V. Keene as informant.
  17. [S4854] R. L. Polk & Co.'s City Directory of Greater Omaha, 1954, pg 622, shows Ray V. Keene and wife Louise.
  18. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and county.
  19. [S5466] Rachel W. Snowdall obituary, Hackett Livingston Funeral Home, shows she predeceased her sister.
  20. [S5483] Louise Dorothy May Keene, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  21. [S1041] "U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006," Ancestry.com, record for Louise Dorothy May Keene, shows date and cemetery, and that she was buried there as the wife of Ray V. Keene.
  22. [S5051] Edgar Morris household, 1930 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  23. [S12462] William E. Hooton household, 1950 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  24. [S4854] R. L. Polk & Co.'s City Directory of Greater Omaha, 1954, pg 622.
  25. [S5484] Hudspeth's El Paso City Directory, 1957, pg 418.
  26. [S12463] Jess Edgar Hooton, Standard Certificate of Birth.
  27. [S12466] Infant son Hooten, Standard Certificate of Death.
  28. [S12464] Jerome Edwin Hooton, Standard Certificate of Birth.
  29. [S12465] Jerome Edwin Hooton, Standard Certificate of Death.