Mable Clarice Price1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22981, (1901 - 1970)
FatherEdward William Price1,4,5 (12 Dec 1880 - 22 Jun 1951)
MotherMaggie Elizabeth Smith1,6,5 (25 Aug 1880 - 25 Apr 1957)

Key Events:

Birth: 7 Feb 1901, Page Co., Virginia7,8,9
Marriage: about 1918, William Clyde Dovel (15 Feb 1896 - 8 Oct 1976)10,11
Divorce: before 1940, William Clyde Dovel (15 Feb 1896 - 8 Oct 1976)12
Marriage: before 1954, Harry William Finker (10 Dec 1892 - 22 Aug 1967)13,14,15
Death: 2 Dec 1970, Luray, Page Co., Virginia9,16
Burial: Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Luray, Page Co., Virginia17
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Mable Clarice Price was born on 7 Feb 1901 in Page Co., Virginia.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Luray, Page Co., Virginia, in the household of her parents, Edward William Price and Maggie Elizabeth Smith.4
     Mable married first William Clyde Dovel, son of Russell Victor Dovel and Buena V. Louderback, about 1918.10,11
     Mable and William appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Marksville, Page Co., Virginia, in the household of Russell Victor Dovel and Buena V. Louderback, his parents, with their daughter Evelyn.18
     Mable and William appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Washington, District of Columbia, at 3033 16th, enumerated 12 May 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $68.50 per month, and owned a radio. Their daughter Evelyn was listed as living with them, as was Annie Gregory, a 30-year-old school dietitian, who was listed as a lodger.19
     Mable and William were divorced before 1940.12
     Mable appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Washington, District of Columbia, in the household of her daughter Evelyn and her husband, Josef G. Yaeger.20
     Mable married second Harry William Finker, son of Friedrich August Fenker and Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Schlüter, before 1954.13,14,15
     Mable and Harry lived in Los Angeles for a time after their marriage, living at 4270 Kansas Ave. about 1954. Whether she came to California because he lived there, or came earlier and met him there, is unknown.13
     Mable and Harry moved to Virginia, her home state, at some point, but when is unknown. No record has been found of them there before their deaths. But it seems likely they moved in the late 1950's, as they do not appear in the California voter registration lists after 1956.21
     Mable died on 2 Dec 1970 in Luray, Page Co., Virginia, at age 69.9,16 She was buried in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Luray, Page Co., Virginia.17

Children:
     Child with William Clyde Dovel:

  • Evelyn Naomi Dovel22,23,24 (17 Jul 1919 - 24 Dec 1987)

Children:
     There were no children with Harry William Fenker

Citations

  1. [S10741] Mable Clarice Price, Delayed Birth Certificate.
  2. [S10742] Edward W. Price household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia, shows name as Mabel C. Price.
  3. [S10738] Mable Clara Finker, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Price.
  4. [S10742] Edward W. Price household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia.
  5. [S10738] Mable Clara Finker, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S10742] Edward W. Price household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Maggie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S10741] Mable Clarice Price, Delayed Birth Certificate, shows date, county, and state.
  8. [S10742] Edward W. Price household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia, shows age 9 and state.
  9. [S10738] Mable Clara Finker, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  10. [S10745] R. V. Dovel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia, shows married.
  11. [S10747] William C. Dovell household, 1930 U.S. Census, District of Columbia, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 22, and hers as 16.
  12. [S10748] Joseph Yaeger household, 1940 U.S. Census, District of Columbia, shows her as widowed, though he was in fact still living.
  13. [S6249] Great Register, California, 1954, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles City precinct no. 452, Finker, Harry W. and Mrs. Mabel C, both at 4270 Kansas Ave.
  14. [S10737] Harry William Finker, Certificate of Death, shows her as his wife.
  15. [S10738] Mable Clara Finker, Certificate of Death, shows him as her late husband.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 48502917, Mabel Clarice Price Finker, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 48502917, Mabel Clarice Price Finker, includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S10745] R. V. Dovel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia.
  19. [S10747] William C. Dovell household, 1930 U.S. Census, District of Columbia.
  20. [S10748] Joseph Yaeger household, 1940 U.S. Census, District of Columbia.
  21. [S6249] Great Register, California, 1956, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles City precinct no. 453, Finker, Harry W. and Mrs. Mabel C.
  22. [S10745] R. V. Dovel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Page Co., Virginia, shows Mabel as daughter-in-law and the child as granddaughter of head of household.
  23. [S10747] William C. Dovell household, 1930 U.S. Census, District of Columbia, shows the girl as daughter of Mabel's husband.
  24. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Evelyn Naomi Dovell, Soc. Sec. No. 578-12-1087.