Flora's family and her husband Willis' family are living near each other in 1880; Flora being 7 years old and Willis 13 years old.
1900 census Lucerne, Kings, CA: Willis Hyatt, aged 37, born May 1863, engineer sawmill, bp CA, father IL, mother MO; Flora aged 29, born Apr 1871, married nine years, three children w/three living, bp CA, father MO, mother IL; Sherman aged 7, born Sep 1892; Vernon aged 6, born Mar 1894; Cora aged 3, born Aug 1896 -- all born CA.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Willis Hiatt, aged 43, house carpenter, bp OR, both parents IA; Flora E. aged 37, first marriage for both of 20 years, three children w/three living, bp CA, father MI, mother OR; Sherman L. aged 18, works planing mill; Vernon E. aged 17, works box factory; Cora M. aged 12 -- all born CA.
1930 census Durham, Butte, CA: Willis Hiatt aged 63, farmer, bp OR, both parents IA; wife Flora E. aged 57, bp CA, father MI, mother OR; sons Sherman aged 38, single; Vernon E. aged 37, divorced -- both truck drivers, bp CA.
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The Chico Enterprise, Chico, CA, Monday, May 16, 1938, pg 3: "Durham Woman Taken by Death --- Mrs. Laura [sic, Flora] E. Hiatt, 65, a native of Hanford and resident of Durham for the past 28 years, died at her home on Nelson road early yesterday afternoon.
"She is survived by her husband, W. Hiatt, Durham; two sons, Sherman and Vernon E. Hiatt of Durham; a daughter, Mrs. H.A. Coon, Durham; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Walton of San Francisco and Mrs. Sophia Chamberlain of Brentwood, and three brothers, G.L. Walton, Hanford; S.C. Walton, Woodland, and C.L. Walton, Snelling, Calif.
"Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. today at the H. C. Bicknell Funeral Home. Rev. E. A. Griffith officiated, Roy Jeffries accompanied by Mrs. Carmelita Doyle sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' and 'Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.'
"Interment was made in Chico cemetery with the following acting as escorts, Allen Coon, Lemuel Coon, Roy White, J.W. Houk, Wesley Sitton and Richard Smith."- Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, via email, September 14, 2021.
Flora's family and her husband Willis' family are living near each other in 1880; Flora being 7 years old and Willis 13 years old.
1900 census Lucerne, Kings, CA: Willis Hyatt, aged 37, born May 1863, engineer sawmill, bp CA, father IL, mother MO; Flora aged 29, born Apr 1871, married nine years, three children w/three living, bp CA, father MO, mother IL; Sherman aged 7, born Sep 1892; Vernon aged 6, born Mar 1894; Cora aged 3, born Aug 1896 -- all born CA.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Willis Hiatt, aged 43, house carpenter, bp OR, both parents IA; Flora E. aged 37, first marriage for both of 20 years, three children w/three living, bp CA, father MI, mother OR; Sherman L. aged 18, works planing mill; Vernon E. aged 17, works box factory; Cora M. aged 12 -- all born CA.
1930 census Durham, Butte, CA: Willis Hiatt aged 63, farmer, bp OR, both parents IA; wife Flora E. aged 57, bp CA, father MI, mother OR; sons Sherman aged 38, single; Vernon E. aged 37, divorced -- both truck drivers, bp CA.
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The Chico Enterprise, Chico, CA, Monday, May 16, 1938, pg 3: "Durham Woman Taken by Death --- Mrs. Laura [sic, Flora] E. Hiatt, 65, a native of Hanford and resident of Durham for the past 28 years, died at her home on Nelson road early yesterday afternoon.
"She is survived by her husband, W. Hiatt, Durham; two sons, Sherman and Vernon E. Hiatt of Durham; a daughter, Mrs. H.A. Coon, Durham; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Walton of San Francisco and Mrs. Sophia Chamberlain of Brentwood, and three brothers, G.L. Walton, Hanford; S.C. Walton, Woodland, and C.L. Walton, Snelling, Calif.
"Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. today at the H. C. Bicknell Funeral Home. Rev. E. A. Griffith officiated, Roy Jeffries accompanied by Mrs. Carmelita Doyle sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' and 'Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.'
"Interment was made in Chico cemetery with the following acting as escorts, Allen Coon, Lemuel Coon, Roy White, J.W. Houk, Wesley Sitton and Richard Smith."- Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, via email, September 14, 2021.
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