First marriage of Ernest W. Wallace of Fortuna, Moniteau County, Missouri
to Sarah Helena McDougall of Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
were wed : July 15, 1902 in Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri
*Their marriage certificate gives their marriage date as listed above, but there is a discrepancy because on the 1910 Census as reported below in this memorial, the number of years married was given as one (1). Possibly a mistake on the census taker's part.
Together they adopted a son, Eugene Earnest Wallace
in Pittsburg, Crawford County, MO.
Second marriage to (first name unknown) Light
BROTHER: Harry W. McDougall
Kansas State Census 1884 enumerates S[arah] McDougall as being 4 mos old, residing in the home with her parents, W. L. [William] age 30 and G. A. [Georgianna] 23, McDougall residing in Sherman Twp., post office Farlington, KS. Her father is shown to be a carpenter.
Also there is a sibling to S[arah] listed as P. F., age 2 {two).
Federal U. S. Census 1910 enumerates Ernest 31 and Lena, 25, living in Webb City at 309 Tom Street in Webb City, Missouri. *They report they have been married 1 (one) year.
The address given seems to be a lodging house, as several adults are living there, including her 23 y/o brother Harry McDougall. Both E. W. (Ernest) and Harry have occupations listed as blacksmiths.
Including E. W. and Harry, there were 3 others listed as lodgers that worked in the mines, so most likely the smithy work E. W. and Harry did was related to the donkeys and mules that were used mining the lead and zinc from the ground. They also both report that they have been out of work for 10 weeks.
Lena lists her father's birth as being Scotch/Scotland and her mother's as being Indiana.
Lena worked as a housekeeper for many well-to-do families over her life. In the 1920's she used to travel back and forth between Chicago, where she would find work, and Hockerville, Ottawa county, OK., where her mother lived. Her son would stay with her mother (his grandmother) while she worked and she would come home for different periods of time.
In the 1930's she obtained work in Carthage, Missouri for Mr. Charles Blair. His wife passed away in 1931 and she and her son moved into Mr. Blair's home at 1155 South Main Street, Carthage, Missouri and she worked as the cook and housekeeper there until Mr. Blair died in 1949.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carthage
Her son Eugene, graduated in 1937 from Carthage High School.
She then obtained employment as the manager of the Robertson Apartments in Joplin, Missouri. She remained at that job until she retired. She continued to live in the Robertson until 1972 when she became too feeble and ill to live alone. She then was moved to Elmhurst Nursing home in Webb City, Missouri where she passed away quietly in 1973.
Survivors included her son Eugene,
a granddaughter Nancy and
a great-grandson Michael Christopher Wilson
several nieces and nephews.
Lena will always be remembered for her excellent cooking skills, her feisty, self determined personality.
She was a wonderful grandma!
She did a lot of hand sewing and made many doll clothes for her granddaughter's dolls , and also made several decorative padded inserts for the doll cribs and doll buggies.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lena Light
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Housekeeper
Home in 1940: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Street: S Main Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Residence in 1935: Same House
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles A Blair 75
Lena Light 54
to Sarah Helena McDougall of Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
were wed : July 15, 1902 in Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri
*Their marriage certificate gives their marriage date as listed above, but there is a discrepancy because on the 1910 Census as reported below in this memorial, the number of years married was given as one (1). Possibly a mistake on the census taker's part.
Together they adopted a son, Eugene Earnest Wallace
in Pittsburg, Crawford County, MO.
Second marriage to (first name unknown) Light
BROTHER: Harry W. McDougall
Kansas State Census 1884 enumerates S[arah] McDougall as being 4 mos old, residing in the home with her parents, W. L. [William] age 30 and G. A. [Georgianna] 23, McDougall residing in Sherman Twp., post office Farlington, KS. Her father is shown to be a carpenter.
Also there is a sibling to S[arah] listed as P. F., age 2 {two).
Federal U. S. Census 1910 enumerates Ernest 31 and Lena, 25, living in Webb City at 309 Tom Street in Webb City, Missouri. *They report they have been married 1 (one) year.
The address given seems to be a lodging house, as several adults are living there, including her 23 y/o brother Harry McDougall. Both E. W. (Ernest) and Harry have occupations listed as blacksmiths.
Including E. W. and Harry, there were 3 others listed as lodgers that worked in the mines, so most likely the smithy work E. W. and Harry did was related to the donkeys and mules that were used mining the lead and zinc from the ground. They also both report that they have been out of work for 10 weeks.
Lena lists her father's birth as being Scotch/Scotland and her mother's as being Indiana.
Lena worked as a housekeeper for many well-to-do families over her life. In the 1920's she used to travel back and forth between Chicago, where she would find work, and Hockerville, Ottawa county, OK., where her mother lived. Her son would stay with her mother (his grandmother) while she worked and she would come home for different periods of time.
In the 1930's she obtained work in Carthage, Missouri for Mr. Charles Blair. His wife passed away in 1931 and she and her son moved into Mr. Blair's home at 1155 South Main Street, Carthage, Missouri and she worked as the cook and housekeeper there until Mr. Blair died in 1949.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carthage
Her son Eugene, graduated in 1937 from Carthage High School.
She then obtained employment as the manager of the Robertson Apartments in Joplin, Missouri. She remained at that job until she retired. She continued to live in the Robertson until 1972 when she became too feeble and ill to live alone. She then was moved to Elmhurst Nursing home in Webb City, Missouri where she passed away quietly in 1973.
Survivors included her son Eugene,
a granddaughter Nancy and
a great-grandson Michael Christopher Wilson
several nieces and nephews.
Lena will always be remembered for her excellent cooking skills, her feisty, self determined personality.
She was a wonderful grandma!
She did a lot of hand sewing and made many doll clothes for her granddaughter's dolls , and also made several decorative padded inserts for the doll cribs and doll buggies.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lena Light
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Housekeeper
Home in 1940: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Street: S Main Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Residence in 1935: Same House
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles A Blair 75
Lena Light 54
First marriage of Ernest W. Wallace of Fortuna, Moniteau County, Missouri
to Sarah Helena McDougall of Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
were wed : July 15, 1902 in Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri
*Their marriage certificate gives their marriage date as listed above, but there is a discrepancy because on the 1910 Census as reported below in this memorial, the number of years married was given as one (1). Possibly a mistake on the census taker's part.
Together they adopted a son, Eugene Earnest Wallace
in Pittsburg, Crawford County, MO.
Second marriage to (first name unknown) Light
BROTHER: Harry W. McDougall
Kansas State Census 1884 enumerates S[arah] McDougall as being 4 mos old, residing in the home with her parents, W. L. [William] age 30 and G. A. [Georgianna] 23, McDougall residing in Sherman Twp., post office Farlington, KS. Her father is shown to be a carpenter.
Also there is a sibling to S[arah] listed as P. F., age 2 {two).
Federal U. S. Census 1910 enumerates Ernest 31 and Lena, 25, living in Webb City at 309 Tom Street in Webb City, Missouri. *They report they have been married 1 (one) year.
The address given seems to be a lodging house, as several adults are living there, including her 23 y/o brother Harry McDougall. Both E. W. (Ernest) and Harry have occupations listed as blacksmiths.
Including E. W. and Harry, there were 3 others listed as lodgers that worked in the mines, so most likely the smithy work E. W. and Harry did was related to the donkeys and mules that were used mining the lead and zinc from the ground. They also both report that they have been out of work for 10 weeks.
Lena lists her father's birth as being Scotch/Scotland and her mother's as being Indiana.
Lena worked as a housekeeper for many well-to-do families over her life. In the 1920's she used to travel back and forth between Chicago, where she would find work, and Hockerville, Ottawa county, OK., where her mother lived. Her son would stay with her mother (his grandmother) while she worked and she would come home for different periods of time.
In the 1930's she obtained work in Carthage, Missouri for Mr. Charles Blair. His wife passed away in 1931 and she and her son moved into Mr. Blair's home at 1155 South Main Street, Carthage, Missouri and she worked as the cook and housekeeper there until Mr. Blair died in 1949.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carthage
Her son Eugene, graduated in 1937 from Carthage High School.
She then obtained employment as the manager of the Robertson Apartments in Joplin, Missouri. She remained at that job until she retired. She continued to live in the Robertson until 1972 when she became too feeble and ill to live alone. She then was moved to Elmhurst Nursing home in Webb City, Missouri where she passed away quietly in 1973.
Survivors included her son Eugene,
a granddaughter Nancy and
a great-grandson Michael Christopher Wilson
several nieces and nephews.
Lena will always be remembered for her excellent cooking skills, her feisty, self determined personality.
She was a wonderful grandma!
She did a lot of hand sewing and made many doll clothes for her granddaughter's dolls , and also made several decorative padded inserts for the doll cribs and doll buggies.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lena Light
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Housekeeper
Home in 1940: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Street: S Main Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Residence in 1935: Same House
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles A Blair 75
Lena Light 54
to Sarah Helena McDougall of Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
were wed : July 15, 1902 in Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri
*Their marriage certificate gives their marriage date as listed above, but there is a discrepancy because on the 1910 Census as reported below in this memorial, the number of years married was given as one (1). Possibly a mistake on the census taker's part.
Together they adopted a son, Eugene Earnest Wallace
in Pittsburg, Crawford County, MO.
Second marriage to (first name unknown) Light
BROTHER: Harry W. McDougall
Kansas State Census 1884 enumerates S[arah] McDougall as being 4 mos old, residing in the home with her parents, W. L. [William] age 30 and G. A. [Georgianna] 23, McDougall residing in Sherman Twp., post office Farlington, KS. Her father is shown to be a carpenter.
Also there is a sibling to S[arah] listed as P. F., age 2 {two).
Federal U. S. Census 1910 enumerates Ernest 31 and Lena, 25, living in Webb City at 309 Tom Street in Webb City, Missouri. *They report they have been married 1 (one) year.
The address given seems to be a lodging house, as several adults are living there, including her 23 y/o brother Harry McDougall. Both E. W. (Ernest) and Harry have occupations listed as blacksmiths.
Including E. W. and Harry, there were 3 others listed as lodgers that worked in the mines, so most likely the smithy work E. W. and Harry did was related to the donkeys and mules that were used mining the lead and zinc from the ground. They also both report that they have been out of work for 10 weeks.
Lena lists her father's birth as being Scotch/Scotland and her mother's as being Indiana.
Lena worked as a housekeeper for many well-to-do families over her life. In the 1920's she used to travel back and forth between Chicago, where she would find work, and Hockerville, Ottawa county, OK., where her mother lived. Her son would stay with her mother (his grandmother) while she worked and she would come home for different periods of time.
In the 1930's she obtained work in Carthage, Missouri for Mr. Charles Blair. His wife passed away in 1931 and she and her son moved into Mr. Blair's home at 1155 South Main Street, Carthage, Missouri and she worked as the cook and housekeeper there until Mr. Blair died in 1949.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carthage
Her son Eugene, graduated in 1937 from Carthage High School.
She then obtained employment as the manager of the Robertson Apartments in Joplin, Missouri. She remained at that job until she retired. She continued to live in the Robertson until 1972 when she became too feeble and ill to live alone. She then was moved to Elmhurst Nursing home in Webb City, Missouri where she passed away quietly in 1973.
Survivors included her son Eugene,
a granddaughter Nancy and
a great-grandson Michael Christopher Wilson
several nieces and nephews.
Lena will always be remembered for her excellent cooking skills, her feisty, self determined personality.
She was a wonderful grandma!
She did a lot of hand sewing and made many doll clothes for her granddaughter's dolls , and also made several decorative padded inserts for the doll cribs and doll buggies.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Lena Light
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Housekeeper
Home in 1940: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Street: S Main Street
Inferred Residence in 1935: Carthage, Jasper, Missouri
Residence in 1935: Same House
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles A Blair 75
Lena Light 54
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