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Maggie Arvilla <I>Allen</I> Carr

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Maggie Arvilla Allen Carr

Birth
Wright County, Missouri, USA
Death
11 Feb 1974 (aged 88)
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Devotion, Lot 117
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Charles P. and Katherine "Kate" S. Allen. She was born in Wright County, Missouri, near Mountain Grove.

She spent most of her childhood in Oklahoma. Her family lived in what is now Beaver County in the Oklahoma panhandle at a time when it was still territory unclaimed by Oklahoma or any other state or organized territory. The family then took part in the land rush of 1892 when Indian land in northwest Oklahoma territory was opened up for settlement. The family lived in a one room sod cabin for the first two years on their new farm on the north side of the Canadian River. The family would live for 11 years in an area that was known as the Stone community (now extinct) of what was first County E, then Day County, and finally Ellis County after Oklahoma statehood in 1907.

Maggie Arvilla Allen married Will Luther Car February 1, 1903.

Arvilla and Will moved to Tom Green County, Texas, with the rest of the her family in 1903. In 1904 had a daughter, Angie. Husband Will obtained farmland and also taught school.

The 1900 census recorded Maggia A. Allen, 14, living in Day County, Oklahoma, with father Charles P. Allen, 56, mother Kate S. Allen, 43, and siblings: Robert B., 17; Orville [Orval] E., 12; Elmer M., 10; Leona, 7; Ellen A., 4; and Newell O., 2.

The 1910 census recorded Abilla [Arvilla] Carr, 24, living in Tom Green, Texas, with husband William L. Carr, 30, and daughter Angie, 6. William was recorded as a farmer. Arvilla had given birth to 1 child.

The 1920 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 34, living in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 39, and children: Angie, 15; Vera P., 6; and "son" [daughter] Willie J., 2. Will was recorded as a grocery merchant.

The 1930 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 44, living in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 50, and daughter Jewel W. [Willie Jewel], 12. Will was recorded as a bookkeeper for an oil company.

The 1940 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 54, living on the "Silver Loop" in Coke County, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 60, and mother Kate S. Allen, 83. Will was recorded as a farmer.

Arvilla and Will retired to San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, where they each lived the rest of their lives.
Daughter of Charles P. and Katherine "Kate" S. Allen. She was born in Wright County, Missouri, near Mountain Grove.

She spent most of her childhood in Oklahoma. Her family lived in what is now Beaver County in the Oklahoma panhandle at a time when it was still territory unclaimed by Oklahoma or any other state or organized territory. The family then took part in the land rush of 1892 when Indian land in northwest Oklahoma territory was opened up for settlement. The family lived in a one room sod cabin for the first two years on their new farm on the north side of the Canadian River. The family would live for 11 years in an area that was known as the Stone community (now extinct) of what was first County E, then Day County, and finally Ellis County after Oklahoma statehood in 1907.

Maggie Arvilla Allen married Will Luther Car February 1, 1903.

Arvilla and Will moved to Tom Green County, Texas, with the rest of the her family in 1903. In 1904 had a daughter, Angie. Husband Will obtained farmland and also taught school.

The 1900 census recorded Maggia A. Allen, 14, living in Day County, Oklahoma, with father Charles P. Allen, 56, mother Kate S. Allen, 43, and siblings: Robert B., 17; Orville [Orval] E., 12; Elmer M., 10; Leona, 7; Ellen A., 4; and Newell O., 2.

The 1910 census recorded Abilla [Arvilla] Carr, 24, living in Tom Green, Texas, with husband William L. Carr, 30, and daughter Angie, 6. William was recorded as a farmer. Arvilla had given birth to 1 child.

The 1920 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 34, living in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 39, and children: Angie, 15; Vera P., 6; and "son" [daughter] Willie J., 2. Will was recorded as a grocery merchant.

The 1930 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 44, living in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 50, and daughter Jewel W. [Willie Jewel], 12. Will was recorded as a bookkeeper for an oil company.

The 1940 census recorded Maggie A. Carr, 54, living on the "Silver Loop" in Coke County, Texas, with husband Will L. Carr, 60, and mother Kate S. Allen, 83. Will was recorded as a farmer.

Arvilla and Will retired to San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, where they each lived the rest of their lives.


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  • Created by: Robin
  • Added: Nov 6, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154696197/maggie_arvilla-carr: accessed ), memorial page for Maggie Arvilla Allen Carr (12 Nov 1885–11 Feb 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154696197, citing Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Robin (contributor 48730016).