Calvin Lester, Sr. and Dovie were married on October 26, 1913 in Clark County, Arkansas He was 20 and Dovie was 19.[4]
Census
1910 Census. Calvin Lester, Sr. was 16 in 1910 Census and living with his parents, John O. and Katie, in Bismark, Hot Springs, Arkansas along with one sibling, Carrie and a hired hand by the name of Van B. Yorbs..[5]
1920 Census. Calvin Lester, Sr. was living at home with his spouse, Dovie, along with four of their children in De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas. He was 26 at the time and Dovie was 25. This Census shows they were all born in Arkansas.[6]
1930 Census. Calvin Lester, Sr. was living at home with his wife, Dovie, and six of their children in Montgomery, Hot Spring, Arkansas. He was 36 and Dovie was 35 when this Census was taken. This Census shows they were all born in Arkansas. The children at home were Orville age 15; Wilma age 14; Bernice age 12; Calvin, Jr. age 10, Floy age 4 and Ester age 1. Note: Carley and Opal Allen were living next door.[7]
1950 Census. C. Lester Allen was 56 years old and living with Dovie who was 55 in Montgomery Township, Hot Spring, Arkansas. Calvin's occupation was a farmer. Charlotte M. Allen, their daughter, was 17 and still living at home.[8]
Notes
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Records
United States World War II Draft Registration Card, 1942.[9]
Facts
Fact: Residence (1900) ED 57 Bismark, Henderson & Valley Townships, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Montgomery, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States
Fact: Residence Duffie, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Fact: Burial Old De Roche Cem,, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKJY-PBP : accessed 16 December 2016), Lester Allen in household of John O Allen, Bismarck, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 51; FHL microfilm 1,374,064.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J597-6P2 : 20 May 2014), Lester Allen, Mar 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N946-NQH : 12 November 2017), Lester Allen and Dovie Allen, 26 Oct 1913; citing , Clark, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,168,917.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKJY-PBP : accessed 16 December 2016), Lester Allen in household of John O Allen, Bismarck, Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 1B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 51; FHL microfilm 1,374,064.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNL-V5Z : accessed 9 September 2018), Arvilee Allen in household of Lester Allen, De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 104, sheet 12B, line 78, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 63; FHL microfilm 1,820,063.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XML4-L5H : accessed 19 December 2016), Orville Allen in household of Lester Allen, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 5B, line 66, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 77; FHL microfilm 2,339,812.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3P1-SK5 : 23 August 2019), Calvin Lester Allen, 1917-1918.
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