Velma was born in 1906. She is the daughter of Herbert Wallace and Cora Roten. She passed away in 1985.
Sources
Family Group Sheet completed by Vera A Kelso.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQC-F9K : accessed 30 March 2015), Velma B Wallace in household of James T Anderson, Blackwell Ward 1, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 35A, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,269.*"United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMJ-L1T : accessed 15 June 2015), Velma Bernice Wallace in household of H C Wallace, Blackwell Ward 3, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing sheet 13B, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,466.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K746-XR5 : accessed 30 March 2015), Velma B Purpus in household of R Kenneth Purpus, Ward 15, Kansas City, Kaw Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116-333, sheet 6A, family 122, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2179.
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLJ9-CJ4 : accessed 30 March 2015), Velma B Purpus, Residence, Miami, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLR3-64M : accessed 30 March 2015), Velma Purpus, Jul 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV44-VXS : accessed 30 March 2015), Velma B Purpus, 08 Jul 1985; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 66407, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
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