Helen Mae (Cross) Wiley (1921 - 2009)

Born 4 Dec 1921 in Oran, Scott, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Claude Willis Cross and Opal C (Hampton) Cross

Wife of Alvin Slyvester Wiley — married 3 Sep 1938 in Cape Girardeau Missouri

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 2009 at age 87 in Girard, Macoupin, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Helen Mae Cross was born December 04, 1921 in Oran, Missouri to Claude Willis Cross and Opal Hampton.

At the 1930 Census, Helen was living with her mother, father, and two younger sisters, Hazel and Carmeletta at 501 North Main Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. They rented a shared home with several other families. Helen and her sister Hazel both attended school.^[1]

On September 03, 1938 she married Alvin Wiley in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.^[2] Together, they had six children.

At the 1940 Census, Helen and Alvin were renting at 601 South Benton Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Both Helen and Alvin worked full time; Helen as a cafe waitress and Alvin as a driver for a local trucking company.^[3]

Alvin was enlisted in the US Army from September 09, 1944 until February 21, 1946.

Helen passed away February 03, 2009 in Girard, Illinois.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1930
2. ↑ Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
3. ↑ United States Census, 1940
4. ↑ United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, (FamilySearch : accessed 18 March 2019), Helen M Cross in household of Claude W Cross, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 11B, line 93, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1180; FHL microfilm 2,340,915.
• "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, (FamilySearch, FamilySearch, FamilySearch FamilySearch : 17 October 2017), Alvin Wiley and Helen Cross, 03 Sep 1938; citing Marriage, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, p. , Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, (FamilySearch : 14 March 2018), Helen M Wiley in household of Alvin R Wiley, Ward 9, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-17A, sheet 14B, line 43, family 272, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2093.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, (FamilySearch : accessed 18 March 2019), Helen C Wiley, Missouri, United States, 07 Feb 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Louis Post-Dispatch, born-digital text.
• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Patricia Gray and her first cousin, once removed (Ancestry user: Pamela Schellhardt). Their most recent common ancestors are their great-grandparents, Claude Willis Cross and Opal Hampton. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd cousin, based on sharing 476cM over 25 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.