Florence Elizabeth (Bills) Caughlin (1878 - 1971)

Born 11 Oct 1878 in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Thomas Caughlin — married 12 Jan 1898 in Hennessey, Oklahoma Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1971 at age 92 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Flora was born in 11 Oct 1881 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She was the daughter of Almon Bills and Ara Ellen Elizabeth Williamson. ^{[4] [3]} She passed away on 26 Sep 1971 in Tonkawa, Kay, Oklahoma, United States. ^{[2] [3]} She was interred on 29 Sep 1971 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. ^[2]

Residences

Flora was enumerated in the following locations:

• 1885 - Republic County, Kansas ^[4]
• 1900 - Kay County, Oklahoma Territory ^[1]
• 1910 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[5]
• 1920 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[6]
• 1930 Kay County, Oklahoma ^[7]
• 1940 Kay County, Oklahoma^[8]
• 1950 - Kay County, Oklahoma ^[9]

Family

Flora eloped with John Thomas "Jack" Caughlin, son of Peter Paul Caughlin and Catherine Elizabeth Hughes, and was married in 1898 in Hennessey, Oklahoma Territory. ^[10] To this union at least twelve children were born:

• 1898 - Unnamed Male
• 1900 - Cecil Caughlin
• 1901 - Harriet (Caughlin) Townsend
• 1902 - Lawrence Caughlin
• circa 1903 - Unnamed Male
• 1906 - John Caughlin Jr.
• 1908 - Paul Caughlin
• before 1910 - Unknown child
• after 1910 - Unknown child
• 1913 - Esther (Caughlin) McDaris
• 1918 - Pauline (Caughlin) Johnson

Research Notes

Flora's vital documents and tombstone all list 1878 as her year of birth, however, she does not appear in the 1880 census with her family. ^[11] In the 1885 census, she is enumerated as only being four years old, suggesting that her birth year is 1881, not 1878.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGF-C9J : accessed 18 May 2020), Flora E Caughlin in household of John T Caughlin, Owen Township, Kay, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,338.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #27824070
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Death Certificate for Florence Caughlin", 26 Sep 1971, Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma, File #16984, State of Oklahoma Department of Health, photocopy in possession of Todd Murray. Parents Almon Bills and Ellen Williamson.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Kansas State Census, 1885," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ3-CLN1?cc=1825188&wc=W81J-6XK%3A1597332355%2C1597342945 : accessed 5 July 2020), Riley > Manhattan > image 152 of 177; citing Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQZ-1NG : accessed 18 May 2020), Florence Coughlis in household of John F Coughlis, Owens, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 3A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1256; FHL microfilm 1,375,269.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMK-MZC : accessed 18 May 2020), Florence Caughlin in household of John Caughlin, Owen, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 141, sheet 6A, line 33, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1466; FHL microfilm 1,821,466.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7Y-1PK : accessed 18 May 2020), Flora Coughlin in household of John Coughlin, Owen, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 1B, line 100, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1908; FHL microfilm 2,341,642.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBVF-44J : 28 February 2020), Florence Caughlin, Three Sands, Owen Township, Kay, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-29, sheet 10A, line 28, family 206, 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 3301.
9. ↑ https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?state=OK&county=Kay&ed=36-73A#.YkdKt0Tuu_8.link
10. ↑ "Marriage Record of Mr. John Caughlin and Miss Flora Bills", 12 Jan 1898, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hennessey, Oklahoma Territory, photocopy in possession of Todd Murray. Performed by Rev. R. Sevens with witness Rev. Depreitere.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5V-WFM : 12 August 2017), Almon Bills, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 255, sheet 308C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,395.