Olive E. (Donner) Stevens (abt. 1882)

Born about 1882 in Iowa, United States

Wife of Roy Wesley Stevens — married 30 Jun 1916 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Olive E. Donner was born about 1882 in Iowa, the daughter of Emerson J. Donner and Sarah T. Du Bell.

Roy Wesley Stevens, 34, married Olive E. Donner, 33, on 30 June 1916 in Long Beach, California. They were both previously divorced. It was Roy’s third, and Olive’s second marriage. Carl U. Hawkins, Police Judge, City of Long Beach, officiated. Witnesses were Jill McCabe, 127 E. 4th, Long Beach, and Robert C. Bulchin, of Los Angeles. Olive was born about 1883 in Iowa, the daughter of (Emerson) J. Donner, b. Ohio, and Sarah T. (Du Bell), b. IA. Olive was a milliner, living in Long Beach. Roy was born about 1882 in Wisconsin, the son of Frank W. Stevens and Weatha Mathewson, both b. WI. He was an engineer, living in Long Beach. ^[1]

Curiously, Olive and Roy married again, about a year later. They were living apart at the time:

Olive, 35, married Roy, 36, on 16 July 1917 in Santa Ana, Orange, California. Roy was a gas engineer, living at 28 Parker Ave, Long Beach, CA. Olive Endorix Donner lived at 1643 E. 53rd St., LA. She was born in Iowa, the daughter of Emerson J. Donner, b. Ohio, and Sina (Sarah) T. Du Bell, b. Iowa. Olive’s mother, a Los Angeles resident, witnessed and John B. Cox, Santa Ana Justice of the Peace, officiated. Roy and Olive were both divorced. This was his third, and Olive’s second marriage. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZB-MXT)
2. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DQ-WJ7)