Daphne Agnes (Dunlavy) Weeks (1892-1976) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Daphne Agnes Weeks formerly Dunlavy

Born 11 Dec 1892 in Weimar, Colorado, TX

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Alexander Dunlavy and Allie Irene (Hamilton) Dunlavy

Sister of William Henry Dunlavy, Robbie Ophella (Dunlavy) Gerke, Miriam Hamilton (Dunlavy) Proffit, Mildred Hamilton (Dunlavy) Word, Allie Beryl (Dunlavy) Lail, Amber Jewel (Dunlavy) Endersby, Desmond Oren Dunlavy and Bonnie June Dunlavy

Wife of Reo Charles Weeks — married 28 May 1911 in Arnette, OK

Descendants

Mother of Reo Vernon Weeks, Janice (Weeks) Rogers, William Kent Weeks and Betty Jo (Weeks) Meller

Died 24 Jun 1976 at age 83 in Canadian, TX

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Biography

Daphne was born in 1892. she was the oldest child of Alex and Allie Dunlavy. She grew up in a lively family of eight children, six girls, and two boys. Most of her young years were spent in Texas, but she told of a move the family made to Grand Junction, Colorado. Her mother always felt closed in by the mountains in the area and they soon returned to Texas. After school, she taught school until she met and married Reo Weeks, They had four children. One boy died when young. In 1928, during the dust bowl days, the family moved to Roscoe, Kieth County, Nebraska, where Reo worked as a manager at the store / lunch counter / filling station and cabin court. There were many relatives there running the successful business on the Lincoln Highway. But Daphne was never quite at home there. She was happy to return to Texas when times were better. She helped with the family business, the Three Weeks Hatchery, where they hatched and sold baby chicks. This was located in Arnette, OK. Later they opened a Second store in Higgins and Daphne had a small house there where she stayed during the week. She was there in 1947 when the tornado roared through town and sent a telephone pole through the house. She was injured and had a broken arm and was taken to a hospital out of town. It was days before Reo found her. The Higgins store was destroyed in the Tornado. They rebuilt the store and later sold appliances chicken feed and etc. For years they had a laundromat in that building. In their later years, they moved to a house in Higgins, where both of their daughters were living. Daphne passed away in 1976. She was burried in the Enid Cemetery in Enid, Garfield County, OK ' ^[1]

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Sources

First-hand knowledge and Family history. Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83908009/daphne-agnes-weeks Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Canadian, Hemphill, Texas; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0033 This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Source Citation Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Original data: the United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Source Citation (17 years old) Year: 1910; Census Place: Little Robe, Ellis, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1251; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375264 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: East Ogallala, Keith, Nebraska; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0007

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. === Footnotes

Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Benton, Ellis, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1463; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 43

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).===

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Lynn (Chamberlin) Bloomfield

(My mother, Janice Weeks, wrote sketches of many of the relatives of her time. This is what she wrote for her mother.)

Daphne, the oldest of the children, (Dunlavy children), was a pretty girl with auburn hair and hazel eyes, She was a good cook, seamstress, and housewife. She was married to Reo Charles, who laughingly said he was "Jack of all trades and master of none." He was , indeed, very talented along many lines associated with farming and machinery. Their first child was premature and stillborn. Daphne almost lost her life at this time and was an invalid for some tome after. In spite of the fact that the Dr. advised no more children, Vernon was born about two years later. Both mother and baby barely survived. Vernon was puny for some time after that, perhaps accounting for the fact that all his life, she would give him anything he wanted. We both agreed that if we wanted to do something, Vernon was the one to ask mother as the answer to him was invariably affirmative. During WWI Daphne took a Red Cross Course in Nursing and became such an efficient and attentive nurse that we almost enjoyed being sick so we could be the recipient of her attentions. She had gone to school after tenth grade to the Canadian Baptist Academy In Canadian, Texas and taught school before her marriage. She wrote a very plain open script and could help us children with our lessons. In later years, when they were in business, both in Arnett, Okla. and Higgins, Texas, she kept the books. Even though she liked to cook and sew, she was not fond of keeping house, washing, cleaning etc. She became quite heavy in her prime, but lost again in later years, Since she was only 5 ft. 2 inches tall. She was Dwarfed by Reo"s 6 ft. 2 inch frame, .and we laughingly referred to them as "Mutt and Jeff. (comic characters of the era.) She died at Canadian, Texas at the age of 86, the next month after they had celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary.

posted 21 Sep 2021 by Lynn (Chamberlin) Bloomfield [thank Lynn]

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