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Eula Mae (Gafford) Blankenship (1898 - 1983)

Eula Mae Blankenship formerly Gafford
Born in Licking, Texas, Missouri, USAmap
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Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 27 Apr 1915 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idahomap
[children unknown]
Died at age 85 in Arco, Butte, Idaho, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 5 Jul 2014
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Biography

Eula was born in 1898 the daughter and only child of John R Gafford and his first wife, Maggie Stevens. Her mother died by 1910, the year he married Jane Woodward. Her father moved the family from Missouri to Idaho where Eula spent the rest of her life. She married at age 16 and passed away in 1983 at 85 years old.

Timeline

  • 1898 Aug 28 - Birth - Licking, Texas, Missouri, USA [1]
  • 1900 United States Federal Census[2] - Sherrill, Texas, Missouri, USA - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Granddaughter - Household members: James Gofford 69; Jane T Gofford 56; John R Gofford 28; Maggie Gofford 22; Ula M Gofford 1
  • 1910 United States Federal Census[3] - Sherrill, Texas, Missouri, USA - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Boarder - Eula and her father are living with the Hopwood family
  • By 1912 - Move to Idaho
  • 1916 Sep 23 - Birth of Daughter Angie Irene Blankenship - Hollister, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA[5]
  • 1919 Apr 6 - Birth of Daughter Magdaline Elizabeth Blankenship - Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA[6]
  • 1920 United States Federal Census[7] - Deep Creek, Twin Falls, Idaho - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Children Listed: Irene 3, Elizabeth 8 mo.
  • 1921 Jan 3 - Birth of Son James Robert Blankenship - Idaho, USA [8]
  • 1930 United States Federal Census[9] - Lucerne, Twin Falls, Idaho - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Children Listed: Irene 13, Eliza 10, Robert 9
  • 1940 United States Federal Census[10] - Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year - Children Listed: Beth 21, Robert 19
  • 1955 Sep 24 - Death of Husband Thomas Dewitt Blankenship - Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon, USA[11]
  • 1983 Oct 26 - Death - Arco, Butte, Idaho, USA[1] — Burial: West End Cemetery, Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3J4-PM3 : 11 January 2021), Eulah Blankenship, Oct 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H8-KLK : 12 January 2022), Jane T Gofford in entry for James Gofford, 1900.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMC-4LZ : accessed 1 June 2022), John Gafford in household of James W Hopwood, Sherrill, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 9B, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 826; FHL microfilm 1,374,839.
  4. ↑ "Idaho, Twin Falls County Records, 1906-1988", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPM7-8F5S : 2 March 2021), John R Gofford in entry for Thomas D Blankenship and Eula May Gofford, 1915.
  5. ↑ Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1917, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967 - 1916 - 00039864-00042972 - Image 7549, Cert #00042872 - $Ancestry Ancestry.com
  6. ↑ "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSX-5MFX : 26 July 2017), Eulah May Gafford Blankenship in entry for Elizabeth Rutledge, 1980; Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center, Idaho Falls; FHL microfilm 100,464,704.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZM-TPM : 1 February 2021), Eula Blankenship in entry for Thomas D Blankenship, 1920.
  8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY15-Q3F : 11 January 2021), James Blankenship, Aug 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH63-DPF : accessed 1 June 2022), Eulah M Blankenship in household of Dewit T Blankenship, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch [1]
  11. ↑ "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZH2-DJ4 : 11 December 2014), Thomas D Blankenship, 24 Sep 1955; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 10541, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
  12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49666364




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