Manford Houseman (1878 - 1953)

Born 24 Sep 1878 in Harrison Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Husband of Lula (Brown) Houseman — married 2 Nov 1910 in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1953 at age 74 in Harrison Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Manford Houseman was born 24 September 1878 in Harrison Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio.^[1]

1880 census^[2] 1900 census^[3] 1910 census^[4]

He married Lula Brown 2 November 1910 in Newport, Kentucky. ^[5]

1920 census -- Lewisburg, Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Manford Houseman, head, rent, white, male, age 40, married, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, daywork laborer; Lula Houseman, wife, white, female, age 27, married, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Ruby Mae Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 8, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Edith Marie Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 6, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Mary Catherine Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 1 4/12, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[6]

1930 census -- Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA

Manford Houseman, head, rent $30, white, male, age 52, married, first married @ 32, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, laborer electric refrigeration; Lula Houseman, wife, white, female, age 37, married, first married @ 17, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Mary Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 19, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, hander tobacco warehouse; Edith Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 16, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, folder machine operator box factory; May Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 12, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Daisy Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 10, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Betty Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 7, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Clifford Houseman, son, white, male, age 5, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Thelma Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 3 4/12, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio;^[7]

1940 census -- Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA

Manford Houseman, head, rent $17, white, male, age 61, married, 8th grade education, born Ohio, same house 1935, junker city dump supervisor; Lula Houseman, informant, wife, white, female, age 48, married, 8th grade education, born Ohio, same house 1935; Mary K Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 21, single, 2 years high school education, born Ohio, same house 1935, starter winder electric motor co.; Daisy Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 19, single, 2 years high school education, born Ohio, same house 1935, inspector paper box factory; Betty Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 17, single, 1 year high school education, born Ohio, same house 1935, house maid private family; Clifford Houseman, son, white, male, age 15, single, 5th grade education, born Ohio, same house 1935; Thelma Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 13, single, 5th grade education, born Ohio, same house 1935; Roy Roger Houseman, son, white, male, age 5, single, born Ohio, same house 1935;^[8]

1950 census -- Madison Twnp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA

Manford Houseman, head, white, male, age 71, married, born Ohio, OT retired farmer; Lula Houseman, wife, white, female, age 57, married, born Ohio, H; Clifford Houseman, son, white, male, age 25, single, born Ohio, WK 48 hrs dairyman Kroger dairy; Thelma Houseman, daughter, white, female, age 23, single, born Ohio, H; Roy Roger Houseman, son, white, male, age 15, single, born Ohio, OT^[9]

He died 1 September 1953 in Harrison Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio.^[10][11] He is buried in Roselawn Cemetery in Lewisburg, Ohio.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDTH-C8L : 8 March 2021), Manford Hauseman, 1878.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SF-VNW : 14 January 2022), Manfred Housman in household of Henry W. Housman, Harrison Township, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6L-X69 : 7 January 2022), Manford Houseman in entry for William H Houseman, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6X-PD2 : accessed 22 January 2023), Manford Houseman in household of Henry Houseman, Harrison, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 157, sheet 8B, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1225; FHL microfilm 1,375,238.
5. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-J7WR : 22 July 2021), Mmanford Housman and Lulu Brown, 2 Nov 1910; citing Marriage, , Campbell, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 526,914.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDR6-JFG : 3 February 2021), Manford Houseman, 1920.
7. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 2341588
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8V-TLP : 9 January 2021), Manford Houseman, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-119, sheet 1A, line 28, family 8, 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 3254.
9. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Madison, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: 1999; Sheet Number: 10; Enumeration District: 57-104
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3M6-SMP : 9 January 2021), Manford Houseman, Sep 1953; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X65M-GSS : 8 March 2021), Manford Houseman, 01 Sep 1953; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,555.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24386895/manford-houseman: accessed 21 January 2023), memorial page for Manford Houseman (24 Sep 1878–1 Sep 1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #24386895, citing Roselawn Cemetery, Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Digger4Genealogy (contributor 46955726).