Unknown Key (bef. 1862 - bef. 1900)

Husband of Laurila E. (Oswalt) Arnold — married before 1887 (to before 1900) in Texas, United States

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Biography

Other than Laurila's Gravestone, I have no information on this person.

Marriage

Husband: Unknown Key

Wife: Laurila E. (Laura) Arnold

Child: Virgie E. Key (abt 1887 TX-____)

Child: Ruben Alvah Key (1888–1989)

Child: William Alanzo Key (1889–1928)

Child: Hattie E. Key (abt 1891 TX-____)

Child: Cerry B. Key (1897–1903)

Marriage:

Date: before 1887

Place: Unknown

NOTE: I do not know if her first husband died or they were divorced, but I could find no documents of the marriage, death, or Divorce. All I have is Laurila's FindAGrave Memorial which listed three of her shildren. Then finding them and two others, listed as step-children of her new husband in the 1900 Census.

Sources

Ancillary Documentation

Find A Grave

^[1]

• Laurila E Oswalt Key

Birth 7 Sep 1863
Death 16 May 1906 (aged 42), Texas, USA
Burial Oswalt Cemetery, Medicine Mound, Hardeman County, Texas, USA

Family Members
Parents
Silas White Oswalt 1837–1900
Mary Lucanda McQuary Oswalt 1841–1928

Spouse
Cerry B Key 1897–1903

Siblings
Jasper Ezekiel Oswalt 1867–1909
James Kosciusko Oswalt 1869–1913
Julius Lou Oswalt 1872–1911
Rebecca Virginia Oswalt Easley 1877–1903 (m. 1900)
Rosa Adaleace Oswalt Easley 1878–1912

Children
Ruben Alvah Key 1888–1989
William Alanzo Key 1889–1928

Created by: Laura Breite
Added: 12 Apr 2009
Find a Grave Memorial 35800946

NOTE: The listing of Cerry as her husband is incorrect, he was her son.

^[2] Repository: #R35

1900 U.S. Federal Census

• Thomas O Arnold, United States Census, 1900

Name: Lorella E Arnold
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 2-3, Hardeman, Texas, United States
Event Place (Original): ED 31 Justice Precinct 2-3, Hardeman, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Number of Living Children: 5
Years Married: 0
Birth Date: Sep 1862
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1900
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother of how many children: 5
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas O Arnold Head Male 49 Tennessee
Lorella E Arnold Wife Female 38 Mississippi
Mattie A Arnold Daughter Female 15 Texas
William T Arnold Son Male 11 Texas
Stacy E Arnold Son Male 7 Texas
Virgie E Key Stepdaughter Female 13 Texas
Alva R Key Stepson Male 12 Texas
William A Key Stepson Male 11 Texas
Hattie E Key Stepdaughter Female 9 Texas
Cary B Key Stepson Male 5 Texas
^[3] Repository: #R34

• Repository: R34 Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
• Repository: R35 Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com

1. ↑ Find A Grave is a Free, dynamic, Public Web Site. People are constantly adding more information, and more Memorials, every day.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35800946/laurila-e-key
   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com), memorial page for Laurila E Oswalt Key (7 Sep 1863–16 May 1906), Find a Grave Memorial no. 35800946, citing Oswalt Cemetery, Medicine Mound, Hardeman County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Laura Breite (contributor 47054933) .
3. ↑ District 31, Sheet Number and Letter 12B, Household ID 211, Line Number 85, Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number T623, GS Film Number 1241641, Digital Folder Number 004118495, Digital Folder Number 004118495, Image Number 01139, Indexing Project (Batch) Number N00754-9, Record Number 55300 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GJ-16F), Lorella E Arnold in household of Thomas O Arnold, Justice Precinct 2-3, Hardeman, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 12B, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,