Opal Irene (Lockhart) Wilson (1903 - 1986)

Born 11 Aug 1903 in Towner, North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Raymond Allender — married 29 May 1926 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States

Died 16 Jun 1986 at age 82 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Opal Irene Lockhart was born on 11 August 1903, in Towner, North Dakota, United States, her father, Austin L. Lockhart, was 26 and her mother, Libbie Lois Shiery, was 19. She married Charles Raymond Allender on 29 May 1926, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Jefferson Township, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 16 June 1986, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.

Opal Irene Wilson, 83, died this morning at Jefferson County Hospital. She was born Aug.,11, 1903 in Towner N.D. the daughter of Austin and Libbie Lockhart. She married Ralph Wilson in June 1935. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband; a son, Charles Allender of Ottumwa, and two sisters, Lois Shover of Monticello, and Hazelle Rhoads, Berry, Illinois. She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield.

Opal's first husband was Ray C. Allender - married 29 May 1926 in Jefferson County, Iowa.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGN-Y4M: accessed 29 July 2022), Opal Lockhart in household of Austin Lockhart, Bantry, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 17A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1143; FHL microfilm 1,375,156.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5G-1QR: 22 March 2022), Opal Lockhart in entry for Austin Lockhart, 1916.

• United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M817-WKH: 1 February 2021), Opal I Lockhart in entry for Libbie Lockhart, 1920.

• "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQC-CBMK: 28 July 2022), Opal Lockhart, Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4Y-ZRW: 26 September 2017), C R. Allender and Opal Irene Lockhart, 29 May 1926, Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 77, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,750,234.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJ2-ZBC: accessed 29 July 2022), Opal I Allender in household of Libbie L Lockhart, Polk, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 1B, line 59, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 661; FHL microfilm 2,340,396.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49698485/opal-irene-wilson: accessed 29 July 2022), memorial page for Opal Irene Lockhart Wilson (11 Aug 1903–16 Jun 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49698485, citing Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Kathy (contributor 46983676).