Oran Monroe (Stillwell) Stilwell (1904 - 1965)

Born 31 Mar 1904 in Coal, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Nov 1965 at age 61 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Oran Monroe Stilwell was born on March 31, 1904^[1] in Coal County, Oklahoma. He was the son of Solomon Stilwell and Minnie M (Starkes) Stilwell. At Age 15, he was in his parent's home in Murray, Oklahoma, along with his 6 siblings.^[2]

The family moved to Porter, Quay County, New Mexico by 1930, where he worked as a farm laborer. His siblings, Walter-28, Tommie-22, Woodrow-16, and Fay-12 were still in the home.^[3]

He lived on his brother Tom's farm in 1940, along with his mother and 2 other brothers. He worked as a laborer on odd jobs.^[4]

He died on November 13, 1965, at the age of 61, in Colorado, and was buried in the mIperial Memorial Gardens Cemetey in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.^[1] He never married.

Notes

Some family members use one "L" and others use two. Stillwell vs. Stilwell.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Oran M Stilwell (31 Mar 1904–13 Nov 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #32817030, citing Imperial Memorial Gardens, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by Cindy (contributor 47016977) .
2. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; 1920; Census Place: Murray, Coal, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1457; Page: 12A; Dwelling 224; Family 224; Line 12-20 (15) 23 Jan 1920; Enumeration District: 14; Ancestry's 1920 Census Image
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCMW-XG2 : accessed 5 April 2022), Owen Stillwell in household of Sol Stillwell, Porter, Quay, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 3A, line 18, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1397; FHL microfilm 2,341,132.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRX-MN5 : 6 January 2021), Oran Stillwell in household of Tom E Stillwell, Election Precinct 7 Frost, Quay, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-12, sheet 2A, line 14, family 26, 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 2448.

Acknowledgements

Stillwell-329 was created by Ronald Rideout through the import of Stilwell family 2014.ged on Sep 26, 2014.