Irene Marie (Sullivan) Johnston (1910 - 1996)

Born 13 Dec 1910 in Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Virgil Lee Hall — married 3 Jul 1926 (to 1939) in Ola, Yell, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1996 at age 85 in Oklahoma, United States

Biography

• Irene was born December 10 1910 in Arkansas
• She was the daughter of Milton L. Sullivan and Ollie Anne Bishop
• She married Virgil Hall July 3, 1926 in Ola, Yell, Arkansas
• They left Arkansas and moved to Oklahoma
• Children

Imogene

Jewel

Ollie Leona

• She was widowed in 1939
• She remarried Eldon R. Johnston between 1940 and 1959
• Her father's obituary has her last name as Johnston in 1959, so she remarried before this date ^[1]
• She passed away in 1996.

Sources

*Marriage Record

Name: Irene Sullivan

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Birth Year: abt 1910

Residence: Ola, Yell, Arkansas

Spouse's name: Virgil Hall

Spouse's Gender: Male

Spouse's Age: 21

Spouse's Residence: Ola, Yell, Arkansas

Marriage Date: 3 Jul 1926

Marriage License Date: 2 Jul 1926

Marriage County: Yell

Event Type: Marriage

FHL Film Number: 2069531^[2]

*1920 Census

Name: Irene Sullivan

Age: 9

Birth Year: abt 1911

Birthplace: Arkansas

Home in 1920: Mason, Yell, Arkansas

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Marital status: Single

Father's name: Milton Sullivan

Father's Birthplace: Arkansas

Mother's name: Ollie Sullivan

Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas

Able to Speak English: Yes

Attended School: yes

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: No

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name Age

Milton Sullivan 30

Ollie Sullivan 30

Irene Sullivan 9

Ruby E Sullivan 7

Kansas L Sullivan 4

Jesse L Sullivan 1^[3]

*1930 Census

Name: Irene Hall

Birth Year: abt 1911

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Arkansas

Marital status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Homemaker?: Yes

Home in 1930: Bales, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA

Map of Home: View Map

Street address: Sec 6 T10 R3

Dwelling Number: 96

Family Number: 96

Age at first Marriage: 16

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Arkansas

Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas

Able to Speak English: Yes

Household Members:

Name Age

Virgil L Hall 23

Irene Hall 19

Ima J Hall 1^[4]

*1940 Census

Name: Irene Hall

Age: 29

Estimated birth year: abt 1911

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Arkansas

Marital status: Widowed

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Home in 1940: Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

Map of Home in 1940: View Map

Street: S Pottenger

House Number: 720

Inferred Residence in 1935: Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

Residence in 1935: Same Place

Resident on farm in 1935: No

Sheet Number: 4A

Occupation: Children's Care

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48

Duration of Unemployment: 0

Weeks Worked in 1939: 52

Income: 340

Income Other Sources: Yes

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name Age

Ollie Sullivan 50

Orville L Sullivan 19

Irene Hall 29

Imogne Hall 11

Jewel Hall 9

Leona Hall 4^[5]

1. ↑ The Daily Oklahoman; Publication Date: 26/ Oct/ 1959; Publication Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
2. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM17-RZL : 18 March 2019), Irene Sullivan in entry for Virgil Hall, 3 Jul 1926; citing Marriage, Yell, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,069,531.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFY-RGD : accessed 17 May 2018), Irene Sullivant in household of Milton Sullivant, Mason, Yell, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 195, sheet 3A, line 23, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 86; FHL microfilm 1,820,086.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4D-L1P : accessed 27 December 2019), Virgil L Hall, Bales, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 5B, line 76, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1928; FHL microfilm 2,341,662.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKF-PTX : 27 July 2019), Irene Hall in household of Ollie Sullivan, Ward 3, Shawnee, Shawnee City, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-52, sheet 4A, line 40, family 72, 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 3328.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #92041169

Research Notes

Not sure this record Irene Sullivan is correct. There might be a few different families mixed in here. The granddaughter of this woman states her middle name was Marie. She also give the birth/death dates of the Find A Grave record.

On Family Search researchers are attributing records to two or more different people.

On the 1940 Draft Registration, the man Eldon Ray Johnston buried next to Irene at Find A Grave is employed by a man named Ralph Sullivant. This person has been identified by address/name of employer. I suspect Ralph Sullivant may be related to the wife of Eldon, Irene Sullivan.

Family search has Irene Sullivan's father as Milton Sullivant.