Olive Tennie (Taylor) Lightner (1904 - 1978)

Born 19 Jan 1904 in Arizona

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Allen Lightner — married 11 Jan 1924 in Los Angeles, California

Died 14 Apr 1978 at age 74 in Fresno, California

Biography

Sources

• US Census 1910
  • name: Tenny Taylor
  • birthplace: Texas
  • relationship to head of household: Daughter
  • residence: , Maricopa, Arizona
  • marital status: Single
  • race : White
  • gender: Female
  • immigration year:
  • father's birthplace: Arkansas
  • mother's birthplace: Illinois
  • family number: 23
  • page number: 2
    • self John W Taylor M 30y Arkansas
    • wife Clara Taylor F 28y Illinois
    • dau Tenny Taylor F 6y Texas
    • son Ralph Taylor M 2y Arizona
    • son Burtis Taylor M y 3m Arizona

• US Census 1920
  • name: Tinnie Taylor
  • residence: , Maricopa, Arizona
  • estimated birth year: 1905
  • age: 15
  • birthplace: Texas
  • relationship to head of household: Daughter
  • gender: Female
  • race: White
  • marital status: Single
  • father's birthplace:
  • mother's birthplace:
  • film number: 1820049
  • digital folder number: 4294345
  • image number: 00384
  • sheet number: 265
    • self John Taylor M 41y Arkansas
    • wife Clara Taylor F 40y Illinois
    • dau Tinnie Taylor F 15y Texas
    • son Ralph Taylor M 12y Arizona
    • son Burtis Taylor M 10y Arizona
    • son Luman Taylor M 7y Arizona
    • son Ernest Taylor M 5y Arizona

• California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
  • name: Walter Allan Lightner
  • event: Marriage
  • event date: 11 Jan 1924
  • event place: Los Angeles, California, United States
  • gender: Male
  • age: 23
  • estimated birth year: 1901
  • father: Jasper N Lightner
  • mother: Nora B Ward
  • spouse: Olive Tennie Taylor
  • spouse's age: 19
  • spouse's gender: Female
  • spouse's estimated birth year: 1905
  • spouse's father: John W Taylor
  • spouse's mother: Clara Mae Calmer
  • page: 214
  • film number: 2074446
  • digital folder number: 005698414
  • image number: 01444

• California, Birth Index, 1905-1995
  • name: Leonard Leslie Lightner
  • event: Birth
  • event date: 23 Oct 1926
  • event place: Los Angeles, California, United States
  • gender: Male
  • mother: Taylor

• US Census 1930
  • name: Olive T Lightner
  • event: Census
  • event date: 1930
  • event place: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
  • gender: Female
  • age: 26
  • marital status: Married
  • race: White
  • birthplace: Texas
  • estimated birth year: 1904
  • immigration year:
  • relationship to head of household: Wife
  • father's birthplace: Texas
  • mother's birthplace: Texas
  • enumeration district number: 1036
  • family number: 32
  • sheet number and letter: 2A
  • line number: 12
  • nara publication: T626, roll 128
  • film number: 2339863
  • digital folder number: 4532459
  • image number: 00974
    • head Walter A Lightner M 29 Kansas
    • wife Olive T Lightner F 26 Texas
    • son Darrell A Lightner M 5 California
    • son Leonard L Lightner M 3 California

• US Census 1940
  • name: Olive Tenysee Lightner
  • event: Death
  • event date: 14 Apr 1978
  • event place: Fresno, California, United States
  • birth date: 19 Jan 1904
  • birthplace: Texas
  • gender: Female

• San Diego Union - 8-14-1946
  • John Wesley Taylor
  • ESCONDIDO, Aug. 13 (Special)
  • -- Funeral Services for John Wesley Taylor, 67, of San Marcos, who died Sunday in a San Diego hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m., tomorrow at Alhiser chapel. Internment will be in Oak Hill Memorial park.
  • Born Feb. 4, 1879, in Little Rock, Ark., Mr. Taylor had lived in California 23 years and in San Marcos nine years. He was employed in a fruit packing plant. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ernestine Taylor, of San Marcos; a daughter, Mrs. Walter Lightner, of San Francisco, and five sons, Ralph W. Taylor, of Arlington; Burt Taylor, of Fresno; Leeman and Ernest Taylor, of Riverside, and Thomas Taylor, of Wisconsin.

• US Census 1940
  • name: Olive T Lightner
  • titles & terms:
  • event: Census
  • event year: 1940
  • event place: Judicial Township 3, Fresno, California, United States
  • gender: Female
  • age: 36
  • marital status: Married
  • race (original):
  • race (standardized): White
  • relationship to head of household (original):
  • relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
  • birthplace: Texas
  • estimated birth year: 1904
  • residence in 1935: Rural, Fresno, California
  • enumeration district number: 10-77
  • family number: 288
  • sheet number and letter: 12B
  • line number: 46
  • nara publication number: T627
  • nara roll number: 203
  • digital folder number: 005455030
  • image number: 00141
    • head Walter A Lightner M 39 Kansas
    • wife Olive T Lightner F 36 Texas
    • son Darrell A Lightner M 15 California
    • son Leonard L Lightner M 13 California
    • lodger Uell Keown M 35 OREGON
    • lodger's son Jay Keown M 4 California

• United States Social Security Death Index
  • first name: Olive
  • middle name:
  • last name: Lightner
  • name suffix:
  • birth date: 19 January 1904
  • social security number:
  • place of issuance: California
  • last residence:
  • zip code of last residence:
  • death date: April 1978
  • estimated age at death: 74

• California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  • name: Leonard Leslie Lightner
  • event: Death
  • event date: 05 Aug 1987
  • event place: Fresno, California, United States
  • birth date: 23 Oct 1926
  • birthplace: California
  • gender: Male
  • father:
  • mother: Taylor

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Melanie Reeve for starting this profile.

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