Althea Hargis (Webster) Rankin (1890 - 1984)

Born 29 Oct 1890 in Weatherby, DeKalb, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Rankin — married 5 Apr 1912 (to 1955) in Cameron, Clinton, Missouri, United States

Died 2 Feb 1984 at age 93 in Atchison, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Althea was born in 1890 in Missouri, the daughter of Hiram Webster and Nancy Hargis. She passed away in 1984.

In 1910, Althea was 19, and lived her parents in Cameron, Clinton county, Missouri. ^[1]

Alexander Rankin and Althea Hargess Webster were married on 5 April 1912 in Cameron, Clinton, Missouri. Alexander was over 21, and Althea was over 18. Alfred W. Ayers, Congregational minister officiated. ^{[2] [3]}

Alexander Rankin, 34, registered for the WWI Draft on 12 September 1918 in Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri. He and his wife Althea lived in Tarkio, Missouri. Alexander was the owner of a hardware business in Tarkio. He was born 3 December 1883. ^[4]

In 1920, the Rankin family lived on Chestnut Street, Tarkio, Missouri. They owned the home free and clear. The members of the household, all born in Missouri, included: Alexander Rankin, 35, a hardware store manager, whose parents were b. In Illinois; his wife Althea, 29 (father b. Indiana; mother b. Kentucky); and their son, Edwin W., 6.^[5]

In 1930, the Rankins lived on Chestnut Street, Tarkio, Missouri. All members of the household were born in Missouri, and all could read and write. The household included Alexander Rankin, 44, owner of a hardware store, who owned their home, valued at $6500, and also had a radio. His father was born in Illinois, mother b. Canada (?). Alexander was 26 when he married; his wife Althea, 38 (father b. Illinois; mother b. Kentucky), married at age 20; their son Edwin, 17, in school.^[6]

In 1940, the Rankins lived in Tarkio, Missouri. They had lived in the same house for at least five years. They owned the house, valued at $3600. The household included Alex Rankin, 56, born in Missouri, had completed three years of college, a Post Master for the US Postal Service, who had worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $2400, plus he had an outside income; and his wife, Althea, 49, born in Missouri, who had completed one year of college.^[7]

Alex and Althea (Webster) Rankin are mentioned as the parents of Edwin Webster Rankin, who was traveling in Brazil in 1955. Edwin, who was single, was born 5 May 1913 in Tarkio, Missouri, United States. He resided at 320 E. 42nd Street, New York, New York.^[8]

Althea Hargis (Webster) Rankin was born 29 October 1890 in Weatherby, DeKalb, Missouri. She married Alex Rankin. They had a son, Edwin Webster Rankin. Althea died on 2 February 1984 in Atchison county, Missouri, and is buried with her husband and other family in Prairie Hill Cemetery, Tarkio, Missouri.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TP-MFB : accessed 3 October 2017), Althea H Webster in household of Hiram F Webster, Cameron Ward 4, Clinton, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 16A, family 395, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 777; FHL microfilm 1,374,790.
2. ↑ Missouri, County Marriages, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPW2-BPW2)
3. ↑ Missouri, County Marriages, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPHX-MTN2)
4. ↑ US WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R4-WWJ)
5. ↑ 1920 US Census, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WG-CGF)
6. ↑ 1930 US Census, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHXM-PNX)
7. ↑ 1940 US Census, Tarkio, Tarkio Township p, Atchison, Missouri (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73C-TXZ)
8. ↑ Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27F7-5BJ)
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32344158