Olive Ellette (Wilkins) Schlag (1896 - 1993)

Born 11 Feb 1896 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Rees Schlag — married 23 Mar 1922 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Died 10 Dec 1993 at age 97 in Eagle Point, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Olive Wilkins was born 11 February 1896 in Columbus, Ohio. ^[1] She is the daughter of Clarence Wilkins and Rachel Reed.

1900 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Clarence S Wilkin, head, white, male, born Oct 1857, age 42, married, 19 years, born Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio, train master, own mortgaged house; Rachel A Wilkin, wife, white, female, born Aug 1861, age 38, married, 19 years, 4 children/3 living, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio; Earl C Wilkin, son, white, male, born Jun 1883, age 16, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, at school; Ruth A Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born Sept 1891, age 8, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, at school; Olive E Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born Feb 1896, age 4, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio; Permelia Wilkin, mother, white, female, born May 1832, age 67, widow, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia.^[2]

1910 census -- Gassaway, Braxton Co., West Virginia, USA

Clarence S Wilkins, head, male, white, age 51, married, 29 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, Train Master Rail Road Depot, rent house; Rachel Wilkins, wife, female, white, age 48, married, 29 years, 4 children/3 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, no occupation; Ruth Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 18, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, no occupation; Olive Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school.^[3]

1920 census -- Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Clarence S Wilkins, head, own free, male, white, age 62, married, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, operator telegraph; Rachel A Wilkins, wife, female, white, age 58, no occupation, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Olive E Wilkins, daughter, female, white, age 23, no occupation, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio.^[4]

She married Rees Schlag 23 March 1922 in Columbus, Ohio.^[5]

1930 census -- Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, USA

Rees Schlag, head, own $6000, white, male, age 39, married, first married @ 31, born Wisconsin, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin, mail clerk steam railway; Olive E Schlag, wife, white, female, age 34, married, first married @ 26, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio^[6]

1940 census -- Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, USA

Rees Schlag, head, informant, own $4500, white, male, age 49, married, 1 year college education, born Wisconsin, same house 1935, railway mail clerk US Post Office; Olive E Schlag, wife, white, female, age 44, married, 2 years college education, born Ohio, same house 1935^[7]

1950 census -- Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, USA

Rees Schlag, head, white, male, age 59, married, born Wisconsin, WK 40 hrs railway mail clerk; Olive E Schlag, wife, white, female, age 54, married, born Ohio^[8]

She died 10 December 1993 in Eagle Point, Wisconsin.^[9]She is buried Forest Hill Cemetery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.^[10]

Additional Information:

History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel; William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930, pp. 993:

1187y-d OLIVE ELLETTE WILKIN7, b. Feb. 11, 1896; m. Mar. 23, 1922, REES SCHLAG, b. at Prairie du Sac, Wis., July 27, 1890. He is R. R. Clerk at Chippewa, Wis. Mrs. Schlag graduated from the Gassaway H.S. and was a senior in O.S.U. in Columbus, O.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6HX-L4P : 22 December 2016), Olive E. Wilkins, 11 Feb 1896; citing Birth, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 285,136.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZB-26C : accessed 29 October 2017), Olive E Wilkin in household of Clarance Wilkin, Montgomery Township, Precinct B Columbus City Ward 18, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 8A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,270.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPN7-2DR : accessed 29 October 2017), Olive Wilkins in household of Clarence S Wilkins, Otter, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 6B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 1,375,690.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDTC-4QT : accessed 29 October 2017), Olive E Wilkins in household of Clarence S Wilkins, Columbus Ward 15, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing ED 250, sheet 10B, line 100, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1383; FHL microfilm 1,821,383.
5. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZ2F-4BD : 27 September 2017), Rees Schlag and Olive E. Wilkins, 23 Mar 1922; citing Franklin, Ohio, United States, reference bk 81 cn 61452; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,854,975.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X93R-L35 : accessed 29 October 2017), Olive E Schlag in household of Rees Schlag, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 3B, line 88, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2564; FHL microfilm 2,342,298.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7NY-28L : accessed 29 October 2017), Olive E Schlag in household of Rees Schlag, Ward 5, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Falls City, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-13B, sheet 3B, line 56, family 73, 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 4464.
8. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9S-GXJZ : Mon Oct 02 22:47:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Rees Schlag and Olive Schlag, 19 April 1950.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPKZ-TMX : 20 May 2014), Olive E Schlag, Dec 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37167128/olive_ellette-schlag: accessed February 17, 2024), memorial page for Olive Ellette Wilkins Schlag (11 Feb 1896–10 Dec 1993), Find A Grave: Memorial #37167128, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Meghan Conroy gedmatch #A794565 (contributor 46861492).