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Angie
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Oliver |
Angie
(Walker) Oliver was born in 1877 in or near Millersburg, Green Township, Iowa County,
IA, the daughter of William
"Crawford" and Electa (Minard) Walker.
Angie married (?) Oliver, a Kentucky native, in 1898. They made their home in Missouri.
Tragedy struck when Mr. Oliver died within a year or two, leaving Angie with a young son Oley Oliver. Grief-stricken, Angie moved back into her mother's home, and they remained together for decades.
In 1900, when the federal census again was taken, the 23-year-old Angie was listed as widowed, and residing in Kirksville, Adair County, MO. She was employed that year as a nurse. Their home was on McPherson Street. Also living under their roof that year was her widowed mother, son Oley and 16-year-old boarder Minnie Porter.
Angie, Oley and Electa remained in Kirksville for at least a decade, and are shown on the 1910 census of Adair County. The 33-year-old Angie is listed as married, for 18 years, and no longer working as a nurse but rather as a farm manager. Oley, age 17, labored on the farm. Electa, age 68, is listed as widowed.
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| Angie's home in 1951, Denver, showing a panorama of 16th Street and the city's business district as seen from the Daniels & Fishers Towers |
By 1920, Angie and Electa were living together on Smith Street in Brookfield, Linn County, MO. At the time, Angie (still shown as a widow) was employed as a laborer in a shoe factory.
Angie's older sister Mamie Rice died in Wichita, KS at age 80 in March 1951. Mamie's obituary in the Wichita Eagle named Angie as a surviving sister, and living at the time in Denver, CO.
Copyright © 2011 Mark A. Miner