Could anyone please find the parents for Willa Estelle Richards?

Question

Willa Estelle (could be Estella) Richards 6 April 1897 – 21 January 1958 married to  William Benson Allphin? I can't seem to be able to find them anywhere, they could possibly be found on ancestry, but I don't use it. I use familysearch and geneanet regularly, along with google search. Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Your great grandmother Willa Estella was the daughter of David Richards and Mattie Tucker.

Willa Estella remarried. She married Clarence S Maynard in 1943.

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Name: Clarence S Maynard

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 21 Nov 1943

Event Place: Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States

Event Place (Original): Scottsbluff

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Spouse's Name: Willa Estella Richards Allphin

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age: 46

Father's Name: Joseph Maynard

Mother's Name: Samatha Edith Russell

Spouse's Father's Name: David Richards

Spouse's Mother's Name: Mattie Tucker

Citing this Record

"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZG-VHB5 : 28 November 2018), Mattie Tucker in entry for Clarence S Maynard and Willa Estella Richards Allphin, 21 Nov 1943; citing Marriage, Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,031,093.

Answer 2

The parents are found in the 1915 census record here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTF-ZW2C

Parents are: 

Thomas Richard

Male

42

Miss

Ella Richard

Female

39

Mo

Comments

They are the parents of a MALE named Willa Richard.

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I also have come across that record and yes, they are the parents of a male named Willa Richard

Answer 3

First, you may have conflated two women.  Stella Allphin, according to all census records, was born in Oklahoma, not Kansas.  I changed the Family Search record to indicate that and will try again.

Added:  A "duplicate" with the same birth date gives a DOD of 10 March 1973.

Added:  The death record attached to William B. Allphin says that individual was born in Missouri and he is buried with a woman other than Stella.  There could be errors on the record or two individuals.  No FAG memorial found for Stella Allphin under either DOD.  Did they divorce and each remarry?

Sorry I can't be of any help.

P.S.:  The "of Bucklin" on a marriage record generally connotes where the person was residing at the time of the event (marriage), rather than his birthplace.

Comments

Thank you for your help. I am going to ask my father (her grandson) if he remembers anything about her. If he doesn't maybe I will be able to track down a phone number for her daughter

Answer 4

Hello Angelyn.

• According to the 1920, 1930 and 1940 Census records, your great grandmother Willa Estelle was born in Oklahoma.

• She got married in 1912 in Bucklin, Kansas.

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I think this is your great grandmother in the 1910 Census:

Name: Willie E Richards

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1910

Event Place: Lexington, Clark, Kansas, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 13

Marital Status: Single

Race: White

Race (Original): White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1897

Birthplace: Oklahoma

Father's Birthplace: Tennessee

Mother's Birthplace: Georgia

Relationship to Head of Household: Stepdaughter

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John Ireland Head M 48 Missouri

Mattie Ireland Wife F 38 Georgia

Willie E Richards Stepdaughter F 13 Oklahoma

John Ireland Son M 10 Oklahoma

David S Ireland Son M 9 Oklahoma

Mabel D Ireland Daughter F 6 Oklahoma

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HT-DSR : accessed 2 June 2020), Mabel D Ireland in household of John Ireland, Lexington, Clark, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 7B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 434; FHL microfilm 1,374,447.

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Bucklin is just 20 mi. north from Lexington.

I hope this record helps in your search.

Comments

You could be right, but...If you look at the 1900 census, Willie Richards is listed as male. Could that just be an error?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR1-HDJ?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=L2LH-6ZL