Bereneice (Bush) Lyday (1896 - 1977)

Born 15 Apr 1896 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri, United States

Wife of Frederick Hopkins Ward — married 31 May 1918 in Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

Died 22 Oct 1977 at age 81 in Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Bereneice was born in 1896, the daughter of Charles Stewart Bush and Anna Elizabeth McClellan.

She married Fred Ward in 1918. He died in 1948. They had one son.

She remarried to Jack Lyday sometime prior to 1950. I have been unable to find that marriage documentation yet.

She died in 1977, and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery alongside her husband (and his first wife is buried there as well).

Sources

• 1910 United States census for Garvin County, Oklahoma, Pauls Valley, enumeration district 81, page 14A. "Charles S. Bush, head, male, white, 44, married 15 years, born in Missouri, father born in Indiana, mother born in Pennsylvania, real estate agent; Anna C. Bush, wife, female, white, 39, married 15 years, born in Missouri, father born in French Canada, mother born in Missouri, school teacher; Berniece Bush, daughter, female, white, 14, single, born in Missouri, parents both born in Missouri, in school; Geniva Bush, daughter, female, white, 8, single, born in Missouri, parents both born in Missouri, in school."
• Oklahoma marriage records, 1890-1995. "Fred. H. Ward of Beckham County, Oklahoma, aged 22, living in Erick, Oklahoma, never married, wedded Bereniece Bush of Garvin County, Oklahoma, living in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, aged 22, never married, on 31 May 1918 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma."
• 1930 United States census for Lake County, Illinois, Barrington, enumeration district 49-14, sheet 10B. "Fred. H. Ward, head, male, white, 34, married since age 22, born in Texas, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio, advertising manager; Bereneice Ward, wife, female, white, 34, married since age 22, born in Missouri, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Illinois, no occupation listed; Roderic Ward, son, male, white, 5, single, in school, born in Oklahoma, father born in Texas, mother born in Missouri."
• 1950 census for Garvin County, Oklahoma, Pauls Valley, Enumeration District 25-26. "Jack S. Lyday, Head, 54, born in Texas, mail carrier; Bernice W. Lyday, 53, born in Missouri, housewife."
• Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #100036862
• FamilySearch Person: LV6V-TT8

Research Notes

• Ancestry.com lists her first name as "Christine" in tree entries, but this is not supported by any documentation I have found. Her marriage license, census records, and gravestone all say "Bereneice" (spelling varies, of course).