Jennie Mae (McArdle) Keltner (1880 - 1972)

Born 31 May 1880 in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas

Ancestors

Died 11 Mar 1972 at age 91 in Douglas, Garfield County, Oklahoma

Biography

"My grandmother loved flowers. She had sweet peas growing along the backyard wire fence. She would let me go out in the morning and pick sweet peas for lunch. She always said, 'They need to be picked so they will bloom more.'" (pg. 27 - Elaine Wagener story)

"Jennie Mae was Ramon's grandmother. She lived in a house at the south edge of Douglas until she died... Jennie Mae (AKA Mama K) wasn't too interested in a lot of the family."

Sources

• *1880 US census (population), Kansas, Leavenworth Co National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 385. Family History Film: 1254385; Tonganoxie Twp, SD 3, ED 148, Pg 34, 26-27 Jun 1880
• 1885 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-146. Kansas State Historical Society. Roll: KS1885_74; Line: 1; Tonganoxie Twp, Dwell 79, Fam 82, pg 40
• Roster of Eagle School, District No. 71, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Copy of the original Teacher’s report written by Kittie McIntosh, 1890-1891 -- Grade of Certificate, First. (Presented to Jennie Mae McArdle Keltner, September 14, 1941 by Lester McDowell, a classmate).
• Ancestry.com. 1895 Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Dwell 15, Fam 16, Pg. 3, Tonganoxie
• 1900 US census (population), Oklahoma, Garfield Co, National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Reel 1336. Marshall Twp, SD 219; ED 58, Sheet 11, Dwell 232; Fam 243, Line 95; Jun 1900
• 1910 US census (population), Oklahoma, Texas Co, Carthage Twp. National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, Carthage Twp, Dwell 81, Fam 81, ED 249, SD 234, pg. 5A, 25 or 26 Apr 1910
• 1920 US census (population), Oklahoma, Garfield Co, Otter Twp. National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Reel 1463. Long St, Douglas; pg15A, SD 8, ED 76, Dwell 314, Fam 325;20 Jan 1920
• 1930 US census (population), Oklahoma, Garfield Co, National Archives Microfilm Publication Roll 1903; Dow St, Douglas; Otter Twp, pg1B, SD 2, ED 24-7, Dwell 21, Fam 21; 2 Apr 1930
• Obituary, Tongonoxie Mirror, 26 Nov 1936 (Julia McArdle Moore Foster).
• 1940 US census (population), Oklahoma, Garfield Co, National Archives Microfilm Publication T627, Reel 3292; Flynn Twp, pg 2B, SD 8, ED 24-36, Dwell 45, 15 Apr 1940
• History of Leavenworth County - Date unknown
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Find A Grave Memorial# 121030657