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- 1910 Census, Lipscomb Co, Texas (city of Higgins), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
William Boring, 52, b. Illinois (both parents b. Tennessee), occupation plasterer (houses), married 30 yrs; wife Della Boring, 45, b. Illinois (both parents b. Tennessee), occupation agent (soap), mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Fleta Gatrell, 19, b. Kansas (both parents b. Illinois), widowed (corrected from married for 1 yr), mother of one child (still living); grandson Donald Gatrell, 5 months, b. Texas (father b. Va, mother b. Kansas).
(Note: Basis for Fleta's widowed marital status is not known.)
1920 Census, Creek Co, Oklahoma (city of Sapulpa), enumerated on Feb 2 1920:
Earl Gatrell, 34, b. W.Va. (both parents b. Va), air man on railroad; wife Fleta R, 29, b. Kansas (both parents b. Illinois); son Donald D, 10, b. Texas; son John W, b. Oklahoma.
1930 Census, Phelps Co, Missouri (Miller Twp), enumerated on Apr 4 1930:
W. M. Boring, 73, b. Illinois (both parents b. Tennessee), age 22 at time of first marriage; wife Della, 70, b. Illinois (father b. Tennessee, mother b. Illinois), age 18 at first marriage; son-in-law Earl Gatrell, 45, b. W.Va. (both parents b. WVa), air brake rider (?) on railroad, age 23 at first marriage; dau Fleta Gatrell, 39, b. Kansas (both parents b. Illinois), age 18 at first marriage; niece Edith Gatrell, 10, b. Oklahoma (father b. WVa, mother b. Kansas).
(Note: Niece Edith is actually granddaughter Edythe Gatrell.)
1940 Census, Phelps Co, Missouri (Miller Twp):
Wm. E. Ray, 51, b. Missouri, farmer; wife Fleta Rose Ray, 48, b. Illinois; stepdau Edith Gatrell, 20, b. Oklahoma, cutout stitch at shoe factory. (Note: Wife's birthplace of Illinois is contradicted by all previous census records, which show it as Kansas.)
Married:
- Married by Justice of Peace (also Postmaster) Mr. Mitchell. Witnessed by Mrs. Mitchell and Roy Schollenberger.
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