Maude May Payne - dismalscientist86/FamilyTree GitHub Wiki
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- Relationship: Miriam/Amy Sandler> Danielle Havicon > Carolyn Van Eman > Mildred Cuvelier > Maude May Payne
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1900 Census: Maude was 4 years old and lived with her father Russell, her mother Emily, and her 3 siblings, Russell (age 9), Minnie (age 7), and Clinton (age 2). They lived on a farm in Fulton, Illinois, which they rented and Russel was a farmer. Her father was 34 and her mother was 26. They had been married for 10 years.
1910 Census: Maude was 14 years old and lived with her parents and 7 siblings, Russell (age 19), Minnie (age 17), Clinton (age 12), Vernon (age 9), Nelda (age 7), Howard (age 5), and Verle (age 2). They lived on a farm, which they rented, in Lenapah Township in Nowata, Oklahoma. Her father and two oldest brothers, Russell and Clinton, worked on the farm.
1911 Marriage License: Maude married Ernest Cuvelier on December 4, 1911. He lived in Lenapaugh Oklahoma and she lived in Durey, Oklahoma. Ernest was 21 and Maude was 18.
1920 Census: Maude lived with her husband, Ernest, and three children, Catherine (age 7), John (age 3), and Ella (age 1) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ernest was working as an engineer on the oil fields. They owned their house without a mortgage.
1930 Census: Maude and Ernest lived in Konawa Township, Oklahoma with their children John (age 14), Ella (age 11), Edith (age 9), Norma (age 7), and Ernestine (age 7 months). They rented their house for $25 a month. Ernest worked as a laborer in the oil fields, but was out of work at the time of the census.
1932 Birth Certificate: Maude and Ernest’s daughter Mildred was born on April 19, 1932. They lived in Dumont, Iowa. Ernest worked as a general laborer. This was Maude’s 8th birth, but by 1932 she only had 6 living children.
1934 Birth Certificate: Maude and Ernest’s son, Gordon was born on May 6, 1934. They still lived in Dumont, Iowa. Ernest now did County roadwork.
1940 Census: Maude and Ernest lived with their 5 children, John (age 24), Norma Lea (age 17) Ernestine (age 10), Mildred (age 8), and Gordon (age 5), and a 24-year-old lodger named Alton Elliot. They rented their house for $17 a month. Ernest worked as a custodian at a public school, John and Alton both worked at a service station. Maude and Ernest both had a 6th-grade education. John and Alton had finished high school. Alton was divorced.
1947 Death Record: Maude and Ernest’s daughter Ernestine died on February 2, 1947. Her car was struck by a train at 4 am. Her cause of death was a fractured neck. Ernestine was 17 years old. They had been living in the Aplington, Iowa community for 11 years.
1950 Census: Maude and Ernest lived with their children, Norma (Clark, age 27), Mildred, and Gordon, and their granddaughter Kathleen Clark (age 10 months). Ernest was working as an assistant manager at a general service station working 60 hours a week and Norma was working as a bookkeeper at a sales pavilion working 32 hours a week.
Find a Grave: Maude died in September 1983 and is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, in Aplington, Iowa next to Ernest and Ernestine.
\vspace{20mm} Facts: \begin{itemize} \item Born in Fulton, Illinois in 1895 to Russel and Emily \item Her father, Russel, was a farmer \item She grew up with a big family: 8 siblings, 6 brothers and 2 sisters \item Her family moved to Oklahoma when she was 13, where her father and brothers continued to farm \item She married Ernest when she was 16 years old \item Ernest worked in the oil fields of Okalahoma for several decades, then they moved to Iowa where he found work as a janitor \item Maude and Ernest had a big family, 9 children total, though their second child and first son died as an infant and one of their daughters, Ernestine, was struck by a train and killed as a teenager. \item Maude died at age 87 in Aplington, Iowa