Appendix 1: St. Charles High School Graduates, 1928
The following is a listing of the 1928 graduates accompanied by genealogical data:
Alberta Blanch Carter Boggess
| Born: | February 14, 1911, Iowa |
| Married: | Fletcher J. Boggess (1907-1980) May 12, 1935 |
| Died: | January 16, 1995, Harlan, Shelby Co., Iowa |
| Buried: | Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, Shelby Co., Iowa |
| Father: | John Walkup Carter |
| Mother: | Gayle Hamilton Trumbauer |
Siblings:
Hugh
Thelma Jo
Children:
Female, name unknown
1910 US Federal Census: Parents only living in South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as a farmer.
1930 US Federal Census: Family including Alberta living in South Twp.,
Madison Co., Iowa. Alberta not employed.
1940 US Federal Census: Unable to find family
In 1949, Alberta and Fletcher were living in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska
where he was working as a salesman.
Dorothy Elizabeth Downs Strubhar, Mefferd, Shank
| Born: | November 14, 1909, Iowa |
| Married #1: | Harold L. Strubhar (1909-1937) November 29, 1929, Hopeville, Clarke Co., Iowa |
| Married #2: | Marcus A. Mefferd (1892-1961) |
| Married #3: | Clarence A. Shank (1912-1983) September 21, 1964, Imperial Co., California |
| Died: | February 15, 2002, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona |
| Buried: | Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona |
| Father: | Cassius (Cash) Edward Downs |
| Mother: | Bessie May Fulton |
Siblings:
Vern
Beatrice
Kenneth J
Children:
Joan (ca. 1931- )
Carolyn (ca. 1938- )
1910 US Federal Census: Family living in St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as a farmer.
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as a farmer.
1930 US Federal Census: Dorothy and Harold living in rural Clarke Co., Iowa
1940 US Federal Census: Dorothy (widowed) living with widowed Marcus
Mefford in Pocahantas Co., Iowa, with her two children. He is listed as a farmer
and her occupation listed as housekeeper.
Carrie Louise Fulton Datwyler
| Born: | August 24, 1908, Iowa |
| Married: | Carl Vanatta Datwyler (1906-1982) February 4, 1928, Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa |
| Died: | July 26, 1963, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Buried: | St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Father: | Joel Fredrick Fulton |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Almira Sherfy |
Siblings:
Ruby G. (see below listing)
Floyd F
Boyd M
Dorris May
Helen G
Hazel R
Children:
Maxine Loree (1928-1996)
Delores Ilene (1930-1980)
Phyllis Leona (1931- 2005)
Carolyn Vanatta (1939- )
1910 US Federal Census: Ruby, Carrie and her parents were living in Monroe
Twp., Madison Co., Iowa where her father was a farm worker.
1920 US Federal Census: Carrie and Carl and the older two children were living
in South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa on a farm.
1930 US Federal Census: Family in Scott Twp., Madison Co., Iowa. Carl listed
as a farmer
1940 US Federal Census: Living in Walnut Twp., Madison Co., Iowa. At that
time Carrie, Carl, and their 4 children were living with his parents John and Leon
Datwyler and three of Carl’s siblings. They were farming.
Ruby Gwendoline Fulton Williams
| Born: | September 19, 1909, Iowa |
| Married: | Charles Haven Williams (1904-1953) September 10, 1938 |
| Died: | December 25, 1986, Henderson, Clark Co., Nevada |
| Buried: | Little Lake Cemetery, Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles Co., CA |
| Father: | Joel Fredrick Fulton |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Almira Sherfy |
Siblings:
Carrie (see above listing)
Floyd F
Boyd M
Dorris May
Helen G
Hazel R
Children:
None known.
1910 US Federal Census: Ruby, Carrie and her parents were living in Monroe
Twp., Madison Co., Iowa where her father was a farm worker.
1920 US Federal Census: Listed as Taulton on Ancestry, but family now living in
South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa. Father a farmer.
1930 US Federal Census: Ruby was living with her family in Norwalk, Los
Angeles Co., California. She was working in the mail order section of Sears,
Roebuck Co. at the time.
1940 US Federal Census: Ruby and Charley were living in Norwalk, Los
Angeles Co., California. She was listed as a housemaid for a neighbor and he was
listed as a concrete finisher. No children were listed in this census.
It may be that her husband Charles Haven Williams was a descendant of George
Soule one of the Mayflower passengers who landed in Massachusetts in
November 1620. George was a signer of the Mayflower compact.
Kenneth Lester Garrett
[Information not found.]
Leona Elizabeth Haynes Palmer
| Born: | 12 April 1910, Iowa |
| Married #1: | |
| Married #2: | |
| Married #3: | Robert Palmer |
| Died: | August 1986, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Buried: | Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Father: | John William Haynes |
| Mother: | Dora Margaret Franzen |
Siblings:
Mildred Maud (see below listing)
Children:
None known
1910 US Federal Census: Family living on farm in South Twp., Madison Co.,
Iowa
1920 US Federal Census: Same as above.
1930 US Federal Census: Same as above.
1940 US Federal Census: Leona living with parents as unpaid family worker
Manager of a pizza restaurant, 6th Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa
Mildred Maude Haynes Harmon
| Born: | May 4, 1912, St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Married: | Paris Wilson Harmon (1912-2006) December 20, 1936, Valley Junction, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Died: | Still living in January 2015 |
| Buried: | N/A |
| Father: | John William Haynes |
| Mother: | Dora Margaret Franzen |
Siblings:
Leona Elizabeth (See listing above)
Children:
Vonis Anne
Mary Elizabeth
Susan Jane
1920 US Federal Census: Living with family in South Twp., Madison Co., IA
1930 US Federal Census: Same as above.
1940 US Federal Census: Living with Paris in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. Paris
was noted to be a shipping clerk for a tire manufacturing company.
Mildred was still living in Windsor Heights as of October 2013. She went to
beauty school after graduation and was a hairstylist in Knoxville and Des Moines
before she married. Reference is Iowa Living Magazine, October 16, 2013.
Grace F. Hurlbut Beck
| Born: | February 1, 1908, Iowa |
| Married: | Harvey Harmon Beck (1892-1960) * |
| Died: | January 2, 1972 |
| Buried: | IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, Warren Co., Iowa |
| Father: | Ernest Earll Hurlbut |
| Mother: | Della Mae Baldwin |
| * Harvey had first married Grace’s older sister Esther in 1924, but appears to have later divorced her and married Grace some time after 1930. | |
Siblings:
Esther Jeannette
Hazel
Clarence J.
Children:
Laura Maxine (ca. 1931- )
Donna Jean (ca. 1932- )
Lavonne Bernadine (ca. 1934- )
Melvin H.
1910 US Federal Census: Family living in Palmyra Twp., Warren Co., Iowa.
Father noted to be a farmer.
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa.
1930 US Federal Census: Grace listed as a lodger, single, living in Des Moines,
Polk Co., Iowa. She and others were listed as student nurses.
1940 US Federal Census: Grace and 3 daughters living in Indianola, Warren Co.,
Iowa. Her occupation was listed as a seamstress. She was listed as a widow, but
in fact her husband apparently left her and was married twice more. Her sister
Esther J. Beck was also living in Indianola, but with five children of her own.
Esther was noted to be divorced. Esther’s youngest child was born about 1931,
about the same time as Grace’s first child.
Bonita ‘Bonnie’ Kinnaird Onstot
| Born: | April 24, 1910, New Virginia, Warren Co., Iowa |
| Married: | Charles Lee Onstot (1906-1977) May 9, 1931, Creston, Union Co., Iowa |
| Died: | March 6, 1939, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Buried: | St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Father: | Charles Edgar Kinnaird |
| Mother: | Clara Ashworth |
Siblings:
Everett Russell
Theral Nathan
Eveline Joy
Wilma Clarine
Children:
Robert Eugene (1932-2007)
Son, name unknown
1910 US Federal Census: Family living in Squaw Twp., Warren Co., Iowa
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in South Twp., Madison Co., Iowa. Her
father noted to be a farmer and widowed.
1930 US Federal Census: Bonita living with father and paternal grandmother in
same location as 1920 census.
1940 US Federal Census: Bonita has died by the time of this census. Unable to
find Charles and surviving children in census.
Russell E. Knight
| Born: | 1911, Saint Charles, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Married: | Mary Marie Snider (1912-1986) July 16, 1930, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Died: | 1946 |
| Buried: | Saint Charles Cemetery, Saint Charles, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Father: | Joseph S. Knight |
| Mother: | Georgiana Carter |
Siblings:
Armenta M.
Betty G.
Children:
Shirley (1931- )
1910 US Federal Census: Russell not listed, family in St. Charles, Madison Co.,
Iowa
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as traveling salesman selling patent medicines.
1930 US Federal Census: Family living in St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Russell does not have a listed occupation.
1940 US Federal Census: Unable to find Russell, but his daughter Shirley was
living with her maternal grandparents, John W. & Maggie Snider in Omaha,
Douglas Co., Nebraska.
Loyd Daniel Murphy
| Born: | January 17, 1910, Iowa |
| Married: | Ethel S. Seybold (1916-1989) May 22, 1937, Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Died: | June 1962 |
| Buried: | Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa |
| Father: | Townsend Earl Murphy |
| Mother: | Bessie Inez Preston |
Siblings:
Floyd W.
Glenn
Children:
None known
1910 US Federal Census: Family living is Jefferson Twp., Madison Co., Iowa.
Father is listed as a farmer.
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in St. Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as a garage mechanic.
1930 US Federal Census: Lloyd listed as a boarder in Hess Twp., Cass Co.,
Kansas where he is listed a wheat farm laborer.
1940 US Federal Census: Loyd and Ethel living in Douglas Twp., Madison Co.,
Iowa, and his occupation listed as a farmer. He was noted to have 2 years of
college education. No children listed.
Bruce Myers Winters (also listed in the Class of 1927)
| Born: | May 12, 1906, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Married: | Audra Ila (last name unknown) (1907-1963) |
| Died: | October 13, 1984, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Buried: | Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa |
| Father: | William/Wilfred Stanley Winters |
| Mother: | Lottie Ella/Ellen Myers |
Siblings:
Ruth F
Children:
One child, name not known
1910 US Federal Census: Family living in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
1920 US Federal Census: Family living in Saint Charles, Madison Co., Iowa.
Father listed as a carpenter
1930 US Federal Census: Bruce still living with family in Saint Charles, Madison
Co., Iowa. Bruce’s occupation listed as a laborer in a produce house.
1940 US Federal Census: Unable to find.