Individual Details

Lula Mae Allen

(6 Aug 1894 - 16 Dec 1979)



Married Oscar Phillips as found in the 1930 Census. At the time of her widow's application for a Civil War Pension, Annie was living with daughter Lula Phillips in Van Buren, AR.

1920 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 296
Thomas Phillips, 22, farm laborer
Lula, wife, 24
Gearl, son, nine months

1930 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co AR., Sheet 15B, Hh 346
Oscar T. Philips, age 32. Married at age 28. Born AR as were his parents. [Ages do not compute, he was more than likely age 42.]
Lula M., wife, age 35. Married at age 23. Born AR as were her parents.
Oscar G., son age 11, Juanita M. daughter, age 8.
Ann E. Allen, mother-in-law. Age 77 & widowed. Born AR, her parents born MS.

1940 Census. East Van Buren, Van Buren Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 152
Woodrow Ave outside city limits - lived in same place in 1935
Tom Phillips, 42, Farmer
Lula, wife, 45
Gearl, son, 20
Juanita, dau, 17
Elbert Allen, bro-in-law, 48, widowed, farm labor

1950 Census. San Antonio, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 205
8050 Garfield Ave
Gearl O. Phillips, 30, b. AR, Tire builder, rubber tire manufacture
Clarice J., wife, 25, b. AR, Produce market cashier
Kenneth W., son, 6, b. CA
Michael A., son, 3, b. CA
Thomas O., Father, 52, b. AR, Capenter, helper, House construction
Lula M., mother, 55, b. AR
Clarence O'Kelly, brother-in-law, 24, b. AR, Truck driver, truck hauling business
Elbert Allen, uncle, 58, divorced b. AR, Stock fielding, Stock yards

Lula & Thomas's death records are in the California Death Index, 1940-1997, on Ancestry.com. Their birth dates included.

A family tree on Ancestry lists her as Lola May Allen, but her grave marker has Lula.
She is buried Tehachapi Public Cemetery (Eastside), Kern County, CA.

Events

Birth6 Aug 1894Arkansas
MarriageAbt 1917Thomas Oscar Phillips
Death16 Dec 1979Los Angeles, California

Families

SpouseThomas Oscar Phillips (1898 - 1975)
ChildOscar Gearl Phillips (1919 - )
ChildJuanita Mae Phillips (1922 - 2009)
FatherHenry Clay Allen (1843 - 1912)
MotherAnn Eliza Hays (1851 - 1939)
SiblingCharles B. P. Allen (1869 - 1922)
SiblingHenry Walter Allen (1871 - 1906)
SiblingRobert Edwin Allen (1874 - 1968)
SiblingUlysses Sidney "Euly" Allen (1878 - 1954)
SiblingJulia Frances Allen (1879 - 1950)
SiblingDora Lee Allen (1886 - 1972)
SiblingFlora M. Allen (1888 - 1911)
SiblingAlbert B. Allen (1892 - 1918)
SiblingElbert C. Allen (1892 - 1970)

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