Individual Details

Homer Elmer Garner

(Mar 1875 - 19 Oct 1963)



Homer must have married a second time after the death of Elizabeth Parr in 1903.

1910 Census. Madison, Dane Co, WI, Hh 176
Homer E. Garner, age 34, 2nd marriage, married 7 years, b. WI, father b. IN, mother b. OH, Watchman, Federal Bldg.
Katie, wife, age 32, also married twice, had 4 children, 2 are living, b. Iowa, father b. PA, mother b. IL
Harold, son, age 9, b. Iowa, father b. WI, mother b. IA [Harold apparently a stepson - surname should have been Pecor]
Gertrude I., dau, age 10 months, b. WI

1920 Census. Madison Ward 6, Dane Co, Wisconsin, Hh 360
Homer L. Garner, age 44, b. WI, father b. IN, mother b. OH, Mail Carrier
Gertrude, dau, age 11, b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. Iowa

1930 Census. Twp #3, Fresno, CA, Hh 94
Lawrence Schmitz, age 32, married at age 19, b. Kansas, father b. Iowa, mother b. IL, farm labor
Gertrude, wife, age 21, married at 15, b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. IA
Lewis, son, age 9, b. Montana
Edna, dau, age 3, b. CA
Nelda, dau, age 1, b. CA
Homer E. Garner, father-in-law, age 55, widowed, b. WI, father b. IN, mother b. OH
Nicholas Schmitz, Cousin, age 56, single, b. Iowa, parents b. Germany

Events

BirthMar 1875Wisconsin
Marriage18 Apr 1900Ontario, Canada - Elizabeth J. Parr
Marriage26 Aug 1903Bell Center, Crawford County, Wisconsin - Katherine "Katie" Schwatka
Death19 Oct 1963Clovis, Fresno County, California

Families

SpouseElizabeth J. Parr (1880 - 1903)
SpouseKatherine "Katie" Schwatka (1879 - )
ChildGertrude Isabelle Garner (1908 - 1991)
FatherSilas K. Garner (1846 - 1908)
MotherAngeline McMillan (1855 - 1947)
SiblingCharles Lewis Garner (1877 - 1925)
SiblingEmma Elizabeth Garner (1878 - 1971)
SiblingSilas Melvin Garner (1881 - 1966)

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