Individual Details

Cynthia E. LANDERS

(7 Sep 1886 - 15 Dec 1957)

Her birth date in census and in CADI is after one wife's death and before the marriage to the second wife. Since both were born as Swingle, can't tell for sure what date really is.

Social security number, per CADI, was 553-03-6666.

Obituary transcribed by Eileen Cummings:
"From her Obituary in "The Porterville Evening Recorder, Dec 16 1967, pg 1

CYNTHIA DUNCAN,
RESIDENT 61 YEARS, DIES

Mrs. Cynthia Duncan, 81, resident of Porterville for the past 61 years, died Friday in a Hanford Convalescent hospital. Mrs. Duncan had been in failing health for the past several months.

Born Sept 17, 1886, in Dade County, Missouri, Mrs. Duncan came to this area in 1906. A homemaker, she was the widow of Arthur A. Duncan, who died Aug 19, 1965.

Survivors include three sons, Gene of Porterville, and John and Frank, both of Los Angeles; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Hayes of Hanford and Mrs. Jessie Baldwin of Palm Springs; one half-brother, Charles Landers of Alameda; three half-sisters, Mrs. Bessie Duncan of Visalia, Mrs. Sarah Pruer of Coalinga and Mrs. Lucy Lisman of Hanford; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Loyd chapel, burial will be in the Home of Peace Cemetery."

Events

Birth7 Sep 1886Dade Co., Missouri
Marriage3 Mar 1901Cedar Co., Missouri - Arthur A. DUNCAN
Census15 Apr 1910Tule River Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 203, Sh 13A printed pg 113; Cyntha, 25 (1884-85), marriage 1 of 9 yr, mother of 5, 3 living, born MO both parents born MO.
Census1 Jan 1920Porterville Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 211 Sh 2A printed pg 42; Synthia A., wife, 35 (1884), born MO both parents born MO.
Census1 Apr 1930Porterville Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 48 Sh 1B; Cynthia E. [?], wife, 45 (1884-85), 16 at first marriage, born MO father born OH mother born MO.
Death15 Dec 1957Hanford, Kings Co., California
Reference No127

Families

SpouseArthur A. DUNCAN (1881 - 1965)
ChildClyde D. DUNCAN (1904 - 1942)
ChildJohn Claude DUNCAN (1906 - 1996)
ChildJessie Lee DUNCAN (1909 - 1993)
ChildArthur Eugene DUNCAN (1911 - 1990)
ChildFrank Edward DUNCAN (1913 - 1974)
ChildEvelyn Louise DUNCAN (1917 - 1990)
FatherJohn M. LANDERS (1858 - 1912)
MotherIrene SWINGLE (1860 - 1922)
SiblingGeorge L LANDERS (1887 - 1948)
SiblingCharles M or L LANDERS (1889 - 1967)
SiblingBessie Mae Hulda LANDERS (1891 - 1982)
SiblingLucy Jane LANDERS (1893 - 1971)
SiblingCarrie LANDERS (1897 - 1948)
SiblingSarah Kathryn LANDERS (1901 - 1996)
SiblingFlorence (Flossie) LANDERS (1902 - 1948)

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