Individual Details

Lora Belle Nichols

(1 Apr 1881 - May 1978)

Parents: Harvey W. Nichols and Katherine A. (Terry) Nichols
In 1920, Sidney and Lora were living in Big Horn County, Wyoming. Their daughter, Julia, is 13. Virginia M. Mudd, orphaned in Dec 1918 when her mother, father and older brother died in the Spanish flu epidemic, is living with her Aunt Lora and Uncle Sidney. She is 4 years old.
In 1930, Lora's niece, Virginia Mudd, who was orphaned when her mother, father and older brother died in the Spanish flu epidemic in December 1918, lived with them in Deaver. Lora is listed as a reporter.
In 1940, Sidney and Lora lived in Deaver, Wyoming. He was a foreman at the CCC, and Lora was co-editor of the Deaver Sentinel.

Events

Birth1 Apr 1881Summit, Boyd County, Kentucky
Census (family)5 Jan 1920Big Horn County, Wyoming - Sidney Isma Hooker
Census (family)5 Apr 1930Deaver, Big Horn County, Wyoming - Sidney Isma Hooker
Census (family)15 Apr 1940Deaver, Big Horn County, Wyoming - Sidney Isma Hooker
DeathMay 1978Wyoming
BurialCrown Hill Cemetery, Powell, Park County, Wyoming

Families

SpouseSidney Isma Hooker (1880 - 1956)

Notes

Census (family)

Sidney I Hookes Head M 39 Nebraska - Farmer
Lora B HookesWifeF36Kentucky
Julia I HookesDaughterF13Nebraska
Virginia M MuddNieceF4Wyoming

Census (family)

Sidney I Hooker Head M 49 Nebraska - Superintendant, irrigation
Laura B Hooker Wife F 49 Kentucky - Reporter, newspaper
Virginia Mudd Niece F 14 Wyoming

Census (family)

Sidney Hooker Head M 59 Nebraska - Foreman, CCC
Lora B Hooker Wife F 59 Kentucky

Death

Last Place of Residence: Park, Wyoming

Burial

PLOT Blk 3, Lot 7, Space 3

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-LM1 : accessed 19 April 2018), Sidney I Hookes, Election District 20, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States; citing ED 11, sheet 2B, line 73, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2025; FHL microfilm 1,822,025..

2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WM-CJ8 : accessed 19 April 2018), Laura B Hooker in household of Sidney I Hooker, Deaver, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 1A, line 21, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2621; FHL microfilm 2,342,355..

3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4L-XXQ : accessed 19 April 2018), Lora B Hooker in household of Sidney Hooker, Deaver, Election District 17 Deaver, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-23, sheet 1B, line 59, family 17, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4568..

4. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3KQ-7NG : 20 May 2014), Lora Hooker, May 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

5. Find A Grave Memorial 98878016.