Family:Wilford Way and Zela Holman (1)

Parents: Nathan Way and Eva Cummings Wilford Enoch Way b. 1 Apr 1895 Anita, Cass, Iowa d. 20 Aug 1973 St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon		Parents: George Holman and Nellie Benschoter Zela Blanche Holman b. 10 Oct 1896 Algona, Iowa d. 24 Jan 1958 Sherwood, Washington, Oregon

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]	31 Oct 1931	Ortonville, Minnesota
Residence^[2]	1935	Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States
Unknown^[2]	26 Apr 1940	Staples, Wadena, Minnesota, United States
Residence`^?`	1944	Park Rapids, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States
Residence`^?`	1947	Sherwood, Washington, Oregon, United States

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Jack Wilford Way	15 Jun 1934 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States	1 Apr 2022 Canyon City, Grant, Oregon, United States
2.	Zela Evanell Way	30 Jun 1936 Wadena, Minnesota, United States	12 Nov 1936 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
3.	Margaret Amy Way	1 Jan 1940 Staples, Todd, Minnesota, United States	16 Apr 2017 Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States

References

↑ Marlin Albert McGaughey and Dorothy Lee Swanberg. The Holman-Benschoter Family.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627).

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Wilford Way Head Male 44 Iowa
Zela Way Wife Female 43 Iowa
Wendell Way Son Male 7 Minnesota
Jack Way Son Male 5 Minnesota
Karen Way Daughter Female 1 Minnesota
Margaret Way Daughter Female 0
Harley E Bryan Stepson Male 22 Montana
Herbert Bryan Stepson Male 20 Minnesota

This also indicates that the parents and the children (then born) lived in Sherburn County, Minnesota in 1935.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSL7-MQ2 : 12 February 2020), Karen Way in household of Wilford Way, Staples Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-33, sheet 61A, line 18, family 256, 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 1964.