Person:Zona Downey (1)
Zona Louisa Downey
b.14 Feb 1873 Jasper County, Illinois
d.8 Jun 1933 Licking Township, Illinois
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Zona Louisa Downey1873 - 1933
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Nov 1890
  1. Courtland Matson Yockey1891 - 1956
  2. Lena Lorraine Yockey1892 - 1971
  3. Verne C. Yockey1895 - 1969
  4. Charles Avery Yockey1898 - 1980
  5. Berlyn Francis Yockey1904 - 1934
  6. Blanche L. Yockey1908 - 1990
  7. Wendell Yockey1915 - 1930
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Zona Louisa Downey
Alt Name[13][14] Zonia L. Downey
Alt Name[6] Zana Downey
Gender Female
Alt Birth[3][4] 2 Nov 1872 Illinois, United Statesinfo from Roy Dillman
Birth[1][2][4][12] 14 Feb 1873 Jasper County, Illinois
Census[11] 1880 Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesWith adoptive family, the Carters.
Residence[9] 1890 Crawford County, Illinois
Marriage 20 Nov 1890 Oblong, Crawford, Illinois, United Statesto Jasper Yockey
Alt Marriage 22 Nov 1890 Crawford, Illinois, United Statesto Jasper Yockey
Census 1900 Willow Hill Township, Jasper, Illinois, United Stateswith Jasper Yockey
Census Bet 1910 and 1920 Hunt City Township, Jasper, Illinois, United Stateswith Jasper Yockey
Employment[8] Apr 1930 Willow Hill, IllinoisMaid in the houshold of Mary S. Cooper, apparently living alone at the age of seventy-three. Zona was fifty-seven years old.
Occupation[8] Sep 1930 Maid.
Residence[8] Sep 1930 Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois, United StatesLiving in household of Mary S. Cooper as a Maid.
Residence[1][7] From 1931 to 1933 Oblong, Illinoisresident for 2 years prior to death
Occupation[7] Housewife.
Death[1][4][7][15] 8 Jun 1933 Licking Township, Illinois
Burial[1][4][16] 9 Jun 1933 Hunt City, IllinoisMound Cemetery
Alt Burial[2][7] 9 Jun 1933 Oblong, IllinoisMound Cemetery
Cause of Death[1] Apoplexy
Physical Description[14] White
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1930 census

1930 census information for House 59 Family 52
Living in a home with an $800 mortgage
Name Relation Sex Color
Race 		Age Marital
status 		Age at
first marriage 		Where Born Father birth Mother birth Occupation Industry Worker
Class 		Worked
Yesterday
Cooper Mary S Head F W 73 Widowed 16 Indiana Kentucky Indiana none
Yockey Zona Maid F W 57 Widowed 18 Illinois United States United States maid private home W yes
  • Blank field not included: Street
  • Blank field not included: Radio set
  • Content field not included: Living on a farm "No"
  • Blank fields not included: Mother Tongue (or Native Language) of Foreign Born; Year of Immigration to U.S.; Naturalization
  • Content field not included: Able to Speak English "Yes" (both)
  • For "worker class", "W" refers to a wage worker.
  • Blank fields not included: Veterans; number on farm schedule
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Down State Deaths, in Zona Louisa Yockey Death Certificate
    29 June 1990.

    Zona Louisa Yockey Death Certificate, 8 June 1933, Down State Deaths, (Illinois State Archives Microfilm publication), roll # 376, item 3, film date 29 June 1990; Illinois State Archives, Sangamon County, Illinois

    New transcription of Death Certificate located at User:Ceyockey/Zona Downey Death Certificate (transcription). Downey's death certificate appears to have been transcribed as part of Source:Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947. An image is not available via that source.

    Zona Louisa Yockey Death Certificate
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zona Louisa Downey, in Birkenhördt - Das Projekt
    15 Jun 2014 .
  3. ↑ Linkage of Yockey and Downey Lineages, late 1800's, in Ancestry.com - Message Boards
    Jan 2002-Jan 2003.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Zona L Yockey, in Find A Grave.
  5.   Hunt City township, Jasper, Illinois, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Sheet 6, page A, house 121, family 122, rows 30 to 37, 23 APR 1910.

    "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRKQ-97P?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ4-5XK%3A133640201%2C138201701%2C140289801%2C1589089024 : 24 June 2017), Illinois > Jasper > Hunt > ED 82 > image 11 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    1910 census transcription -- see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1)

  6. ↑ Jasper Yockey, in Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
    14 JUN 2016.

    via FamilySearch.org

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Zona Louisa Yockey, in Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
    14 JUN 2016.

    via FamilySearch.org

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Willow Hill Village, Willow Hill Township, Jasper, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
    Sheet 2B, house 59, family 52, rows 64 and 65., 14 Apr 1930.

    "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R42-VHG?cc=1810731&wc=QZFS-ZF4%3A648807601%2C649742401%2C651960301%2C1589282372 : 8 December 2015), Illinois > Jasper > Willow Hill > ED 16 > image 1 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

  9. ↑ License 168, issued 20 NOV 1890, in Illinois, United States. Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1940
    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9V5-LTY3?i=469&cc=1803970 Film # 007616150, image 470 of 627], 4 DEC 1890.
  10.   Search criteria used: Groom's name (blank) + Bride's name "Downey" + County "Statewide", in Illinois State Archives, and Illinois State Genealogical Society. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives, 1985–Present)
    Third page of results.

    Groom: Yokey, Jasper
    Bride: Downey, Zona
    Date: 1890-11-22
    Volume: 1 -- Page: 167
    License No.: (blank)
    County: Crawford

  11. ↑ Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    Willow Hill Township, 9 Jun 1880.

    See Family:H Carter and Frances Unknown (1) for text and context.

  12. ↑ In S4, listed as being of age 47 in 1920 and born in Illinois.
  13. ↑ apparent misspelling of "Zona" as "Zonia".
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 1920 census transcription -- see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1)
  15. ↑ Zona Louisa Yockey Death Certificate
  16. ↑ Jasper and Zona Yockey grave, Mound Cemetery
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