Person:Laura Miller (17)

NOTE that the Robbins book, pg 119 says that Owen married Laura Schuster; nothing more is in this book about her. But a study of the census records reveals that although Laura's mother Lena had married a Frank Shuster, they had only been married 8 years and it was a second marriage for both of them. The 1910 census record below says that Laura is dau of the wife even though it does not say she is a step-dau of Frank. Note also that Frank would have been only 14 years old when Laura was born. It is more likely that she was born when Lena was 15 years old.

Subsequent to finding the census record I found a marriage record of Owen Gaskill to Laura H. Miller on 23 Sept 1909; the same marriage date given in Oscar Burton Robbins book. This verifies to me that Laura's father and Lena's first husband was a Mr. Miller.

1910 Census Dist 55, Fort Wayne Ward 7, Allen Co., Indiana Shuster, Frank J. head m W 36 M2 8yrs IN OH IN Shuster, Lena E. wife F W 37 M2 8yrs 1ch/1lvg IN Germ/German Germ/German Gaskill, Laura H. dau of wf F W 22 M1 0yrs no ch IN IN IN Gaskill, Owen L. son-in-law M W 22 M1 0yrs IN IN IN

Lena is listed as mother-in-law on the 1930 census living with Owen Gaskill and his wife Laura.

1. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. Lindenwood Cemetery records, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
3.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   pg 119.
4.   United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana.
5.   United States. Works Progress Administration (Indiana), and Indiana Works Progress Administration. Index to marriage records, Allen County, 1824-1920. (Indianapolis [Indiana]: Indiana State Library, 1983).