Person:Leona Love (3)

1900 Jefferson Co., IL, census, p.195A, Mt. Vernon Twp., City of Mt. Vernon, June 18, 1900, John L. Cunea: 1722 Main, 370/395, JOEL J. LOVE, head, W M, Oct 1844, 54, md. 16 yrs., IN Canada IN, laundry business; Sallie, wife, W F, Nov 1858, 41, mother of 1 child, 1 living, IL MO TN; Leona, dau, W F, Sept 1890, 9, IL IN IL.

1905 KS State Census, p.46, Iola, Allen Co., KS, information as of March 1, 1905: lines 7-9, family 3/3, J. J. Love, rents home, 57 M W, b. in IN, came to KS from IL, occupation, furnitureman; S. E., 46 F W, b. in IL, came to KS from IL, housewife; Leona, 14 F W, b. in IL, came to KS from IL, student.

Leona May Love married Oswald Onsen in late 1909 or early 1910, exact date unknown.

1910 Wyandotte Co., KS, census, p.252A, Kansas City, April 30, 1910, Emily Tilmore: 1921 25th St., OSWALD ONSEN, head, M W 21, md. 0 yrs., KS Norway Norway, packer, wholesale co.; Leona, wife, F W 19, mother of no children, IL Canada IL.

1915 March 1, Wyandotte Co., KS state census, p.15, Quindaro Twp., family 167, lines 1-2: O. Onsen, owns mortgaged home, 26 M W, b. in KS, mail carrier [U.S. Emp written over]; L. Onsen, 24 F W, b. in IL, came to KS from IL, housewife.

1917 June 5: Oswald Onsen, age 29, Queen's Garden, Wyandotte Co., KS, b. May 10, 1888, Kansas City, KS, caucasian, tall, medium build, blue eyes, light color hair, employed in transmission of mails by U.S. Government, Kansas City, KS, claims exemption for dependent wife and one child. --World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com)

1920 Wyandotte Co., KS, p.245B, Quindaro, Nearman Road RFD 3, Jan. 3, 1920, Jennie L. Smith: South Nearman Road, 19/19, Oswald Onsen, head, rents, M W 31, md., KS Switzerland Switzerland, letter carrier, post office; Lena May, wife, F W 29, IL IL IL; Marvin C., son, M W 4, KS KS IL; Alferd E., son, M W 2, KS KS IL.

1921: Oswald Onsen; Leona (Love) Onsen; Marvin Onsen; Alfred Onsen; P.O. Kansas City, KS, Route 4, Quindaro Twp., settled in 1888 [this is the year Oswald was born], p.219. --1921 Wyandotte County Farm Directory published by Kansas Farmer & Mail and Breeze, a farm paper published by Arthur Capper in Topeka, KS (Ancestry.com)

1930 Feb. 18, Jefferon City (MO) Post-Tribune Child Adopted Three Times Back to Mother Kansas City, Kas., Feb. 18--(AP)--Adopted three times in her ten years, Goldie Marie Bonner today wept happy tears when Probate Judge Henry Beade returned the child into the custody of her mother, Mrs. Andrew Goff, of Warsaw, Mo.

 Goldie was adopted in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson when the mother was left a widow with three children and was unable to support them all.  A death in the Johnson family made it impossible for them to provide for the girl and she was returned to the court.
 Mr. and Mrs. Owen McDermott then adopted the child.  Financial reverses caused them to again give up the child and she was taken into the family of Mr. and Mrs. OSWALD ONSEN.
 A month ago Mrs. Goff, who since has remarried, begged Mrs. ONSEN to give up her claims to Goldie, explaining that she could now care for the child.  Mrs. ONSEN agreed.  --from the actual page image at NewspaperArchive.com

1930 Wyandotte Co., KS, census, p.277A, Kansas City, April 10, 1930, Mary E. Zimmerman: 2906 Brown, 182/188, Oswald Onsen, head, owns home valued $5,000, has a radio, M W 41, age 21 when first md., KS Norway Norway, merchant, coal & feed; Leona M., wife, F W 39, age 19 when first md., IL Canada IL, merchant, coal & feed; Marvin C., son, M W 15, KS KS IL; Alfred, son, M W 12, KS KS IL.

1942 Jan. 9, Oswald Onsen and Leona May Onsen, Book S, p.527, Franklin Co., KS, marriage records http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4frmrecn.htm (Franklin Co. corners Coffey Co. on the northeast corner) This suggests that Oswald and Leona May divorced sometime prior to July 1941, then remarried. After Leona May's death sometime prior to 1952, Oswald married Eunice Belle Waters, July 18, 1952, in Van Buren Co., Iowa. What happened to Leona May between Jan. 1942 and July 1952? It's known that she was deceased prior to the birth of her grandson, Alfred Eugene "Gene" Onsen.

Two photographs of Leona May Love at http://hometown.aol.com/chloeqcumber/Jones-Love.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At first glance, this Leona M. appears to be our Leona May, but her Social Security record discounts the possibility as does the 1930 census for El Paso Co., TX. Leona and Martin were both b. in OH and they had 2 daughters. Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM Section 10, loc 11 ~ OESTERMEYER, Leona M. ~ Feb. 21, 1890 ~ Sept. 28, 1975 Section 10, loc 11 ~ OESTERMEYER, Martin H. ~ Jun. 3, 1889 ~ Feb. 22, 1957 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/nmcounties/cemeteries/sunset/sunseto.htm

Leona Oestermeyer, b. June 3, 1889, d. Sept. 1975, residence Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM 87106, SSN 525-02-4374 issued New Mexico 1973. --SSDI (Ancestry.com)