Person:Lura Jackson (1)

Rec'd from Ann Radford Nov 2012, written by Lura Abi's granddaughter: “I think they were married in Soux City, Iowa. Lura Abi had a millinery (hats) and boutique shop. It became necessary to have a telephone. Albert divorced her as that contraption was the work of the devil. They remarried approx. two years later. I lived with them in the summer of 1932. They were so poor. I remember meals of home-made bread, corn, tomatoes etc from (the) garden. LOTS OF LOVE THERE.” Written by Lura Louise

Published in History of the Jackson Family of Hempstead, Long Island by Oscar Burton Robbins, pg 209: DEATH TAKES MRS. KAUFMAN OF DES MOINES Only six months after celebrating her sixty-fifth wedding anniversary, Laura A. Kaufman, 82, better known to her many friends and neighbors of Des Moines as Grandma Kaufman, died at her home Saturday, March 27. Prominent in affairs of the Methodist Church, Rebekah Lodge and Women's Relief Corps, she had been a resident of Des Moines for 14 years and was well loved. Members of the Rebekah lodge took part in the funeral services which were held Tuesday, March 30 at 2 p. m. from the Methodist Church in Des Moines, with Reverend H. Berringer officiating. Burial was in the Fir Crest Cemetery under the direction of Chittenden's Funeral Home. Mrs. Kaufman was born January 26, 1855, in Whiley [Whitley] County, Indiana and had resided formerly at Storm Lake, Iowa. Hers was the first death in a large family. Survivors are her husband A. W. Kaufman of Des Moines; four sons, Harry of Kent; Wilbur of Storm Lake, Iowa; Erwin of Los Angelos, California; and Wesley of Salt Lake City, Utah; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Brandon, Colorado; Mrs. O. L. Detrick, Iowa; and Mrs. Maud Nelson of Des Moines; 18 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Two sons, Erwin of Los Angelos, California, and Wesley of Salt Lake City, Utah, were here for the funeral.

Record Series: Death Records Collection: Washington State Death Records County: Statewide Da Reference Number: Image Number: 245 Document Number: 35 Document Reference Id: 230 Name: Lura Abi Kaufman Date Of Death: 27 Mar 1937 Age: 61 Gender: Female Father Name: Daniel Jackson Mother Name: Elizabeth Jackson Batch Id: 315460 Batch Locality: Washington, United States Death Place: Des Moines, King, Washington Mother Name Gn: Elizabeth Mother Name Surname: Jackson Spouse Name: A. W. Kaufman

Ann Radford has sent me a death certificate for Lura. The informant on that certificate was Lura's daughter Maude Nelson who gave a birth date of 25 Jan 1855 but both the obituary and Oscar Burton Robbins Jackson book have her birthdate as 26 Jan 1855.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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)
   132, 208, 209.
2. ↑ Washington (State). Bureau of Vital Statistics. Washington Death Certificates [Index], 1907–1960. (FamilySearch, 2016).

   Digital Archives www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Search 5

3. ↑ Find A Grave
   Memorial# 5224127.