Person:Theora Stone (1)

Was raised as a Baptist. When a teenager, she and a friend tried to use a depilatory cream to "shave" their legs, her father found out and was horrified. Converted to Mormonism when she was pregnant with the twins.

Married again after her 3 kids, to a man named Mercer. Divorced.

From California, they moved to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, then about 1966 moved to Salem, Oregon. At the same time, others moved to Salem as well: her son John "Bud" and his family, her adopted kids Connie and Vernon, as well as the Bud's wife's parents (the Brays.)

1. ↑ 1930 Census, Idaho, Ada Co
   Boise City.

   Walt A. Stone, rents, $30/month, male, white, age 57, married at 23, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. Ala, occupation painter
   Frances E., age 52, b. IA, father b. VT, mother b. NY
   Theora, daughter, age 22, b. MO
   Wilson, son, age 19, b. MO
   Walter, son, age 17, b. OK

2. ↑ 1920 Census, Idaho, Ada Co
   Boise.

   House number 711
   Stone, Walter A., rents, age 47, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. Ala, house painter
   Frances E, age 42, b IA, father b. VT, mother b . NY
   Mabel G, age 18, b. ID
   Luella, age 16, b ID
   Theora M, age 11, b. MO
   Wilson M, age 9, b. MO
   Walter A, age 7, b. OK

3. ↑ 1910 Census, Missouri, Wayne Co.
   Series: T624 Roll: 827 Page: 139, 21 Nov 2005.

   Quality: 4

4. ↑ 1920 Census, Idaho, Ada Co.
5. ↑ Connie Eggers. Telephone interview with Connie Eggers.