The Skaggs-Files

1900 census- Liberty Twp. Marshall Co., IA.-T623 Roll 447 Page 81 Lines 1-7
Benjamin F. age 34, born May 1866 in OH., married 15 years, occupation: machinist, parents born in OH.
Martha E. age 33, born Mar. 1867 in IN. married 15 years, 5
children with 5 living, parents born in IN.
Della age 13 born Dec. 1886 in KS.
Carrie age 11 born Jan. 1889 in IA.
Gertrude age 9 born Mar. 1891 in IA.
George age 6 born July 1893 in IA.
Vira (s/b Vera) age 3 born June 1896 in IA.

1905 Iowa census Colo, Story Co., IA.
Roll IA_110
Frank Norman age 39 Line 467
Martha E. Norman age 38 Line 468
Della Norman Line 469
Carry Norman Line 470
Gertrude Norman Line 471
George C. Norman Line 472
Vera Norman age 9 Line 473

1905 census Clemons, Marshall Co., IA.
Norman, Frank Line 117
Marthe S/B Martha Norman, Line 118
Dehla S/B Della Norman, age 15, born in KS. Line 119
Carrie Norman Line 120
Gertrude Norman Line 121
George Norman age 12, born in IA. Line 122
Vera Norman Line 123
NOTE: No explanation why the Frank Norman family is listed in Story Co. & Marshall Co. in the 1905 Iowa census

1910 census- 822 16th St. 2nd WD Des Moines, Polk Co., IA.-T624 Roll 419 Page 74 Lines 22-27
Frank Norman age 46 born in OH. married 24 years, occupation: manufacturer, parents born in OH.
Martha A. (s/b E.) age 42 born in IN., married 24 years, 5 children with 5 living., parents born in IN.
Della age 23 born in KS.
Gertrude age 18 born in IA.
Vera age 13 born in IA.
George age 16 born in IA.
Living on 16th St. near Center St.

1915 Iowa Census - Zearing, Story Co., IA.
Line: 521 Roll: IA1915_463
Vera Norman, age 18, single, 8 yrs. in IA., not working, born abt. 1897, born in IA., Race: white, Mother born in IN., Father born in OH.

1920 census Jacksonville Twp., Chickasaw Co., Iowa
Series: T625 Roll: 482 Page: 206
Jan. 9 & 10, 1920 C. J. Slindee
Lines 76 thru 81
CLEMENS, William H., head, age 55, farming, born in IA.
Census sheet was difficult to read, very faint.
6 family members listed. Probably:
Mary, wife
William, son
Vera, daughter in law
John, grandson & the last one being Mary, granddaughter

1930 census-Iowa, Story Co., Washington Twp., Ames-Apr. 11, 1930
William Sr., age 65, born in IA., parents in IN., collector
Mary F., wife, age 61, born in IL., parents born in IL.
William Jr., son, age 37, born in IA.
Vera, daughter-in-law, age 33, born in IA., father born in OH. & mother in IN.
John M., grandson, age 14, born in IA.
Mary L., granddaughter, age 10, born in IA.

Vera was a hard working woman, taking care of her mother-in-law, Mary F. Waldie Clemons, until Mary's death and then Vera worked outside the home. She often worked in the same grocery store with my father. They operated 2 grocery stores of their own in Ames, IA. & 1 in Colo, IA. Mother came at the age of 16 (1913) to live with her sister, Carrie & husband Roy Perry at Colo, IA. Their father Benjamin had moved back to Kansas & married his 2nd wife and that did not work out for my mother. She worked in nursing homes after the death of my father and then at the Overland Cafe in Ames in the Caramel Corn Stand and in her very late life, just before her death she worked for the Food Service at Iowa State University. She spent some of the years taking care of my sister, Norma's, 4 children. She truly enjoyed doing that. She died of a heart attack while watching her afternoon soap operas.

Birth & death dates verified by my personal knowledge (DB). Burial in Section 1 Block 10 Lot 6. Waldie plot.

Funeral: Ryan Funeral Home - Nevada, Iowa Jan. 29, 1970 @ 1:30 p.m.
Rev. William K. Benbow, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ames, Iowa.
Pallbearers: Charles Jones, Leo Jones, George Norman, Jerome Norman, Kenneth Perry & Leonard Anderson.

S. S. #479-16-9050 Issued in Iowa