The Albert L. Young family of Kansas, previously hailing from Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio (part 1)

When you have an ancestor's name and know where the family lived in 1930, you often can get a real running start on constructing your family tree.  That is the case when we look at the Albert L. and Elta M. Young family of Kansas.  In 1930 we find Albert L. Young as the head of household with his wife, Elta M., and his son Aubrey D. in Renfrow, Grant County, Oklahoma.

 1930 United States Census
  District 26, Renfrow, Grant, Oklahoma
  household no. 4


YOUNG, Albert L   head    owns home worth 1200  age 50 1st marriage at age 27 b.
             Illinois   father b. Illinois   mother b. Illinois  retail merchant  groceries own accord


  Elta M.  wife age 45 born in Kansas   father b. Iowa mother b. Ohio
  Aubrey D.  son age 3 and 7/12 b. in Kansas father b. Illinois mother b.Kansas


Renfrow, Grant County is about 8 miles south of Caldwell, Sumner, KS where Aubrey's future wife lived.  Aubrey may well have been born in Kansas, even if the family lived in Oklahoma at the time.

In 1920, the family is also found in Grant County, Oklahoma, but in Fairview, about 84 miles (via roads) southwest of Renfrow.

1920 US Census
 Fairview Grant Oklahoma
 household no.7


YOUNG,  Albert L.  head  owns home free  age 40 b. Illinois father b. Illinois mother b. Illinois   druggist   drugstore   of own accord

Elta M.  wife  age 34 b. Kansas  father b. Iowa   mother b. Illinois
           
Nadine A.   daughter age 6 b. Oklahoma   father b. Illinois  mother b.Kansas


Our first question might be, "where is Nadine in 1930?"  Did she die, or marry very young?  We will look for her in both the marriage and death records between 1920 and 1930.  In 1910, Albert and Elta are back in Renfrow, Grant, Oklahoma.  They are both documented as being in their first marriage for two years and without any children listed.  Now we can look for Albert and Elta in the marriage records of Kansas and Oklahoma in 1908.

1910  United States Census
District 41  Renfrow  Grant  Oklahoma
household 23


YOUNG, Albert L  head age 28 m1 for 2 years b. Illinois  father b. Indiana mother b. Indiana
                     
Elta M.  wife  age 25 m1 for 2 years  b. Kansas  father b. Iowa mother b. Ohio


Whenever we genealogists jump to a previous generation, it is very important that we make certain that we have found the right child with the right parents.  We need to find Albert and Elta with their parents in 1900.