The Oscar L. Jackson and Leanna Jackson family of Kansas and California

As with the Young family, we at least know that the family was in Kansas by 1930.  Almost certainly some of the Young/Jackson descendants remained in Sumner County,  Kansas well into the twentieth century, as Elta and Albert Young as well as Oscar and Leanna Jackson are buried in the Caldwell Cemetery.

1930 United States Census     324 N. Main Street, Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas
               
Oscar L. Jackson, born in Arkansas, both parents born Arkansas, age 47, rents for $25 a month
           proprietor of a laundry


Leanna Jackson, wife, born in Georgia, father b. North Carolina, mother b. Georgia, age 41
Elinor Jackson, daughter, age 21, no occupation
       all children born in Kansas, father b. Arkansas, mother b. Georgia
Albert Jackson, son, age 21, helper at laundry
Fannie Jackson, daughter, age 18
H. B. Jackson, son, age 16
Mary Jackson, daughter, age 12
Robert Jackson, son, age 3 and 3/12
Wilma Jackson, age 8/12


Henry B. ANDREWS , father-in-law, age 69, born in North Carolina, both parents b. North    
         Carolina, carpenter, finishing work


So, as is often the case, this census information both provides answers and raises questions.  We would expect to see Oscar's daughter Billie Jean, that we believe was born in 1929 on this census.  Instead we see a Wilma.  Is Billie's year of birth wrong, was the name mis-transcribed, or did she grow into a different name??  We will look for a birth certificates for both a Billie Jean and a Wilma, as well as any other children born to Oscar and Leanna between their marriage date and 1940 or so.  There is a large break between the birth of children Mary and Robert.  Were there other children born during this span?

The good news is that Leanna's father, Henry B. Andrews, is living with the family and is still working, as a carpenter, so we now have her maiden name. (Also the H.B. Jackson in the census is probably named after him).  Hopefully we will be able to find his family in North Carolina or where they later lived in Georgia as well as a marriage record, probably to be found in Georgia.  More hunting news later.