1900 Census Josephine Bennett Whisler

Interesting that Josephine listed herself as widowed instead of divorced.  I don't know if it was wishful thinking or just a social stigma thing back then. 

1900 United States Federal Census 1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Josephine Whisler Home in 1900: Platte, Taylor, Iowa [Lenox, Taylor, Iowa] Age: 28 Birth Date: Feb 1872 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Mother: number of living children: 3 Mother: How many children: 3 Marital Status: Widowed Occupation: View on Image Household Members: Name Age Josephine Whisler 28 Earl L Whisler 8 Bruce V Whisler 5 Percy E Whisler 2 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Platte, Taylor, Iowa; Roll: T623_461; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 127. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.

Earl Whisler, Sr. WWI Draft card

On the bottom of this form is Earl's actual signature and at the top of the second page, it says that he is tall, medium build, light blue eyes and has dark brown hair.   He is listed as a farmer and is married and not disabled. He was living in Quincy Washington at the time and was born in Clearfield, Iowa.

Earl Whisler Sr. with Ted, Marilyn, and granddaughter Ruthie

Ruthie Whisler, Earl Whisler Sr., Marilyn Walker, Ted Whisler

The negative was old and had to be split to fit in the scanner, so 2 pictures.

Marilyn Walker and Ted Whisler Wedding Day

This is from a very rare color slide of Marilyn Walker and her parents Marian and Art Lusk.  September 4, 1949, Medford Oregon.  There is a black and white photo of this event elsewhere on the blog.

Dwayne Taylor ??, Earl Whisler, Jr., Ted Whisler, Marilyn Walker, Ted's father Earl Whisler, Sr.

Ted's sister Edna Whisler, two other girls

Ted Whisler's parents

Doris Edna Hedgepeth Whisler
Born:  7 November 1895 in Marysville, Yuba county, California
Died:  6 May 1978 in Gladstone, Clackamas county, Oregon

Earl Leroy Whisler

Born:  20 December 1891 in Clearfield, Taylor county, Iowa

Died:  2 August 1959 in Grantspass, Josephine county, Oregon

need to know who these people are

This might be the Whisler / Randolph family.

Parents seated in front would be Josephine Bennett and Nelson Randolph

If this is this family the girl in the back is Birdie and the boy next to her would be Earl Whisler