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Personal data Lula Mae (May) Cowells 


Household of Lula Mae (May) Cowells

(1) She is married to Earl William Mathis.

They got married between 1931 and 1932 at fortasse, somewhere in OK, she was 23 years old.

Earl Mathis oo Lula Cowells

Marriage source: Obituaries, Sequoyah County [OK] Times, Sallisaw, OK, Vol. 116, # 50, 3 Dec. 2009, Pg. A2, Cols. 3 & 4

"Terry Mathis Oct 12, 1947 – Nov. 29, 2009

[Col. 3]

Funeral services for Terry Mathis, 62, of Vian, are being held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Vian School Auditorium, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Sallisaw.

Mr. Mathis was born Oct. 13, 1947, in Miami, to Earl Mathis and Lula Cowells. ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Terry Leon Mathis  1947-2009 


(2) She is married to N.N. Allen.

They got married before 1931 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Notes about Lula Mae (May) Cowells

Lula Mae Cowells

Source: Obituaries, Sequoyah County [OK] Times, Sallisaw, OK, Vol. 116, # 50, 3 Dec. 2009, Pg. A2, Col. 3

"Terry Mathis Oct 12, 1947 – Nov. 29, 2009

[Col. 3]

Funeral services for Terry Mathis, 62, of Vian, are being held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Vian School Auditorium, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Sallisaw.

Mr. Mathis was born Oct. 13, 1947, in Miami, to Earl Mathis and Lula Cowells. ..."

DeFord, Clay, enumerator, 1940 Ottawa Co. OK federal census, (Afton town, OK, US census bureau, 4-6 May 1940), Krueger addition, Ward 5, sheet 14-A, s.d. 9, e.d. 58-1

"line 6, house 301, owns, value $400, no, Mathis, Earl W., head, indian, male, ae 37, married, in school? no, highest grade 8, born Oklahoma, residing in same place as April 1, 1935, government work Yes, hours worked March 24 - 30 40,Trackman, Steam railroad, ckass if worker PW, weeks worked 49, wages 960, No line 7, Lula May, wife, fem. Indian, ae 32, married, not in school, highest grade 8, born Oklahoma, residing same place as April 1, 1935, No, No, No, No, H, employed 0 wks, 0 wages, No line 8, Wandy Wyome, daug. fem., white, ae 9, single, school Yes, highest grade 3, born Oklahoma, residing same place as April 1, 1935, line 9, Billy David, son, male, white, ae 6, single, school Yes, highest grade 0, born Oklahoma, residing same place as April 1, 1935, line 10, Earl W. Jr., son, male, white, ae 3, single, born Oklahoma, not in school, highest grade 0 line 11, Dorothy Dean, daug., fem., white, ae 5.12, single, born Oklahoma, not in school, highest grade 0"

Mathis, Robert Lynn, Talk to David A. Navorska, (Twp. 25N, Delaware Co., OK, RLM, xiii Jan MMXIII)

"Lula Cowells was married twice. first to Mr. Allen, then to Mr. Mathis. Terry Mathis and the children named in the Mathis household on the 1940 census are children of Eqrl William Mathis & his wife, Lula May Cowells. ..."

Mathis, Robert Lynn, Annotations to generation 4 of Johathan Nathaniel Mathis pedigree chart, (Twp. 6, Delaware Co., OK, RLM, xiii Jan MMXIII)

"Lula May Cowells [parents Caleb Cowells and Jeraldean Cowells]"

Crarlus, Opal, Terry Leon Mathis birth certificate 42220-58250, (Oklahoma City, OK, State Dept. of Health, iii Nov MCMXLVII)

"Mother of Child 15. Full maiden name Lula Mae Cowels Mathis 16. Color or race white 17. Age at time of birth 40 yrs. 18. BirthPlace Afton, Okla. ..."

Pollard, Carl H., Ottawa Co. Supt. of Schools, Letter regarding Lula Cowells, (Miami, OK, Ottawa Co. School, ii Aug MCMLXXIX)

"... This is to certify that the 1916 enumeration records for School District # 26, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, reveals the following information: Lula Cowells - Date of birth, April 23, 1907. Parents - Caleb W. Cowells & Geraldean Cowells, ..."

Harris, Kay, local registrar, Cert. of Death for Lula Mae Stallings, (OK city, OK, State Dept. of Health, 26 June 1981). local file # 464 State file #: 12384

"Lula Mae Stallings date of death June 20, 1981 Female White age 74 Date of birth April 23, 1907 County of death: Mayes city Pryor inside city limits yes Grand Valley Hospital State of Birth Oklahoma citizen U.S.A. widowed survivingspouse None usual occupation Housewife buisness Houswife Residence Oklahoma, county Ottawa city Miami inside city limits yes sstreet and number 205 B.N.E. Father Calub Willis Cowell mother Jerley Deankelley informant Nadine Myers mailingaddress 1021 B.N.E. Miami, Oklahoma 74354 Immediate cause of death metastatic carcinoma of bile duct ... proclamed dead 6.24.81 5:30 pm Burial June 23 1981 G.A.R. Cemetery Miami Oklahoma funeral home Jim Thomas & Son Miami, Okla. 74354 funeral director Jim Thomas ..."

N.N. (anonymous), Terry Mathis/ Diana Bowen Social Services Chart MOA 73 (Pub. location unknown, Bureau of Indian Affairs?, no date)

"Under or above each line, insert Tribe, Roll Number and Degree, as appropriate ... MO: Chne 1/32
Lulu Cowells MGF: Ch. 23727 1/16
Caleb W. Cowells
MGM N.K."

I define PGF to mean Paternal grandfather and MGF to mean Maternal grandfather - D.A. Navorska - xvi Jan MMXIII -Grove Twp., Delaware Co., OK <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lula Mae (May) Cowells

Jeraldean Kelley
± 1889-????

Lula Mae (May) Cowells
1907-1981

(1) 1932
(2) < 1931

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