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[Steve Whitlock]

(07-07-2019 03:01 PM)Steve Wrote:  Steve W. -

I found a copy of the 1956 marriage record of Virginia Asburn and John Robert McCrea.

FM Steve, I guess we're just on a Steve Quest! At any rate to follow up on the marriage record you found for Virginia F. Asburn, here is the marriage for her parents, Juanita Bonney and Charles W. Asburn Jr:

Juanita Bonney

in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951

Name: Juanita Bonney
Gender: Female
Spouse: Charles W Ashburn [Charles Wilson Asburn Jr]
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Year: 1918
Marriage License Number: 380253
Digital GSU Number: 4141622
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Things didn't go so well and they went their separate ways. Juanita's brother, Ben Bonney, in his 1931 obit has her as Miss Waunita [sic] Bonney.

Juanita Bonney

in the 1910 United States Federal Census

Name: Juanita Bonney
[Justin Bonney]
Age in 1910: 11
Birth Year: abt 1899
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1910: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas
Street: S Compania
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: Ben R Bonney
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's name: Terry M Bonney
Mother's Birthplace: Nebraska
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Ben R Bonney 42 [Bickford “Ben” R. Bonney]
Terry M Bonney 35 [Teresa “Terry” M Bonney]
Juanita Bonney 11 [Juanita Bonney m: Charles W. Asburn Jr]
Benj R Bonney Jr. 9 [Died in 1931]
Thos Bonney 4
Chas Dunn 25
Paul Parker 25
W R Windell 25
E E Wilson 23
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Benjamin B. Bonney
Birth 1900
Death 10 Apr 1931 (aged 30–31)
Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Show Map
Plot Section M, Block 9, Row East, Grave (42?)
Memorial ID 154956743 · View Source

According to his burial card he died from tuberculosis at Kearney, Nebr. on April 10, 1931, age 30 years, and was buried April 13.

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Omaha World-Herald, Morning, April 13, 1931, p. 12, col. 1

DEATH NOTICES

BONNEY – Benjamin, age 30 years. He is survived besides his wife by his mother, Mrs. Theresa Bonney; 1 brother, Thomas of Harrison, Ark., and 1 sister, Miss Waunita Bonney of Bayonne, N. J.

Funeral Monday morning from John A. Gentleman’s mortuary at 8:30 a.m. to St. Mary Magdalene church at 9. Interment Holy Sepulchre cemetery.
Family Members
Parents

Photo
Bick R. Booney

1864–1927
Theresa McGuire Bonney

1878–1962
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Juanita moved to Omaha, NE, where her mother was living by 1935.

Juanita Asburn

in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Name: Juanita Asburn
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1935
Street address: 823 S 2lth apt 28
Residence Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Spouse: Charles Asburn [Wid of Chas, NOTE: Charles W. Asburn Jr d: 1977]
Publication Title: Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1935
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Juanita Asburn

in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Name: Juanita Asburn
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1939
Street address: 4622 S 26th
Residence Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Spouse: Charles Asburn [Wid of Chas]
Publication Title: Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1939
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Juanita Asburn

in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Name: Juanita Asburn
Residence Year: 1941
Street address: 4622 S 26th
Residence Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Publication Title: Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1941
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Note that in 1939 she was Mrs Juanita Asburn; however, in the 1940 census she was Juanita Bonnie, living with her mother, as was her daughter, Virginia. Virginia's surname was compressed a bit and I think intended to be Bonnie as well.

Virginia Bemis

in the 1940 United States Federal Census

Name: Virginia Bemis[Virginia Asburn]
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1920
Gender: Female

Race: White
Birthplace: New Jersey
Marital status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter
Home in 1940: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: So 26
House Number: 4622
Inferred Residence in 1935: Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 12A
Occupation: Stenographer
Industry: General Office
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Duration of Unemployment: 12
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 690
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Teresa Bonnie 65 [Teresa (McGuire) Bonney
Waunita Bonnie 41 [Juanita (Bonney) Asburn]
Virginia Bemis 20 [Virginia Asburn, dtr of Juanita Bonney & Charles W. Asburn Jr]
Mary Dupre 25 [Lodger]
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Juanita's mother, Theresa (McGuire) Bonney clears it up in the obit with her memorial, which shows daughter, Mrs Juanita Asburne, and Virginia McCrea as her granddaughter.

Theresa McGuire Bonney
Birth 1878
Saunders County, Nebraska, USA
Death 18 Apr 1962 (aged 83–84)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Plot Section O, Block 26, Row West, Grave 26
Memorial ID 154040248 · View Source

Daughter of Charles and Sarah (Oxford) McGuire. Married Bickford Bonney on July 19, 1897 at Zion Presbyterian Church, Schuyler, Nebr.

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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), April 19, 1962, p. 36, col. 1

BONNEY – Theresa, age 77 years, St. Vincent’s Home. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Juanita Asburne, Omaha; granddaughter, Virginia McCrea, Santa Monica, Cal.; five sisters.

Funeral services Friday, 10 a.m. at mortuary, South Side. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Member Third Order of St. Francis. St. Bridget Altar Society rosary Thursday, 1:30 p.m.

HEAFEY & HEAFEY
Family Members
Spouse

Photo
Bick R. Booney

1864–1927

Children

Photo
Benjamin B. Bonney

1900–1931

Gravesite Details No visible marker 11/13/15.
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Teresa Mc Guire

in the Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908

Name: Teresa Mc Guire
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birth Place: Saunders Co., Neb.
Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1897
Marriage Place: Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Colfax
Father: Charley Mc Guire
Mother: Sarah Mc Guire
Spouse: Bick R. Bonney [Bickford R. Bonney]