Trying to find my great grandfather on the 1930 Census

[scotmum]

Do all the adult children named in Robert's obituary match with all the children you have already found in your research?

[TomGad]

Do all the adult children named in Robert's obituary match with all the children you have already found in your research?

Yes they do

[oldohiohome]

Maybe the death index mistranscribed the 3 for March as a 5? 

It looks like Wilma got divorced from her previous husband in 1931, so the date of Robert & Wilma's marriage in the obituary may be off.  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch/185511326/

It says they both are in Moline, Illinois in 1931. So Robert might be there in 1930?

She was "of Rock Island" to be exact, a neighboring city in Illinois to Moline, IL and Davenport, Iowa.

[oldohiohome]

1940 Census taken in April 1940
in Moline
Robert L 64 b Missouri, 1935: lived in same place, namely Moline, but not in the same house
Wilma 50, b Sweden
James son, 22, b Oklahoma
Scott, Marilyn, 14 stepd b Illinois
     Virgil 12, steps b Illinois
     Lee 9, step son, b Illinois

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZQ-2RM?lang=en

I wonder if Lee Scott is actually Robert Lee Davis' son. If so that would explain Wilma's divorce and also put Robert in the Rock Island, Moline, Davenport area by 1929/30.

I'd be curious to know if it was easier to marry in Iowa than in Illinois in 1931.

[TomGad]

1940 Census taken in April 1940
in Moline
Robert L 64 b Missouri, 1935: lived in same place, namely Moline, but not in the same house
Wilma 50, b Sweden
James son, 22, b Oklahoma
Scott, Marilyn, 14 stepd b Illinois
     Virgil 12, steps b Illinois
     Lee 9, step son, b Illinois

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZQ-2RM?lang=en

I wonder if Lee Scott is actually Robert Lee Davis' son. If so that would explain Wilma's divorce and also put Robert in the Rock Island, Moline, Davenport area by 1929/30.

I'd be curious to know if it was easier to marry in Iowa than in Illinois in 1931.

Lee Scott is indeed Lee Davis, Robert’s youngest son. No idea why he was listed as Scott on the census haha.

[oldohiohome]

Lee Scott is indeed Lee Davis, Robert’s youngest son. No idea why he was listed as Scott on the census haha.

Legally Scott, maybe.

[oldohiohome]

the 1940 Address was 222 42nd St, Ward 7, Moline

here is a Robert Davis, w daughter Mary at 3159 23rd Ave, Ward 7 in 1930

1930 Moline, 3159 23rd Avenue, Ward 7
Robert Davis, 55, age at 1st marriage: 25
Mary Davis, 17

Only those details match what we know. All birth places, theirs and their parents, say Illinois, not the correct ones.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS11-GKS?lang=en

this census has been user corrected at ancestry to match  the Robert L Davis we are looking for. - for what it's worth. It might just be someone trying to make things fit.

but the 2 locations are only a few blocks from each other.  disregard the directions on Google maps when starting at 3159 23rd st. They take you to 222 42nd St, East Moline.

[shellyesq]

the 1940 Address was 222 42nd St, Ward 7, Moline

here is a Robert Davis, w daughter Mary at 3159 23rd Ave, Ward 7 in 1930

1930 Moline, 3159 23rd Avenue, Ward 7
Robert Davis, 55, age at 1st marriage: 25
Mary Davis, 17

Only those details match what we know. All birth places, theirs and their parents, say Illinois, not the correct ones.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS11-GKS?lang=en

this census has been user corrected at ancestry to match  the Robert L Davis we are looking for. - for what it's worth. It might just be someone trying to make things fit.

but the 2 locations are only a few blocks from each other.  disregard the directions on Google maps when starting at 3159 23rd st. They take you to 222 42nd St, East Moline.

The daughter was also corrected to being Bertha rather than Mary. 

It looks like Bertha married Herbert Wilkinson in Jan. 1934 and died in April 1934.  Her siblings listed in her obituary included James Davis of Moline. 

Marriage announcement - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-marriage-of-davis/185521232/

obituary - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/185521194/

Note of thanks following her death - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch/185521323/

[TomGad]

the 1940 Address was 222 42nd St, Ward 7, Moline

here is a Robert Davis, w daughter Mary at 3159 23rd Ave, Ward 7 in 1930

1930 Moline, 3159 23rd Avenue, Ward 7
Robert Davis, 55, age at 1st marriage: 25
Mary Davis, 17

Only those details match what we know. All birth places, theirs and their parents, say Illinois, not the correct ones.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS11-GKS?lang=en

this census has been user corrected at ancestry to match  the Robert L Davis we are looking for. - for what it's worth. It might just be someone trying to make things fit.

but the 2 locations are only a few blocks from each other.  disregard the directions on Google maps when starting at 3159 23rd st. They take you to 222 42nd St, East Moline.

The daughter was also corrected to being Bertha rather than Mary. 

It looks like Bertha married Herbert Wilkinson in Jan. 1934 and died in April 1934.  Her siblings listed in her obituary included James Davis of Moline. 

Marriage announcement - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-marriage-of-davis/185521232/

obituary - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/185521194/

Note of thanks following her death - https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch/185521323/

Now we have found Robert, the big question is can you find Jim?