Roy David CONKLIN ¹

  General Notes:

FAMILY HISTORY FROM PATRICIA CONKLIN ZUPAN: Patricia's grandfather, Roy, told her that he was orphaned at about age 12. Roy, along with his brothers and sisters, was placed in an orphanage at York, York Co, NE at the age of about 12. He said he ran away from the orphanage and worked as a farmhand and a cowboy at different cattle ranches in western NE and made it on his own.

1900 NE CENSUS, York Co, Lockridge Twp, Mother's Jewel's Home:
David "Tammen", 13, inmate, b. June 1886, b. KS, attended school.
(Also listed on the census were the following females: "Aho Taman",10, b. 1890 NE; "Ono Taman", 8, b. 1892 NE; Elizabeth "Taman", 5, b. 1895, NE.)

MOTHER'S JEWELS ORPHANAGE, York Co, NE: listed as David LeRoy Tammen in records (but probably David Roy Conklin) According to the orphanage records he was taken by a Mrs. Margaret Tappert of Oshkosh, (Garden Co.), Neb. on June 20, 1900. He had arrived at the orphanage on April 6, 1900.

WORLD WAR 1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS,1917-1918:
Roy David Conklin, b. Dec. 16, 1888 in Kansas City, KS; address: Brewster, Blaine Co, NE; employed as a rancher by P. C. Erickson of Brewster, NE; married; wife and child depend upon him for financial support; claimed exemption from draft due to cataract of eyes; medium height, medium build, blue eyes, sandy hair.

WWI CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATION:
Name: Conklin, Roy David
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1888
Birth Place: Kansas City KS
City/County: Blaine
State: NE
Ethnicity: W

1920 NE, Sheridan Co, Antioch village:
"Ray D. Cauklin", 30, b. NE, father b. Canada (English), mother b. IL, carpenter, contracting;
wife Emma(?), 20, b. IA; father b. PA, mother b. VA;
dau. Della M., 4, b. MO;
son Franklin L., 1-7/12, b. NE.
The father of both children was b. NE and the mother b. IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Pottawattamie Co, Knox Twp:
Roy D. Conklin, rent $10, 41, married age 26, b. NE, parents b. KS, farm laborer;
wife Edna M., 31, married age 16, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. Della M, 14, b. NE;
son Frank L., 11, b. NE;
dau. Darlene E., 5, b. IA.
The father of all children was b. KS and the mother b. IA.

1940 IA CENSUS, Pottawattamie Co, Knox Twp, Avoca town:
Roy Conklin, 51, 4th, b. KS, 1935: Pottawattamie Co, IA, laborer, road improvement;
Edna, wife, 41, 8th, b. IA, 1935: Pottawattamie Co, IA;
Darlene, dau, 15, attended school, H-2, b. IA.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Roy David Conklin
Gender: Male
Registration Age: 53
Birth Date: Dec 1888
Birth Place: Jamestown, Kansas, USA
Residence Place:Avoca, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: abt 1941
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Nearest Relative: Mrs. Edna May Conklin (wife)
Employer: Rock Island Railroad
Height: 5 10
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 190
Complexion: Ruddy

NEWSPAPER: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (IA), June 30, 1945: Roy D. Conklin & Edna M. Conklin bought W 1/2 of lots 1,2,3, block 13, original plat, town Avoca, $575.

IA DEATH RECORDS, 1880-1972:
Name: Roy David Conklin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 69
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1888
Birth Place: Concordia, KS
Death Date: 25 Aug 1958
Death Place: Harlan, Shelby, Iowa, USA
Usual Residence: Avoca, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Burial Date: 29 Aug 1958
Burial Place: Graceland Cem, Avoca, IA
Father: Frank Conklin
Mother: Jessie Wickham
Certificate Number: 58-17754
Notes: Y

OBIT: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (IA), Aug 27, 1958: Avoca - Roy David Conklin, 69, of Avoca, died Monday in a Harlan hospital. He had been in ill health but a short time with a heart condition. Conklin, who was born in Kansas, had lived in Avoca since 1924. He was a retired railroad employee. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Berthusen Funeral Home in Avoca. The Rev. Robert Yoak of Mitchellville will officiate and burial will be in the Avoca Cemetery. Survivors are: widow, Edna; two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Derby of Stockton, CA, and Mrs. Marion Christensen of Marshalltown; one son, Frank, of Omaha; one brother W. O. White of Grand Island, NE; and 12 grandchildren.

OBIT: Harlan Tribune (IA), Aug. 29, 1958: Roy Conklin, 69, Avoca, died Aug. 25 at the Harlan, IA hospital.

Roy married Edna Mae COFFMAN on 11 Aug 1915 in St. Paul, Howard Co, NE.¹ (Edna Mae COFFMAN was born on 17 Dec 1900 in Harlan, Shelby Co, IA,⁵ died on 26 Oct 1999 in Harlan, Shelby Co, IA ⁶ and was buried in Graceland Cem, Avoca, Pottawattamie Co, IA ⁴.)