George Washington KEAIRNS ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

NE, SELECT MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1855-1908:
Name: George Keairns
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1877
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence: Soldier, IA
Father: Cornelius Keairns
Mother: Clementne Keairns
Marriage Date: 12 Feb 1907
Marriage Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Douglas
Spouse:Bernice C Greenough
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marriage Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1888
Spouse's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's Residence: Soldier, IA
Spouse's Father: W C Greenough
Spouse's Mother:Linda Greenough

1910 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
George "Keairns", 34, 1st marriage, married 3 yrs, 2 living children, no occupation listed, rents farm;
wife Bernice, 19, 1st marriage, married 3 yrs;
son George V., 2;
son William, 1-1/12;
hired man Howard Greenough, 23, single.
All were b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. WI.
(Listed next to them on the census were William C. & Linda Greenough.)

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, P.O. Soldier:
George Keairns (Kairns?), 38, married, farmer, 4th grade education, b. IA, parents b. IA, 38 yrs in IA;
Bernice, 24, married, b. IA, parents b. WI, LDS church, 24 yrs in IA;
George, 3, b. IA, parents b. IA;
William, 5, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Doris, 3, b. IA, parents b. IA;
"Florice", 1, b. IA, parents b. IA.
Also living with them appears to be C. Keairns, 64, wd, farmer, 5th grade education, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IL, in IA 61 yrs, LDS church.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: George Keairns
Race: White
Age: 42
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1876
Occupation: Farming
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Castana, Monona County, Iowa, USA
Physical Build: Slender
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Relative:Bernice Keairns

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
George Keairns, 43, b. IA, parents b. IL, farmer, gen. farm;
wife Bernice, 28, b. IA, father b. MO, mother b. WI;
son George, 12;
son William, 10;
dau. Doris, 7;
dau. Floris, 5;
son "Pyrl", 3-3/12;
hired man Charles Brewer, 51, divorced, b. IA, parents b. OH, laborer, farm.
All children were b. IA and parents b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
George Keairns, 49, married, 9th grade education, father: Cornelius Keairns, mother: Clementine Ball, engaged in manufacturing/mechanical;
wife Bernice, 34, married, 8th grade education, father: Wm. Greenough who was b. St. Louis, MO; mother: Linda Newkirk who was b. WI and married WI, engaged in personal service;
son George, 17;
son William, 15;
dau. Doris, 13;
dau. Flora, 11;
son Pearl, 8.
All were b. Mapleton, Monona Co, IA and all were Protestant.

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
George "Keairnes", 53, 1st marriage age 30, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, packing house;
wife Bernice, 38, 1st marriage age 16, b. IA, parents b. WI;
son William, 20, single, carpenter, building;
dau. Flores, 16;
son Kenneth, 13.
All children were b. IA and parents b. IA.

1940 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
George Keairns, 63, H-2, b. IA, 1935: same house, carpenter, WPA bridge construction;
Bernice, wife, 48, 8th, b. IA, 1935: same house;
Doris Bryce, dau, 28, single, H-1, b. IA, 1935: same house, waitress, beer tavern;
Shirley Bryce, gr-dau, 10, attended sxhool, 4th, b. IA, 1935: same house.

1950 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
George Keairns, 78, b. IA, unable to work;
Bernice C., wife, 58, b. IA.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: George Washington Keairns
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1876
Birth Place: Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 2 Jan 1960
Death Place:Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y

George married Bernice Claire GREENOUGH on 12 Feb 1907 in Omaha, Douglas Co, NE.¹ (Bernice Claire GREENOUGH was born on 5 May 1891 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA,^{5 6} died on 6 Jun 1956 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA ³ and was buried in Memorial Park Cem, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA ³.)