Esther Malissa KEAIRNS ²

  General Notes:

IA, SELECT MARRIAGES INDEX, 1758-1996:
Name: Esther Keairns
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Race: White
Birth Date: 1887
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1909
Marriage Place: Onawa, Monona, Iowa
Marriage Age: 22
Father: C. Keairns
Mother: Clementine Ball
Spouse: Thomas Willett
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Marital status: Single
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Birth Place: Tenn.
Spouse's Father: Geo. Willett
Spouse's Mother: Murphy
FHL Film Number: 1436148
Reference ID: 2:3HJJLRT

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, P.O. Solider:
Thos. Willett, 36, b. TN, parents b. TN, married, farmer, could not read or write, in IA 14 yrs;
Esther, 28, 5th grade education, b. IA, parents b. IA, LDS church;
Charles F., 3, b. SD, father b. TN, mother b. IA, in IA 2 yr.

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
Tom Willett, 41, b. TN, parents b. TN, farmer, gen. farm;
wife Esther, 32, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. MO;
son Frank, 8, b. SD; dau. Hazel, 3-7/12, b. IA;
dau. Margaret, 1/12, b. IA;
father-in-law Cornelius "Keairns", 68, wd, b. IA, parents b. PA, well digger, wells.
The father of all children was b. TN and the mother was b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Tom Willett, 47, 5th grade education, b. TN, father: Joseph Willett who was b. TN, mother: (not listed), married TN, unclassified laborer;
wife Esther, 37, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Cornealus Keairns who was b. IA; mother: Clementine "Vall" who was b. MO and married IA, engaged in personal service;
son Charles F., 13, b. SD;
dau. Hazel, 8, b. IA;
dau. "Margurete", 5, b. IA;
dau. Bernice, 1, b. IA;
father-in-law Cornelius "Keairns", 74, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Roberson (Robertson?) Keairns who was b. IA; mother: (not listed), married IA, unclassified laborer.
The father of all children was Tom Willett and the mother was Esther Keairns who were married IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Tom Willett 48, 1st marriage age 27, b. TN, parents b. TN, laborer, packing house;
wife Esther, 42, 1st marriage age 21, b. IA, parents b. IA;
son Frank, 18, single, clerk, office;
dau Hazel, 13;
dau. Margaret, 10;
dau. Bernice, 6;
father-in-law Cornelius "Kearnes", 78, single, b. IA, parents b. NE.
All children were b. IA, father b. TN, mother b. IA.

1940 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Esther Willett, 52, wd, H-1, b. IA, 1935: same place, (no occupation listed);
Bernice, dau, 16, attended school, H-1, b. IA, 1935: same place.

1950 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Esther M. Willett, 62, wd, b. IA.

OBIT OF SARAH BURCH, 1952: her sister, Esther Willett, was living Sioux City, IA.

SSDI:
Name: Esther Willett
Social Security Number: 484-16-5529
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1887
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Iowa
Death Date: Oct 1963

WOODBURY CO., IA CEMETERY RECORDS: Esther Willett; b. July 28, 1887; d. 1963; buried Sloan Cem, Woodbury Co., IA.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Esther Malissa Willett
Maiden Name: Keairns
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1887
Death Date: Oct 1963
Cemetery: Sloan Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Sloan, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Thomas Willett
Children:
Bernice Lillian Willett
Marguerite May Haynie

Esther married Thomas WILLETT on 6 Jan 1909 in Onawa, Monona Co, IA.¹ (Thomas WILLETT was born on 18 Oct 1877 in Knoxville, Knox Co, TN,^{4 5} died on 29 Dec 1935 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Sloan Cem, Woodbury Co, IA ⁴.)