Charles Clifford KEAIRNS ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

IA, DELAYED BIRTHS, 1856-1940 - filed 19 Jan 1956:
Name: Charles Clifford Keairns
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date:15 Apr 1892
Birth Place: Mapleton, Monona, Iowa, USA
Mother: Sarah Jane Keairns, b. IA
Father: Unknown
Certificate Number: 244902

1900 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, 3400 Parkview Blvd:
son Clifford T. "Kearnes", Apr 1892, 8, b. IA and parents b. IA.
Clifford was living with Cornelius Keairns and his children. (Clifford was listed as a son of Cornelius but actually was a grandson).

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, Mapleton P.O.: C.
"Kearnes" (Krames?), Sarah, Geo., Willis, Hester, Clifford.

1910 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
M. D. Leach, 42, 2nd marriage, married 4 yrs, b. IN, parents b. US, painter, house;
wife Ida, 31, 2nd marriage, married 4 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. PA;
son Cyrus Kishen, 10, b. IA, parents b. IA;
boarder Tresa(?) Bierer, 21, b. MN, parents b. Germany, servant, private family;
boarder Clifford "Kerns", 18, single, b. IA, parents birthplaces unknown, laborer, odd jobs;
boarder Elisha "Kerns", 16, b. IA, parents birthplaces unknown, ? occupation.
(In the 1920 IA Census, Woodbury Co Census there was a McDaniel & Ida Leach. McDaniel was a son of Archibald Leach, who was a brother of William, George and Reuben Leach.)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Chas C Kearns [Charley C Kearns]
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1894
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Occupation: Farm hand
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place:Elkpoint, Union County, South Dakota, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue

1920 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Huron town:
William Keairns, 35, b. IA, parents b. IA, engineer, C& AW;
wife "Gularne"(?), 32, immigrated to US in 1907, naturalized citizen in 1909, b. Norway, parents b. Norway; dau. Ethel, 9, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. Norway;
nephew Clifford Keairns, 28, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, farm hand.

SD MARRIAGES, 1905-1949:
Charles C. Keairns of Sioux City, IA, 32, b. IA, bachelor & Effie Jensen of Sioux City, IA, 28, b. WY, divorced were married July 14, 1924 at Elk Point, Union Co, SD by O.(?) I. Munson, Justice.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Charles Keairns, 33, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: ____ Keairns who was b. unknown, mother: unknown who was b. IA and married IA, served in Army from SD, unclassified laborer;
wife Effie, 20, 3rd grade education, b. WY, father: Andrew Anderson who was b. Denmark, mother: Meta Larson who was b. Denmark and married WY;
dau. Doris, 1, b. IA;
dau. Floris, 3 mo., b. IA.
All were Protestant. The parents of both children were Charles Keairns and Effie Anderson who married SD. (No Jensen children were listed.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Charles C. Keairns, 37, 1st marriage age 30, owned home worth $2,000, b. IA, father b. US, mother b. IA, laborer, Goodwill Mission;
wife Effie, 34, 1st marriage age 19, b. WY, parents b. Denmark;
dau. Doris L. Keairns, 6;
dau. Floris D. Keairns, 5;
dau. Eileen J. Keairns, 1 1/12;
stepson Andrew M. Jensen, 14;
stepson Donald J. Jensen, 13;
step dau. Evelyn B. Jensen, 11.
All Keairns children were b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. WY. All Jensen children were b. NE, father b. NE, mother b. WY.

1940 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sloan city:
Charles C. Keairns, 48, 8th, b. IA, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA, no occupation listed;
Effie, wife, 44, 5th, b. WY, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA;
Doris, dau, 16, attended school, 8th, b. IA, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA;
Floris, dau, 15, attended school, 7th, b. IA, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA;
Eileen, dau, 13, attended school, 6th, b. IA, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA;
Phyllis, dau, 8, attended school, 2nd, b. IA, 1935: rural Woodbury Co, IA;
JoAnn, dau, 5, b. IA;
Esther Lee, dau, 4, b. IA.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Charles Clifford Keairns
Gender: Male
Registration Age: 50
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1892
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Residence Place:Sloan, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: abt 1942
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Employer: Self-employed
Next of Kin: Mrs. Effie Keairns
Height: 5 5
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 156
Complexion: Ruddy

1950 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sloan city:
Charles C. "Keairns", 58, b. IA, unable to work;
"Ethel", wife, 54, b. IA;
Phyllis J., dau, 18, b. IA;
Joan, dau, 15, b. IA;
Esther, dau, 14, b. IA;
Eileen J. Scribner, dau, 37, b. IA;
Albert J. Scribner, son-in-law, 27, married, b. NE, machinist, repair machinery;
Jacqueline D. Scribner, granddau, 2, b. NE;
David Scribner, grandson, June, b. NE.

U.S., VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MASTER INDEX, 1917-1940:
Name: Charles Clifford Keairns
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1892
Military Date: 17 Jan 1919
Residence Place:Sioux City, Iowa
Death Date: 3 Jul 1969

SSDI:
Name: Charles Keairns
Social Security Number: 485-38-7550
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1892
Issue Year: 1952-1953
Issue State: Iowa
Last Residence: 51055, Sloan, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Death Date: Jul 1969

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Charles C. Keairns
Birth Date: 1892
Death Date: 1969
Cemetery: Sloan Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Sloan, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y

Charles married Effie ANDERSON on 14 Jul 1924 in Elk Point, Union Co, SD.¹ (Effie ANDERSON was born on 11 Jun 1896 in WY,^{7 8} died on 1 Feb 1952 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA ⁹ and was buried in Sloan Cem, Sloan, Woodbury Co, IA ⁷.)