May Rosella SHAMBLEN

  General Notes:

MILLS CO, IA BIRTH RECORDS: unnamed Shamblin baby b. Feb 13, 1882 Rawles Twp. 3rd child of John Shamblin, 28, b. Noble Co, OH and Annie Merrill, 22, of Boon Co, MO.

1910 MO CENSUS, Johnson Co, Rose Hill Twp: Byron Riffle, 42(?), married 9 yrs, b. IN, father b. IL, mother b. IN, gen. farmer; wife May R., 28, married 9 yrs, 5 children, 5 living, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IN; son Ernest V., 7, b. IA; dau. Anna M., 6; son Glen O, 5; son Henry E., 3; son Fred T., 2; brother Ivan Riffle, 35, single, b. IN, father b. IL, mother b. IN, farmer. All children, except Ernest, were b. MO, father b. IN, mother b. IA.

1920 MO CENSUS, Johnson Co, Rose Hill Twp: "Bryon" Riffle, 42, b. IN, father b. IL, mother b. IN, farmer, gen. farm; wife May R., 38, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. US; son Ernest J., 17, single, b. IA, laborer, home farm; dau. Anne, M., 16; son Glen O., 15; son Henry E., 13; son Thomas F., 12; son Byron S., 9; dau. Velma M., 7; son James W., 5; son Allen I, 3-6/12; dau. Bertha B., 6/12. All children, except Ernest, were b. MO. The father of all children was b. IN and mother b. IA. Listed next to them on census was Ivan Riffle, 46, single, b. IN, father b. IL, mother b. IN, farmer.

MILLS CO, IA 1901 MARRIAGES, Book 1: Byron Riffle, 23, married May R. "Shamblin", 20, on Feb 26, 1901 at Strahan.

May married Byron RIFFLE on 26 Feb 1901 in Strahan, Mills Co, IA.¹ (Byron RIFFLE was born on 6 Mar 1878 in IN ⁴ and died on 5 Jan 1963 in Garden City, Cass Co, MO ³.)