Jennie WATSON ²

  General Notes:

IA, MARRIAGES, 1809-1992:
Groom's Name: John Barnes
Groom's Birth Date: 1876
Groom's Birthplace: Blakesburg, Ia.
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Jennie Watson
Bride's Birth Date: 1882
Bride's Birthplace: Clayton County, Ia.
Bride's Age: 17
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1899
Marriage Place: Blakesburg, Wapello County, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Nathaniel Barnes
Groom's Mother's Name: Eliza "Kinny"
Bride's Father's Name: George W. Watson
Bride's Mother's Name: Rosanna Wickham
Groom's Race: White
Bride's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02537-4
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 979598
Reference Number: Wapello Co., No.544

1900 IA CENSUS, Wapello Co, Adam Twp:
Nathan Barnes, Mar 1840, 60, married 33 yrs, b. OH, parents b. England, blacksmith;
Eliza, wife, Mar 1844, 56, married 33 yrs, 9 children, 3 living, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. VA;
John, son, July 1878, 21, married 7/12 yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH, farm laborer;
Jennie, d-in-law, Sep 1883, 16, married 7/12 yrs, 0 children, 0 living, b. IA, parents b. OH;
May, grand-dau, Apr 1892, 8, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1910 IA CENSUS, Monroe Co, Mantua Twp:
John Barnes, 27, 1st marriage, married 8(?) yrs, b. IA, father b. England, mother b. OH, laborer, private family;
Jenny, wife, 24, 1st marriage, married 8(?) yrs, b. IA, parents b. OH;
Charles, son, 7, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
"Herald", son, 3, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Orsen, son, 7/12, b. NE, parents b. IA.
Living with the family was the family of Sam & Myrtle Wilcox.

1920 IA CENSUS, Polk Co, Altoona town:
John O. Barnes, 40, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. VA, coal miner, coal mines;
Jennie, wife, 39, b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. IA;
Charles O., son, 19, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, coal mines;
Harold N., son, 13, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Earnest I., son, 6, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Virgil V., son, 4-11/12, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Maxine L., dau, 1-11/12, b. IA, parents b. IA;
George W. Watson, father-in-law, 72, divorced, b. NY, parents b. NY, no occupation.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Jasper Co, Des Moines Twp:
John Barnes, 45, 6th grade education, b. IA, father: Nate Barnes who was b. KY, mother: Eliza Dobs who was b. KY and married KY, unclassified laborer;
wife Jennie, 40, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Geo. Watson who was b. IA, mother: "Roseana Wickum" who was b. IA and married IA, unclassified laborer;
son Ernest, 11;
son Virgil, 10;
dau. Maxine, 6;
dau. Rosy, 3;
son Carl, 1.
All children were b. IA, father: John Barnes; mother: not listed. None had a church affiliation listed.

1930 IA CENSUS, Polk Co, Des Moines city:
John O. Barnes, 50, 1st marriage age 21, b. IA, parents b. IA, worker, mine co.;
Jenny, wife, 45, 1st marriage age 15, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Virgil, son, 15, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Maxine, dau, 12, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Rosie, dau, 9, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Carl, son, 6, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school.

Jennie married John Otis BARNES on 16 Nov 1899 in Blakesburg, Wapello Co, IA.¹ (John Otis BARNES was born on 29 Jul 1878 in Blakesburg, Wapello Co, IA ^{3 4} and died after 1930 in probably IA ⁵.)