Family Group Sheet
NameClaud Lane Payne
Birth1 Apr 1893, Gaston Co., North Carolina
Death21 Sep 1958, Vinton, Roanoke Co., Virginia
FatherRobert Lee Payne (1867-1939)
MotherLula Etta Black (1873-1906)
Marriage15 Jul 1920, Lynchburg, Virginia
SpouseIsabell ("Ida Bell") Quesenberry, 1C3R
Birth20 Apr 1901, Carroll Co., Virginia
Death19 Mar 1990, Roanoke Co., Virginia
FatherPeter Jackson Quesenberry (1844-1919)
MotherAlice Williams (?) (-~1902)
Children
1 MRalph Lane Payne, 2C2R
Birth20 Jun 1922, Lynchburg, Virginia
Death19 Jun 1985, Roanoke Co., Virginia
2 MHoward C. Payne, 2C2R
Birthabt 1923, Virginia
Census Notes for Claud Lane Payne
1920 census of Lynchburg, Virginia (an independent city located within the bounds of Campbell Co.), enumerated 6 Jan, lists on p. 4A as household #60/91, at 856 Victoria Ave:
Pardue, David L., 37, manager of dept store; Dora B., wife, 31; Foy O., son, 9; Pinex, Berta L., sister in law, 22, saleswoman at dept store. The Pardue’s and Berta Pinex all born NC/NC/NC. Hudson, May, boarder, 18, b. Va/Va/Va, saleswoman at dept store; Payne, Claude L, boarder, 23, insurance agent, single, born and parents born United States. (This may indicate that Claude was not present at the time the census was taken, and his landlord did not know where he was born.)
Pardue, David L., 37, manager of dept store; Dora B., wife, 31; Foy O., son, 9; Pinex, Berta L., sister in law, 22, saleswoman at dept store. The Pardue’s and Berta Pinex all born NC/NC/NC. Hudson, May, boarder, 18, b. Va/Va/Va, saleswoman at dept store; Payne, Claude L, boarder, 23, insurance agent, single, born and parents born United States. (This may indicate that Claude was not present at the time the census was taken, and his landlord did not know where he was born.)
Notes for Isabell ("Ida Bell") Quesenberry
Ida Bell was raised by the family of Tobias C. “Little Tobe” Phillips and her father's sister Mary E. Quesenberry, after her mother died.
Census
1910 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley district, enumerated 27 April, lists on p. 7A as family #114:
Phillips, Tobias, 59, miller at grist mill; Mary E., wife, 58, married 38 years, mother of 13 children, 9 living; Noah P., son, 20; Clarence E., son, 16; Isabel Quesenbery, 8. All born Va/Va/Va.
1920 census of Lynchburg, Virginia (an independent city located within the bounds of Campbell Co.), enumerated 17 Jan, lists on p. 17A as one of about 250 women plus a few infants living in Martha Washington Dormitory at 1308 Campbell Ave:
Quesenberry, Belle, 18, single, b. Va/Va/Va.
This dormitory comprises pages 16A to 18B. All of the residents have the occupation seamstress at overall factory.
Phillips, Tobias, 59, miller at grist mill; Mary E., wife, 58, married 38 years, mother of 13 children, 9 living; Noah P., son, 20; Clarence E., son, 16; Isabel Quesenbery, 8. All born Va/Va/Va.
1920 census of Lynchburg, Virginia (an independent city located within the bounds of Campbell Co.), enumerated 17 Jan, lists on p. 17A as one of about 250 women plus a few infants living in Martha Washington Dormitory at 1308 Campbell Ave:
Quesenberry, Belle, 18, single, b. Va/Va/Va.
This dormitory comprises pages 16A to 18B. All of the residents have the occupation seamstress at overall factory.
Census Notes for Claud Lane & Isabell ("Ida Bell") (Family)
1930 census of Amsterdam, Botetourt Co., Virginia, enumerated 8 April, lists on pp. 5B-6A as family #100/102:
Payne, Claud L, 34, b. NC/Va/Va, age at first marriage 22, insurance salesman; Ida B., wife, 29, b. Va/Va/Va; age at first marriage 17; Ralph L., son, 7, b. Va/Va/Va; Howard C., son, 5 6/12, b. Va/NC/Va. (The father’s place of birth column for Ralph should presumably be NC, to be consistent.)
The number of years married suggests a marriage date around 1918, but Claud was listed in the 1920 census as single. (I don’t think there could be two insurance salesmen named Claud L. Payne the same age in Virginia, especially when only one shows up on the census.)
Payne, Claud L, 34, b. NC/Va/Va, age at first marriage 22, insurance salesman; Ida B., wife, 29, b. Va/Va/Va; age at first marriage 17; Ralph L., son, 7, b. Va/Va/Va; Howard C., son, 5 6/12, b. Va/NC/Va. (The father’s place of birth column for Ralph should presumably be NC, to be consistent.)
The number of years married suggests a marriage date around 1918, but Claud was listed in the 1920 census as single. (I don’t think there could be two insurance salesmen named Claud L. Payne the same age in Virginia, especially when only one shows up on the census.)
