NameOwen ("Onie") Crosthwaite
Birthabt 1875, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Marriage9 Feb 1907, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNora Mae McKinney
Birth14 Apr 1868, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death30 Sep 1945, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth17 Mar 1908, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death19 Mar 1970, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1910, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth20 May 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Owen ("Onie") Crosthwaite
I cannot find a death record for Owen in Kentucky. It should be some time between 1920, when he was listed in the census, and 1930, when Nora was listed as a widow.
Census
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, lists Owen Crosewhite, 21, b. Nov 1878, single, as a boarder with Alfred Alley, age 45, son of Afred Alley Sr. and Martha Crouch.
Notes for Nora Mae McKinney
Her death certificate records Nora Mae Crosthwaite, age 77, born 14 April 1868 in Ky, widowed, late husband Owen Crosthwaite, died 30 Sep 1945 in Clearfield, Rowan Co., Ky, father Joseph McKinney, mother’s maiden name Cordelia McKinney, cause of death chronic myocarditis, informant Kenneth Carey, Morehead, Ky, burial in Bath Co., Ky.
Notes for Owen ("Onie") & Nora Mae (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register Book A records on p. 116 the marriage of Owen Crosthwait and Nora Carey on 9 Feb 1907.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearcy precinct, p. 234B, enumerated April 23, lists as household #104, family #111:
Crosthwait, Owen, 31, farm owner; Nora, 42, wife; married 3 years, mother of 6 children, 5 living; Carey, Cecil, 20, step-son; Virgil, 18, step-son; Zona, 12, step-daughter; Kenneth, 8, step-son; Sherman, 2, step-son. Owen’s father is recorded as born in Alabama, all others in Ky. (The notation of Sherman age 2 as a Carey and a stepson is not consistent with the number of years married nor with the 1920 census, which lists him as Crosthwait.)
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearcy precinct, p. 216B, Clay Lick Road, lists as household #119, family #127:
Crosthwait, Owen, 41, general farming; Nora, 50, wife; Sherman, 11, son; Ruby, 9, dau; Cordia, 7, dau; Carey, Cecil, 29, stepson; Zona, 22, step-dau; Kenneth, 18, step-son. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, McKinzie precinct, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 2A as family #92:
Crosthwait, Nora, 61, widowed, age at first marriage 20, farmer; Sherman, son, 22; Ruba, dau, 19; Cordia, dau, 17. All born Ky Ky Ky.