NameElbert D. Downing, 2C2R
Birth27 Jan 1893, Johnson Co., Missouri
Marriageabt 1914, Missouri
SpouseFanny F.
Birthabt 1892, Missouri
Children
Birth1 May 1915, Missouri
Death15 Aug 1993, Cochise Co., Arizona
Birthabt Oct 1917, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
Birthabt Dec 1919, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma
Notes for Elbert D. Downing
Johnson Co., Missouri birth register (online at Ancestry.com) records an unnamed male Downing, first child of the mother, born 27 Jan 1893 in Hazel Hill township, father age 21, born Lafayette Co., Mo, mother age 19, born Johnson Co., Mo, mother Lula May Robins, residence Fayettesville, Mo, father Elba P. Downing, farmer.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records E. D. Downing, age 24, residence 204 N. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla, born 27 Jan 1893 in Fayetteville, Mo, occupation carpenter, employer Geo Farmer, married supporting a wife and 1 child.
Census Notes for Elbert D. & Fanny F. (Family)
1920 census of Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, precinct 11, enumerated 26 Jan, lists on pp. 10B-11A as family #230/232, on Rockford:
Downing, Elbert D., 28, b. Mo Mo Mo, house carpenter; Fanny, wife, 28, b. Mo Mo Mo; Robert D., son, 4 7/12, b. Mo Mo Mo; Myrtle R., dau, 2 8/12, b. Okla Mo Mo; Helen, dau, 1/12, b. Okla Mo Mo.
1930 census of Tulsa Co., Oklahoma, enumerated 10 April, lists on p. 10A as family #214/232, at 1136 N. Detroit Ave:
Downing, Elbert D., 38, age at first marriage 22, b. Mo Mo Mo, house carpenter; Fannie F., wife, 38, age at first marriage 22; Elbert D., son, 14, b. Mo Mo Mo, delivery boy for drug store; Myrtle R., dau, 12, b. Okla Mo Mo; Helen C., dau, 10, b. Okla Mo Mo.