Thanks Larry. It sure looks like Stella was married before she married Vallie. Bob Sent from my Cricket smartphone Larry Lance <[email protected]> wrote: >Bob >I think it was her second marriage when she married Vallie Cross. I think >this is her first marriage. The actual image of Certificate says both were >living in Eldorado, Saline, IL. > >Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Stella Irene Bennett >Name: Stella Irene Bennett >Marriage Date: 26 Aug 1921 >Marriage Location: Clayton, St Louis, Missouri >Marriage County: St Louis >Spouse Name: Albert J Ashley > >Source Information: >Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. >Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. >Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri >State Archives. Microfilm. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Bob Loman >Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:11 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Wilburn Vallie Jasper Cross 1896 1962 (ADDL) > >Thanks Mary, > >I still puzzled by the name Stella Irene Ashley in the marriage record. > >Bob >Sent from my Cricket smartphone > >Mary <[email protected]> wrote: > >>1930 St. Louis MO Census - 487 Armstrong St. >> >>Lily Cross 33 born IL divorced >>Dwight Cross 14 born MO >>William H. Grill 32 divorced (roomer) >> >>Not sure this helps much....but she is divorced. >> >>---------- Original Message ---------- >>From: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Wilburn Vallie Jasper Cross 1896 1962 (ADDL) >>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:08:58 -0400 (EDT) >> >> >> >>I'm reposting this only to show that whoever wrote Lillie's obit made it >seem like she was married to Vallie till he died. Apparently they had been >divorced for some time. >> >>The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Thursday, June 23, 1977 Lillie Cross >>Missouri Lillie F. Cross, 79, St. Louis, Mo., died Wednesday morning at >>Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. >Friday at Maple Hill Cemetery at Sesser, with the Rev. Lem Myers >officiating. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Brayfleld >Funeral Home in Sesser. Mrs. Cross was born Sept. 25, 1897, the daughter of >Charles and Addle (Foster) Featherstone. She married Vallie Cross, who >preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Dwight of St. Louis; four >grandchildren; a great- grandchild; two sisters, Delaine Chastain of Orange, >Calif, and Edith Hill of Elgin; and a brother, Edward of Florida. >> >>Does anyone know for sure what Stella's maiden name was? This has her name >as Stella Irene Ashley and married once. Does that mean she had been married >once before or this is her first marriage? It has her father as Monroe >Bennett, so it is confusing as to what her maiden name was. Also if she had >been married once, had Vallie been married twice before? >> >>Does anyone know anything els about Stella? >> >>Bob >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Larry Lance <[email protected]> >>To: ilfrankl <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 1:43 pm >>Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Wilburn Vallie Jasper Cross 1896 1962 (ADDL) >> >> >>Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 for Vallie N Cross >> >>Groom: Vallie N Cross >>Groom's Race: White >>Groom's Date of Birth: 15 Dec 1897 >>Groom's Place of Birth: Sesser, , Illinois >>Groom's Residence: Detroit, , Michigan >>Groom's Number of Marriage: twice >>Groom's Father: J L Cross >>Groom's Mother: Mary Hamonds >>Bride: Stella Irene Ashley >>Bride's Race: White >>Bride's Date of Birth: 19 Apr 1901 >>Bride's Place of Birth: Tracy City, , Tennessee >>Bride's Residence: Eldorado, , Illinois >>Bride's Number of Marriage: once >>Bride's Father: Monroe Bennett >>Bride's Mother: Rachel Irene Posey >>Informant Name: >>Date of License: 16 Oct 1934 >>County of License: Elkhart >>Date of Marriage: 16 Oct 1934 >>Place of Marriage: , Elkhart, Indiana >>Official: >>Record Number: >>Film Number: 1845573 >>Digital Folder Number: 4540498 >>Image Number: 00412 >>Number of Images: 1 >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] >>On Behalf Of [email protected] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:52 PM >>To: [email protected]b.com >>Subject: [ILFRANKL] Wilburn Vallie Jasper Cross 1896 1962 >> >> >>Full Name WILBURN VALLIE JASPER CROSS >> >>The Mt Vernon Register-News, Saturday, May 26, 1962; Vallie Cross, >>Former Sesser Resident, Dies Vallie Cross, 66, died at 3:00 a.m. today >>at his home in Anna. He is a former resident of Sesser. The body has >>been taken to the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser. Funeral arrangements >are incomplete. Mr. >>Cross was born in 1896, in Franklin county, the son of Jasper and Mary >>Cross. He Is survived by his wife, Stella (sic.) Cross of Anna; a son, >>Dwight Cross of St. Louis; two brothers, Troy Cross of Murphysboro, and >>Lon Cross of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Lula Weeks of Sesser; and five >>grandchildren. >> >>World War II Draft Registration: Name: Wilburn Vallie Jasper Cross >>Birth >>Date: 15 Dec 1896 Birth Place: Sesser (sic.) Residence: Taylorville, >>Illinois Race: White Roll: 30955_165753. >> >>Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: CROSS, VALLIE FEATHERSTON, LILLIE >>12/18/1914 003/0391 FRANKLIN >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >>____________________________________________________________ >>Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) >>1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat >>storage >>http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/533337248953537242bafst04duc >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message