Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameVera Belle SHOFNER
Birth22 Mar 1900, Kentucky5
Death26 Jun 1997, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky322,5,3702
BurialRowlsy Cemetery, Union County, Kentucky3702
OccupationMother of 7 children
Education6th grade
FatherWilliam Henry SHOFNER (1878-1947)
MotherSallie Belle RAKESTRAW (1881-1915)
Spouses
Birth17 Mar 1895, Kentucky67
Death14 Jun 1964, Union County, Kentucky322
Marriage17 Apr 1916, Union County, Kentucky331
ChildrenLorene (1916-2004)
 George William (1919-1996)
 Parvin C. (1921-1959)
 Thelma Jean (1927-2006)
Census notes for Vera Belle SHOFNER
1900 Kentucky, Union County, Magisterial District 6, E.D. 86, sheet 11B
dwelling 219, family 220
Shofner, William, head, white, male, Dec 1878, age 21, married for 5 years, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer, cannot read or write
---------, Salley, wife, white, female, Jan 1883, age 17, married for 5 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, cannot read or write
---------, Jessie, son, white, male, Mar 1897, age 3, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
---------, Vera, daughter, white, female, Mar 1900, age 3/12, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky

1910 Kentucky, Webster County, Magisterial District 5, E.D. 142, sheet 12B
Clay & Morganfield Road, dwelling 262, family 274
Shoffner, Bill, head, male, white, age 30, married once at age 17, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer, can read and write
----------, Sallie, wife, female, white, age 28, married once at age 17, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, can read and write
----------, Jessie, son, male, white, age 13, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Vera, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Bessie, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Jennie, daughter, female, white, age 4, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, William, son, male, white, age 7/12, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky

1920

1930 Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown Precinct, Magisterial District 2, E.D. 113-4, sheet 4A, stamped page 63 (taken 8 Apr 1930)
End of Rockford Road, dwelling 61, family 61
Rakestraw, Clarence, head, rents, male, white, age 33, married at age 21, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer
————-, Vera, wife, female, white, age 30, married at age 18, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Lorene, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, George W., son, male, white, age 9, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Parvin C., son, male, white, age 8, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Thelma J., daughter, female, white, age 2 11/12, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
Ashby, Adis, roomer, female, white, age 26, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, teacher
Robbins, Franze, lodger, male, white, age 50, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer

1940 Kentucky, Union County, Magisterial District 2, E.D. 113-8, sheet 13B (taken 23 Apr 1940)
household 28, rents $4
Rakestraw, Clarence, head, male, white, age 44, married, 6th grade, born Kentucky, lived in same place in 1935, miner, coal mines
sheet 14A
Rakestraw, Vera, wife, female, white, age 40, married, 6th grade, born Kentucky, lived in real Union County in 1935
—————, Parvin, son, male, white, age 18, single, 8th grade, born Kentucky, lived in real Union County in 1935, miner, coal mine
—————, Thelma J., daughter, female, white, age 12, single, 7th grade, born Kentucky, lived in real Union County in 1935
—————, Ima Dean, daughter, female, white, age 5, single, born Kentucky, lived in real Union County in 1935
—————, Thomas L., son, male, white, age 5/12, single, born Kentucky, lived in real Union County in 1935
Obituary notes for Vera Belle SHOFNER
Evansville Courier & Press (IN), 27 June 1997
Deceased Name: Vera Rakestraw
MORGANFIELD, Ky. -- Vera Rakestraw, 97, died Thursday morning at Medco of Morganfield.

Surviving are four daughters, Joyce Higgs and Lorene Westerman, both of Morganfield, Jean Shockley of Ripley, Va., and Dean Abbs of Sturgis, Mich.; a son, Thomas of Lawrenceburg; a sister, Georgia Richkas of O'Fallon, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Whitsell Funeral Home Morganfield Chapel, with burial in Rowlsy Cemetery in Union County.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to service time Saturday at the funeral home.
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