Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameDavid Lawton SHOFNER 1016
Birth4 Feb 1915, St. Clair County, Illinois2700,1016
Death25 Apr 20062700,1016
Occupationsheep butcher
Education4 yrs high school
Alias/AKADavis; sometimes listed as Jr.
FatherDavid Owen SHOFNER (1884-1968)
MotherStella Gilberth WALKER (1890-1962)
Census notes for David Lawton SHOFNER
1920 Illinois, St. Clair County, East St. Louis Township, East St. Louis City, ward 1,E.D. 130 sheet 8A, stamped page 8 (taken 9 Jan 1920)
Black Bridge, dwelling 100, family 105
Shofner, Stella, head, rents, female, white, age 28, married, born Missouri, parents born United States
———-, Davis, husband, male, white, age 34, married, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, laborer in pack house
———-, Davis Jr., son, male, white, age 4, single, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born Missouri

1930 not found so far

1940 Illinois, St. Clair County, East St. Louis, E.D. 82-39, sheet 17A, stamped page 780 (taken 15 Apr 1940)
Cahokia Creek Road, household 279, rents $5
Shofner, David, head, male, white, age 55, married, 5th grade, born Kentucky, lived in same house in 1930, packing house
———-, Stella, wife, female, white, age 49, married 4th grade, born Missouri, lived in same house in 1935
———-, David, son, male, white, age 28, single, 4 yrs high school, born Illinois, lived in same house in 1935, sheep butcher, packing house
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