On this Day in History... October 6th

Born Ada Ann Elizabeth VAUGHN on October 6th, 1875[1] in Spring Valley Arkansas[2]. She was the second child and first daughter of Christopher Columbus VAUGHN and Martha Jane CARROLL. 

I've never been able to figure out how she got the nickname Dollie. The earliest known use is 1900 US Census[1]. The 1910 US Census[3] and the 1916 Canadian Census[4] also show her as Dollie. I suspect it is a nickname given to her by her husband, William Henry HOWERTON (also known as Cary/Kerry), but I could be mistaken. 

Cary and Dollie were married on Dec 11, 1891[5] in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. Between April 1894 and March 1914 they had 9 children. In the fall of 1915, they decided to follow their oldest daughters, Nettie Belle and her husband Elijah Claude BRUCE (my great-grandparents) and Johnnie May and husband Worthy ORR, north to Canada. Together with their 7 younger children arrived in Manitoba in mid-October.

They settled in the district of Kindersley, Saskatchewan. Specifically, South Battleford, where we find them in the 1921[6] & 1926[7] Canadian Censuses. Later moving to the Surrey/Langley area of British Columbia. 

Dollie, along with daughter Nettie, offered a sewing service. They advertised in the local newspaper at least twice. Once in January 1946[8] and again in November 1947[9].

After Kerry died in 1949, Dollie married a man by the name of James JONES. Reportedly older than Dolly by several years. They lived on a farm outside of Cloverdale. 

Dollie departed this earth 84 years and 10 days after she arrived, on October 16, 1959^[2]. The informant on her death record is her daughter, Josephine Kronebusch. 

In the mid-90s the wife of her great-grandson put together a book with the descendants of Dollie and Cary. I know from that book and my own research she has 35 grandchildren, 91 great-grandchildren, 101 great-great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-great-grandchildren. I know there are probably more 2nd and 3rd great-grandchildren that were born after the book was distributed but that is the count I have right now. I am sure she probably has a few 4th great-grandchildren too.

Her 9 children were, Nettie Belle(b.1894), Johnnie May(b.1897), Jessie May(b.1900), Herbert Elwood(b.1902), Clifford Major(b.1904), Josephine Addison(b.1907), Iona Charlotte(b.1909), Barbara Grace(b.1912), and Clara Laska(b.1914).

A photo of Dollie and 5 of her children, 1950s.
Standing(from left to right): Iona, Jessie, and Dollie. 
Seated(from left to right): Nettie, Clifford, and Johnnie.


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[1]"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST3-1DD : accessed 7 October 2020), Dollie Jennings in household of Kery C Jennings, Township 4 N. R 20 E., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 6A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,851.

 [2]  "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL5G-LS9 : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Ada Ann Elizabeth Jones, 16 Oct 1959; citing Surrey, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Archives film number B13244, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2033301. Image available at BC Archives, http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6c2f4fd7-43c0-43dd-be83-f0842a68d853

[3] "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQB-BH1 : accessed 7 October 2020), Dollie Howartan in household of Cary Howartan, Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 191, sheet 4A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1261; FHL microfilm 1,375,274.

[4] "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMPD-2KT : 11 March 2018), Dolley Hanarton in household of William Hanarton, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 10, line 7; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,952.

[5] "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-9PKG : accessed 1 November 2015), Carey N Howerton and Ada Ann Elizabeth Vaughn, 1891. (Dec 6^th is when the marriage bond was issued but the marriage took place on Dec 11^th)

[6] Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 152; Census Place: 152, Kindersley, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 7. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds. https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8991&h=7628231&ssrc=pt&tid=25288441&pid=5047288339&usePUB=true

[7] "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5G-2KDZ : 24 September 2020), Dolly Howerton in household of William H Howerton, South Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, South Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

[8]Langley Advance, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. 17 Jan 1946, Thu. Page 10  https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44599927/ad-for-sewing-services-dolly-howerton/

[9]Langley Advance, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. 27 Nov 1947, Thu. Page  6  https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44599973/ad-for-sewing-services-from-dolly/