Life History

Notes

• "Mr. Wagnon is my biological grandfather.  I met him one time.  He had two daughters with his first wife Pauline.  Their names were Paula (the eldest) and Beverly Sue ( the youngest).  Paula is my mother.  I am now 46 year old and would love to know more about my biological family."
  --  Devera Allen-Scheller, Comment on this genealogy on Our Family Tree, March 2010, http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm?pid=60308
  
  Dorothy Mae ASKINS
  Birth 05 JUN 1923
  Death JUL 1998 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma
  This source reports four spouses, one is Elmer Laverne WAGNON 1919-1989
  --  Ancestry Trees, Hood, Bunn, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11331217/person/-484019750
  
  California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
  Dorothy M Askins
  Age 35, Estimated birth year abt 1923
  Marriage 31 Oct 1958 San Luis Obispo, California, USA
  Spouse Albert E Robinson
  Spouse Age 32
  
  She divorced Albert and married Elma LaVerne Wagnon in December 1965.
  
  Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005
  E L Wagnon
  Spouse Dorothy Mae Robinson
  Marriage 31 Dec 1965 Clark County
  Recorded Clark County Marriage Book, Page J05
  
  I found the record of 1969 divorce from Elma Wagnon.
  
  California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
  Elma L Wagnon, b 1917
  Spouse Dorothy M Askins, b 1923
  Married 1965
  Divorce Jun 1969, San Luis Obispo County
  
  Even though they were divorced they were buried in a double grave in Duncan, Oklahoma, Municipal Cemetery.  They were also reported together again in 1973 and 1974 in the San Luis Obispo city directories.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  San Luis Obispo, California, City Directory, 1973, p 500
  Wagnon E La Verne (Dorothy M) retd h 403 Branch St
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  San Luis Obispo, California, City Directory, 1974, p 522
  Wagnon E L Verne (Dorothy) retd h 3057 S Higuera St Sp 179
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
  Dorothy M Wagnon
  Birth Date 6 Jun 1923
  PO Box 301, Burns Flat, OK, 73624-0301
  107 S Walnut St, Marlow, OK, 73055-2830 (1994)
  104 W Hackberry Ave, Duncan, OK, 73533-5627 (1994)
  
  Dorothy Mae Wagnon
  Birth Jun 6, 1923
  Death Jul 22, 1998
  Spouse Elma Lavern Wagnon (1917 - 1989)
  Inscription:
  Elma Lavern Wagnon
  May 15, 1917 - Feb 5, 1989
  Dorothy Mae Wagnon
  Jun 6, 1923 - Jul 22, 1998
  Married Dec 31, 1965
  Burial Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, Blk 6
  Created by Jean Oct 14, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #16171116, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16171116
  
  Dorothy's Social Security records present an interesting picture of the time of her death.  The SS Death Index reports her residence as Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, but her last address to which benefits were being sent was still in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California, where she had lived so many years before.  I imagine she had gone to live with one of her children in Duncan, and her mail was still being forwarded or someone was picking it up in Arroyo Grande.
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
  Dorothy M Wagnon
  Born 6 Jun 1923
  Died 22 Jul 1998
  Last Residence Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma 73533
  Last Benefit Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California 93420
  SSN 561-24-1536 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Dorothy Askins Walls [Dorothy Mae Dyer] [Dorothy Robinson] [Dorothy Wagnon] [Dorothy Askins Askins]
  Birth 6 Jun 1922 Duncan, Stephes, Oklahoma
  Death Date 22 Jul 1998
  Father Lee J Askins
  Mother Ida M Hood
  SSN 561241536
  Jul 1941 Name listed as DOROTHY ASKINS WALLS; Feb 1954 Name listed as DOROTHY MAE DYER; Nov 1958 Name listed as DOROTHY MAE ROBINSON; Jan 1966 Name listed as DOROTHY MAE WAGNON; 04 Aug 1998 Name listed as DOROTHY M WAGNON

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #16171116, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16171116
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Hood, Bunn, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11331217/person/-484019750
• 3. California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
• 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 5. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 8. California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984
• 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • San Luis Obispo, California, City Directory, 1973, p 500
• 10. Devera Allen-Scheller, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 12 March 2010
• 11. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
• 12. Social Security Death Index
• 13. Wagnon-Gamblin Genealogy
  • Name: Name: http://www.simplynet.net/soup/wagnon.htm; Location: No longer onilne;
• 14. RootsWeb Trees