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• In the 1930 census, Annie V Jenkins is reported as the youngest child in the household of Evert (Everett Jenkins and his second wife Beulah (Beaulah).  Annie's mother Osa McClanahan was divorced from her father Everett Jenkins about 1928.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Maud, District 19, page 1B, 305 King St, Hse #12, Fam #13
  Jenkins, Evert  Head  Rents M W 41 First married age 19 TX TX TX Taylor [Tailor] Clothing Industry
  Jenkins, Beaulah Wife F W 29 First married age 23 OK TN AR
  Jenkins, Vernice Dau F W 19 Single OK TX OK Clerk, Variety Store
  Jenkins, Harry P Son M W 14 Single OK TX OK No Occupation
  Jenkins, James C Son M W 12 Single OK TX OK No Occupation
  Jenkins, Annie V Dau F W 9 Single OK TX OK No Occupation
  
  Her grave has her name as Beatrix.  Other sources report it as Beatrice.  Notice that Beatrice's middle initial in the 1930 census is V.  Her name on her grave marker is Beatrix V Jenkins.  I cannot account for the V.  But her name in the 1940 census is given with a clearly different middle initial:  Beatrice U.  But no source has been found for the name Annie reported in the 1930 census,
  
  In 1940 only two children remain in Everett's household.  He has divorced his second wife Beulah.  But the child matching Annie V in age is reported as Beatrice U.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 7 May, Shawnee, District 63-54B, page 62A, 417 1/2 Tennessee St, Hse #242, Rents $20
  Jenkins, James E  Head M W 52 Divorced Grade H-4 b Texas Same place in 1935 Salesman, Clothing Store
  Jenkins, Verniece A Dau F W 29 Divorced Grade H-4 b Oklahoma Same place in 1935 Clerk, Clothing Store
  Jenkins, Beatrice U [or V] Dau F W 19 Single Grade H-4 b Oklahoma Same place in 1935 Waitress
  
  Beatrix married Lawrence William Ester in November 1944.
  
  Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
  Lawrence W Ester, Age 23 (born abt 1921)
  Beatrix Virginia Jenkins, Age 23 (born abt 1921)
  License issued 21 November 1944
  Marriage 23 November 1944 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
  Ceremony performed by C W Gardner, Justice of the Peace
  Witnesses Albert Hesselberg & A J Gardner
  Recorded 24 November 1944 Arizona Marriage Records, Book 23 (1944-1945), p 231
  Mail Recorded document to Lawrence W Ester, Jr, 1106 N Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk, California
  
  In 1864, Beatrix and her daughter Carol Sue were both registered voters in Orange County, California.  Lawrence does not apper on the voter roll.  The published list does not indicate what the designation BP or BP-65 mean.
  
  California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
  Mrs Beatrix V Ester, 6891 Indiana Ave BP-65, Democrat BP (?)
  Miss Carol S Ester, 6891 Indiana Ave BP-65, Democrat BP (?)
  1964 Orange, California, USA
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Lynwood, City Directory, 1956, p 32
  Ester Lawrence Jr (Beatrix) fndywkr Tucker Foundry h Louise av NEwmrk 8-4310
  
  Lynwood is in Los Angeles County, California.
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
  Beatrix V Ester
  Birth Date 1 Apr 1921
  6891 Indiana St, Buena Park [Orange County], CA, 90621-3601 (1965, 1993)
  [1313 Schull CT, Bakersfield, CA, 93307-6347 (1993)]
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Beatrix V. Ester
  Born 1 Apr 1921
  Died 12 Jan 2007
  Last Residence Bakersfield, Kern, California 93312
  SSN issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  
  Beatrix' obituary identifies siblings who died before her.  In that list, the identity of the brother names Dick is not known.  She had bno brother we know of named Richard.  But this name may refer to Harry Carroll, who is not referred to by that name in the obit.
  
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  Beatrix V Jenkins Ester
  Birth Apr 1, 1921
  Death Jan 12, 2007
  
  Beatrix V "Sue" Ester
  1921 - 2007
  
  Beatrix V. "Sue" Ester, a Kern County resident for 16 years, passed away on January 12, 2007. Sue was born on April 1, 1921, in Healdton, Oklahoma to James and Osa Jenkins. Sue worked for Knott's Berry Farm from 1949 till 1969 as supervisor in the Chicken Dinner Restaurant. After that, she worked at Anaheim Memorial Hospital, where she was awarded "Employee of the Year". She retired in 1986.
  
  Sue will be remembered for her kindness, honesty and lovingness to her family and to all who knew her. She had attended First Assembly of God and loved to tell everyone she met about Teen Challenge. Sue was preceded in death by her mother and father, her husband Larrie, her siblings; Joseph, Perk, Dick, Keck and sister Vernice. Sue is survived by her daughter Carol Tidwell and son-in-law Rod, grandsons Michael and Matthew and granddaughter Summer and her husband Andy and great grandchild Michael, to be born in May 2007, and numerous nieces and nephews.
  
  Special thanks to the staff and physicians at Kaiser Permanente for the quality of care they have provided, and to Tommy Lee, MD. There will be a private family service on Wednesday at Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California. Anyone wishing to make a donation in lieu of flowers is requested to donate to Kern County Teen Challenge, P.O. Box 1011 Bakersfield, CA 93302.
  
  Beatrix V. "Sue" Ester Apr. 1, 1921 - Jan. 12, 2007
  
  Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/14/2007.
  
  Parents:
  James Everett Jenkins (1886 - 1963)
  Osa Ida McClanahan Jenkins (1889 - 1960)
  Siblings:
  Joseph Pere Jenkins (1908 - 1967)
  Harry Carroll Jenkins (1915 - 1980)
  James Percy Jenkins (1918 - 1962)
  Gene Keck Jenkins (1928 - 1998)
  
  Burial Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California
  
  Created by Diana Satterfield Jan 14, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #17433737, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17433737
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Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Seminole County, Oklahoma
  • 2 April, Maud, District 19, page 1B, Hse #12 (?), Fam #13
• 2. 1940 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
  • 7 May, Shawnee, District 63-54B, page 62A, 417 1/2 Tennessee St, Hse #242, Rents $20
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 6. Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Lynwood, City Directory, 1956, p 32
• 8. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
• 9. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 10. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946