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• "By all indications and spouse showing on death cert he was married 3 times. 2nd marriage was to Mable Lillian Gray in 1945 (see my tree and comments for both Mable and Thelma [Barcley], on death cert. for William)."
  --  Marion Mixon, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 September 2014
  
  With this information I was able to locate a marriage license of Andrew's daughter in 1950.  This detailed California marriage license provides the name and birth state of both her parents.  This gives us an earlier wife of Andrew before the well-documented Thelma Leona Barclay.  Andrew's daughter was Estelle Mae Jackson, obviously named after Andrew's mother, Estella (Stella) Brewer.
  
  FamilySearch transcribes the name Estelle Mae reports for her mother as Nahel Lillian Grey, born in Oregon.  The name shoudl be Mabel Lillian Gray.  There are some faint marks to the left and there is a matching faint area in the line above.  That could indicate that the letter should be an M instead of an N as the bold visible lines now appear. The middle letter looks more like a B than an H.
  
  I found some records of Mabel before her marriage.  In the 1920 census we find her as the sole child of her parents.  They are in San Gorgonio Township of Riverside County, where her father has a grocery store.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Riverside County, California, 14 January, San Gorgonio Township, District 131, Page 2A, Hse #36, Fam #37
  Gray, James  B Head Owns Free and Clear M W 48 PA PA PA Retail Grocery Merchant
  Gray, Jinnie Wife F W 45 Single OR MO OR
  Gray, Mabel Dau F W 6 Single OR PA OR
  
  The helpful 1930 City Directory for the city of Riverside lists Mrs Jennie Gray and Mabel  Gray (her daughter) places Mabel in the vicinity of Andrew Jackson.  Mabel is living with her mother.  The household of two was also listed in the 1930 US census that year at the same street address.  They are living on the same street where Andrew and his second wife will later be listed.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1930, p 179
  Gray Jennie Mrs h 4092 Lemon
  Gray Mabel r 4092 Lemon
  
  1930 Federal Census, Riverside County, California, 11 April, Riverside, District 33-36, page 8B, 4092 Lemon St, Hse #210, Fam #255
  Gray, Jennie Head Owns $10,000 F W 55 Widow Married at age 18 OR OR OR No Occup [b abt 1875]
  Gray, Mabel Dau F W 16 Single OR OR OR [b abt 1914]
  
  Mabel married William Andrew Jackson in Riverside in April 1931.  About 1.5 years later their first child Estelle was born in November 1931.
  
  California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  Estelle Mae Jackson
  Birth 8 Nov 1931 Riverside County
  Mother's Maiden Name Gray
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1931, p 209
  Jackson Andw (Mabel) clk Citrus Machinery Co r 4092 Lemon
  
  They had a child in 1932 that did not survive, named James Andrew.  The California Birth and Death Indexes indicate he was either born dead or died the day of his birth.
  
  California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  James Andrew Jackson
  Birth 16 Oct 1932 Riverside County
  Mother's Maiden Name Gray
  
  California, Death Index, 1905-1939
  James A Jackson
  Birth Year abt 1932
  Death 16 Oct 1932 Riverside County, California, USA
  Age at Death 0
  
  Obituary of Infant James Andrew Jackson
  Newspaper Unknown
  Jackson - In Riverside, California, October 16, 1932, James Andrew Jackson, beloved infant son of Mr and Mrs William Andrew Jackson, and brother of Estelle May Jackson, all of 4289 Lemon Street, Riverside, and grandson of Mrs J A Gray of Riverside.  Funeral services were conducted at the grave-side in Olivewood cemetery on Monday, October 17, at 1:30 p.m., Dr W W Catherwood officiating.  Acheson & Graham, Inc, directors in charge.
  --  Obituary courtesy of Linda Martin Bussell, via Marion Mixon, email of 17 November 2014
  
  They are listed again in the 1933 directory.  They are living on the same street but at a new address.  This time Anderw is listed as Wm A.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1933, p 184
  Jackson Wm A (Mabel L) clk Riverside Furn Co r 4289 Lemon
  
  Based on Estelle Mae Jackson's marriage license above, her parents married probably in late 1930.  Family searchers working in tandem on this family have failed to find the
  marriage record or the divorce record.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Orange County, California, 23 May, Newport Beach, District 30-52, page 13B, 204 7th St, Hse #335, Owns $30
  Hoskin, Mabel L Head F W 26 Divorced Grade H4 b Oregon Palm Springs, Riverside Co CA in 1935 No Occup rptd [b abt 1914]
  Jackson, Estelle Mae Dau F W 8 Single Grade 2 b California Palm Springs, Riverside Co CA in 1935 [b abt 1932]
  Jackson, Wm A Son M W 5 Single Grade 0 b California Palm Springs, Riverside Co CA in 1935 [b abt 1935]]
  
  William A Jackson Jr was born on 15 February 1935.  In the 1940 census, which reported him as 5 years old.  GoIng by William Jr's age here, his parents would have divorced sometime from mid-1935.  His mother married a Hoskin then also divorced him before this 1940 census.  At the time of her death, Mabel's surname was Owen.  But it is even more complicated than that.  My cousin Beverly Mixon Hill found a marriage license for Mabel and William Jackson in 1945.
  
  The following marriage record reports a second marriage when Andrew and Mabel got married again after divorcing.  They later divorced again.  Andrew married agian in 1949.  Mabel married agian, but the year is uncertain.
  
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  Marriage License
  William Andrew Jackson
  Residence 4174 Oakwood Pl, Riverside, California
  Age at last birthday 35, Born abt 1920 Oklahoma
  Occupation US Navy, Divorced, 2nd marriage
  Father Samuel Westfall Jackson b Oklahoma
  Mother Estelle Brewer, b Oklahoma
  
  Bride Mabel Lillian Jackson
  Residence 3451 9th St, Riverside, California
  Age at last birthday 31
  Born abt 1914 Portland, Oregon
  Occupation None, Divorced, 2nd marriage
  Father James Alexander Gray b Oklahoma
  Mother Jennie Kaufman, b Portland, Oregon
  Maiden name of Bride if she was previously married Mabel Lillian Jackson
  
  Marriage performed Long Beach [Los Angeles County CA], 18 Jan 1945
  By Dialva M Rowland, Minister of the Gospel, Long Beach
  Witness W Naomi Gray, Bellflower, California
  Filed 22 Jan 1945
  
  Notes:
  Mabel's last name is Jackson
  We know her maiden name was Gray, and her father's surname here is Gray
  Estelle Mae Jackson, in her marriage license, lists both of these as her parents; she was born in 1931.
  This looks like a second marriage for these same two, a remarriage after a divorce
  No prior marriage record for either one has been found (as of 18 November 2014)
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  When I analyzed this I noted that both of them had the surname of Jackson, indicating a previous marriage.  On the marriage license, each indicated this was their second marriage.  This seemed to indicate that the 1945 marriage was a remarriage after a divorce.
  
  The 1940 census, which I found later, confirmed this two-time marriage.  This census with the 1945 marriage license would mean she divorced William perhaps the second half of 1935.
  
  But you will see there is a further complication in this 1940 census.  Mabel's last name here is Hoskin.  Since she is reported as divorced, this would seem to indicate that she married someone named Hoskin after the 1935 divorce from William Jackson, then also divorced him before this 1940 census.  In this case, her remarriage to William Jackson was actually her third marriage, not her second as she reported (but she had had only two husbands, but married to one two times).
  
  Andrew and Mabel were listed in the Riverside, California, City Directory for 1945.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Riverside, California, City Directory, 1945, p 177
  Jackson Saml  mach opr r Hotel Tetley
  Jackson Wm A (Mabel) USN h 4174 Oakwood pl
  
  After her second divorce from Andrew, Mabel married her third husband, Robert D Owen, at an uncertain date.  The second divorce record has not been found and marriage record to Robert Owen.
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Mabel Lillian Owen [Mabel Lillian Gray]
  Birth 4 Jul 1914 Oregon
  Death 12 Apr 1984 Orange County
  Mother's Maiden Name Kaufman
  Father's Surname Gray
  Social Security #522109560
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Mabel Owen
  Born 4 Jul 1913
  Died Apr 1984
  Last Residence Laguna Niguel, Orange, California 92677
  SSN 570-20-1937 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  Mabel Lillian Owen
  Birth Jul 4, 1914
  Death Apr 12, 1984
  Spouse Robert D Owen (1911 - 1982)
  Burial Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Corners, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Plot S, Row 17
  Created by douglas kimberlin Nov 10, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #80183369, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80183369

Sources

• 1. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 11 April, Riverside, District 33-36, page 8B, 4092 Lemon St, Hse #210, Fam #255
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 14 January, San Gorgonio Township, District 131, Page 2A, Hse #36, Fam #37
• 4. California Marriage License
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Orange County, California
  • 23 May, Newport Beach, District 30-52, page 13B, 204 7th St, Hse #335, Owns $30
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 8. Marion L Mixon
• 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1930, p 179
• 10. FamilySearch Trees
• 11. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
• 12. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1931, p 209
• 13. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1933, p 184
• 14. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1945, p 177
• 15. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Riverside, California, City Directory, 1949, p 225
• 16. California, Death Index, 1905-1939
• 17. Obituary of Infant James Andrew Jackson, Riverside Daily Press, 17 Oct 1932
• 18. California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
• 19. California Certificate of Death
• 20. Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997