Lucy Elizabeth CHOCK

Notes:

Also called Lizzie. Called Lucy in the 1910 census and in her marriage record.

In the 1920 census, the newly-married George and Lucy were living in the city of Fort Dodge with his twice-widowed mother Bridget Miller, 62, and his sister Bernadetta Hanson, 21. Their address in Fort Dodge was 1211 3rd Avenue S. George was a yardmaster for a steam railway.

In the 1925 Iowa census, George, 38, Lucy, and their two children lived in Wahkonsa Twp, Webster County (probably Fort Dodge) at 1322 2nd Avenue S. George had lived his whole life in Iowa but Lucy, age 32, had only been in Iowa for 21 years. Their children were Mary E, 4, and Robert J, 2. George had been educated through 8th grade but Lucy through 11th grade.

In the 1940 census, the family still lived in Fort Dodge. George, 53, was a switchman for the railroad. He had a sixth-grade education. Lucy was a high school graduate and was 47. Living at home with them were Mary, 19, a high school graduate working as a switchboard operator at a hospital, Robert, 17, no occupation, with an eighth-grade education, Grace, 14, Gertrude, 12, and Evelyn 10.

Birth:
“Marshal, Minn.” in her marriage record on FS. SSDI says she was born 23 Jun 1892.

Died:
last residence Calhoun County

Lucy married George W HANSON on 6 Aug 1919 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. George was born about 1886 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died in 1968; was buried in Corpus Christi Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]