Mamie Norina SMITH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 572-03-7853 Issued In California Before 1951
• Baptism: 16 Jul 1892, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, she was living with her mother, 26 year-old Emelia Smith on a farm in Washington County apparently run by Albert and Anton Isaacson, ages 23 and 19 respectively, who were probably Emelia’s brothers.

She was living with her mother and her mother’s new husband on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of the 1900 census.

Mamie was living with Al, Bess, and Morris at the time of the 1905 Minnesota state census.

Darleen remembers that Ida may have tried to adopt Mamie but Mamie ran away from Ide and Gus. That may have been about the time that the 1905 census records her living with Al and Bess.

She is entered in the records of the First Covenant Church of Superior as Mamie Norina Fogelquist, which she joined in May of 1907.

In the 1910 census, she was Mamie Carson, wife of Louis Carson. He was 25, born in Wisconsin to Swedish parents, she was 18 and had been married one year. They had a daughter, Dorothy, age one month. Louis was an operator at a detective agency.

In the 1920 census, in a supplemental addition “entered in census office from Misc. slips, sent in by Supervisor”, she lived with her daughters in Minneapolis. Their address seems to be 3840 29th Avenue. She was May Carson, age 28, divorced, a waitress in a restaurant. Her daughters were Dorothy, age 10, and Vivian, age 7.

In the 1924 Tacoma, Washington, city directory, she is listed as the widow of Louis and living at 5448 S Stevens.

An article in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 16 Mar 1927 edition, lists Mrs. Lewis Carson as a member of a Women’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church committee in charge of a food sale at the church’s Parish House.

In the 1930 census, she was Mamie N Reed, age illegible, married, living with her daughters in Tillicum, American Lake, Pierce County, Washington. Mamie was born in Minnesota to parents born in Sweden. The girls were born in Minnesota to a father born in Sweden and a mother born in Minnesota. Mamie owned the house that they lived in on Berkley Avenue; it was worth $1000. Both girls worked as waitresses at a hotel.

In the 1939 San Diego city directory, she is Mrs. Mae Carson, living with her daughters Dorothy L Carson, a waitress, and Vivian N Carson, no occupation, at 342a 20th.

In the 1940 census, she is probably the 47 year-old divorcee named Mae Carson who lives in San Diego with her daughter, granddaughter, and son-in-law. Mae had only a fourth grade education. She rents an apartment at 259 16th Street, usually works as a housekeeper in a private home and is currently unemployed. Only the son-in-law, Gilbert Manker, age 22, is employed and he is a fireman in the U.S. Navy. The daughter, Dorothy Manker, is 30, was born in Minnesota, and had only a 6th grade education. The granddaughter, Yvonne Argabright, age 4, was born in California. (The census image is indexed relatively correctly in FS but not in Ancestry.)

Yvonne Carol Argabright was born in San Diego County on 31 Aug 1935 to a woman whose maiden name was Carson.

In the 1940 San Diego city directory, Mrs. Mae N Carson lives at 259 16th. Also living at that address, and named Carson, is Vivian N Carson. Elsewhere in the directory, we find that Gilbert H Manker, wife Dorothy L, also lives at 259 16th.

In the 1942 San Diego County voter registration, Miss Dorothy L Carson, waitress, Mrs. Mae N Carson, housewife, and Miss Vivian N Carson, waitress, lived at 259 16th.

A Paula Mae Carson was born in San Diego County on 30 May 1952 to a woman whose maiden name was Ebert.

Mamie’s Social Security number was issued in California.

Last residence in San Diego 92104

Cora listed an address for Mamie West, 3035 Vancouver (sp.?), San Diego, California.

In the 1950 census, Mamie, a 57 year-old divorcee, lived with her daughter, Dorothy Casad, at 3035 Vancouver Street in San Diego. Mamie was a baby sitter.

Cora and Maurice visited her in San Diego on February 19, 1953. She apparently visited Maurice and Cora in April of 1953, having come to Minneapolis because Ide was in the hospital.

The address that Cora had for Mamie in her travel diary (1953?) was 3035 Vancouver Street in San Diego. Cora also included the name “Frank Cassad” in that address.

In the 1947 San Diego city directory, Frank A. and Dorothy Casad lived at 3035 Vancouver Ave. He was a mechanic.

Baptism:
Augustana Lutheran; her sponsors were Frank and Emma Fogelquist

Died:
as Mamie West

Mamie married Louis William CARSON on 27 May 1909 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Louis was born on 26 Feb 1885 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Nov 1958 in Santa Barbara County, California; was buried in Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mamie married Clarence L REED on 4 Mar 1926 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mamie married Merle Benjamin WEST on 10 Nov 1951 in San Diego County, California. Merle was born on 30 Jun 1901 in Michigan; died on 25 Feb 1989 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-40293

Notes:

She was one month old in the 1910 census.

Despite her marriage to Harold Lee two years earlier, she was back to being Dorothy L Carson, a single woman living with her mother and sister, at the time of the 1930 census.

In the 1950 census, she is married to Frank Casad. The couple lives in San Diego at 3035 Vancouver Street with Dorothy’s daughter Vyonne Argabright, 14, and Dorothy’s mother, Mamie Carson. Dorothy works as a housekeeper for another residence, Frank is an auto salesman. Dorothy had a sixth-grade education.

She still lived in San Diego as late as 1978 when she still lived at 3035 Vancouver Ave.

Died:
as Dorothy L Casad

Dorothy married Harold F LEE on 17 Mar 1928 in American Lake, Pierce County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ARGABRIGHT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gilbert MANKER. Gilbert was born about 1918; died on 3 Jan 2003 in Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank Anderson CASAD. Frank was born on 17 Mar 1923 in Washington; died on 6 Jul 2009 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-42129

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she is probably the Vivian N Kincaid living with her husband Thomas O (or D) Kincaid in San Diego. Thomas, 31, is a salesman for a grocery store. Also in the household is, apparently, his or her daughter, LaVawn E (or C) Hall, age 1, born in California. Thomas had had one year of college, Vivian had been educated through the seventh grade.

In the 1950 census, the Kincaids lived in La Mesa in San Diego County, California. Thomas was the proprietor of a service station, Vivian was a saleslady for a cosmetics company. Their two children were LaVonne, 11, and Wayne, 8.

Vivian Kincaid and her daughter LaVawn Kincaid were baptized,as adult baptisms, in the La Mesa Presbyterian Church on 13 Apr 1952.

A Vivian N Carson, b. ca 1913, married Lionel S Waller in San Diego on 13 Nov 1979.

The Richardson Family Tree on Ancestry is uncertain on her parents, showing the father as “? Carson” and the mother as “Smith.”

Birth:
as Vivian Norina Carson, mother’s maiden name Smith

Vivian married Lionel Samuel WALLER on 13 Nov 1979 in San Diego County, California. Lionel was born on 26 May 1906 in Massachusetts; died on 8 Mar 1991 in San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Duncan KINCAID. Thomas (son of Duncan E KINCAID and Euriel COX) was born on 4 Jan 1909 in Indiana; died on 7 Sep 1957 in San Diego County, California; was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may have married and divorced Vickie S Reese in California in 1974.

A mortgage company foreclosed on him in February of 1974 in Albuquerque.

He and his then wife Sherry L. filed for bankruptcy in Albuquerque in August of 1986.

He served in Vietnam as a corporal in the U.S. Marines.

Wayne married G.M. BRACKEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]