Herndon, Celesta

Birth Name Herndon, Celesta
Gramps ID I6478
Gender female
Age at Death 68 years, 3 months, 8 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1883-08-12 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1900 Marion, Grant Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1910 Marion, Grant Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1920 Chicago, Cook Cty, Illinois, USA  
4a
Census 1940 Chicago, Cook Cty, Illinois, USA  
5a 5b
Death 1951-11-20 Dayton, Montgomery Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a 1a
Burial   Estates of Serenity, Marion, Grant Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Herndon, John C. [I6475]18541895-08-06
Mother Forst, Louisa [I1816]1847-11-261910-05-21
    Sister     Herndon, Ida [I6480] 1876 (Unknown, Unknown)
    Sister     Herndon, Alice [I6479] 1880-10-19 1943-03-20
         Herndon, Celesta [I6478] 1883-08-12 1951-11-20
    Brother     Herndon, Grover [I6477] 1886-08-08 1936-08-04
    Sister     Herndon, Mildred [I6476] 1892-09-23 1909-10-13

Narrative

[Obituary for Celesta Leonard, from the Marion Evening Chronicle, 22 Nov 1951, p18; posted online to the FindaGrave.com website.]

Graveside rites for Mrs. Celesta Herndon Leonard, Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Marion, will be held here at 1 pm. Friday at the IOOF Cemetery. She died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ida Bell in Dayton, Ohio.
Relatives said Mrs. Leonard lived in Marion until 38 years ago. Mrs. Haley Rothermal, Marion, is a cousin.
Celesta will be buried in the IOOF Cemetery.

Narrative

Note: Celesta Herndon's birthdate

In the 1900 US Census, Celesta's age was reported as sixteen with her birthdate given as Aug 1883, and in the 1910 US Census her age was reported as twenty-six. In the 1920 and 1940 US Census listings, her ages were reported as thirty-two and fifty-three; I have not found a listing for Celesta in the 1930 US Census. On her Ohio death record, her birthdate was reported to be 12 Aug 1886. On her gravestone, the birth year is given as 1883.

I believe the Aug 12 date to be correct, and the birth year was almost certainly 1883 as the later years and subsequent "altering" to her age seemed to coincide with the years she lived near (and sometimes with) her older sister Alice in Chicago, Cook Cty, Illinois. Alice seems to have been reporting her own age as closer to Celesta's during third and fourth marriages. I think Celesta may have been supporting Alice's "white lie" about her age by pretending she herself was younger than she was while living in Chicago.

Pedigree

  1. Herndon, John C. [I6475]
    1. Forst, Louisa [I1816]
      1. Herndon, Ida [I6480]
      2. Herndon, Alice [I6479]
      3. Herndon, Celesta
      4. Herndon, Grover [I6477]
      5. Herndon, Mildred [I6476]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953 [S0122]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6TP-9R9 : 8 December 2014), Celesta Leonard, 20 Nov 1951; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,372,877.

  2. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-08
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM17-27C : accessed 21 April 2017), Louise Herndon, Marion Township Marion city Ward 1, Grant, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 15A, family 350, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,373.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Marion Township Marion city Ward 1, Grant, Indiana, United States
        Louise Herndon Head F 55 Ohio
        Alice Herndon Daughter F 20 Indiana
        Sylvestra Herndon Daughter F 17 Indiana
        Grover Herndon Son M 14 Indiana
        Mildred Herndon Daughter F 10 Indiana

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-28
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGP-VJB : accessed 21 April 2017), Grover Hernden, Marion Ward 1, Grant, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 20B, family 497, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 352; FHL microfilm 1,374,365.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Marion Ward 1, Grant, Indiana, United States
        Grover Hernden Head M 23 Indiana
        Eliza Hernden Mother F 62 Ohio
        Ida D Hernden Sister F 34 Indiana
        Celesta Leonard Sister F 26 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-17
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJQX-LCJ : accessed 25 April 2017), Celesta Leonard in household of F J Foley, Chicago Ward 23, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing ED 1300, sheet 8A, line 4, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 334; FHL microfilm 1,820,334.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Chicago Ward 23, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States
        F J Foley Head M 32 Missouri
        Alice Foley Wife F 34 Indiana
        Celesta Leonard Sister-in-law F 32 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-18
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW18-VPC : accessed 25 April 2017), Celesta M Leonard, Ward 30, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1889, sheet 61A, line 5, family 129, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 981.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 30, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States
        Celesta M Leonard Sister-in-law F 53 Indiana

      • Date: 1940-04-11
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1Z-W7W : accessed 25 April 2017), Walter Willard, Ward 30, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1889, sheet 6B, line 57, family 129, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 981.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Ward 30, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States
        Walter Willard Head M 52 Illinois
        Alice S Willard Wife F 56 Indiana

  6. Marion Evening Chronicle (Ohio) [S0364]
      • Date: 1951-11-22
      • Page: p18
      • Confidence: High