Ora Vira Skeeters1

#15294, (August 1880 - 19 January 1973)
Relationship4th cousin of William David Lewis
Father*John F Skeeters1 (c 1853 - )
Mother*Cloranda _____1 (c 1861 - )

Family

William Lawrence Bigelow b. 1876, d. 1925
Children 1.Hester H Bigelow10 (c 1899 - )
 2.Earl Lawrence Bigelow11 (c 1924 - 2003)
Her married name was Bigelow.2 
Ora V and Delmer P Skeeters, brother and sister, are given as the children of John F Skeeters and Cloranda _____. However, in the 1910 census, both have "mother b. SC"; in 1900, both have "mother b. OH." Cloranda (in the only record found, the 1880 census) has her b. AR and parents b. OH. The siblings may be children of an unidentified son of Elizabeth Utley (unlikely) or a 2nd wife of John F (also unlikely from their birth dates; Ora was b. 2 months after the 1880 census noted above). The SC may be in error.3 
Birth*August 1880She was born in August 1880 at IllinoisG.4 
Marriage*27 December 1897She married William Lawrence Bigelow, son of ____ Bigelow and Laura Madison, on 27 December 1897 at Dunklin Co., MissouriG.2 
26 June 1900She and William Lawrence Bigelow appeared on the census of 26 June 1900 at Union Twp., Dunklin Co., MissouriG.5 
25 April 1910She and William Lawrence Bigelow appeared on the census of 25 April 1910 at Newburg Twp., Hughes Co., OklahomaG.6 
14 January 1920She and William Lawrence Bigelow appeared on the census of 14 January 1920 at Savanna Twp., Pittsburg Co., OklahomaG.7 
30 April 1930She appeared on the census of 30 April 1930 in the household of Hester H Bigelow at Savanna Twp., Pittsburg Co., OklahomaG, mother, wid., age 49, b IL, father b. IN, mother b. OH; also Emma P Bigelow (15), sister-in-law, marr. age 15, b. AR.8 
Death*19 January 1973She died on 19 January 1973 at Pittsburg Co., OklahomaG, at age 92.9 
Burial*circa 21 January 1973She was buried circa 21 January 1973 at Savanna Cemetery, Savanna Twp., Pittsburg Co., OklahomaG.9 

Citations

  1. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Delmer P Skeeters, brother-in-law, in household of W L Bigelow and Ora V Skeeters.
  2. [S271] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Microfilm images, online Ancestry.com, Dunklin Co. MO marr. lic. book, 1897. p. 58, img. 88/96. W L Biglow and Miss Ora Vira Skeeters, both res. Gibson, Dunklin Co. MO, lic. 27 Dec 1897, marr. 27 Dec 1897, by Caldwell, J. P.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
  5. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. William L (23), b. IL Oct 1876, parents b. IL, laborer; Ora V (19), b. IL Aug 1880, father b. IN, mother b. OH, 1 child, living; marr. 2 yrs.
  6. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Willie L (34), b. and mother b. IL, father b. Ireland, farmer; Ora V (28), b. and father b. IL, mother b. SC [sic], 6 children, 4 living; marr. 13 yrs., both 1st.
  7. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Willie L (43), b. and mother b. IL, father b. Ireland, coal miner; Ora V (39), b. IL, father b. IN, mother b. OH.
  8. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Hester H (31), b. MO, parents b. IL, railway section laborer.
  9. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, standing grave marker. Ora V Bigelow, b. 19 Aug 1880, d. 1973; bur. Savanna Cemetery, Pittsburg Co. OK. Memorial 34167049, created by and photo added by MillieBelle.
  10. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census.
  11. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census.