Stella May Woodmancy ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 15 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 155, Dwelling 97, Family 97
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Farm rented
Married 1 year
Stella M. Jones..Wife..Dec 1879..21..IA..1/1
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - Her birth date was 5 Dec 1878, instead of Dec 1879.

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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 152, Family 8, Roll 420
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Dye Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 11 years
Stella M. Jones..Wife..31..IA..2/2
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 169, Family 9, Roll 510
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Home owned, no mortgage
Stella Jones..Wife..41..IA
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 16 May 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 47, Dwelling 54, Family 54, Roll 678
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Home owned, $2000
M. Stella Jones..Wife..51..IA
(Living with husband.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil on 20 April 1943 in Council Bluffs, IA.

(copy from microfilm at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library (4/98), Des Moines, IA); says "She died Saturday at an Omaha hospital following as operation performed last week. Funeral at the Macedonia Methodist Church, arrangements by Vieth Funeral Home of Oakland, IA.

(Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, IA, Tuesday, 20 Apr 1943, pg 12)
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Stella married Ernest E. Jones, son of Joseph Jones and Mary E. Bryan, on 15 November 1898 in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Ernest E. Jones was born on 15 November 1878 in , Pottawattamie County, IA ^{1 3 4 5} and died on 8 December 1956 ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 15 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 155, Dwelling 97, Family 97
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Farm rented
Married 1 year
Ernest Jones..Head..Nov 1879..21..IA..Farmer
Stella M. Jones..Wife..Dec 1879..21..IA..1/1
Ralph L. Jones..Son..Jul 1899..11m..IA
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 152, Family 8, Roll 420
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Dye Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 11 years
Ernest Jones..Head..31..IA..Farmer
Stella M. Jones..Wife..31..IA..2/2
Ralph L. Jones..Son..10..IA
Carl L. Jones..Son..8..IA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 169, Family 9, Roll 510
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Home owned, no mortgage
Ernest Jones..Head..41..IA..Farmer
Stella Jones..Wife..41..IA
Ralph L. Jones..Son..20..IA..Farmer
Carl L. Jones..Son..18..IA
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 16 May 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 47, Dwelling 54, Family 54, Roll 678
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Home owned, $2000
Ernest Jones..Head..51..IA..Laborer by day
M. Stella Jones..Wife..51..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

Marriage announcement (photocopy with Gary Treat; original with Carl Jones of West Memphis, AR (1996)); spells the name "Stella May Woodmancy".
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