Louise I. Farnsworth ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Louise was "Lula" I. Farnsworth.⁵

  General Notes:

There is a convincing 1900 US Census entry for a Louise I. Farnsworth living with the Richard and Minnie Hutchins family as a housekeeper in Oklahoma City (Census - 1900 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Territory page 10B). This person has no relationship written in on the census record and was probably a live-in servant at the time. She listed her age as 19, born in Colorado in October 1880, her father's birth location as Virginia, and her mother's birth location as Iowa. These parental birth locations match those of S. G. Farnsworth and Mary Alice Lightfoot.

More than likely, her birth year of 1880 was somewhat falsified and that 1882 should have been the correct year. She may have lied about her age because she could not have found a job as a servant if she were only 17 so she lied and said she was 19.

What is strange is that this census was conducted on 13 June 1900, only 2 days before the census in Arkansas City, Kansas where she also appears with her parents and siblings. Technically the census data should reflect who was living there as of 1 June so it may have been possible for her to have been in Oklahoma on 1 June 1900 and then have traveled to Kansas where she was enumerated again on 15 June by an enumerator or parents who didn't quite follow the rules of residency based on the 1 June date.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Arkansas City, KS on 15 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 17A, District 44, Family 401, Ward 4
Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas
1025 Eighth Street; Home owned no mortgage
Lula I. Faringsworth..Daughter..Oct 1882..17..CO..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• 1905 Kansas State Census: 1 March 1905, in Arkansas City, KS. ² 1905 Kansas State Census
Page 12, Family 1
Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, United States
House owned, no mortgage
Louise Farnsworth..22..CO

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Enid, OK on 3 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 30, Family 90, Roll 1902
Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
212 Johnson; Home rented, $35
Louise F. Blake..Daughter..46..CO..Saleslady, Books

(Divorced and living at the home of her parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Oct 1882, then her age should have been 47 instead of 46.
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• She was buried after 8 June 1961 in the Enid Cemetery in Enid, OK.

Find A Grave Memorial 88950536
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• Her obituary was published in The Oklahoman on 9 June 1961 in Oklahoma City, OK.

⁷ Services for Mrs. Louis F. Blake, 80, formerly of 123 NW 32, and a long time Oklahoma City resident, who passed away Thursday, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Darnell Funeral Home, Enid.

Burial will be in Enid Cemetery.

Mrs. Blake resided in Oklahoma City for the past 50 years. She was born at La Junta, CO. and formerly lived at Arkansas City, KS., and Tulsa, before moving to the city.

She was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist and a teacher at the state girls school at Tecumseh until her retirement in 1958.

She passed away in a city rest home.

The family prefers that friends wishing to make memorial contributions do so with donations to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

(Source: The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, 9 Jun 1961)
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Louise married Blake after 1900. (Blake was born about 1877 and died on an unknown date.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Blake and Louise I. Farnsworth were divorced before 1 April 1930.

  Marriage Notes:

1920 US Census
District: ED 235
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Household ID: 54
Affiliate Film Number: 1487


Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Home owned, no mortgage

William Blake..Head..53..Illinois..Attorney at Law
Louie S. Blake..Wife..37..Colorado