Newell Joseph Darner ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Newell was named for the town in which he was born on 14 Jul 1901, Newell, Butte County, South Dakota. He must have spent some time in the military during WW I because in Oct 1920 he spent about 6 weeks at the US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Hot Springs, South Dakota and was discharged from there on 16 Dec 1920.

He was married to Clara Gimbel on 23 Apr 1924 but that marriage was probably short lasting. He is not found in the 1930 US Census but shows up in the 1940 US Census working as a "snake charmer" for the J. F. Sparkes Shows (Circus). His 1935 residence was shown as San Antonio, Texas to where he returned and died in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas at the age of 53. For some strange reason, his remains were shipped back to where his maternal grandparents lived and were buried. He was buried in the Keokuk National Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Newell J Darner
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 23 Oct 1954
Event Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Marital Status: Divorced
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1901
Birth Year (Estimated): 1901
Birthplace: Yangtown, South Dakota
Record Number: 50543

Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37P-GSN : 13 March 2018), Newell J Darner, 23 Oct 1954; citing certificate number 50543, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,282.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 14 July 1898. ⁶ This date appears on his gravestone and is probably incorrect. His name does not appear with his parents on the 1900 US Census when he would have been about 2 years according to this age. In fact, his mother indicated that she had given birth to only 1 child on the 1900 US Census and that was James Erwin Darner. Therefore, Newell's birth date must have been after the 1900 US Census. He appears on the 1905 and 1915 South Dakota State Census with the family and his age provides a birth year of 1901 instead of the 1898 that appears on the grave.

2. 1905 South Dakota State Census, June 1905, Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. ¹ 1905 South Dakota State Census
Card 946 through 949
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
310 4th Street
Newell Darner..4..SD..Card 949

(Living with parents.)

3. 1910 US Census, 28 April 1910, Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 440, Family 279, Roll 1489
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States
Home Rented
Newell J. Darnes..Son..9..South Dakota

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Jul 1901, then his age should have been 8 instead of 9.

4. 1915 South Dakota State Census, June 1915, Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. ³ Cards 142 through 145
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
Newell Darner..13..Yankton, SD..Years in State: 13..Sheet 145

(Living with parents.)

5. Residence: US National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldier, 29 October 1920, Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States. Spent about 6 weeks at this home and was discharged on 16 Dec 1920

6. 1940 US Census, 8 April 1940, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. ⁴ 1940 US Census
Sheet 81B, District 50-14, Roll 3912
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States
J. F. Sparkes Shows (Circus)
Newell J. Darner..39..South Dakota..5th grade..Snake Charmer, Carnival Show

(Living alone as part of a traveling Carnival Show; marital status was not clear.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Jul 1901, then his age should have been 38 instead of 39.

7. Death Image, 23 October 1954, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States. ⁵

8. Cemetery: Keokuk National Cemetery, 28 October 1954, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States. ^{5 6} Find A Grave Memorial #2880914

Newell married Clara Mae Gimbel, daughter of Jacob Gimbel and Margareta Klink, on 23 April 1924 in Clay, South Dakota, United States. The marriage ended in divorce. (Clara Mae Gimbel was born in November 1894 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States and died in January 1981 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Divorce, Bef 1930, South Dakota, United States. Clara shows on the 1930 US Census in Yankton, Yankton County, SD with a marital status marked as "divorced".