Laura Rebecca Wilson ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

Laura was very close to her older sister, Vietta May Wilson who was briefly married to Zack Snively in Iowa. Laura Rebecca Wilson was married to Walter Long sometime around 1890 in Iowa.

In 1920, Laura who was evidently divorced by this time, was enumerated in Berkeley, California with the following:
-- Lena Snively..Head..28..MO..Keeper, Rooming House
-- Vietta M. Snively..Mother..66..IA..Widowed
-- Laura R. Long..Aunt..40..IA..Divorced..Saleslady, Grocery Store
-- Chula Long..Cousin..20..IA
-- Mariana A. Kliewer..Lodger..23..OK

Chula Long may have been a daughter of Laura's but there are no records to support that. Otherwise, Chula might just be some other relative of the Long family.

In 1930, Laura was enumerated once again in Berkeley, California with the same household occupants except for Marianna Kliewer who by this time was married to Roy Wilson Paulson, son of Laura's older sister, Viola Wilson:
-- Vietta M. Snively..Head..78..IA..Widowed
-- Lena M. Snively..Daughter..40..MO..Saleslady, Dry Goods Store
-- Laura R. Long..Daughter..57..IA..Widowed..Matron, Orphanage
-- Chula Long..Niece..30..IA

Notice that there is one problem with the 1930 US Census in that it incorrectly identifies Laura as a daughter to Vietta instead of an aunt as was done in the 1920 US Census.

Vietta's gravestone in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, CA is a combination gravestone that contains the names of (1) Vietta Snively, (2) her brother, John H. Wilson, (3) her sister, Laura Long nee Wilson, and (4) her daughter, Lena M. Snively.

There is another small problem with Laura's name on the gravestone: it reads as Laura L. Long instead of the expected Laura R. Long.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Laura Rebecca Long
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Apr 1954
Event Place: Alameda, California, United States
Birth Date: 09 Dec 1872
Birthplace: Iowa
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Wilson
Mother's Name: Halferty

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJ3-Q22 : 26 November 2014), Halferty in entry for Laura Rebecca Long, 15 Apr 1954; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Des Moines Township, Clark, MO on 3 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Sheet 128D, District 36, Dwelling 37, Family 82, Roll 681
Des Moines Township, Clark County, Missouri, United States
Laura Wilson..Daughter..7..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Berkeley, CA on 7 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 184, Dwelling 82, Family 155, Roll 93
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States
2227 Dana Street; Home rented
Laura R. Long..Aunt..40..IA..Divorced..Saleslady, Grocery Store
Chula Long..Cousin..20..IA

(Living at the home of her sister along with her assumed daughter, Chula, and her widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Dec 1872, then her age should have been 47 instead of 40. The handwriting on the census is sloppy and the 40 could actually be 46.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Berkeley, CA on 7 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 300, Dwelling 116, Family 122, Roll 111
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States
1643 Edith; Home owned, $7000
Laura R. Long..Daughter (Sister)..57..IA..Widowed..Matron, Orphanage

(Living at the home of her older sister, Vietta.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in San Leandro, CA on 10 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 1-44, Family 181, Roll 184
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, United States
810 Maud Avenue; Home owned, $1000
Laura Long..Aunt..67..IA..Widowed..11th grade

(Living at the home of her niece, Lena Snively.)
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Laura married Walter Long about 1890 in Iowa. (Walter Long was born in 1870 and died on an unknown date.)