Hazel Goldie Garberson 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 20 August 1890, Ottawa, KS 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): George Abraham Stover on 23 October 1907 in Ottawa, KS 1 2 3
- Died: 6 November 1958, Colorado Springs, CO at age 68 2
- Buried: 10 November 1958, Colorado Springs, CO
 General Notes:
Following the death of her first husband, George Stover, in 1928, Hazel was supposedly remarried in 1930 to Richard Engle. At least one researcher indicates that she never actually was married to Richard Engle, but they lived together as partners. This may have only been a partnership and not a marriage because her gravestone indicates only the name Stover from her first husband.
Then there is a Marriage Record Report #A-229 from the State of Colorado, Division of Vital Statistics showing a marriage between Henry G. Abel, age 46, and Hazel G. Stover, age 41. The marriage took place on 25 July 1932 in Colorado Springs, Pueblo County, Colorado. Whether this was the same as Hazel G. Garberson is a matter of debate.
"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KN35-G2Q : accessed 07 Dec 2013), Henry G Abel and Hazel G Stover, 1932.
The 1940 US Census does show Hazel living with Richard Engle in Colorado Springs. Note that this was about 8 years after the above mentioned marriage to Henry Abel. Hazel's status on the 1940 census was "widowed" but it is unknown if that meant that she were widowed from her first husband (George Storver) or perhaps widowed from her second husband (Henry G. Abel).
Equally puzzling was the 1940 census status of Richard Engle who was listed as a "brother-in-law" to Hazel. That would infer that she was married to someone else named Engle and that Richard was that person's brother. I suspect that the term brother-in-law was just a convenient and polite means of stipulating their living arrangement at the time without benefit of marriage.
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Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Precinct 78, El Paso County, CO on April 1930. 4
Sheet 5A, Household 100, Roll 242, District 0092
Precinct 78, El Paso County, Colorado
Head..Hazel G. Stover..39..KS
Son..Ralph J. Stover..21..KS
Son..Chester H. Stover..17..KS
Daughter..Rosie B. Stover..15..KS
Son..Charles F. Stover..12..CO
Daughter..Mabel M. Stover..10..CO
Daughter..Elizabeth E. Stover..8..CO
Daughter..Helen G. Stover..6..CO
(Widowed and living with 7 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Colorado Springs, CO on 10 April 1940. 5
Sheet 7B, Family 192, District 21-40, Roll 461
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
209 South Remit(?); house rented $15
Head..Hazel J. Stover..49..KS..Widowed..8th grade
Son..Charles F. Stover..22..CO..8th grade..Ice man, Hotel..earned $300 in 1939
Daughter..Eva P. Stover..18..CO..10th grade..Nurse maid, Private Home..earned $120 in 1939
Daughter..Helen J. Stover..16..CO..8th grade
Brother-in-law..Richard Engle..47..OH..4 yrs college..Dish washer, Hotel..earned $410 in 1939
(Widowed and living with 3 children and "brother-in-law?".)
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• She was buried on 10 November 1958 in the Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO.
Find A Grave Memorial #35153048. 2 6
Hazel married George Abraham Stover, son of Henry Francis Stover and Phoebe Jane Lightfoot, on 23 October 1907 in Ottawa, KS.1 2 3 (George Abraham Stover was born on 18 October 1877 in Lawrence, KS 3 and died on 21 December 1928 in Tacony, CO 2.)
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