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Cremains.
BIRTH – Celesta Jane Watson, born 17 Oct 1878, Whiting, Monona Co, Iowa; father Nathan Watson (44y, b Ohio, occupation farmer); mother Catherine Magers (43y, b Indiana); eighth child in family; information provided 28 Oct 1942 by older sister Lydia Frances Riggs, 75y, of Onawa, Monana Co, Iowa
1880 IA CENSUS – Jane C. Watson (2y, b Iowa) enumerated with parents Nathan (46y, b Ohio, occupation farmer) and Catherine (45y, b Ohio), 3 siblings Margret E. (17y, b Indiana), Lidia T. (12y, b Indiana) and John J. (9y, b Iowa) and grandfather Samuel Watson (83y, b Maryland, widowed)
1900 OR CENSUS – Celestia Watson (21y, b Iowa, occupation saleslady) enumerated as boarder with William A. Perry family
MARRIAGE – J. Fred Iddings (26y, b Pennsylvania,, son of Jonathan G. Iddings & Sarah A. Kunkle) and Celesta J. Watson (25y, b Whiting, Iowa, daughter of Nathan Watson) md 1 Feb 1903, Mapleton, Monona Co, Iowa
1910 OR CENSUS – Celesta Iddings (31y, b Iowa, married 7y, no children) enumerated with husband Fred (32y, b Pennsylvania, occupation farmer)
1920 CA CENSUS – J.F. Iddings [sic] (39y, b Iowa, occupation saleslady) enumerated with husband J.F. (42y, b Iowa, occupation storekeeper)
1930 CA CENSUS – Celesta J. Iddings (51y, b Iowa, married at age 24y) enumerated with husband Jonathan F. (52y, b Pennsylvania, occupation storekeeper)
1940 CA CENSUS – Celesta Jane Iddings (61y, b Iowa) enumerated with husband J. Fred (62y, b Pennsylvania, occupation bookkeeper); family was living in same place in 1935; also with them was lodger Doris Newman (21y, b California, occupation beauty parlor operator, living in Williams, Glenn Co, California in 1935)
California Death Index - Celesta J. Idding, b. 17 Oct 1878 in Iowa, d. 13 Jan 1965 in Mendocino, California.
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