Olivia MARTIN, affectionately called Ollie, was the 4th daughter (and 7th child) of William Stephen MARTIN and Ella Orvilla BOWER (who had at least 13 children - perhaps as many as 16). Ollie was born 8 Aug 1892 somewhere in Texas. Here she is seen in the 1900 census (although she is wrongly listed as Holly) with her parents.
Ollie married Dee THOMPSON sometime in 1910 in Hill County, Texas - here they are seen in the 1910 Census as newlyweds in Hill County, Texas.
By 1920 - still in Hill County - you can see them with 5 children: Lillie, Martin, Earl, JD, and CR (which is Clyde R).
In 1930 Ollie and Dee and their family are in Scurry County, Texas. They are shown with 5 children - Martin (which if you look closely, it is written as 'Martin son' OVER 'Lillian daughter'). But Lillian married Roy Arvin COX in 1929 (in Scurry) and they are living with his parents in 1930. So the census taker must really mean Martin. Maybe Ollie started listing her children and then realized Lillian wasn't living with them anymore. Then there is Earl, Clyde R, Mark, and Donway. Someone in a family tree somewhere listed Donway as Donny.
Sadly, J D passed away in 1926 - here is his death certificate. He died of pneumonia.
I would really like to know what happened to Ollie and Dee's 5 other boys - Martin, Earl, Clyde, Mark, and Donway/Donny. I don't know who they married or when/if they died.
Lillian's husband, Roy, died in Scurry County, Texas in 1981. Lillian died in Tucson, Pima, Arizona in 2002. I know that Lillian and Roy had at least one daughter - Janice.
Ollie died 30 Aug 1980 in Hesperia, San Bernardino, California. Her husband, Dee, died there first in Sep 1973. I wonder when they moved to California.
