Notes:
Photograph from the files of Doug Mumma
1900 Census, IN, Vigo Co., Prairie Creek twp., dwelling 58, family 62
Yeager, Zelvia, May 1878, 22, m: 2 yrs, b: IN/IN/IN, drover
" , Chloe, wife, June 1880, 19, m: 2 yrs, 0 children, b: IN/IN/IN
1910 Census, IN, Vigo Co., Prairie Creek twp.,
Yeager, Zelva C., head, 31, m1 11 yrs, b: IN/IN/IN, cattle buyer country
" , E. Chloe, wife, 29, m1 11 yrs, 3 children 3 living, b: IN/IN/IN
" , Teddy, son, 9, b: IN/IN/IN
" , Dorothy J., dau, 6, b: IN/IN/IN
" , W. Frank, father, 77, widowed, b: IN/IN/IN
Stewart, Sattie D., sister, 42, divorced, 3 children, 3 living, b: IN/IN/IN
" , M. Lucile, neice, 12, b: IN/IN/IN
" , John William, nephew, 10, b: IN/IN/IN
Yeager, Bryant, 2/12, b: AR/IN/IN
[Note: Bryant is the 3rd child of Chloe. He is not listed with the rest of his siblings. Later, went by the given name of Kenneth)
1920 Census, WA, Whatcom Co, Bellingham City, ED 234, Sheet 1A, 2 Jan 1920, Ward 3, princint 44, 1010 Forest Street
Yeager, Zelvia C., 41, married, b. IN, IN, IN, Carpenter, Rail Road
" , Chloe E. wife, 39, married, b. IN, IN, IN
" , Ted R., son, 19, son, b. IN
" , Dorothy J., dau. 16, b. IN
" , Kenneth B., son, 9 9/12 , b. Arkansas
" , Charlene E., dau, 4/12, b. Montana
1930 Census, CA, Riverside Co, Riverside, Part of 7th ward, Ed 83-59, Sheet 19B 21st April 1930 4326 Cover Street
Yeager, Zeboia C., 51, married at age 21, , b. IN, IN, IN occ: Automobile Salesman
" , Chloe E. wife, 49, married at age 19, b. IN, IN, IN
" , Kenneth B., son, 20, single, b. Arkansas, IN, IN
" , Charlene, dau., 15, single, b. Montana, IN, IN, IN
Bryant, Marshall, nephew, 26, single, b: IN
1940 Census, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA, 221 East 19th St.
Residence in 1935: Riverside, Riverside, California
Ted Yeager, head, 39, b: IN, 8 grade, maintenance foreman, state highway
May Yeager, wife, 34, b: IN, 4 high school
Bob Yeager. son, 14, b: CA, 8 grade
Zelvia C Yeager, father, 62, b: IN, 8 grade
Chloe Yeager, mother, 59, b: IN, 8 grade
"Yeager Rites Are Conducted"
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KALISPELL - Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel C. Yeager were conducted Saturday afternoon from the Waggener & Campbell Chapel with Rev. Clifford Gronneberg officiating. Burial folled in the Glacier Memorial Gardens with George Haddow, Charles Smith, William Hilgerman, William Chilton, Marion Maurer and Harry Kraus serving as pallbearers.
Mrs. Yeager was born June 27, 1880 at Vigo Co., IN. In 1910, Mrs. Yeager, with her husband, came to Montana and made their home near Roberts until 1921, when they moved to Troy. They later moved to Bellingham, Wash. There they made their home for a short time gefore going to Riverside, Calif. In 1930, they returned to Roberts and made their home there until 1945, when they moved to Kalispell.
Surviving Mrs. Yeager are ther husband, Z. C. Yeager at the family home on Route 1, Kalispell; two sons, Ted C. Yeager of Colton, Calif., and Kenneth Yeager of Kalispell; two daughters, Mrs. C.C. Sammon of Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs. C. W. Mumma of Riverside, Calif; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
[The Daily Missoulian, Missoula, MT, 11 Oct, 1960]
"Ethel Yeager Dies at Age 80"
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Ethel C. Yeager, 80, died at her home near Kalispell early thi morning. Mrs. Yeager was a native of Vigo County, Ind., and with her husband came to Montana in 1910. They settled near Roberts where they made their home until 1921 when they moved to Troy, Mont., and later moving to Bellingham, Wash., where they made their home for a short time before going to Riverside, Calif. In 1930 they returned to Roberts, Mont., and made their home there until returning to California in 1936. In 1945, they came to Kalispell where they had since made their home.
Mrs. Yeager is survived by her husband, Z. C. Yeager, at the family home; two sons, Ted C. Yeager of Colton, Calif., and Kenneth Yeager of Kalispell; two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Sammon of Fairfield, Calif., and Mrs C.W. Mumma of Riverside, Calif.; nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Service arrangements will be announced by the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home.
[unknown newspaper in Montana]
