NOTES:
Name of Father: Joseph Woods
Maiden Name of Mother: Viola Florilla Rector
Parents are buried in Zena (Spring Valley) Cemetery
1900 WA CENSUS – Lela Woods (b Apr 1885, Kansas) enumerated with sister Bessie Hess (b Feb 1870, Iowa, divorced, mother of 1 child, occupation housekeeper) and her son George Hess (b Mar 1892, Washington)
MARRIAGE – Ralph C. Shepard & Lela Woods md 3 Jan 1906, Benton co, Oregon
1910 OR CENSUS - Lela Shepard, age 24, mother of 3 children, b. Kansas, is enumerated with her husband of 4 years, Ralph C., age 28, occupation farmer, b. Utah, along with Dorothy, age 3, b. Oregon, Maurice, age 2, b. Oregon, and Paul, age 5 months, b. Oregon.
1920 OR CENSUS - Lela A. Shepard (34y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Ralph C. (38y, b Utah, occupation farmer) and 7 children, all born in Oregon, Dorothy A. (13y), Morris L. (12y), Paul W. (10y), James L. (7y), David S. (6y), Julia E. (3y8m) and Ruth L. (1y7m)
1930 OR CENSUS - Lela A. Shepard (45y, b Kansas, married at age 20y) enumerated with husband Ralph C. (48y, b Utah, married at age 24y, occupation farmer) and 9 children, all born in Oregon, Dorothy A. (23y), Maurice L. (22y), Paul W. (20y), James L. (18y), David S. (16y), Julia E. (14y), Ruth L. (9y), Joseph R. (6y) and Andor (3y); also with family was boarder Newton A. Mathews (54y, b Illinois, widowed, married at age 37y, occupation farm laborer)
1940 OR CENSUS – Lela A. Shepard (54y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Ralph C. (59y, b Utah, occupation farmer) and 3 children, James L. (27y, b Oregon), Joseph (16y, b Oregon) and Arden (13y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935; also with family was housekeeper Wilma Crawford (19y, b Oregon; living in same place in 1935)
PHOTOGRPAH - The picture of Lela Woods Shepard is shown courtesy of Lynn Standberg.
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