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REUNITED WITH FAMILY

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PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Dessie & Bessie Landess
PHOTOGRAPH: # 4105
OTHER INFO: Twins of Landess, Indiana Twins, Montpelier, Ind.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CARD SIZE: Standard Postcard
WHERE PURCHASED: Wichita Falls, Texas
WHEN PURCHESED: December 28, 2017

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Probably: Dessie Lorence Landes

Born: August 8, 1891, Blackford County, Indiana
Died: June 29, 1958, Barton County, Kansas
Father: Joseph Andrew Landes
Mother: Mary Vanmeter
Married: Elva Forest Delma Marker
Children: Alberta Fern, Eva Marie, Cleo Elroy, Lloyd A., Alice Lorene

Probably: Bessie Florence Landes

Born: August 8, 1891, Blackford County, Indiana
Died: July 28, 1951, Kilgore, Rusk County, Texas
Father: Joseph Andrew Landes
Mother: Mary Vanmeter
Married: Andrew Earl Slentz, October 1, 1908, Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan
Children: Dessie Florence, Helen Laverta, Earl Leroy, Juanita Fern, & Betty Jean

Children in photograph are probably as below

Probably: Alberta Fern Marker

Born: September 1, 1913, Montpelier, Blackford County, Indiana
Died: May 4, 2007, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Father: Elva Forest Delma Marker
Mother: Dessie Lorence Landes
Married: Delmar Donahue Mowery
Children: Patricia Louise & Leonard Allen

Probably: Eva Marie Marker

Born: September 1, 1914
Died: December 29, 1999
Father: Elva Forest Delma Marker
Mother: Dessie Lorence Landes
Married: Marion Hamilton Shaw
Children: Lester Dewight, Russell Richard, & James E.

Probably: Dessie Florence Slentz

Born: May 2, 1910, Michigan
Died: November 4, 1982, Temple, Bell County, Texas
Father: Andrew Earl Slentz
Mother: Bessie Florence Landes
Married: William Ezra Deaver, July 6, 1929, Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma
Children: Thomas A. & Delores Ann

Probably: Helen Laverta Slentz

Born: September 28, 1913, Albany, Delaware County, Indiana
Died: November 19, 1982, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Father: Andrew Earl Slentz
Mother: Bessie Florence Landes
Married: Robert Springfield
Children: Royce Bart, Barbara June, Ray Edwin, & Freddie Earl

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SOURCES

1900 Census Milroy, Grant County, West Virginia (Dessie & Bessie)
1910 Census Sapulpa Township, Creek County, Oklahoma (Dessie)
1910 Census La Grange Township, Cass County, Michigan (Bessie)
1913 Muncie, Indiana, City Directory (Bessie)
1915 Muncie, Indiana, City Directory (Bessie)
1920 Census Tiger Township, Creek County, Oklahoma (Everyone in photo)
1930 Census White Rock Township, Noble County, Oklahoma (Dessie, Alberta, & Eva)
1930 Census Hickory Township, Carroll County, Arkansas (Bessie)
1930 Census Econtuchka Township, Seminole County, Oklahoma (Helen & Dessie Florence)
1940 Census Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma (Dessie Florence)
1940 Census Overton, Rusk County, Texas (Bessie & Helen)
1940 Census Nickerson, Reno County, Kansas (Eva)
1955 Hutchinson, Kansas, City Directory (Alberta)
1958 Hutchinson, Kansas, City Directory (Alberta)
Indiana, Birth Certificate (Alberta & Helen)
Michigan, Marriage Record (Bessie)
Oklahoma, Marriage Record (Dessie Florence)
Social Security Death Index (Eva, Helen, Alberta, & Dessie Florence)
Texas, Death Certificate (Bessie, Helen & Dessie Florence)
Texas Death Index (Helen)
FindAGrave.com (Dessie)
FindAGrave.com (Bessie)
FindaAGrave.com (Alberta)
FindAGrave.com (Eva)
FindAGrave.com (Helen)
FindAGrave.com (Dessie Florence)