Jasper and Hilda Howell
Family of William Jasper Howell & Hilda Aylesford Faulkner & Jesse Hugh Mahaffey & Roy Florin & Rayburn Wallace Fergerson, 1909-1982 (b. 1879)
Residence: Grant County, Oregon; Ada County, Idaho; Klamath County, Oregon; Fresno County, California
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Parents' Childhood
William Jasper Howell was born in 1879 in Lee County, Kentucky.
Hilda Aylesford Faulkner was born in 1891 in Lee County, Kentucky.
Jasper and Hilda Howell
Jasper and Hilda moved from Kentucky to Oregon and married in 1909. They had two children before Jasper's death in 1917.
| 1909 | Married and lived in Grant County, Oregon |
| 1911 | Mamie Austin born |
| 1916 | Pauline Vilate born in Lee County, Kentucky |
| 1917 | Jasper died in Oregon |
The circumstances of Pauline's birth back in Kentucky are unclear, but multiple sources confirm it.
The 1920 U.S. Census records Hilda and her daughters living with Hilda's parents in Baker County, Oregon.
Hugh and Hilda Mahaffey
Jesse Hugh Mahaffey was born in 1892 in St. Francis County, Arkansas. His family moved to Idaho around 1900.
Hilda married Hugh in 1920 and had a daughter. They divorced a few years later.
| 1920 | Married in Washington County, Idaho |
| 1921 | Norma Elaine born in Ada County, Idaho |
| 1926 | Mamie married William Sharp in California |
| c. 1927 | Divorced |
Hugh remained in southwest Idaho and married Della Smith in 1929.
Roy and Hilda Florin
Roy Florin was born in 1897, probably in Sanders County, Montana.
In about 1928, Hilda married Roy.
| c. 1928 | Married, probably in Klamath County, Oregon |
| 1933 | Pauline married Alfred Yadon in Oregon |
| c. 1935 | Divorced; Hilda moved to Fresno, California |
Hilda and Norma moved to Fresno, California about 1935, along with Pauline and her family. (Pauline had a child in Oregon in 1935, and another in California in 1936.)
Roy remained in Klamath County. In 1940, Roy appears in the U.S. Census without any family. Per his 1973 death record, he apparently remarried, wife named Ethel Florin.
Rayburn and Hilda Fergerson
Rayburn Wallace Fergerson was born in 1895 in Texas.
In the late 1930s, Hilda married Rayburn.
| before 1940 | Married, resided in Fresno, California |
| 1940 | Norma married Philet Jones |
| 1952 | Hilda died |
Rayburn remained in Fresno and died in 1982.
Related Files
Hugh Mahaffey in the Army
Norma Mahaffey childhood portrait
Hugh Mahaffey headstone
