Edna Mabel Owens

THREE GENERATIONS

BORN IN

THREE CENTURIES

Robert Owens and his wife, Vania, had one child, a daughter, Edna Mabel Owens.
Edna’s grandfather, David Owens, was born about 1799.
Her father, Robert Owens, was born in 1838.
Edna Mabel was born January 10, 1902.

Edna was born in Nepesta, Colorado. When she was young her family moved back to Newark, Licking, Ohio. She married Orval Francis Thompson on June 2, 1933 in Morgantown, WV. They had two sons. She was living in Mount Vernon, Ohio, when she died in February of 1971.

Robert Owens

David and Jane Owens third son was Robert Owens, born on 2 March 1838 in Wales. He came to the United States with the family in 1942, and lived with them in Licking, Ohio through 1860. I am unable to prove or disprove whether or not Robert served in the Civil War. By 1870 he was living near Pueblo, Colorado Territory. He farmed in Nepesta, Colorado for many years. I wasn’t able to locate him in the 1910 census, but his obituary says that he returned to Newark, Licking, Ohio about 1912 where he lived until his death March 22, 1920.

Robert was single for many years, but around 1901, he married Vania A Lane. Vania was born in Arkansas, February 1878. Her parents were John H and Winnie M Lane, and she had two brothers, William and John. According to the Newark newspaper, she died November 25, 1948.