Volume 9 , Issue 16

Knowles, Oklahoma

"I am trying to find the story of my family. My father had a box of things put away. Some of the things belonged to "Granny" who was born about 1850, and lived to be about 100 years old. The rest of the things belonged to her two sons. They included several photos of Indian school kids at one time. Now only a few photos remain. My father destroyed most of them, feeling they needed to be put to rest. The few remain to testify that they existed.

The family traveled a lot. Granny Laura F. Wolf may have had a dance hall/saloon or two over the years trailing all the way to California. Robert Wolf liked to gamble. Forest Wolf was a union man named "preacher", surveyor, photographer, and also a gambler.

I am trying to document some of my family history through newspaper articles. Do you know anybody who can help me? The information I would like to find would most likely be from Knowles, Oklahoma between 1910 to 1915. I persue my history more for stories and would like to know if the family can be located in public records - OR - newspapers of the time.

In 1911, Lorena Wolf married H.E. Loman, probably in Lubbock, TX. He may have been Lubbocks first telegraph operator with the Santa Fe; she a telephone operator.

By 1912 - first child is born... most likely in Knowles, OK. I also have an early photo of "pappy" at the depot in Knowles, unloading cargo. Wayne Cletis Loman (or Lowman) is born on or about 5/15/1912.

On or about 7/24/1914, second child is born (my grandmother)... Geraldine Audrey Loman.

In 1918 - H.E. Loman is a relief man for six months at Hartley (TX?) railroad station. At some point, they end up in Hartley, TX.

Lorena dies in 1927 or 1928 and is buried there in Hartley cemetery, though no documentation exists. It is believed they had left Hartley, headed for California for a miracle cure for diabetis... but she died enroute and Pappy brought her to rest back in Hartley.

In 1928 - H.E. Loman is railroad agent at Dalhart, TX.

In 1930s... moved to old Tascosa, TX the same year Boys Ranch organized, and Pappy remarried. Marriage license in at Lelia Lake, OK.

In 1942 - I have a delayed birth record filed for Geraldine A. Loman, stating Knowles, Oklahoma as birthplace, and date 1914. The witness is her grandfather or uncle... Robert Wolf, who may have lived nearby at that time. Possible cause for filing may have been to pass FBI security screening. About this time, she is also a "rosy riveter" in Palm Dale, CA ... or aircraft electrician able to quickly wire a plane for war; also a powder puff racer. In 1958 - Geraldine dies of cancer.

Here is some more info for possible research. I think this info is correct as follows:

Geraldine Loman - b: born in Knowles, OK .... July 24, 1914 (late filed certificate -1942) her parents are: H.E. Loman and Lena Wolf

Lorena Wolf "Lena" - b: 1893 or 1894 unknown location, but appears as child in 1900 census for Archer County, TX; m: 1911 in Lubbock, TX; She was a telephone operator, her husband the new towns telegraph operator. d: 1927 and buried in Hartley, TX with no documentation. She died of diabetes. It was said she and "Pappy"were on the way to California where they heard a miracle cure had been found. Her parents are Robert H. Wolf and Julia Cross... from the 1900 census. Her brother is Robert W. Wolf.... also from the census.

Robert H. Wolf -b: 1873 in Texas; m: possible names are Julia Cross and Dolores; two known children.... Robert Walker Wolf and Lorena Myrtle Wolf; d: 1958 in CA; his parents are George W. Wolf and Laura Francis Cunningham; his brother was Forest Wolf

George W. Wolf - b: possibly 1841 in Arkansas. appears in 1900 census in Archer Co.... along with a nearby James Wolf (possibly his brother or uncle) no other known information

Laura Cunningham Wolf - his wife - uncertain of her exact name... it is all hear say that was on death certificate. - b: possibly in 1848 (give or take 10 years as she lied about her age) possibly in Marshall, TX? or Lousiana? d: 1943 in California of cancer and old age.

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