Cecil Allender

Cecil Allender was born December 16, 1899 in Pendleton County, Kentucky and died October 4, 1995 at Pretty Prairie Manor in Pretty Prairie, Kansas (source 1). She was the daughter of Arvel Sherman Allender and Roxy Pearl Gosney (source 1). She was baptized on April 2, 1911 at Merritt Presbyterian Church in Elk City, Oklahoma (source 3).

She married Ira Burton Burwell on May 24, 1919 in Beckham County, Oklahoma (source 2). However, she left him and took her children with her to Halstead and then moved onto Hutchinson in 1938 (source: family lore and source 1). Ira and Cecil had six children (source: Violet Burwell McCandless):

1. Violet Marie Burwell

b. September 12, 1921 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma

m. William Calvert McCandless

d. April 27, 2011 in Pratt, Pratt County, KS.

burial: St. John, Stafford County, KS

2. June Delight Burwell

3. Roland Burwell

4. Laverne Burwell

5. Paul Burwell

Sources:

Source 1: Obituary

Source 2: Marriage Certificate

Source 3:

Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: 1910-1967

1900 Census--Lenoxburg town, Pendleton Co., KY

Anille Allender, b. Dec 1877 KY

Roxie Allender, b. Jan 1876 KY

Cecil Allender, b. Dec 1899 KY

1910 Census--Beckham County, Oklahoma

Arvel S. Allender, 32y

Roxy P. Allender, 34y

Cecil P. Allender, 10y

Herbert A. Allender, 7y

Christia H. Allender, 3y

Buelah L. Allender, 8m

1920 Census--Beckham County, Oklahoma

Ira Burwell, age 22

Cecie Burwell, age 20

1930 Census--Beckham County, Oklahoma

Clara Burwell, age 32 (note: they mean "Ira")

Cecil Burwell, age 30

June Burwell, age 11

Violet Burwell, age 9

Rowna Burwell, age 6

Roland Burwell, age 6

Laverne Burwell, age 0

1940 Census--Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas

Cecil Burwell, b. 1900 KY, divorced, housekeeper for private family, lived in Elk City, OK in 1935

June D. Burwell, b. 1920 OK, stenographer for accounting company

Violet M. Burwell, b. 1922 OK, "NYA"

Rowena C. Burwell, b. 1925 OK

Roland I. Burwell, b. 1925 OK

Laverne R. Burwell, b. 1930 OK

Paul V. Burwell, b. 1937 KS