FIRESTONE, Doris Goldie

1887 - 1981  (93 years)

• Name	FIRESTONE, Doris Goldie
  Birth	Nov 1887	Kansas
  EVENT	1895	Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS   [1]
  	Last name spelled incorrectly as Fierstone Attending school
  		1895 Kansas State Census: Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS, p 12
  CENSUS	15 Jun 1900	Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS   [2]
  	Name spelled Doras vs Doris At school, 7 months Can read and write
  		1900 US Census: Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS, sht 5B
  CENSUS	1905	Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS   [3]
  	Name spelled Dorris vs Doris
  		1905 Kansas State Census: Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS, p 6
  Death	Jan 1981	Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS
  Burial	Dover Cemetery, Dover Township, Shawnee Co., KS
  		Headstone Richard S and Doris G Nystrom
  Person ID	I1873	Main
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	FIRESTONE, William Leroy,   b. Mar 1858, Ohio d. 31 Oct 1910, Dover Township, Shawnee Co., KS (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	FISHER Elizabeth Belle,   b. 14 Jan 1863, Maryland d. Oct 1934, Auburn, Shawnee Co., KS (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1 Mar 1882	Shawnee Co., KS   [4, 5]
  		Marriage license issued W. C. Firestone and Belle Fisher 1882 "Marriage licenses have been issued to...W. C. Firèstone and Belle Fisher, all of Shawnee county." W. C. should read W. L. for William Leroy
  		Oak Grange Wedding 1882 "The first wedding that ever occurred "within the gates," was celebrated in Oak Grange, Wednesday evening, March 1st, Mr. William F. (should be William L.) Firestone and Miss Belle Fisher, of Mission Center, being the "twain made one." The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, also simply called "The Grange," is a fraternal organization for American farmers that encouraged farm families to band together for their economic well-being. They were also an important social outlet. Many rural farm families lived relatively isolated lives, often meeting only on Sundays for church, and on market days. Granges provided a place to socialize and discuss area issues. The first Grange opened in Kansas in 1872. Within a few years there were more than 1000 granges in Kansas, claiming more than 30,000 members. Granges later began advocating for farmers politically, fighting for example railroad monopolies, and advocating for rural mail deliveries. Grange farmers banded together to buy equipment, built community grain elevators; some even started community savings and insurance pools to avoid higher cost bank loans and cover members medical costs .The byline on the article suggests the Oak Grange may have been located in Valencia, KS but was more likely located in Mission Township, KS area where William and Belle lived in the early 1880s.
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	NYSTROM, Richard Samuel,   b. 2 Nov 1881, Ostergotland, Linköpings kommun, Östergötlands län, SWE d. 20 Jul 1974, Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1907	Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS   [6]
  		Doras Firestone and Richard Nystrom wedding 1907 "A pretty but quiet home wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Firestone, near Auburn, Thanksgiving day at 2 o'clock, when they gave their daughter Doras Goldie in marriage to Mr. Richard Samuel Nystrom. As the Lohengrin Wedding March was played by Miss Lula Carlat, the bridal party entered the parlor, the groom accompanied by the minister, the Rev, Eugene Roberts of Dover, followed by Mr. Sims Firestone and Miss Effie Firestone, brother and sister of the bride, groomsman and maid of honor. Then came the bride on the arm of her father. The bridal party took their places under a beautiful arch and bell of green and white, where the ring ceremony was performed. The bride wore a dress of French lawn and carried a bouquet of huge white chrysanthemums. They will be home at the Halloway Maple Row farm, Mission Center."
  Family ID	F549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Nov 1887 - Kansas EVENT - 1895 - Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS CENSUS - 15 Jun 1900 - Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS CENSUS - 1905 - Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS Marriage - 28 Nov 1907 - Auburn Township, Shawnee Co., KS Death - Jan 1981 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS Burial - - Dover Cemetery, Dover Township, Shawnee Co., KS  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] 1895 State Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 1895, Auburn, p 12 (Reliability: 2). [S664] 1900 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 15 Jun 1900, Auburn Township, sht 5B (Reliability: 2). [S138] 1905 State Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 1905, Auburn Township, p 6 (Reliability: 2). [S679] News articles: Kansas State Journal, Topeka KS , (Kansas State Journal, Topeka KS ), 23 Feb 1882, p 3 (Reliability: 2). [S678] News articles: The Weekly Commonwealth, Topeka KS , (The Weekly Commonwealth, Topeka KS ), 9 Mar 1882, p 4 (Reliability: 2). [S684] News articles: Topeka State Journal, Topeka KS , (Topeka State Journal, Topeka KS ), 2 Dec 1907, p 8 (Reliability: 2).