Lauren Forrest Darner ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Lauren was Laurne W. Darner.⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Onarga Township, Iroquois, IL on 15 June 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 303C and D, Family 299, Roll 0214
Onarga Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Laurne W. Darner..Son..5..IL

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 2 Dec 1875, then his age should have been 4 instead of 5. The writing on the census form looks very much like "Samuel" instead of "Lauren".
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ten Mile Township, Miami County, KS on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 136, Family 1
Ten Mile Township, Miami County, Kansas
Farm Rented
Married 3 years
Lauren F. Darner..Head..Dec 1875..24..IL..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kankakee, IL on April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 109, Family 245
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Lawrence F. Darner..Head..34..IL

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kankakee, IL on January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 111, Family 22
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Home owned
Lauren F. Darner..Head..44..IL

(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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• His occupation in March 1927 was a Boilermaker in Kankakee, IL. ⁶

• He was buried on 30 March 1927 in the Hillsdale in Hillsdale, KS.

Find A Grave Memorial #16632312
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Lauren married Blanche Wilson, daughter of G. W. Wilson and Dora Shelley, on 22 December 1897 in Hillsdale, KS.^{1 2 3 4} (Blanche Wilson was born on 5 February 1881 in Kansas,^{1 2 3 4 5 9 10} died on 15 June 1971 in , Hennepin County, MN ^{5 10} and was buried after 15 June 1971 ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ten Mile Township, Miami County, KS on 1 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 136, Family 1
Ten Mile Township, Miami County, Kansas
Farm Rented
Married 3 years
Lauren F. Darner..Head..Dec 1875..24..IL..Farmer
Blanche E. Darner..Wife..Feb 1881..19..KS..1/1
Mary Edna Darner..Daughter..Aug 1898..1..KS
Aubry Greenup..Farm laborer..Aug 1876..23..KY
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kankakee, IL on April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 109, Family 245
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Lawrence F. Darner..Head..34..IL
Blanch Darner..Wife..29..KS
Edna Darner..Daughter..11..KS
Herald Darner..Son..9..KS
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kankakee, IL on January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 111, Family 22
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Home owned
Lauren F. Darner..Head..44..IL
Blanche Darner..Wife..38..KS
E. Harold Darner..Son..19..KS
Eugene Darner..Son..1..IL
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  Marriage Notes:

After being married and living in Kansas for a number of years, the family moved back to Illinois by 1910, locating in Kankakee County. Lauren died at the age of 51 in Kankakee in 1927. Blanche then moved up to the Minneapolis area by 1940 either with her children and maybe to be near her oldest son, Harold, who had married and may have moved there before his mother. Blanche died in 1971 at the age of 90 and was buried near her husband in Kankakee, Illinois.
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