Match! WA: Alliso, Bernice D, Dob 8/28/1901 found date not listed #310

According to the Spokane County Medical Examiner page (link here), Bernice D. Alliso was born 08/28/1901 and passed away 06/08/1997. She is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery.

Here is her FindAGrave.com page with a wrong birth date, it seems: Link here.
 
I found a SSDI entry for a "Bernice D. Allison" with the same birthdate as this case file. I wonder if "Alliso" was a typo that was simply propagated? The SSDI shows an SSN whereas the ClaimUs entry says no SSN is available.

"United States Social Security Death Index," Bernice D Allison, 1997
First Name: Bernice
Middle Name: D
Last Name: Allison
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 28 August 1901
Social Security Number: 537-58-9150
Place of Issuance: Washington
Last Residence: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Zip Code of Last Residence: 99204
Death Date: 8 June 1997
Estimated Age at Death: 96
 
For "Bernice D. Allison," I have found the following...

December 9, 2009 article in The Spokesman-Review on the burial of unclaimed remains: Link here.

A FindAGrave profile with matching birth and death dates. Link here. What is confusing is that this listing says that Ms. Allison is buried at the Tahoma Cemetery.
Birth: Aug. 28, 1901
Illinois, USADeath: Jun. 8, 1997
Washington, USA
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Family links:
Parents:
Frank Terrance Allison (1873 - 1940)
Reka Holmquist Allison (1876 - 1921)
Burial:
Tahoma Cemetery
Yakima
Yakima County
Washington, USA
Plot: MAUS CRYPT EW/SW 19I
Maintained by: Thom Painter
Originally Created by: Bob and Nan at Digital M...
Record added: Dec 31, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 32539698
The parents FindAGrave links say that it is a "calculated relationship" so not sure how accurate this information is.

I did find this 1920 census listing:

"United States Census, 1920," Bernice Allison in household of Frank T Allison, , Yakima, Washington
Name: Bernice Allison
Residence: , Yakima, Washington
Estimated Birth Year: 1902
Age: 18
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Film Number: 1821946
Digital Folder Number: 4391493
Image Number: 00299
Sheet Number: 10
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Frank T Allison M 46y Illinois
WIFE Reka Allison F 42y Illinois
SON Terrence Allison M 23y Illinois
SON Charles Allison M 21y Illinois
DAU Bernice Allison F 18y Illinois
DAU Muriel Allison F 16y Illinois
This Ms. Allison's father has Illinois and Irish roots while the mother was either born in Sweden (FindAGrave) or Illinois (1920 census posting). The father re-married and this step-mother has a personalized FindAGrave page: Link here. One brother was a WWI veteran who passed away in 1948: Link here.

Base off of this information, I found a mangled 1910 census listing.

United States Census, 1910," B*I* D Allison in household of Frank T Allison, N Yakima Ward 3, Yakima, Washington
Name: B*I* D Allison
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Residence: N Yakima Ward 3, Yakima, Washington
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Sweden
Family Number: 180
Page Number: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Frank T Allison M 37y Illinois
WIFE Reka Allison F 33y Sweden
SON Terrance L Allison M 13y Illinois
SON Charles B Allison M 11y Illinois
DAU B*I* D Allison F 8y Illinois
DAU Mary M Allison F 6y Illinois
 
One brother, Terrance Allison, passed away in 1948. A spouse named Pearl is listed.

"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," Terrance L. Allison, 1948
Name: Terrance L. Allison
Death Date: 10 Jul 1948
Death Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington
Gender: Male
Race (Displayed on Form):
Age at Death: 52 years 4 days
Estimated Birth Year: 1896
Birth Date:
Birth Place:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Pearl
Father's Name: Frank T. Allison
Father's Birth Place:
Mother's Name: Reka Holmquist
Mother's Birth Place:
Occupation:
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2032774
Digital GS Number: 4223287
Image Number: 958
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 12856
The other brother, Charles Allison, passed away in 1955 with no spouse listed.

"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," Charles B. Allison, 1955
Name: Charles B. Allison
Death Date: 11 Mar 1955
Death Place: Seattle, King, Washington
Gender: Male
Race (Displayed on Form):
Age at Death: 56 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1899
Birth Date:
Birth Place:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Allison
Father's Birth Place:
Mother's Name: Reka Holmquist
Mother's Birth Place:
Occupation:
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2033484
Digital GS Number: 4224494
Image Number: 1557
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 4376

I have not found a similar record for the sister.
 
I agree with Raine1212, very detailed research! Good job!
 
I sent a query to a person who maintains a Holmquist family history website for a family that has roots in Illinois. When and if I hear anything back I will let you know.

There is a a Reka Holmquist Allison, died in 1921 in Illinois, whose father is Swan P Holmquist and mother is Bette Hokanson (both born in Sweden) and the spouse is listed as Frank Allison. If so, I think she had siblings.

I will keep investigating.
 
The Holmquist connection did not pan out. Keeping on keeping on.
 
From the March 13, 1955, Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA):

Allison, Charles B., age 56 years, of 4022 Greenwood Avenue. Beloved husband of Enid, stepfather of Sharon, Linda and Janet Henson; brother of Miss Bernice Allison, Spokane, Mrs. Ralph Kellum, Yakima. Services Tuesday 1 p.m. Wiggen & Sons Chapel.

From this we see that sister Mary married Ralph Kellum of Yakima on 27 Aug 1921. The Yakima marriage license for them lists her first name a Muriel.

The SSDI tells us that Muriel Kellum, b. 8 Oct 1903 died in February 1979.
The SSDI tell us that Ralph Kellum died Apr 1984.
The 1930 and 1940 census show Ralph and Muriel M. Kellum have children
Bettie b. c 1923
Jureta (illegible) b.c. 1924
Shirley b. c. 1928
Virginia b. c. 1931

These girls would all be nieces to Bernice, daughters of her sister.

Jureta D. marries Ervin M. Yoerger in Franklin County, Washington in 1941. According to the SSDI, Jureta 5 Feb 2001 in Yakima. According to her obit on Find-a-Grave, she leaves her husband Ervin and a daughter Judy of Union Gap. Sadly, Ervin died just a couple of weeks ago. Here is his obit, which should give the authorities what they need to find Judy, who would be a great-niece to Beatrice:
http://www.yakima-herald.com/obits/2012/09/12/ervin-yoerger

If not, I have more info on the other nieces.
 
Er, that's Bernice, not Beatrice, sorry for the typo!
 
It looks like Tifflee found relatives above. Do we know if they were contacted? Or if this has been resolved?
 

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