Source Citations for Viola Sophia Dole

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Source Citations

marker-viola-dole-1930: Gravestone for Viola S. Dole (1930); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 1 May 2021), memorial ID 105916363, photographs uploaded 27 Feb 2013 and 9 Nov 2020; citing “Lincoln Memorial Park (Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA)”

misc-spear-date-notebook: Spear birth and death date notebook; multiple contributors; privately held

obituary-viola-dole-1930: Obituary for Viola Dole (1930); “Miss Viola Dole Dies,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 1 May 2021), image “United States of America ⟩ Nebraska ⟩ Beatrice ⟩ Beatrice Daily Sun ⟩ 1930 ⟩ 01 ⟩ 29” page 5; citing “Beatrice Daily Sun (Beatrice, Nebraska), 29 Jan 1930 (Wednesday), page 5, column 1”

research-a-spear-family-history: {private} Engelmann, A Spear Family History, privately printed 1988, updated 2002, 2005; privately held

Source Reference Details

Name Details

misc-spear-date-notebook:

Reference Detail: Page 21 - January Deaths

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Viola Dole). Another entry in Feburary Deaths, otherwise ignored, includes name (Viola Sophia Dole)

marker-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Viola S. Dole).

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Viola Dole).

Birth Details

marker-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Nov. 6, 1903).

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes age (about 26). Using her age and her death date of 28 Jan 1930 gives a birth date range from 29 Jan 1903 to 1 Jan 1904.

Death Details

misc-spear-date-notebook:

Reference Detail: Page 21 - January Deaths

Comment Detail: Source includes date ([January] 28 [...] 1930). An additional entry for Viola on page 22 gives "[February] 28 [...] 1930" as her death date. This is in conflict with the source itself so it is noted here rather than in the research notes, even though it was not selected because it is also in conflict with other records.

marker-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Jan. 28, 1930).

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes date ("Tuesday morning" for a story published Wednesday, 29 Jan 1930) and location ("at a Lincoln [, Nebraska] hospital).

Father Details

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source identifies Willis Dole as the father of Viola Dole. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Mother Details

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source identifies Mrs. Mattie Arnold as the mother of Viola Dole. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes name of a cemetery that is located in Lincoln, Nebraska.

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes cemetery (Lincoln Memorial Park cemetery). This cemetery is located in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source notes that Viola was "formerly of this city" for a newspaper published in Beatrice, Nebraska.

obituary-viola-dole-1930:

Comment Detail: Source includes location ("the capital city" [in Nebraska]).

Research Notes Details

misc-spear-date-notebook:

Reference Detail: Page 21 - January Deaths

research-a-spear-family-history:

(no additional information)