A marriage record from the Comanche County Courthouse in Oklahoma 1929. First the whole page. (Click once inside to enlarge the image. Click once again to return to this page)
A cropped image showing the marriage license and marriage certificate data:
Source: Ancestry.com
Is this the same Peter Vasil mentioned in the news article above? If so, this serves as a clue who the sons' parents are:
Joseph Vasil's 1942 World War II draft card--front and back:
ODE TO LEONARD, TEXAS:
The first birth location I find for Joseph's wife Neva is on her Social Security application. In September 1943 she had filled out the requisite forms. The excerpt posted online shows "Leonard Hunt, Texas" as her birthplace. (And it's missing a needed comma before the county name of Hunt, tsk tsk).
Try finding a town or ghost town in Texas near Hunt County with the name "Leonard!"
I couldn't.
Later census records only showed "Texas" as a birth location. So off to the many Texas birth indexes, I go.
In Ancestry's database entitled Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, a search for Miller babies born in Hunt County in 1911 resulted in:
Isn't it beautiful! Finding proof is always a treat.
Now, let's dig in:
The Texas State Board of Health's Certificate of Birth for
Town: Celeste
County: Hunt
D.O.B. Aug 29
Name: Miller #36882
Female White Legitimate Alive
Father's name: B L Miller, American
Mother's name: Susie Teague, American
Parents' Home: Celeste, Tex
Occupation: Farmer
Name of person reporting: J. E. _______?
So, Baby Girl Neva, how did your mother happen to be in Celeste, Texas when she went into labor? Were your parents en route to another town? Visiting family or friends nearby?
Wikipedia has a page on Celeste, Texas. Note which famous veteran from World War II once lived in Celeste:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste,_Texas
Neva and Joseph in Springfield, Illinois in 1930?
