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Jane Wyman

1920 & 1930 US Census

Jane Wyman, Actress
Johnny Belinda (1947)

Biographies of Jane Wyman state she was born to Manning Mayfield and wife Gladys Christian in St. Louis, MO in 1914 and then a subsequently adopted by the Fulks family. In an attempt to confirm (or disprove) these accounts, the Fulks and Mayfield households were located on the 1920 Census and on the 1930 Census.

1920 US Census

1920 Census, 1209 N. 26th St., St. Joseph, MO
Richard D. Fulks, 57, MO, LA, US, not employed
Emma Fulks, wife, 52, GER, GER, GER.

1920 Census, 2004 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA.
Manning Mayfield, 31, PA, PA, PA, laborer, meal co.
Hope Mayfield, wife, 29, NY, MO, MO.
SARAH MAYFIELD, daughter, 3, NE.

1930 US Census

1930 Census, 2850 Leeward Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Emma Fulks, 60, widow, GER, GER, GER, not employed.
Language : German. Immigrated 1900
SARA FULKS, daughter, 18, MO, MO, GER.