Wanda Lou Dawson (1932-2006)

[briankaess]

  Wanda Lou Dawson (1932-2006) was born Nov 11 1932 in Salina, Kansas, and died Apr 9 2006 in Seattle Washington. Wanda  was married to James Claude Forshey on  Feb 18 1971 in Los Angeles, California. Wanda’s parents were Talmage E Dawson (1894-1974) and Sadie Huseman. Wanda had a half-sister named Mary Ellen Dawson (1945-2012), married name Marie E Kaess. Wanda visited Mary when Mary was a little girl in the 1950’s in either Evanston, Illinois, or Rogers Park, Chicago. Margaret Jane Swartz (1914-1997), Mary’s mother, was also present.
  Wanda Lou Dawson was a half-Aunt to the Kaess Family and little was known about her until recently. She was sort of a ‘lost sheep’ in the family.
  What I am looking for is any info on the possible children of Wanda Lou Dawson.

[shellyesq]

The man you mentioned, who appears to be Wanda's ex-husband, is still living as best I can tell, so I edited his name from your post.

There is a death notice or obituary for Wanda in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 3 May 2006.  Perhaps that would be revealing as to whether she had children.

[shellyesq]

I see that this family has been previously discussed here - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=735610.0  For future reference, please mention if you have posted about the same people before.  It helps to avoid going over the same ground again.

[briankaess]

According to a previous post, James Claude Forshey, ex-husband to Wanda Lou Dawson, was  born 12 March 1939 and passed away 12 March 2015 in Fresno, California.

[briankaess]

  Per family accounts, Wanda Lou Dawson and James Claude Forshey were living with the groom's Mother at the time of their marriage in 1971. The Mother required them to get married in order to stay living with her.

[briankaess]

Spelling of Forshey surname was originally Fourche, which is French. James Claude Forshey's 6th Gr. Grandfather Andre Fourche came from France about 1670. Forshey is the anglicized version of the French surname Fourche.

[briankaess]

Per family lore, Wanda Lou Dawson attended some trade school or college and received a certificate or degree in fashion buying.