Carolyn Jane Champlin b. 1 Dec 1942 Fresno, Fresno, California, USA d. 10 Jan 2022 Seward, Seward, Nebraska, USA: Smith Family Tree

Carolyn Jane Champlin

1942 - 2022 (79 years)

Name	Carolyn Jane Champlin [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Birth	1 Dec 1942	Fresno, Fresno, California, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Female
Census	1950	El Rio, Ventura, California, USA [6]
Census	Age: 7; Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married
Education	1960	Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura, California, USA [1]
FSID	LL7X-93R
Residence	1969	Ojai, Ventura, California, USA [5]
DNA Connection	C.F. -- Ancestry Predicted relationship to LC Smith: 4th–6th Cousin (2GG of Margaret Lewis/Thomas Twomey) -- 1% shared DNA: 38 cM across 1 segments [11]
DNA Connection		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Death	10 Jan 2022	Seward, Seward, Nebraska, USA [7]
Person ID	I16384	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Ambrose Ordell Champlin, b. 16 Jun 1895, Hanford, Kings, California, USA d. 7 Dec 1986, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA (Age 91 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ethel Serena Twomey, b. 28 May 1895, Arcadia, Iron, Missouri, USA d. 9 Sep 1975, Ventura, Ventura, California, USA (Age 80 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	7 Oct 1935	Alameda County, California, USA [9, 10, 12, 13]
Family ID	F9468	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Steven Willard Franks, b. 26 Jul 1943, Highmore, Hyde, South Dakota, USA d. 27 Nov 2017, Seward County, Nebraska, USA (Age 74 years)

Marriage 18 Apr 1964 Ventura County, California, USA [3, 7, 9, 10]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living
	3. Living
	4. Living

Family ID F6058 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 1 Dec 1942 - Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
	Census - Age: 7; Relation to Head: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - El Rio, Ventura, California, USA
	Marriage - 18 Apr 1964 - Ventura County, California, USA
	Residence - 1969 - Ojai, Ventura, California, USA
	Death - 10 Jan 2022 - Seward, Seward, Nebraska, USA

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Bible & Church Records		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Bible & Church Records		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

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		♂dnaL-CHAMPLIN Carolyn Carolyn Jane Champlain Franks (2GG of Margaret Lewis/Thomas Twomey) 3rd Cousin 1x removed to LC Smith

Sources

[S479] Ancestry.com, U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).

U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012
[S1771] Ancestry.com, California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).

California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987
[S239] Ancestry.com, California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).

California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
[S302] Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Birthdate: 1 Dec 1942; Birth County: Fresno.
[S177] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: El Rio, Ventura, Cal.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: El Rio, Ventura, Cal

[S5663] Find a Grave: CHAMPLIN Carolyn Franks 1942-2022, Carolyn Champlin Franks.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235856059/carolyn_franks
[S302] Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL5M-ZWP : 27 November 2014), Carolyn Jane Champlin, 01 Dec 1942; citing Fresno, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Sta.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL5M-ZWP
[S315] Family Bibles, Family Bible of the Twomey Families: Transcribed Notes #4 of 5.
SAMUEL EVERETT married Catherine Anderson 1919-1986
• Lorene Alice 1920
• Dorothy May 1922
• Mary Lee 1924-1924 -----
LORENE ALICE TWOMEY married (1941) James Buford
• Karen Valerie 1945
• Michael Garth 1948 -----
KAREN V BUFORD married (1963) William Pruitt 1943
• William Edward 1964
• James Gregory 1965
• Daniel Jay 1970
• Chloe Michele 1974 -----
MICHAEL GARTH BUFORD married (1970) Eileen Best 1948
• James Everett 1977
• Emily Ann 1983 -----
DOROTHY MAY EVERETTE married (1949) Harry C Carle 1910 1960
• Kathleen Elizabeth 1951
• Patricia Joanne 1953
• William Everett 1955 -----
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH EVERETT
married (1972) Neil Haverstick 1951 (no children)
married (1986) Carl J Wittfield -----
WILLIAM EVERETTE CARLE married (1977) Deborah Susan Brownfeld
• Benjamin William 1981-1981
• Andrew Jacob 1983
• Caitlin Marjory 1986 -----
ETHEL SERENA TWOMEY married (1935) Ambrose Chaplin 1895-1986
• Carolyn 1942 -----
CAROLYN CHAPLIN married (1964) Steven W Franks 1943
• Kenneth C 1968
• Julie N 1971
• Serena A 1973
• Stephanie J 1975 -----
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
[S315] Family Bibles, Twomey Family Bible Notes.
TWOMEY FAMILY BIBLE NOTES
Thomas Lawful Twomey - 1789 - (Rowan County) married (9/19/1811) Margaret Lewis
I Hugh Twomey - 1818 - 10/18/1875 married (2/7/1841) Lettuce Wyatt Smith
(A) Thomas Caleb Twomey - 12/4/1841 - 9/26/1859
(B) Nanby M Twomey - 10/12/1843 - 7/26/1844
(C) William Patrick Twomey - 2/13/1845
(D) Silas E Twomey - 11/11/1846 - 8/12/1866
(E) Suzan M C Twomey - 7/1848
(F) Ellen A Twomey - 1/15/1851 - 10/19/1851
(G) Emeline TULLOCK - 5/11/1852 - 7/26/1881
(H) Rachel Barsheba Twomey - 4/11/1854 – 1924
(I) Francois M Twomey - 9/9/1858 - 9/10/1959
(J) John Bunion Twomey - 9/15/1859 - 9/15/1939 married (11/28/1889) Eliza Caroline Davis
(1) Bessie Florence Twomey - 1/17/1891 - 11/3/1904
(2) Lawrence Adolph Twomey - 5/18/1892 - 7/13/1973
(3) Lottie Grace Twomey - 7/8/1893 - 12/20/1895
(4) Fairy Lonseal WALSH - 2/5/1895 – 1984
(5) John Julien Twomey - 4/15/1896 - 11/4/1979
(6) Xenia Auth Twomey - 10/20/1899 - 5/24/1981
(7) Esther Annie CULLI - 10/16/1901 – 1996
(8) Loretta Hellin Twomey - 12/3/1904
(9) Theodore Ray Twomey - 10/22/1907
________________________________________________________________
II Patrick Twomey - 1826 - 1906 married Larissa Parks - 1834 - 1909
(A) Henry Clay Twomey - 1856 - 1904 married (1883) Clara Whitnah - 1862 – 1917
(1) Frederick Alphonso Twomey - 1886 - 1966 married (1912) Carrie E Inman - 1886 - 1925
(a) Madelene Marie Twomey - 1913 married Michael Scanlon (divorced, no children)
(b) Byron Inman Twomey - 1914 - 1970 married 1st (1935) Sadie Braxton, divorced (1945) - 1910
(b1) Myra Ann Twomey - 1940
Byron married 2nd (1947) Leona Redzvil - 1922
(b2) Donald John Twomey – 1948 married (1977) Sara Lyons 1953
(b2a) Rory Byron Twomey - 1978
(b2b) Emily Marie Twomey - 1979
(b3) Gary ByronTwomey - 1952 married (1975) Katherine Rowland - 1952
(b3a) Chase Rowland Twomey - 1978
(b3b) Matthew Hamilton Twomey- 1981
(b4) Martha Leona Twomey – 1956 married (1984) Edward Quisenberry
(b4a) Robin Lisa Quisenberry- 1983
(b4b) Evan Edward Quisenberry- 1986
(c) Virginia LucilleTwomey - 1916 married (1946) Richard R Keicher - 1919
(c1) Elizabeth Ann Keicher - 1948 - 1966
(c2) Stanley Richard Keicher - 1951 married (1971) Jane Anderson 1951
(c2a) Brian David Keicher- 1978
(c2b) Todd Brandon Keicher - 1984
(d) Phyllis MarjorieTwomey - 1918 married (1946) Wallace Helber - 1914
(d1) Susan Leslie Helber - 1948
(d2) Vicki Lenore Helber - 1950 married 1st (1970) Stephen Zelinger (and divorced)
Vicki married 2nd William Platz - 1948
(d2a) Caroline Laura Platz - 1980
(d2b) Alice Elizabeth Platz - 1983
(d3) Janet Marie Helber - 1951 married (1994) Steve Parker 1948
(d3a) Patrick Forrest – 1986
(2) Mary Alice Twomey - 1887 – 1963 married (1913) Frank Inman - 1887 – 1963
(3) Maud Rebecca Twomey - 1889 – 1971 married (1921) Gus Donald Butler (and divorced)
(4) Samuel Everett Twomey - 1891 - 1974 married Catherine Anderson - 1919 - 1986
(a) Lorene Alice Twomey - 1920 married (1941) James Buford
(a1) Karen Valerie Buford - 1945 married (1963) William Pruitt 1943
(a1a) William Edward Pruitt - 1964
(a1b) James Gregory Pruitt - 1965
(a1c) Daniel Jay Pruitt - 1970
(a1d) Chloe Michele Pruitt - 1974
(a2) Michael Garth Buford- 1948 married (1970) Eileen Best 1948
(a2a) James Everett Buford - 1977
(a2b) Emily Ann Buford - 1983
(b) Dorothy May Twomey - 1922 married (1949) Harry C Carle - 1910 - 1960
(b1) Kathleen Elizabeth Carle - 1951 married 1st (1972) Neil Haverstick - 1951 (no children)
Kathleen married 2nd (1986) Carl J Wittfield
(b2) Patricia Joanne Carle- 1953
(b3) William Everett Carle - 1955 married (1977) Deborah Susan Brownfeld
(b3a) Benjamin William Carle - 1981 - 1981
(b3b) Andrew Jacob Carle - 1983
(b3c) Caitlin Marjory Carle- 1986
(c) Mary Lee Twomey - 1924 – 1924
(5) Henry Howard Twomey - 1893 – 1956 married (1918) Joanna Frederickson 1886 - 1978
(a) Howard Twomey Jr - 1916 married (1946) Alice Montgomery 1916
(a1) Howard Twomey III - 1948
(b) June Twomey - 1919 married Vern Robbins
(b1) Dennis Robbins (married with 1 son)
(b2) Christina Robbins (married)
(b3) John Robbins (married)
(b4) Patricia Robbins
(6) Ethel Serena Twomey - 1895 – 1975 married (1935) Ambrose Chaplin - 1895 - 1986
(a) Carolyn Chaplin - 1942 married (1964) Steven W Franks - 1943
(a1) Kenneth C Franks - 1968
(a2) Julie N Franks- 1971
(a3) Serena A Franks- 1973
(a4) Stephanie J Franks- 1975
(7) Clara Ella Twomey - 1897 – 1979 married 1st (1920) Ace Sherwood
(a) Velma Ruth Sherwood - 1921 married (1944) Gordon Koester - 1914 - 1982
(a1) Kent Koester - 1945 - 1966
(a2) Krisse Koester - 1948 married (1969) Phillip Britt - 1949
(a2a) Kimberly Kristyue Britt - 1970
(a2b) Tracy Lee Britt- 1972
(a2c) Robert Britt - 1975
(a3) Karla Koester- 1953
Clara divorced Ace and married 2nd (1937) Frank Vincent
(8) Blanch Evelyn Twomey - 1900 – 1901
(9) May Catherine Twomey - 1903 – 1975 married 1st (1923) Thedore Border (divorced 1942)
(a) Ted Border- 1924
(b) James Border - 1926
(c) Mary Alice Border - 1938 - 1963 married (1956) Elmer Butz
(c1) Bernice May Butz
(c2) Dorothy Alice Butz
May married 2nd (1944) John H Burks
(d) John Burks Jr - 1945 married (1966) Pat Simmons
May married 3rd (1953) Fred B Gaylord
(B) James Parks Twomey - 1859 – 1912
(C) Samuel Parks Twomey - 1861 – 1927
(D) Isabella Jane Twomey - 1862 – 1870
(E) Serena M Twomey - 1864 – 1928
(F) Mary Emma Twomey - 1865 – 1952
(G) Sarah Minerva Twomey - 1869 – 1954
(H) Margaret Ann Twomey - 1871 – 1967
(I) Belle Twomey - 1873 – 1960
(J) Elizabeth Twomey - 1875 – 1894
(K) Harriett Twomey - 1878 - 1949
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
[S92] Ancestry DNA-SmithLC, (Name: Ancestry.com;), Lawrence Coleman Smith and Carolyn Champion Franks (C.F.) - (Thomas L Twomey).
Predicted relationship: 4th–6th Cousin

Shared DNA: 38 cM across 1 segments
Longest Segment: 41 cM
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-matches/compare/e22782af-1edb-4894-bebd-d3c3dba24f49/with/f216c8d1-790e-4ab5-9ccc-adbfd9c457b0?returnurl=https:%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Fdiscoveryui-matches%2Fmatch-list%2Fe22782af-1edb-4894-bebd-d3c3dba24f49
[S1699] Ancestry.com, California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).

California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
[S5458] Find a Grave: TWOMEY Ethel Champlin 1895-1975, Ethel Serena Twomey Champlin.
BIRTH: 28 May 1895 Iron County, Missouri
DEATH: 9 Sep 1975 (aged 80) Ventura County, California
BURIAL: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California
PLOT: Section H Lot 180 Grave 6
MEMORIAL ID: 144927113
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144927113/ethel_serena_champlin

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