Family Tree for Eva Lieuween Tonkinson Chase (February 16, 1907 to February 20, 2005)
Her Mother’s Relatives
Annie Lawson Tonkinson ( Sept. 2, 1868 - Jan. 2 1953) was Eva Lieuween’s mother.
She was born Sarah Annie Lawson in Olathe, Kansas.
She married Harley Augustus Tonkinson on November 28, 1893.
They lived at 708 North Millington Street in Winfield, Kansas (also called Church Street).
They had five children: Paul Augustus Tonkinson (died November 24, 1895, age 3 months and 29 days); Paulina Hazel Tonkinson; Roy Alonzo died in infancy; Eva Lieuween T. and Mason Lawson Tonkinson (July 14, 1909 - July 11, 1987).
Paulina (1896 ? or Jan 28, 1897 - July 3, 1984) married Delbert Cervasso Vandaveer (1896? or Sept 29, 1895 - July 1974) on November 28, 1920 in Winfield, Kansas. They had one son, Robert Wesley Vandaveer, born June 21, 1933. Robert’s first wife was Jeanine. They had two children: Vanda Kay and John (an adopted son). Vanda has married. Robert later married Barbara N. Clyde on August 26, 1989.
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| Annie Lawson Tonkinson with children Eva Lieuween and Mason Lawson 708 North Millington Street, Winfield, Kansas around 1913 or 1915 |
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| Eva Lieuween Tonkinson with brother Mason Lawson Tonkinson around 1913 or 1915, Winfield, Kansas |
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| Mason Lawson Tonkinson, around 1916 |
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| Mason L. and Eva Lieuween Tonkinson, around 1917 |
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| Delbert Cervasso Vandaveer, 1917 |
Eva Lieuween Tonkinson earned her Bachelors of Music on June 20, 1926 from the Winfield College of Music. She was an Instructor in Piano in the School of Fine Arts at Southwestern College in 1927.
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| E.Lieuween Tonkinson's teaching contract with the Winfield College of Music, 1923 |
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| E. Lieuween Tonkinson's teaching contract with the Winfield College of Music, 1923 |
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| Letter in her Winfield High School Yearbook, 1926 |
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| Program from a concert of E. Lieuween Tonkinson's students, 1927 |
Mason married Dolores Zena and had two children: Marthana (born March 28, 1934) and Donald Paul Tonkinson (born January 12, 1931). Dolores was born September 17, 1912 and died in San Jose, California, in 1965 at the age of 53. Mason Tonkinson is buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery in California.
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| Mason Tonkinson, age 15 in 1924 |
Annie was elected Clerk of the District Court of Cowley County in November 1912, taking the oath of office January 13, 1913.
She served at Matron of the local chapter of the Eastern Star in 1921 and supported the Masonic Order during her lifetime.
She was a “house mother” for the state orphans home in Atchison, Kansas in 1934.
She was the first President of the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Winfield.
Long after the death of Harley in 1909., Annie Tonkinson remarried. She married Francis Lincoln Cook at the Christian Church in Winfield, Kansas on March 21, 1946. Sallie and Jay T. Smith stood up with them at the wedding. Sallie had served as Deputy Clerk of the District Court while Annie was Clerk of the Court.
Annie died on January 2, 1953.
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Annie Lawson’s parents were Thomas Lawson and Rachel Frances Shriver.
Rachel was born in Ohio on June 15, 1844.
Rachel Frances Shriver’s parents were Evan and Sarah Ann Shriver.
Evan died December 18, 1896, age 76 years, 11 months and 28 days.
Sarah died April 11, 1883, age 60, 3 months and 10 days.
They had 6 children: Ruth Ann Shriver, Barney, Belle, Rachel, Owen and Milton Shriver.
Rachel Shriver had 3 husbands:
Rachel first married John Lawson and had a daughter LIzzie Jane Lawson (Nov. 27, 1864 - Oct. 16, 1923).
John Lawson was born in Ireland between 1834 and 1838. He died in Kansas on May 29, 1865 (or May 24, 1864)
His daughter, Lizzie, married Hopkins Shivvers and had 3 children. Grace Belle Shivvers, Vivian Dell S and Henry S. Vivian married Mr. Eason and had 2 children (a son in 1921 and a daughter Grace in 1929). Grace married Bert Oaks and had a son, Wendell Oaks.
Rachel married again. This time, she married Thomas Lawson, John Lawson’s brother.
They married in Iowa.
Thomas was born in Ireland on June 28, 1837 and died in Washington on January 24, 1911.
He came to the United States in 1855, at the age of 18.
They had children: Sarah, Annie, Magnolia Frances, John Alphius Lawson.
My sources state that Thomas and Rachel divorced. Thomas married a second wife, Alice, and that had 3 children: William E. Lawson (born 1877), Franklin J. Lawson (born 1883) and Carl W. Lawson.
Rachel married a third final time. She married Joseph Henry Sparrow.
Rachel died February 9, 1939 in Joplin, Missouri, age 93 years, 7 months and 24 days.
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| Rachel Shriver Lawson around 1868, probably with daughters Sarah, Annie and Magnolia |
Her Father’s Relatives
Harvey Augustus Tonkinson was Eva Lieuween’s father.
He was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1869 (February 23, 1870) and moved to Cowley County, Kansas around 1881.
He finished his education at Southwestern College and then taught in the public schools.
“His fine drawing mare, valued at $100, was killed by lightning on April 30, 1906.”
He was elected Clerk of the District Court in the fall of 1908.
He developed heart trouble and was unable to lie down in the last 2 weeks of his life.
He died March 16, 1909.
His parent were David Twizzleton Tonkinson and Mary Zimmerman.
His father, David, was born in Clark County, Ohio, on Sept 18, 1844 and died in Winfield, Kansas on March 29, 1913.
His mother, Mary, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Penna on August 4, 1848 and died of breast cancer in Winfield, Kansas on February 7, 1901.
David and Mary had five children: Eva, Harley, Alonzo, Alice and Emma.
Eva married Judge Oliver Fuller. They had 2 children, Walter and Mary. Walter married (details?). Mary Fuller (born Sept 30, 1889 in Winfield, Kansas) married Elmer Watt on Sept 6, 1911. They had 2 children (Fuller and Randall Watt). Judge Fuller died in 1954.
Mary Fuller died December 19, 1984 in Winfield, Kansas.
Alonzo married Lizzie (Smith?) and had 10 children (Pauline, ?, Kenneth, Freddie, Faye, Mildred, Ruby, Martha, Harley and Arlene)
Alice (born in Springfield, OH, on December 22, 1877) married Emery Brooks and had 2 children (Waldo and Evelyn). She died July 23, 1914.
Emma (born in Winfield, KS on January 30, 1886) married Oliver Hess and had 5 children (Rheva, Oliver, Wayne, Wilma and Marlyn). Emma died in California in December of 1944.
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