Aretta Meisner & Pearly Elmer Gatewood
Laura Aretta Rosenstein b.16 Aug 1896 18 Bokolow, MO d. Feb 1984 Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK
Laura Aretta Rosenstein married George Meisner 06 Jan 1918. She divorced him 11 Nov 1923. He left her before the children were born. George Meisner wrote her a letter, after she divorced him and asked for a divorce. He didn't even know she had already filed the papers and divorced him.
Children:
Mary Geraldine Meisner b. 4 Nov 1919, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS
Gerald Edward Meisner b. 4 Nov 1919, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS
Aretta Meisner married Pearly Elmer Gatewood 6 Aug 1925. Pearly Elmer Gatewood adopted Mary Geraldine Meisner & Gerald Edward Meisner.
Children of Aretta Meisner & Pearly Elmer Gatewood
Adopted children:
Mary Geraldine Meisner-Gatewood b. 4 Nov 1919, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS
Gerald Edward Meisner-Gatewood b. 4 Nov 1919, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, KS
Biological child:
Claude Howard Gatewood b. 31 May 1926 Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK
Aretta divorced both Meisner and Gatewood, but I only have divorce papers on Meisner. I also have the letter Meisner wrote asking for a divorce. He was living in Sapulpa, OK in 1924 when he wrote the letter. I have a wedding invitation and announcements in the newspaper, and marriage certificate of the Gatewood marriage. I know he's from Kansas, but I don't have a birth certificate or anything. I believe Pearly has been married more than once. I don't know anything about the Gatewood or Meisner parents, siblings or anything. That's pretty much all the info I have. I don't have much else.
I have alot more Rosenstein info. I have very little Gatewood and Meisner info. If anyone can add anything to this please respond.
Heather Tanner
Tulsa, OK