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Note: 06& 07 June 1900, Ward 10, "F" Prec. of Toledo, Lucas Co. OH, SD8407/ED 84, SHT10A, Household 864/302/703,
Rueben J. Heald, head, wm, b. Aug. 1857, age 42, married, 21 yrs, b. PA,PA,PA, Occupation: Oil producer, 0 mos. unemployed, rented home,
Lillie A Heald, wife, wf, b. Aug. 1857, age 42, married, 21 yrs, b. PA,PA,PA, 4/4 children surviving in 1900,
H Merl Heald, son, wm, b. Jun. 1886, age 13, single, at school, b. PA,PA,PA.
18th Apr. 1910, Tulsa Twp, Tulsa City (part of) Tulsa, OK., SD3/ED230/Sht3B, Household 1236/61/61, Boulder Avenue,
Ruben J Heald, head, mw, age 42 should be 52, m 31, 3/3 children, b. PA,PA,PA, Oilfield, Oil Producer, Oil, no out of work, read, write, speak English, owned home,
Lillie A. Heald, wife, wf, age 42 should be 52, m 31, 3/3 children, b. PA,PA,PA,
read, write, speak English, no occupation, could read, write, speak English,
Merl J Heald, son, wm, age 23, single, b. PA,PA,PA, Oil Producer, Oil, not out of work within last yr., read, write, speak English,
WW1 Draft Registation: Form 1, 5246, #202
Merl Jerome Heald, age 30, Home Address: 1422 Carson, Tulsa, OK, b. 26 Jun 1886, Natural Born, Shamburg, PA, USA, Present Trade: Oil Producer Contractor, employed by own, in Tulsa, OK. Have wife and a child unde twelve, married, Cau., Do you claim exemption from draft,(specify grounds) dependents.
Signed: Merl Jerome Heald, medium height, Stout, Gray eyes, Light color of hair, not bald, Sign of Registrator: S.F. Hesey, Prec 5, Tulsa, Okla, 6/5-1917.
15/16 Jan. 1920, 17 Twp of 4th Ward, South Highland Village, Caddo Co. LA, SD4/ED40, Sht 26A, Household # 924/86/106,
Merl J Heald, head, owned home, wm, married, age 32, b. PA,PA,PA, Oil Operator, works on own accounts,
Regina C Heald, wife, wf, age 29, married, b. PA,PA,PA,
Catherine Heald, dau, wf, age 11, single, b. OK,PA,PA.
Merle Heald Jr. son, wm, age 04 06/12 mos, single, b. LA,PA,PA,
Quella Solidor, nurse, wf, age 49, single, b.IL,IL,IL, Nurse for the family,
Ida Reed, servant, Fel Negro, age 20, single, b. TX,TX,TX, Cook, Family Worker,
16 April 1930, Cisco City (part of) Eastland Co. TX SD67-26/ED8/Sht 10A, p. 120,
Household # 1006/232/758, West 7th Street,
Merl J Heald, head, rented, 75, mw, age 42, married, 26, b. NY,PA,PA, Superintendent Oil Co. worker.
Jean C Heald, wife, wf, age 39, b. PA,PA,CAN,
Kathryn A Heald, dau, age 14, single, b. OK,PA,PA,
Jerry M Heald, son, age. 10, single, b. LA,PA,PA.
1937 listed in father's obit. as residing in Denver, CO.
Merl (�M. J.�) Heald was successful in the petroleum industry. There was a 1938 article in an unidentified Tulsa paper about M. J. Heald. The headline was �M. J. Heald Had to Become Oil Man,� and beneath the title, a photograph of M. J. Heald.
Now and then one hears about a self�made man and so on, but Merl Jerome Heald, the new assistant division manager for the Kansas�Oklahoma�Kentucky division of The Texas Company, goes one better. With his grayish eyes twinkling, he remarked the other day: I was born in the oil business. Grandfather,[John S. Fleming or perhaps the father of R. Jerome Heald, Sr.] was an oil man, and when father and mother (Mrs. and Mrs. R. J. Heald) at our home on a lease in Titusville, back in Pennsylvania, the elder Heald ordered that I follow in their footsteps. At least, that is what I�m told. At any rate, I spent most of my vacations while attending public and high school, and continued working with wells during college days. Therefore, it was quite natural for me to elect to carry on in the shoes of father and grandfather. My father, R. J. Heald, who passed away last October, migrated with the oil men into West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and on to Oklahoma. They resided at Marion, Ind., for some time, and much of M. J�s education was there and in schools at Toledo, and later Owe Military academy and then at Wabash College �- The Oil Creek Flemings
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