There's some...no, there's A LOT of confusion about Eva. Here's my take on it...

I believe Eva was born Eva CLARK to unknown CLARK and Elizabeth "Libby" Gilmore. 1900 census shows Libby Clark (scratched out)/Gilmore living with her mother. She has one child born and one child still living and she's a widow. Last person listed is Eva Clark b. Mar 1896. If this is the correct record, Libby married a CLARK, had Eva, Mr. Clark died, and now Libby and Eva are living with Libby's mother (Eva's grandmother) Jennie Gilmore.

Libby remarried ~1901 to Philip Yockey (Yacky/Yackey/Yocky). We find them together on the 1910 census record. Eva is listed as a daughter with surname YOCKEY. Whether she adopted this name legally or by commonality, I do not know. But I feel quite strongly that Eva is NOT the biological daughter of Philip.

In 1920, we find Eva with her aunt Cora. Cora Mealy is the sister of Libby.

In 1929 Eva marries Simon Hoelz.

In 1930 Simon and Eva and in Burlington with a man named Earl Hoyt. Earl is listed as a brother-in-law. I cannot explain this. I believe it to be an error. I cannot find anyway to connect Simon or Eva to someone named Hoyt.

In 1940 we find Simon, Eva and Eva's aunt Cora Mealy living in Chicago.

In 1943 Simon dies.

Sometime later Eva marries John McKee and moves to California where she, John, and her mother, Libby SERVICE are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.


California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Eva B McKee [Eva B Yockey]
Social Security #: 345092355
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1897
Birth Place: Wisconsin
Death Date: 5 Jul 1981
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Gilmore
Father's Surname: Yockey

Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Eva McKee
Social Security Number: xxx-xx-xxxx
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1896
Issue year: Before 1951
Issue State: Illinois
Last Residence: 90006, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Last Benefit: 91505, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Date: Jul 1981