Carl Rudy Bales & Marie Madelyn Burke

Carl Rudy is Henry’s Henry Ferdinand was Henry and Elizabeth’s ninth child and fifth/youngest son.

1910 US Census: Carl doesn’t appear which is odd since he would be 3 months old.

1920 US Census: I have yet to find this record.

1930 US Census: Carl [19] is living with his parents with “none” listed as occupation.

1940 US Census: Carl [29] and his first wife Hallie [25] are living in Cheyenne, Wyoming with their sons, Garland E. and Robert D. Carl is a truck driver for a creamery and Hallie is presumably a housewife.

1950 US Census: Carl [39] and his second wife Marie Madelyn [36] are living in Wyoming with their children, Mary L. and David Carl Bales. Carl is a bus driver and Marie is a beautician. David dies at age 13 or 14.

Marie dies in 1989 aged 75 and is buried in Colorado. Carl dies in 1997 aged 86 in Arizona.

What I find the most interesting is the change of the last name. It appears that it was changed from Bals to Bales at some point between the 1940 US Census and the second marriage.

Carl & Marie

Death Announcement [Carl]
Find a Grave [Carl]
Find a Grave [Marie]
1930 US Census
1940 US Census
WWII Draft Registration [Carl]
1950 US Census

Carl Rudy Bals
b. 09 August 1910 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 11 May 1997 - Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Marie Madelyn Burke
b. 13 March 1914 - Currently Unknown
d. 25 April 1989 - Currently Unknown

m. 23 May 1945 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

m. 29 November 1933 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

m. 23 May 1945 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

Carl Rudy Bals
b. 09 August 1910 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 11 May 1997 - Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Garland E. Bals
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Marie Madelyn Burke [Second Wife]
b. 13 March 1914 - Colorado
d. 25 April 1989 - Currently Unknown

Mary L. Bales
b. 1942 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

David Carl Bales
b. 1949 - Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
d. 31 October 1963 - Salem, Oregon, USA

Hallie L. Elrod
b. 1912 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Robert D. Bals
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Carl Rudy Bales
Last name is changed at some point prior to 1950.

Sources

FamilySearch.org:
US census reports, Draft Registration, Death Announcement

Family tree names and dates - Bryan Bales and Find a Grave
Bals-Lusebrink grain field picture - Gene Bals