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Newspaper article, Aunt Donnie a Resident Here Since Early '30s, Las Vegas Sun, February 12, 1965

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1965-02-12

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Newspaper article featuring Donnie Ensley. "Aunt Donnie" Ensley was 84 at the time the article was written and came to Las Vegas in 1931. She and her husband, Jake, operated a cafe on First St.

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    ohr000832. UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files, approximately 1855-2020. MS-00547. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1445m69v

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    LAS VEGA5 SUN Friday, Feb.12, 1965 SINCE 1931—Mrs. Donnie Ensley, 84, moved with her husband Jake to Las Vegas from Texas in 1931. They were the parents of five children, and together operated a restaurant on First Street for many years. Mr. Ensley died here in 1956. (SUNfoto) Aunt Donnie a Resident Here Since Early '30s Mrs. Donnie Ensley, 84, has been a resident of Las Vegas since June 19, 1931. During National Negro History Week Mrs. Ensley is one of several residents to be honored at local programs. Born in Beaumont, Tex., in 1881, she married Jake Ensley in Denison, Tex., in 1902. They came here with their son Boysie and soon became familiar figures in the community. Fellow residents fondly referred to them as Aunt Donnie and Uncle Jake. Later two sons and two daughters were added to the family. For several, years the family operated a successful cafe on First Street. Mr Ensley died in 1956. Still active and alert, accord ing to her friends, Mrs. Ensley keeps busy with a