52 Ancestors Week #26 - Clara Eliya McNeal

Clara is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Clara was born on 25 Apr 1882 in Beason, Indiana to Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1937) and Mary Louisa Alfred (1858-1941).  Clara had twelve siblings:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• Mary Olive (1883-1966)
• Bertha (1884-1973)
• Bessie (1884-1934)
• Kate Effie (1887-?)
• Glenna Hanney (1889-1959)
• Lucy Charlotte (1890-1972)
• Robert Elsworth (1892-1894)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (1896-1968)
• Ida Gladys (1899-1966)

Clara married Brady Hollenbaugh (1877-1937) on 14 Dec 1899 in Ogle County, Illinois.  They had four children:

• Charles L. (1901-?)
• Julia E. (1903-?)
• Helen S. (1907-?)
• Lewis S. (1909-1984)

Clara and family lived in Byron, Illinois according to the 1900, 1910, 1930 and 1940 federal census.  The 1920 census had Clara living in Rockvale, Illinois.

It looks like after Brady's death in 1937, Clara moved in with her mother, Mary per the 1940 census.

Clara died on 16 Sep 1976 at age 94.

52 Ancestors Week #25 - Lena Mathilda Carlson

Lena is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Lena Mathilda Carlson was born on 14 Nov 1877 in Oster Yttermakr, Narpes, Finland to Carl Eric Gullens and Augistine Haldga.  Lena had four siblings:

• Edla Gullens (1864-?)
• Johanna Carlson (1866-1952)
• Erick Andrew Carlson (my 2nd great grandfather; 1873-1925)
• August Carlson (unknown dates)

It appears Lena arrived in the US around 1896.   Lena married Adrian Hannus (1868-1917).  Together they had eleven children:

• Segur Sigfrid (1898-1957)
• Richard C. (1899-?)
• Hulda Linnea (1901-?)
• Elsie Adeline (1902-1997)
• John Waldermar (1904-1915)
• Edwin A. (1905-1968)
• Hjalmar (1907-1991)
• Leonard C. (1909-1999)
• Hilding G. (1912-1985)
• Evelyn (1913-?)
• Helen (1915-2012)

According to the 1910 census, Lena and her family settled in Worcester, Massachusetts and continued living there in all subsequent census through 1930.

Lena was left a widow at age 40 when Adrian died.  I have no record of her remarrying.  I wonder what her life was like trying to raise a large family of eleven children as a single mother in the early twentieth century.  

Lena died on 04 Oct 1973 at age 96 in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Lena is buried at Old Swedish Cemetery in Worcester.

52 Ancestors Week #24 - Claude Randle Carrico

Claude is my great grand uncle.

Claude Randle Carrico was born on 01 Jul 1896 in Hutcheson's Farm, Arkansas to Josiah Converse Carrico (1873-1957) and Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (1872-1948).  Claude was the second of seven children:

• Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
• Bessie Myrtle (1898-1986)
• Ida Sylvester (1901-1997)
• Ruth Alice (1905-1993)
• Austin Rochester (my great grandfather; 1908-1979)
• Alberta Mae (1912-2001)  

Claude married Bessie Francis Moser (1899-1987) on 14 Sep 1917 in Fulton, Arkansas.  Together they had three children:

• Wilma (1918-1978)
• Lowell A. (1920-1999)
• Claude Dwayne (1932-2005)

Claude appears to have lived in Arkansas most of his life.  The 1930's census has Claude living in Altoona, Kansas.

Claude died on 21 Jun 1973 at age 76.  Claude is buried at Roselawn Cemetery.

52 Ancestors Week #23 - Georgia Mary Greene

Georgia my great grand aunt.

Georgia Mary Greene was born on 06 Jun 1922 in Avon, Wisconsin to Walton Ward Greene (1885-1968) and Katherine Viola Keller (1887-1945).  Georgia is the youngest of three siblings:

• Chester Walton (my great grandfather; 1905-1967)
• Ora Belle (1907-1988)

Georgia married Everett George Miles (1922-1991) on 29 Nov 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa.  They had seven children together, six girls and one boy.

Through the 1940 federal census, Georgia lived in Avon, Wisconsin.  Sometime after that Georgia and her family were living in the Northern Illinois area.

Georgia died on 07 Feb 2008 at age 85 of Parkinson's Disease.  Georgia is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Machesney Park, Illinois.

52 Ancestors Week #22 - Cora May McNeal

Cora is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Cora May McNeal was born on 05 Mar 1881 in Columbia City, Indiana to Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1937) and Mary Louisa Alfred (1858-1941).  Cora was the second of thirteen children:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Clara Eliya (1882-1976)
• Mary Olive (1883-1966)
• Bertha (1884-1973)
• Bessie (1884-1934)
• Kate Effie (1887-?)
• Glenna Hanney (1889-1959)
• Lucy Charlotte (1890-1972)
• Robert Elsworth (1892-1894)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (1896-1968)
• Ida Gladys (1899-1966)

Cora married Clinton Harmon (1882-1957) on 14 Nov 1899 in Haldane, Illinois.  They had one known child:

• Leslie (1910-?)

According to the 1900 census, Cora was living in Rockvale, Illinois.  The 1910 and 1920 census, Cora and family lived in Lincoln, Illinois.  Cora and her family had moved to Nebraska by 1930 settling in Lincoln according to the 1930 and 1940's census. 

Cora died on 15 May 1959 at age 78.  Cora is buried in Haldane Cemetery in Haldane, Illinois.