52 Ancestors Week #30 - Mary Olive McNeal

Mary is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Mary Olive was born on 28 Jun 1883 in Columbia City, Indiana to Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1937) and Mary Louisa Alfred (1868-1941).  Mary had twelve siblings:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• Clara Eliya (1882-1976)
• Bertha (1884-1973)
• Bessie (1884-1934)
• Kate Effie (1887-?)
• Glenna Hanney (1889-1959)
• Lucy Charlotte (1890-1972)
• Robert Ellsworth (1892-1894)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (my 2nd great grandfather; 1896-1968)
• Ida Gladys (1899-1966)

Mary married Ralph E. Bump (abt 1886-?) on 26 Nov 1907.  They had one known child:

• William (abt. 1909)

Mary died in Apr 1966 at age 82.

52 Ancestors Week #29 - John August Nachtigall

John is my great grand uncle.

John was born on 30 May 1897 in Illinois to Herman Fredrec Nachtigall (1866-1934) and Clara Wilhelmina Quist (1873-1926).  John was the oldest of six siblings:

• Fredrick Hermann (1902-1966)
• Alice Charlotte (1903-1960)
• Albert Frank (1905-1955)
• Edith Sophia (1907-2000)
• Charlotte Marie (my great grandmother; 1908-1958)

John married Grace Sundly (1901-1960).  They had at least one child together.

John died on 19 Nov 1962 in Sycamore, Illinois. John is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore, Illinois.

52 Ancestors Week #28 - Bessie Myrtle Carrico

Bessie is my great grand aunt.

Bessie was born on 14 Oct 1898 in Hutcheson's Farm, Arkansas to Josiah Converse Carrico (1873-1957) and Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (1872-1948).  Bessie had six siblings:

• Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
• Claude Randle (1896-1973)
• Ida Sylvester (1901-1997)
• Ruth Alice (1905-1993)
• Austin Rochester (1908-1979)
• Alberta Mae (1912-2001)

Bessie married Ulys Elmer Hudson (1898-1978) on 02 Mar 1919 in Fulton, Arkansas.  They had six children:

• Dale Graydon (1920-1987)
• Robert Neill (1922-2000)
• Daughter (Living)
• Charles Maurice (1929-1998)
• Son (Living)
• Daughter (Living)

Looks like Bessie and her family stayed in Arkansas, living in Wild Cherry, Union and Calico Rock according to federal censuses.

Bessie died on 26 Feb 1986 at age 87.  Bessie is buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Calico Rock, Arkansas.

52 Ancestors Week #27 - Oscar John Green

Oscar is my 2nd great grand uncle.

Oscar was born on 03 Sep 1872 in Avon, Wisconsin to George McCoy Green (1850-1922) and Alice Mattoon (1855-1938).  Oscar had two siblings:

• Bertha O. (1876-1961)
• Walton Ward (my 2nd great grandfather; 1885-1968)

Oscar married Ella Gertrude Barr (1874-1903) on 12 Dec 1893 in Rock County, Wisconsin.  They had two children:

• Dell Ivan (1895-1958)
• Orson Dewey (1898-1976)

Oscar would of been widowed at around age 31 when Ella died.  Oscar lived in the Avon and Brodhead areas of Wisconsin according to the 1910 to 1930 censuses.  

Oscar died on 02 Jul 1938 at age 65.  Oscar is buried at Avon Cemetery in Avon, Wisconsin.