52 Ancestors Week #34 - Bertha McNeal

Bertha is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Bertha was born on 02 Sep 1884 in Harrisburg, Indiana to Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1937) and Mary Louisa Alfred (1858-1941).   Bertha had twelve siblings:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• Clara Eliya (1882-1976)
• Mary Olive (1883-1966)
• Bessie (1884-1934; Bertha's twin sister)
• 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)

I have Bertha as marrying twice to men with the last names Smaley and Baler but no other info on them or when they married or if they had any children.

Bertha died on 31 Oct 1973 at age 89.

52 Ancestors Week #33 - Fredrick Hermann Nachtigall

Fredrick is my 2nd great uncle.

Fredrick Hermann Nachtigall was born on 04 Jul 1902 in Sycamore, Illinois to Herman Fredrec Nachtigall (1866-1934) and Clara Wilhelmina Quist (1873-1926).  Fredrick was the second of six children.

• John August (1897-1962)
• Alice Charlotte (1903-1960)
• Albert Frank (1905-1955)
• Edith Sophia (1907-2000)
• Charlotte Marie (my great grandmother; 1908-1958)

Fredrick married Louise Mathilda Hammerich (1906-1971).  Together they had two known children:

• A son
• Sharon (1931-1961)

According to the 1930's census, Fredrick was still living in the Sycamore area.  The 1940's census has Fredrick living in Proviso, Illinois.

Fredrick died on 10 Apr 1966 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 63.  Fredrick is buried at Greenwood Lawn Cemetery.

52 Ancestors Week #32 - Ida Sylvester Carrico

Ida is my great grand aunt.

Ida in 1991 at age 89.

Ida Sylvester Carrico was born on 28 Nov 1901 to Josiah Converse Carrico (1873-1957) and Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (1872-1948) in Wild Cherry, Arkansas.  Ida had six siblings:

• Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
• Claude Randle (1896-1973)
• Bessie Myrtle (1898-1986)
• Ruth Alice (1905-1993)
• Austin Rochester (my great grandfather; 1908-1979)
• Alberta Mae (1912-2001)

Ida married George Steven Mitchell (1900-1946) on 27 Jun 1918 at age 16 in Bexar, Arkansas.  They had five children together.  Ida and George divorced in 1936.

In March 1937, Ida married Amos Saunders but they would file for divorce just a few month later in August 1937.

Ida married Frederick LeRoy Passey (1901-1958) on 01 Aug 1940 in Wickenburg, Arizona.  They had two children together. 

After Frederick's death in 1958, Ida remarried to Frank Kayga (1897-1968).

Ida died on 25 Mar 1997 at age 95.  Ida is buried at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona.

52 Ancestors Week #31 - Bertha O. Green

My 2nd great grand aunt.

Bertha was born in Oct 1876 in Avon, Wisconsin to George McCoy Green (1850-1922) and Alice Mattoon (1855-1938).  Bertha had two siblings:

• Oscar John (1872-1938)
• Walton Ward (my 2nd great grandfather; 1885-1968)

Bertha married George Sodaman (1876-?) in 1896.  According to the 1900 and 1920 federal census they made their home in the Shirland and Laona area in Northern Illinois.  Beginning in 1930, it would appear Bertha moved back to Avon, Wisconsin.  I did not find any records of Bertha and George having any children.

Bertha died on 01 Feb 1961 at age 84.  Bertha is buried at Avon Cemetery in Avon, Wisconsin.