52 Ancestors Week #37 - Alice Charlotte Nachtigall

Alice is my great grand aunt.

Alice Charlotte Nachtigall was born on 08 Aug 1903 in Illinois to Herman Fredrec Nachtigall (1866-1934) and Clara Wilhelmina Quist (1873-1926).  Alice had five siblings:

• John August (1897-1962)
• Fredrick Hermann (1902-1966)
• Albert Frank (1905-1955)
• Edith Sophia (1907-2000)
• Charlotte Marie (my great grandmother; 1908-1958)

Alice married Clifford Sundley (1899-1987) on 19 Mar 1927.  They had three children:

• Clara Louise (1927-2000)
• Donald L. (1930-2008)
• Charlotte Ann (1935-1994)

Alice and her family lived in the Sycamore, Illinois area her entire life.  Alice died at age 57 on 01 Sep 1960.

52 Ancestors Week #36 - Ruth Alice Carrico

Ruth was my great grand aunt.

Ruth Alice Carrico was born on 23 Aug 1905 in Wild Cherry, Arkansas to Josiah Converse Carrico (1873-1957) and Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (1872-1948).  Ruth is the fifth of seven children:

• Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
• Claude Randle (1896-1973)
• Bessie Myrtle (1898-1986)
• Ida Sylvester (1901-1997)
• Austin Rochester (my great grandfather;1908-1979)
• Alberta Mae (1912-2001)

Ruth married William Karr Estes (1905-1970) on 30 Jul 1925 in Izard, Arkansas.  They had six children together: William Lavron (1926-1984), three other sons, and two daughters.  It looks like William and Ruth divorced sometime around or before 1940 as the 1940's census has Ruth married to a man with the last name Odenbrett.  William would go on to marry Ruth's sister Alberta

Ruth died on 28 May 1993 in Calico Rock, Arkansas at age 87 of a stroke.

52 Ancestors Week #35 - Mary Louisa Green

Mary is my 3rd great grand aunt.

Mary Louisa Green was born in Morgan County, Indiana in May 1848 to John Jacob Green (1826-1892) and Louisa Alvira Babcock (1830-1893).  Mary was the oldest of eleven:

• George McCoy (my 3rd great grandfather; 1850-1922)
• Alice J. (1852-1921)
• Melissa A. (1853-1936)
• Harriet Zeletta (1856-1914)
• Isaac Sanborn (1858-1915)
• William Oscar (1859-1921)
• Elmer (1861-?)
• Carrie M. (1866-1938)
• Frank Burton (1868-1936)
• Edmond John (1872-1935)

Mary's parents moved to Wisconsin by the time her younger brother George was born in 1850.  

Mary married Cyrus Kendall (1844-1910) in 1872.  They had two known children:

• Alva (1873-?)
• Joanna Elmetta (1877-1906)

Mary and Cyrus would make their home in Illinois living in Laona before moving back to Wisconsin for a period of time and back to Illinois by 1906.  

Cyrus died in March 1910 and Mary died a few months later on 08 Oct 1910 at age 69.  Mary is buried at Durand Cemetery in Durand, Illinois.