2016 Ancestor #3 - Ida Gladys McNeal

Ida is my 2nd great grand aunt.

Ida Gladys McNeal was born on 14 Jan 1899 in Illinois to Charles Daniel McNeal (1858-1937) and Mary Louisa Alfred (1858-1941).  Ida was the youngest of thirteen:

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• 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 (1894-1896)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (my 2nd great grandfather; 1896-1968)

Ida married Carl W. Benson and had two sons with him.

Ida died on 29 Nov 1966 at age 67 in Santa Clara, California.

2016 Ancestor #2 - August B. Nachtigall

August is my 3rd great grand uncle.

August B. was born on 24 Oct 1864 in Neukirchen, Germany to August F. Nachtigall (1833-1890) and Charlotte Sophia Elizabeth Kober (1839-1927).  August was the second of ten children:

• Carl Christian Charles (1862-1924)
• Herman Fredrec (my 3rd great grandfather; 1866-1934)
• Armand (1868-?)
• Otto Frederick (1869-1949)
• Charlotte (1872-1937)
• Unknown (1874)
• Louise B. (1874)
• Albert Carl (1876-1941)
• Maria H. (1878-1901)

August married Elizabeth Miller.  Some of the census note August being married to an Alice.  By the 1880's census August is living in the US in Milton, Illinois.

August died on 16 Aug 1848 at age 83.

2016 Ancestor #1 - Anna Mae Carrico

Anna Mae is my 2nd great aunt.

Anna in 1898.

Anna Mae Carrico was born on 04 Jun 1880 in Wild Cherry, Arkansas to Basil Jordan Carrico (1848-1926) and Margaret Susan Riley (1852-1940).  Anna is five siblings:

• Arminda Jane (1871-1960)
• Josiah Converse (my 2nd great grandfather; 1873-1957)
• Lewis Harrison (1875-1876)
• Herbert Decature (1877-1969)
• Maude Esta (1887-1963)

Anna married William Henry Wilkerson (1882-1948) on 31 Aug 1902 in Beaty, Arkansas.  They had eight children together:

• James Wylie (1903-1985)
• John Basil (1904-1997)
• Lillian Mae (1906-1981)
• Clifford Homer (1908-1979)
• William Henry (1910-1999)
• Lemora (1912-?)
• Panzie (1918-?)
• Martha Margaret (1928-2007)

It appears Anna lived her whole life in Arkansas.  The 1910 census has Anna living in Apple Glenn and the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census she is living in Mount Vernon.

Anna died on 10 Jun 1971 at age 91 in Bentonville, Arkansas.  Anna is buried at Buttram Chapel Cemetery in Pea Ridge, Arkansas.