52 Ancestors Week #40 - Alberta Mae Carrico

Alberta is my great grand aunt.

Alberta Mae Carrico was born in Wild Cherry, Arkansas on 23 Feb 1912 to Josiah Converse Carrico (1873-1957) and Celestia Alabama Caldonia Reese (1872-1948).  Celestia was the youngest of seven children:

• Arval Arlando (1893-1971)
• Claude Randle (1896-1973)
• Bessie Myrtle (1898-1986)
• Ida Sylvester (1901-1997)
• Ruth Alice (1905-1993)
• Austin Rochester (my great grandfather; 1908-1979)

Alberta gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in 1929, with Lester Patch Scott (1905-1994).  They also had a son together.  

Alberta was also married to Paul Grove and William Karr Estes (1905-1970).  Estes was also married to Alberta's sister Ruth.

Alberta was living in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1960.

Alberta died on 18 Feb 2001 at age 88 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Alberta is buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

52 Ancestors Week #39 - Alice J. Green

Alice is my 3rd great grand aunt

Alice J. Green was born in about 1852 in Rock County, Wisconsin to John Jacob Green (1826-1892) and Louise Alvira Babcock (1830-1893). Alice had ten siblings:

• Mary Louisa (1848-1911)
• George McCoy (my 3rd great grandfather; 1850-1922)
• 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)

Alice married Edgar DeWitt Breed (1852-1932) in about 1872.  They had two children:

• Frank Homer (1872-1952)
• Frederick Samuel (1875-1937)

Alice died on 17 Dec 1921 at age 69 in Rockford, Illinois.

52 Ancestors Week #38 - Bessie McNeal

Bessie is 2nd great grand aunt.

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

• Sarah Evelyn (1879-1880)
• Cora May (1881-1959)
• Clara Eliya (1882-1976)
• Mary Olive (1883-1966)
• Bertha (Bessie's twin; 1884-1973)
• Kate Effie (1887-?)
• Glenna Hanney (1889-1959)
• Lucy Charlotte (1890-1972)
• Robert Elsworth (1892-1894)
• Hubbard Elmer (1894-1975)
• Ernest Ralph (my 2nd great grandfather; 1896-1968)
• Ida Gladys (1899-1966)

Bessie married Arthur McNames (1876-1945) on 29 Sep 1901 in Nevada, Arkansas.  They had eight children together:

• Blanche (1904-?)
• Laverne (1905-?)
• Ikey Earl (1907-?)
• Amos (1908-?)
• Albert (1910-1983)
• Adeline (1917-?)
• Jessie (1920-?)
• Allen (1922-?)

After marrying, Bessie and family seemed to primarily live in the Byron, Illinois area.

Bessie died on 04 May 1934 at age 49.  Bessie is buried at Byron Cemetery in Byron, Illinois.

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.

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.