Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Elva VANDERHOOF

a twin


Mary VANDERHOOF

a twin


William FRENCH

1920 census gives "none" for William's occupation.  He and Gertie are living with their son, Ira, who is a house painter.


Ira FRENCH

1920 census - occupation house painter


Dale E. FRENCH

1920 Census says Dale is working at the elevator.

1930 Census gives initial "A."  Dale is working as a salesman for a biscuit Company.


Samuel David WHITE

"D" per 1880 census.  He is in School. Samuel and Robert are living in a house next door to their mother.

1900 census - occupation is carpenter


Luella O. HILL

1920 census - Luella is living in a boarding house in Salem, Oregon.  She is married.


Robert Keith WHITE

On the 1900 census he is Robert K.  
On the 1910 Census he is Keith.


Robert W. WHITE

"W" per 1880 Census.  On 1880 Census Robert and Samuel are living in a house next door to their mother.

Per 1900 Census Robert is a carpenter.

1920 Census Robert and Anna are living at 406R Manitou Ave.  He is working as a carpenter.  Living with them is Robert's 38 yr. old half-sister, Mary B. Sherard.


Anna

Per 1900 census - both parents were born in Denmark.


Joseph MITCHELL

This person is dead.

Mr. Mitchell is no present with his wife on the 1910 Census in Galena


Matilda WHITE

1900 census shows Matilda living with her parents and working as a "day domestic".  She has been divorced, her name is Matilda Reitz and her son, Edward Reitz is living with her.  She reports having born 4 children, 3 of whom are still living.


On the 1910 Census Matilda says she has been married to present husband 2 years.  She's had 6 children, only 3 are still living. Only one child is with her.

From P Marek Email 9 Apr 2007: Granny never talked about her family until her
end but she mentioned that "Mamma" (Matilda White) had a couple of sets of
twins that died young.  We didn't know if any of that was true.


James Richard WHITE

Per father's estate papers:  James was no longer a resident of Illinois as of 28 Aug 1862,

A possible match for James: 1880 Kansas, Nemaha Co, Rock Creek (Ancestry p. 9 of 38) I believe this is a correct match because age and birthplaces match. Plus James was known to have left Illinois.  Mother's birthplace given as Pennsylvania per Familysearch.com.  Also the names are similar:  Ann MATILDA, SAMUEL  E,  JAMES A. also note use of initials.  The family apparently spent time in Missouri as 1st 5 children were born there.

1900 census shows James a widower living w. 4 sons one of whom is married & has a child.

per N Henton:  James served in the Civil war as a sergeant and a scout.  He was in company 305 of Missouri Volunteers.
James was living with Will and Hulda when he died in September 28, 1910 He is buried at the Sabetha Cemetery next to Fannie.

Obituary for James White, courtesy of Norma Henton:
WHITE
James White, one of Nemaha County's old settlers, passed away at the home of his son, William White, Friday morning, at 4:05 o'clock, September 28, 1910, at the age of 70 years, 1 month, and 16 days. Mr. White was an upright man and was loved by all his friends and neighbors, who will miss him greatly.  Mr. White was born in Galena, Illinois, on the 12th day of August, 1840, and died of cancer of the stomach on the above mentioned date. About two months before his death he was taken to St. Joseph to be operated on, but his disease was already so far advanced the doctors feared for his recovery and he was taken back home. He enlisted as a soldier in 1861, belonging to the 5th Missouri, Company D. He was a volunteer from Illinois. He also served as sergeant in his company. Mr. White was the first assessor of Berwick township, guardian of the Germane girls*, who emigrated from the east and were picked up on the plains by General Miles and Bat Masterson, who later became the first Marshall of the city of Wichita.  Mr. White was married to Miss Grace Moore in Illinois and in March 1878 came to Kansas, settling in Nemaha County, where he has always lived with the exception of one year, which he with his children spent in California. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. White, all living and all residents of Nemaha County but one, the youngest  daughter, Mrs. Isetta White-Stocking.  The children are the following: Matilda Sellers of Wetmore; Sam, Will, Alfred, Gus, George and John, of this immediate vicinity, and Isetta Stocking of Newton, Iowa.  Funeral services were held by the G. A. R. members at their hall in Sabetha with Mr. Wickins as commander, and his remains were placed to rest in the Sabetha cemetery. - Seneca Tribune

German girls - in 1874 the German family was heading west theough Kansas hoping to settle in Colorado. They were attacked by Cheyenne Indians on  September 11, 1874.  Mr & Mrs German, a son and a daughter were killed outright.  Five other daughters were taken prisoner.  One was murdered as they headed into Texas. The Cheyenne chief Stone Calf then took the two older girls, aged 15 and 13.  Gray Beard kept the two younger ones aged 9 and 7 by McClellan Creek.   On November 8 an army unit with Bat Masterson discovered Gray Beard's camp and attacked.  When the battle was over Julia and Adelaide German were found huddled under a buffalo robe.  A year later Stone Calf surrendered to the Indian Agency and the two older girls were recovered.  This is the story of the German girls of whom James White became guardian.


Frances Grecenia LOWE LOFF LOAF MOORE

Per N Henton:  "James and Fannie Lowe-or Loaf   August 14, 1845 Hanover, Germany were married in Atchison County Missouri March 26, 1864.
 Marriage license says Lowe. But another site I found says she was with a DR. Moore family in Buchanan Township Missouri and that her name was Fannie Loaf.  James obit names her as Grace Moore, her tombstone Gresencia L. White--the cemetery records say Gresencia Grace Moore.  (no proof, but legend says her parents died on of cholera on the ship coming from Germany.  She had a sister (Walburga  1841 who married  H. Alexander Tiehen and lived in Dawson, Nebraska she died at 37 years  (1878 at Dawson Nebraska). "
"In 1892 Fannie filed for divorce and later took her own life."

According to info sent by Norma Henton, Fannie was raised by Dr. & Mrs. Moore who also took in and raised many other orphaned or abandoned children.


William Joseph WHITE

1880 census - Wm Joseph
1900 cnesus Wm J
1910 census Wm J
1920    "          William M.
1930    "          Will


Hulda Ellen HAXTON

1900 census Hulda has had 2 children - 1 still living.


Elmer SANDERSON

There is a marriage record for Elmer E.  Sanderson of Elizabeth and Katie Fitzpatrick of Galena on 25 Sep 1900 in galena - Jo Daviess Co., Genweb.


Lillian M.

1910 census - Lillian reports her father was born in Rhode Island, her mother in Ohio.


Florence SANDERSON

This person is dead.


Earl E. SANDERSON

This living person has not agreed to be listed.


Jessie M. SANDERSON

This living person has not agreed to be listed.


Vernon L. SANDERSON

This living person has not agreed to be listed.


Vera M. SANDERSON

This living person has not agreed to be listed.


Matthew WHITE

a Matthew White is listed in the 1840 Mining Census p. 381     Andrew White is on p. 384

Matthew White, possible brother to Andrew,was born in Ireland in about 1812.  He married a woman in Pennsylvania and their first child, Samuel, was born there in 1836.  They appear in Jo Daviess County about the same time as Andrew does. They show up in the 1840 census in the Small Pox District. I wrote and asked someone about that name and this is the reply I got, "Smallpox Creek runs through the county. It's probably a reference to that." Once in Jo Daviess County Matthew and his wife had children Mary, James, Sarah, Eliza Jane, and Matilda. Matthew's  wife died before the 1850 census so we don't know her name.  In 1859 he married Mary Ann Costello and they had one child, Matthew.  Then Matthew Sr. died in 1861 and the baby Matthew died in 1862.  Matthew's son Janes married a German girl named Fanny.  They raised at least seven children, first in Missouri, and then Kansas.  Matthew's daughter Eliza Jane married James Bawden.  They had at least 5 children in Jo Daviess County. Matthew's daughter   Matilda married Alanson Crandall  and they settled in Iowa


Mary Ann COSTELLO

This person is dead.

Mary Ann received a Dower of 80 acres in Rice County after her husband Matthew died.


Mathew WHITE

It seems surprising that the father was born in 1812 and the son in 1825, however, from reading the estate papers, it seems clear that these two Mathew Whites are father and son.