My Family Genealogy Website

Discovering My American, Canadian and European Ancestors

Lela Pearl PURDY

Female 1900 - 1972  (71 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All

  • Name Lela Pearl PURDY  [1, 2
    Birth 6 Nov 1900  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 1850 
    Death 21 Aug 1972  Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA. Findagrave Memorial# 59303898
    Person ID I1850  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Albert M PURDY,   b. 31 May 1875, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth NAYLOR,   b. 28 Sep 1880, Shelby, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1913, Shelby, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1898  Shelby, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herman J TRACY,   b. 1 Dec 1899   d. 2 Oct 1973, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1920  Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Nov 1900 - Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Dec 1920 - Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Aug 1972 - Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Obituary says she and Herman had 5 sons and 4 daughters. Two of them, according to Findagrave, are Helen E Tracy Rouland Yeager (1923-2008) and Delores Pearl Tracy Rodenhouser (1936-2015).

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] 1910 US Federal Census, Location: Jefferson, Shelby, Missouri; Roll: T624_825; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0169; FHL microfilm: 1374838. Found on ancestry.com.

    2. [S95] 1920 US Federal Census, Location: Jefferson, Shelby, Missouri; Roll: T625_963; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 171. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S79] Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002.


Existing Site