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Gertrude M SCRUGGS

Female 1871 -


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  • Name Gertrude M SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • Dunklin says that her name was Ella Gertrude. This name also appears on the 1880 and 1885 censuses. After that, the censuses have her name as Gertrude M. or Gertie.
    Birth 26 Nov 1871  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 1053 
    Person ID I1053  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Henry Mitchell SCRUGGS,   b. Aug 1846, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1918, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lucy Elizabeth MARET,   b. 21 May 1850, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1900, McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1869  Clay, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lewis VAN OSDELL,   b. 1862 
    Marriage 20 Dec 1891  McPherson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Nov 1871 - Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Dec 1891 - McPherson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Ella G Scruggs, 8, b in Missouri, living with parents: Heny33/Lucy30 and sister: LonaW.6 Scruggs. Location: King City, McPherson, Kansas.

      CENSUS (Ks) 1885: on ancestry.com. Ella G Scruggs, 13, b in Missouri, living with parents: HenryM.38/Lucy34 and sister: LolaM.11. Location: King, McPerhson, Kansas.

      MARRIAGE 1891: on ancestry.com. Gertrude M Scruggs, 20, married Lewis F Van Osdell on Dec. 20, 1891 in McPherson, Kansas. (Kansas, County Marriages)

      CENSUS (Ks) 1895: Girtie van Osdell, 22, b in Missouri, living with L F van Osdell33. Location McPherson, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1900; on familysearch.org. Gertrude M Vom Osdell, 27, b in Missouri, married 8 years with no children, living with husband Louis F Vom Osdell37 and father: Henry Scruggs53. Location: King, McPherson, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Gertrude M Van Arsdale, 33, b in Missouri, living with husband:Lewis F Van Arsdale45, both as roomers in home of Melinda H Carter 73, and another roomer: Joseph Wright 51.

      CENSUS 1920: on familysearch.org. Gertrude M Van Ardel, 49, b in Missouri, living with husband: Elliot Van Ardel57 and son: Lester Lavene Van Ardel5. Location: Ward 2, Garfield, Oklahoma

      CENSUS 1930: on familysearch.org. Gerturde[sic] M Van Osdell, 56, b in Missouri, living with husband: LewisF66 and son: Laverne16 VanOsdell. Location; Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma.

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: King, McPherson, Kansas; Roll: 488; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240488. Found on ancestry.com.

    2. [S24] 1895 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S45] 1885 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-146. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: King City, McPherson, Kansas; Roll: 387; Family History Film: 1254387; Page: 499D; Enumeration District: 270. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Enid Ward 2, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 1B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1251; FHL microfilm 1,375,264. Found on familysearch.org.

    6. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Enid Ward 2, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 49, sheet 8B, line 65, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1463; FHL microfilm 1,821,463. Found on familysearch.org.

    7. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma; Roll: 1902; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341636. Found on ancestry.com.

    8. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.101.

    9. [S133] Clay County, Missouri, Marriage Index, 1849-1899.

    10. [S146] Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911.


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