Monday, April 30, 2007

Day of silence?

Today, many genealogy bloggers are observing a day of silence for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and their families. I've never liked "moments of silence." Since they're not my style, instead of silence, I thought I'd repost something from my personal blog.

I grew up in Northern Virginia, in Fairfax County, about a fifteen minute drive (in traffic) from where the killer grew up in Centerville. I went to a science and technology high school in Alexandria, from which a significant number of the graduates go on to attend Virginia Tech. I've been on the Virginia Tech campus several times. I've been in West AJ and I think also in Norris Hall. All of my high school friends went to college at Virginia Tech, only I didn't have the grades to get in.

I went to high school with a guy named Luke. We rode the bus together (and believe me, it was a long bus ride from Oakton to Alexandria and back during rush hour). At fourteen, I went on my first date with him. At my sixteenth birthday party, he gave me my first kiss. If we hadn't gotten in an argument shortly beforehand, we would have gone to prom together senior year. He's the guy I went clubbing with in Adams Morgen on Thanksgiving breaks home from college. He's the guy who once talked me into taking a drag off a cigarette. He's the guy I rang in 1999 with at one of those fancy schmancy D.C. New Years Eve parties. He was the first friend who came to visit after my dad passed away in 2001. He's the guy I'd always run into shopping at Target on those few occasions when I was out wearing sweatpants and no make up (you girls know what I'm talking about).

And if he hadn't been in Lynchburg taking the MCATs on Monday, April 16, he would have been in Jocelyn Couture-Nowak's French class in Room 211 of Norris Hall when Cho Seung-Hui entered the room and opened fire, killing Professor Couture-Nowak and half his fellow French students, leaving only one woman uninjured. He spoke to the Boston Herald about losing a very good friend:

In an exclusive interview with the Herald, a devastated Virginia Tech student yesterday told of how he miraculously missed the French-class massacre that tragically took the life of his best friend and seatmate, Saugus sophomore Ross Alameddine... (read more)


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Thursday, April 19, 2007

More Geyer Obituaries

The following are transcribed newspaper clippings that were collected by Vernon Capps, the husband of my 1st cousin twice removed Gertrude Elloise Geyer. I have photocopies of the clippings. I don't know what newspapers they were taken from.

Grace Geyer

Mrs. Grace E. Geyer, 71, of 1003 E. 3rd Street, Washington, died Sunday, August 26 at the Shenk Nursing Home in Wellman, where she had been a patient a short time.

Born December 30, 1901, near Thornburg, she was the daughter of William J. and Jane Moore McGimpsey.

She married F. Grant Geyer May 14, 1919.

She was a member of the Washington United Methodist Church.

Surviving are six sons, Harlan M. of Mission Hills, Calif., Calvin of Iowa City, Larry of Florida, LaVerne E. and Floyd of Washington; four daughters, Mrs. John (Doris) Allard of Brighton, Mrs. Bernie (Dorothy) Biddle of Richland, Wash., Mrs. Adger (Niva) Nix of Chamblee, Ga., and Frances Jean of Washington; 25 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs. Rachel Stringfellow of Oskaloosa, Mrs. John (Margaret) Geyer of What Cheer, Mrs. Catherine Schifflet of Deep River, Mrs. Eva Moore of Oskaloosa, and Mrs. Hugh (Ruth) Frazier of Des Moines.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on September 19, 1951, a daughter Lois and a son Max.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 29 at 2 p.m. at the Jones Funeral Home in Washington with Rev. J. Roland Crandall officiating.

Mrs. T. R. Phillips was organist with Mrs. Kay Stewart, soloist.

Bearers of the casket were John Allard, Jay Allard, Calvin Geyer Jr., Richard Geyer, Wayne Geyer and Kenneth Geyer.

Burial was in Sixteen Cemetery.

[Handwritten at bottom: "1973"]

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[Handwritten at top: “1983”]

Margaret Geyer

Margaret Geyer, 89 of What Cheer died Monday, Nov. 14 at home.

She was born April 29, 1894 in Keokuk County, the daughter of William and Jane Moore McGimpsey.

She was married to John W. Geyer February 19, 1919 in Keswick. He preceded her in death in August of 1983.

She had lived in What Cheer since 1963. Prior to that she lived in Thornburg.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church of What Cheer, a member of the UMW of What Cheer, a Past Matron of the Order of the Friendly Garden Club, past secretary of the Royal Neighbors of America, and the secretary for 45 years of the Sixteen Cemetery of Thornburg.

She is survived by three sons, W. Kenneth Geyer of Albia, Dr. Keith A. Geyer of Alta and John W. Geyer of West Bloomfield, Mich.; two daughters, Harriette Riddle of Wellman, and Mrs. Vernon (Elloise) Capps of South San Francisco, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Hugh (Ruth) Frazier of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Eva Moore of Oskaloosa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a great-grandson, six sisters, and two brothers.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m., at the Harden Funeral Chapel at What Cheer with Rev. Duane Ferguson officiating.

Music was by Mrs. Jean Wilson.

Bearers of the casket were Michael Riddle, James Riddle, Jeffrey Adler, Richard Kading, John Geyer III and Curtis Geyer.

Burial was in the Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg.

[Handwritten at end: “on Friday November 18, 1983]

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John W. Geyer

John W. Geyer, 83, of What Cheer died Saturday, Aug. 6 at University Hospitals in Iowa City.

Born at Wellman December 5, 1899, he was the son of Frank and Lucinda Griffith Geyer.

He was a retired farmer and also had worked for the Pamco of Oskaloosa for 1[?] Years. He had lived in What Cheer since 1953 and prior to that in Thornburg.

He was married to Margaret McGimpsey February 19, 1919 in Keswick.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church of What Cheer and was a past president of the What Cheer Lions Club. He was also a former member of the Thornburg School Board. He was the treasurer of the Universe Lodge 242 A.F. and A.M., a past master of the Perfect Union Lodge 277 at Thornburg, a member El Khir Shrine in Cedar Rapids, a member of the Cedar Rapids Consistory, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge in What Cheer.

He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Elloise Capps, of South San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs. Harriette Riddle of Wellman; three sons, W. Kenneth Geyer of Albia, Dr. Keith A. Geyer of Alta, John W. Geyer of West Bloomfield, Mich., 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a brother, Wilbur Geyer of Wellman.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 1 p.m., at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer with Rev. Emery Wallace officiating.

Music was by Mrs. Jean Wilson.

Bearers of the casket were Michael Riddle, James Riddle, Jeffrey Adler, Richard Koding, John Geyer III, Curtis Geyer.

Honorary bearers of the casket were Ronald Galbraith, Alex Henry, Kenneth McFarlan and Bill Tancer.

Burial was in the Sixteen Cemetery in Thornburg.

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Wilbur G. Geyer, 86, dies

WELLMAN – Wilbur G. Geyer, 86, died June 24, 1993, at Parkview Manor, Wellman, after a long illness.

Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, Wellman, with the Rev. Beth Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman
Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. Friday at the Powell Funeral Home, Wellman. A memorial fund has been established with the First Baptist Church, Wellman, and the Wellman Ambulance fund drive.

Wilbur Geyer was born Sept. 1, 1906, near Wellman, to Frank and Lucinda (Griffith) Geyer. He attended Bunker Hill School. He married Edna Webster Jan. 25, 1928, at the Methodist parsonage, Iowa City. He farmed in the Wellman and Oxford communities before moving to Wellman in 1959. He was employed by Powell Furniture and Bringman Grocery and worked as a custodian and bus driver for the Mid-Prairie School District. He also operated a feed grinder for several years.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Wellman, and a former IOOF
member.

Survivors include his wife, Edna; three sons, Richard Geyer, Iowa City, Wayne Geyer, Oxford, and Raymond Geyer, Oxford; one daughter, Donna Mae Wenell, St. Paul, Minn.; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and one great-grandchild.

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[Handwritten to side of obituary: “Tuesday, March 16”]

George E. Guyer
[should be “Geyer”]

WHAT CHEER – George E. Guyer, 79, former resident of What Cheer, died Tuesday, at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Joseph, Mo.

He was born Nov. 4, 1891 near Wellman, the son of Frank and Lucinda E. Griffith Guyer. He married Jennie Ann Moore June 15, 1915 at Webster. She preceded in death along with one son.

He worked for many years with the Iowa State Highway Commission.

Surviving are one son, Frank of St. Joseph, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Hummel of Council Bluffs; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and one brother, Wilbur Guyer of Wellman.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at Harden Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Edward A. Schalle officiating. Burial will be in Sixteen Cemetery.

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[Handwritten at top: “March 16, 1971”]

Local Deaths
George E. Geyer

George E. Geyer, 79, was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after becoming ill at the home of his son, Frankie C. Geyer, 2611 Renick street. The elder Mr. Geyer had been residing with his son lately.
Mr. Geyer retired about nine years ago as an Iowa State Highway Commission foreman, stationed at Marshalltown, Iowa. He formerly resided in What Cheer,
Iowa.

Additional survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice E. Hummel, Council Bluffs, Iowa; two brothers, John Geyer, What Cheers, and Wilbur Geyer, Wellman, Iowa; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

The body is at the Herdin [should be “Hardin”] mortuary in What Cheer.

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[Handwritten at top: “1967”]

Life Story of Jennie May Geyer

Mrs. Jennie May Geyer, 69, of Independence, died Tuesday, January
31.

Born March 5, 1897 in Webster [“Webster” is crossed out and handwritten above is “Millersburg”], she was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Winegarden Moore. She married George E. Geyer June 16, 1915.

Surviving are her husband, George; one daughter Mrs. Beatrice E. Hummel of Council Bluffs; one son, Frank C. Geyer of St. Joseph, Mo; nine grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lola Wyant of Marengo and Mrs. Ethel Seaton of Deep River; and three brothers, Ivan and Raymond Moore of What Cheer and Menzo Moore of Keswick.

Services were held Friday, February 3 at 2 p.m. at the [clipping cut off
here]

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Frankie C. Geyer
1924-1997


Frankie C. Geyer, 73, St. Joseph, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997, at a St. Joseph hospital.

Born May 26, 1924 in Omaha, Neb., he was raised in Scranton, Iowa, where he graduated from Scranton High School. Mr. Geyer was a 1948 graduate of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, where he later taught social science and coached football, baseball and basketball.

He began his career with the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Controller in 1952. He served at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Topeka, Kan.
and Des Moines, Iowa.

Mr. Geyer came to St. Joseph in 1965, and retired as Assistant Tower Chief and Controller.

During World War II he served as an instructor pilot for the B-24 Liberator
Bomber in the Army Air Corp.

He was a member of Huffman United Methodist Church, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, the American Association of Retired Persons, and the Liberal Air Museum, Liberal, Kan.

On July 30, 1944 he married Kathryn E. Crouch in Liberal, Kan., she survives of the home.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Jennie Geyer, by a brother, George Junior Geyer, and a sister, Beatrice Hummel.

Additional survivors: a son, Mark T. Geyer of Marietta, Ga.; two daughters, Sandra E. Goff, San Diego, and Melody A. Crowder, Salina, Kan.; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Meierhoffer-Fleeman Funeral Home, St. Joseph, where the family will receive friends from 7 to [?]:30 p.m. Tuesday. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.

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LaVerne E. Geyer II, 20, of Cromwell, Ind., formerly of Washington, died Wednesday morning in Parkview Hospital at Fort Wayne, Ind., of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident Aug. 17 near Fort Wayne. He was a student at Fort
Wayne.

Survivors include a daughter, Alex of Cromwell; his parents, LaVerne and Jane of Washington; two sisters, Debra Morrison of Homestead and Barbara Curtis of Wyman; a brother, Jerry Groom of Cromwell; and his grandfathers, Robert Richardson of Lebanon, Ore., and Ben Adams of Wyman.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Jones’, where friends may call after 9 a.m. today and where the family will greet friends from 8 to 8:30 tonight. Burial:
Sixteen Cemetery, north of What Cheer. A memorial fund has been established.



Finally, Wayne Geyer, son of Wilbur and Edna Geyer, passed away recently on March 20, 2007. His obituary can be found on the Peterseim Funeral Home Obituary page and a news article, Oxford Man Found Dead, can be find on the Iowa City Press-Citizen website.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Surname Research on Ancestry.de

The Ancestry.com German site, Ancestry.de, has some new added features. One interesting one uses data from the phone book to map the (current) distribution of surnames.

Wo in Deutschland ist mein Familienname verbreitet?

Neben dem Ursprung des Namens, ist auch die geografische Verbreitung eines Namens interessant für die Familienforschung. So können Sie Gebiete in Deutschland finden, in denen es wahrscheinlich auch Aufzeichnungen über Ihren Familiennamen gibt oder erwandte von Ihnen leben. Lassen Sie sich hier die Verbreitung Ihres Familiennamens in Deutschland anzeigen.


At the Namenforschung (Surname Research) Infocenter, enter your Familienname (family name) under the Verteilung (distribution) tab to get to the Surname distribution map. Enter your family name under the Ursprung (origin) tab to get the origin of your family name (this will be in German). Here are my results for Geyer.



Verteilung (Surname Distribution)


Geyer:

Der Name Geyer kommt insgesamt 5495 Mal in 419 Distrikten vor. Es gibt schätzungsweise 14648 Personen mit diesem Nachnamen. Dies liegt über dem Durchschnitt für alle deutschen Familiennamen. Er liegt damit an 468. Stelle der häufigsten Namen.

Die meisten Personen mit dem Familiennamen Geyer wurden in Kreisfreie Stadt München gefunden; der Name kam 85 Mal im Telefonbuch vor.

Die wenigsten leben in Kreisfreie Stadt Amberg, mit 14 Telefonbucheinträgen.

Um die Karte herunterzuladen, klicken Sie mit der rechten Maustaste auf einen leeren Bereich der Karte und wählen "Bild speichern als...".


Translated, this says:

The surname Geyer is found 5,495 times in 419 districts. It is estimated that there are 14,648 people with this surname in Germany. This is higher than average for a surname in Germany. In 468 places, it is the most common surname.

The most people with this surname were found in metro-area Munich, where the name is found 85 times in the telephone book.

It is least common in the area of Amberg, where it appears only 14 times in the phone book.

To download the map, right click on the picture and choose "Save picture as...".

Distribution of the surname Geyer in Germany


On the map, gray stands for "less than 1 occurance", dark yellow for "up to 60 occurances" and dark green for "more than 120 occurances". The map uses absolute occurances, so the high population areas also show increased surname occurance. On the map above, the darker green areas are Munich and Berlin. It might be more interesting to see a map based on percentage of population.

We also aren't sure that this is the original spelling of our surname. The other possibility is Geier:

Geier:

Der Name Geier kommt insgesamt 4806 Mal in 409 Distrikten vor. Es gibt schätzungsweise 12816 Personen mit diesem Nachnamen. Dies liegt über dem Durchschnitt für alle deutschen Familiennamen. Er liegt damit an 560. Stelle der häufigsten Namen.

Die meisten Personen mit dem Familiennamen Geier wurden in Kreisfreie Stadt München gefunden; der Name kam 85 Mal im Telefonbuch vor.

Die wenigsten leben in Kreisfreie Stadt Delmenhorst, mit 33 Telefonbucheinträgen.


Translated, this says:

The surname Geier is found 4,806 times in 409 districts. It is estimated that there are 12,816 people with this surname in Germany. This is higher than average for a surname in Germany. In 560 places, it is the most common surname.

The most people with this surname were found in metro-area Munich, where the name is found 85 times in the telephone book.

It is least common in the area of Delmenhorst, where it appears 33 times in the phone book.

Distribution of the surname Geier in Germany


Interestingly, this map shows heavy distribution in the Neckar-Odenwald area and Main-Tauber area (the new dark green area in the southwest quadrant). This is just south of the city of Aschaffenburg.



Ursprung (Surname Origin)

The source and history given here is from the Duden Surname Dictionary.

Geyer:

»Geier.

Geier:

1) Übername zu mhd. gir >Geier< für einen habgierigen Menschen. Vgl. den Beleg Chunr. Geyr (Regensburg a. 1347).

2) Auf einen Hausnamen zurückgehender Familienname. In Köln ist ein Haus que dicitur Gyr [welches man Geier nennt] i. J. 1197 belegt.

3) Vereinzelt Herkunftsname zu dem Ortsnamen Geyer im Erzgebirge (Sachsen).

The source of the name Geyer is the name Geier. The source of the name Geier could be:

1) Taken from middle-high-German "gir" meaning "Geier" (German for vulture), to denote a greedy person. See Chunr. Geyr (Regensburg a. 1347)

2) From a house. In Cologne there is a house que dicitur Gyr [which people called Geier] from the year 1197.

3) From a place name in the Ore Mountains in the German state of Saxony.

For help with translation, try the German-English dictionary at Leo.org, or for translated large chunks of text or whole webpages at a time, try Babel Fish Translation.

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Moore Obituaries

The following are transcribed newspaper clippings that were collected by Vernon Capps, the husband of my 1st cousin twice removed Gertrude Elloise Geyer. I have photocopies of the clippings. I don't know what newspapers they were taken from.

Thursday, August 15, 1991

Raymond Moore


Raymond Wilbur Moore, 79, of What Cheer, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

He was born September 25, 1911 near Webster, the son of Charles G. and Elizabeth Winegarden Moore.

He was united in marriage to Mildred Gorsh December 4, 1933. She died December 16, 1966. He married Blanche DeReus October 23, 1969 in Oskaloosa.

He had attended School in Webster. He farmed for over 50 years in Iowa, Poweshiek and Keokuk Counties. He also worked at the What Cheer Pottery Plant and was a car salesman.

He is survived by his wife, Blanche of What Cheer; two sons, Franklin of Texas, Edward of Marshalltown; one daughter, Janice Henley of Cedar Rapids; one step-son, Terry DeReus of Colorado Springs, Colo.; one step-daughter Sherill Hupfeld of Dysart; five grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; one brother, Menzo Moore of Keswick and two sisters Lola Wyant of Marengo and Ethel Seaton of Deep River.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Mildred; five brothers, David, Claude, Guy, Dewey and Ivan; and three sisters, Gale Moore, Jennie Geyer and Edith Parks.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer with Rev. Dean McPherson and Rev. Charlie Bywaters officiating.

Music was by Marlene Clubb, organist and Virginia Striegel, soloist.

Bearers of the casket were Barry ?int, Neil Nilles, Lee Willhour, Richard Dalziel, Donald Sterrett and ??rrol Walters.

Burial was in the Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg.

Memorials may be made to What Cheer Rescue Unit and or the What Cheer United Methodist Church.

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[handwritten next to title: „1951“]

James H. Moore Dies in Des Moines

Funeral for James H. Moore was in Des Moines Thursday. He died Dec. 17 in Des Moines.

Mr Moore was born Aug. 18, 1873, on the Moore farm near Thornburg. He was the son of James and Rachel Moore and grew to manhood near Thornburg.

His wife Mamie, his parents, a sister, Jane McGimpsey, and a brother, John C. Moore, preceded him in death.

Surviving are a son Glen of Burbank, Calif., and a daughter, Mrs. Grace Kimati in Hawaii, a brother George C. Moore of Des Moines, and sister, Mrs Catherine Dusenberry of Tucson, Ariz.

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[handwritten next to title: „1999“]

Dallas Oster

Dallas Oster, 89, of Sigourney, died Jan. 8, at University Hospitals in Iowa City.

She was born Dec. 17, 1909, in Dallas County to John and Nettie Meredith Moore. She married Leslie Oster on Sept. 14, 1932, in Thornburg. He died May 6, 1995.

She was graduated from Thornburg High School in 1926. She and her husband farmed in the Webster-Keswick area until they purchased Sigourney Laundromat in 1965, she was a member of Sigourney United Methodist Church and the Church Women’s Circle.

She is survived by three daughters, Betty Miller of Fairfield, Lind Wallerstedt of Arlington, Texas, and Judy Davisson of Waterford, Mich., seven grandchildren, a great grandchild, a sister, Dorothy Christenson of Tucson, Ariz., and a brother, David Moore of Des Moines.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter, Esther Howe, two brothers, Harold and Wayne Moore, and two sisters, Vesta Haus and Mildred Moore.

The service was Jan. 11 at Sigourney United Methodist Church, the Rev. Danny Lemon officiated. Burial will be in Sorden Cemetery near Keswick.

Pallbearers were Mark Miller, Doug Cutts, Darren Haus and Kenneth Capps.

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Dorothy Moore

Dorothy F. Moore, 90, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Gibson, died Dec. 9, at the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford.

She was born June 1, 1909, in Kansas City, Kan., to John and Doxie Ford Butterfield. She married Carl L. Moore in Montezuma on March 25, 1933.

She was reared in Montezuma and was graduated from Montezuma High School in 1927. She attended Cedar Falls and William Penn in Oskaloosa and taught
school in Gibson and Tri-County for 29 years. She was a member of the Gibson Presbyterian Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher, treasurer and elder for many years. She moved to Rockford in 1991.

She is survived by her husband of Rockford; a daughter, Karlene Kitchen of Rockford; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jack; a great granddaughter; a sister, Doxie McCrellias; and a brother, Harold Butterfield.

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[Handwritten next to name: “1999”]

Dorothy Moore

Dorothy F. Moore, 90, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Gibson, died Dec. 9, at the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford.

She was born June 1, 1909, in Kansas City, Kan., to John and Doxie Ford Butterfield. She married Carl L. Moore in Montezuma on March 25, 1933.

She was reared in Montezuma and was graduated from Montezuma High School in 1927. She attended Cedar Falls and William Penn in Oskaloosa and taught school in Gibson and Tri-County for 29 years. She was a member of the Gibson Presbyterian Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher, treasurer and elder for many years. She moved to Rockford in 1991.

She is survived by her husband of Rockford; a daughter, Karlene Kitchen of Rockford; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a con, Jack; a great granddaughter; a sister, Doxie McCrellias; and a brother, Harold Butterfield.

The service was Monday at Gibson Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Kenneth Arendsen and Matthew Kitchen officiating. Burial was in Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg.

Memorials may be made to the family.

Harden Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

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Bertha Ogden

Bertha Arlene Ogden, 96, of What Cheer, died Monday, Sept. 27, 1993 in Iowa City at the Mercy Hospital.

She was born August 2, 1897 near Springdale, the daughter of John and Mynettie Phelps Moore.

She was united in marriage to Hurley Ogden. He preceded her in death April 1, 1958.

She attended High School in Grinnell and was a homemaker all her life. She was a member of the What Cheer United Methodist Church; the Esther Circle; a 50 year member of P.E.O. Chapter Y; past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Thornburg; and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of What Cheer, and a former member of the Garden Club.

She is survived by a daughter and her husband: Doris Marie and Russell Crane of Tucson, Ariz.; a son and his wife: W. Dean and Julia Ogden of What Cheer; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one grandson, Paul Ogden; one great-grandson, Matthew; two brothers: Sherman Moore, Forrest Moore; five sisters: Ida Moore, Anna Middlekauff, Raye Wilcox; Hazel Dersch; Elizabeth Bender; two half-brothers and a half-sister.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1993 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer with Rev. Vince Homan of the What Cheer United Methodist Church officiating.

Burial will be in the Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg.

Memorials may be made to the What Cheer United Methodist Church.

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Eva Moore

OSKALOOSA -- Eva Moore, 84, of Oskaloosa died Feb. 21, 1990, at Pleasant Park Nursing Home in Oskaloosa.

She was born May 9, 1905 in Thornburg to William and Jane Moore McGimpsey. She married A. Dewey Moore on Dec. 2, 1926. He died April 19, 1961.

She farmed with her husband for many years in the Deep River area. After his death, she moved to Oskaloosa, where she worked as a housekeeper at Mahaska County Hospital until retiring.

She is survived by a sister, Ruth Frazier of Denver, Colo.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and seven sisters.

The service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Newman Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa, the Rev. David Holmes officiating.

Burial will be in Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Coming Soon to Shanghai Library: Chinese Family Tree Index

The Shanghai Daily reports good news for those of us wishing to explore our Chinese ancestry:

SHANGHAI Library will finish composing the world's biggest Chinese "Family Tree Index" by the end of this year, Xinhua news agency reported today.

The library will first compile the index into a series of books, which in total will contain millions of names and more than 50,000 family trees.

The index will later be converted into an online format that will enable all Chinese from home or abroad uncover their family history, the report said, citing Shanghai Library.

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