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RUSSELL, Claude and KRETSINGER, Grace Charlotte Family

m. Feb 1910

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  • RUSSELL, Claude Male
    RUSSELL, Claude

    Birth  22 Jan 1882  Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1 Mar 1974   
    Burial    Lowry City Cemetery, Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  Feb 1910  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  
    Other Spouse  —?—, Bertha Lucille | F1672 
    Marriage     
    Other Spouse  CHAPPELL, Bertha May | F1670 
    Marriage  5 Aug 1958  Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  —?—, Savilla | F1671 
    Marriage  Aft 1964   
    Father  RUSSELL, John Wesley | F9 Group Sheet 
    Mother  WOLFE, Martha Jane | F9 Group Sheet 

    KRETSINGER, Grace Charlotte Female
    KRETSINGER, Grace Charlotte

    Birth  22 Jan 1890  Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  21 Apr 1973  Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    RUSSELL, Roy E. Male
    + RUSSELL, Roy E.

    Birth  10 Jul 1916  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Aug 1990   
    Burial    Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  BARTHOLOMEW, Gretell "Gret" | F1711 
    Marriage  31 Jul 1938  Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location


  • Notes  Family Event:
    • Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53.

      "The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell very pleasently surprised them by coming Sunday with well filled baskets and spent the day with them. Twenty-six were present for the day. In the afternoon A. Lawrence, the photographer of Lawrence came out and took a family group picture. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Russell and family [sons Cecil and Bert, Jr.] of Paola; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Russell and baby [son Roy]; and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and baby [daughter Marie] of Osawatomie; Miss Katie Russell of Kansas City [MO]; Mrs. Lillie Bryan and daughters [Helen and Bessie] of Lawrence; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell; Myrtle, Ernest, Ray and Grace Russell; and Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, all of this place [community of Belleview in Eudora Township, Douglas County, KS]."
      - Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal-World, 5 October 1917, p. 6, col. 4.

      Included in the picture, but not mentioned in the newspaper article, were Mr. and Mrs. William Brecheisen of Johnson County, KS. Mrs. Brecheisen was John and Martha Russell's daughter, Mabel Russell.

  • Sources 
    1. [S983] Russell, Katherine D., Artifact - John Wesley & Martha Wolfe Russell's Children Document, 30 Jul 2016.

    2. [S782] Marie Cochrane (Kansas City, Missouri), Letter - Cochrane, Marie to Winston Cochrane, Date Unknown, 24 Nov 2015.
      Letter - Marie Russell to W. Winston Cochrane IV
      Letter - Marie Russell to W. Winston Cochrane IV


    3. [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015.
      Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley Russell families
      Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley


    4. [S813] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US, Kansas - 1915 - Miami County (Ancestry), (Digital images. Ancestry.com. "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925"; http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1088 : 2009), 19 Dec 2015, Paola, p. 21, dwelling 133, family 135, line 15, Claude Russell household; ("Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925"; http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1088 : accessed 19 December 2015); citing Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_150; Line: 15.
      Census - Kansas - Paola, KS - Claude & Grace Russell
      Census - Kansas - Paola, KS - Claude & Grace Russell


    5. [S772] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1910 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), 4 Dec 2015, T624, roll 447, Ten Mile Township, enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 14B, dwelling 194, family 204, Claude Russell, accessed 4 December 2015.
      Census - Miami County, KS - Claude & Grace Russell
      Census - Miami County, KS - Claude & Grace Russell


    6. [S798] Missouri, Cass County, Census - US - 1940 - MO - Cass County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=2442&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), 4 Dec 2015, T627, roll 2095, Harrisonville, enumeration district (ED) 19-13, sheet 17A, household 403, Claude Russell, accessed 4 December 2015.
      Census - Harrisonville, MO - Claude & Grace Russell
      Census - Harrisonville, MO - Claude & Grace Russell


    7. [S803] Military Records - US - WW I - Draft Registration Cards - 1917-1918 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : 2005.), 22 Dec 2015, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : accessed 22 December 2015), Claude Russell, Serial No. 1780, Order No. 251; Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Miami; Roll: 1643594.
      [Birth date given is incorrect.]
      US Draft Registration - WW I - Claude Russell
      US Draft Registration - WW I - Claude Russell



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