The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

BRECHEISEN, William Christopher and RUSSELL, Mabel Nellie Family

• Male BRECHEISEN, William Christopher

  
  

  Birth	24 Dec 1889	Eudora, Douglas, Kansas, USA
  Death	21 Nov 1965	Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, USA
  Burial	24 Nov 1965	Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
  Marriage	1 May 1917  [1, 2]	Douglas County, Kansas, USA  [1, 2]
  Father	BRECHEISEN, George | F1716 Group Sheet
  Mother	WEIL, Mary Anna | F1716 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female RUSSELL, Mabel Nellie

  
  

  Birth	1 May 1892	Cass County, Missouri, USA
  Death	2 Apr 1938	Bonita, Johnson, Kansas, USA
  Burial	4 Apr 1938	Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
  Father	RUSSELL, John Wesley | F9 Group Sheet
  Mother	WOLFE, Martha Jane | F9 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male + BRECHEISEN, Samuel Webb

  
  

  Birth	23 Nov 1923	Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Death	3 Jul 2005	Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA
  Burial		Brunswick Memorial Gardens, Shallotte, Brunswick, North Carolina, USA
  Spouse	BOWER, Stella Lucille | F1717
  Marriage	22 Jun 1947	Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA

  
  

  Male BRECHEISEN, Robert Gene

  
  

  Birth	25 Aug 1929	Johnson County, Kansas, USA
  Death	23 Jul 1947	Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
  Burial	26 Jul 1947	Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA

  
  

• Photos

  John & Martha Russell Family

  
  

• Notes

  Married: They were married at her parent's home, on a farm near Eudora, KS, on her 25th birthday. [2] 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. Residence: They then moved to California, Potterfield and Long Beach. They returned to Johnson County, KS in 1926 and lived there for the remainder of their lives.

  
  

• Sources

  [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015. Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley [S785] Brecheisen, Samuel Webb. Supplied by compiler., Family Group Sheet - Brecheisen, William C., 25 Nov 2015.