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.

JACKSON, Elva Lavena
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Name JACKSON, Elva Lavena [1, 2] Birth Abt 1886 Kansas, USA
[2] Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I4120 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 28 Nov 2016
Family RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr., b. 11 Apr 1886, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA
d. 5 Sep 1954 (Age 68 years) Marriage Abt 1905 [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Age at Marriage She : ~ 19 years - He : ~ 18 years and 8 months. Residence From 1910 to 1920 Miami County, Kansas, USA
[2, 3, 6, 7] on a farm in Paola Township Family Event 30 Sep 1917 Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA
[8] The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm - 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.

John & Martha Russell Family Marriage Status Bef 1935 Divorced Children 1.
RUSSELL Miss, b. Between 1906 and 1908 d. Between 1906 and 1910 (Age 0 years)> 2.
RUSSELL, Cecil H., b. 24 May 1909, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
d. 6 Oct 1986, San Saba, San Saba, Texas, USA
(Age 77 years)3.
RUSSELL, Bert Jr., b. Apr 1915, Kansas, USA
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1673 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Nov 2016
- 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.
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Event Map
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Sources - [S977] Iva Estelle Russell (Paola, Kansas), Letter - Russell, Iva Bell to Marie Russell Cochrane, 24 Jul 2016.
- [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), 10 Dec 2015, T624, roll 447, Paola Township, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 7B, dwelling 154, family 155, Bert Russell, accessed 10 December 2015.

Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell - [S803] Military Records - US - WW I - Draft Registration Cards - 1917-1918 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : 2005.), 9 Dec 2015, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : accessed 9 December 2015), Bert Russell, Serial No. 58, 12 September 1918; Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Miami; Roll: 1643594.

US Draft Registration - WW I - Kansas - Bert Russell - [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015.

Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley - [S983] Russell, Katherine D., Artifact - John Wesley & Martha Wolfe Russell's Children Document, 30 Jul 2016.
- [S789] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1920 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6061&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 10 Dec 2015, T625, roll 541, Paola Township, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 6B, dwelling 121, family 125, Bert Russell, accessed 10 December 2015.

Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell - [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. 2, dwelling 17, family 18, line 28, Bert 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: 28.

Census - Kansas - Paola, KS - Bert & Elva Russell - [S810] Photograph - Russell Family (John Wesley & Martha Jane Russell), 13 Dec 2015.
- [S977] Iva Estelle Russell (Paola, Kansas), Letter - Russell, Iva Bell to Marie Russell Cochrane, 24 Jul 2016.

