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LUCY9 BOOTS (NELSON RIDLEY8, MARTIN A.7, HANS ADAM6 STIEFFEL, HANS MELCHIOR5, CHRISTOPH4 STIEFEL, JACOB3, HANß2, OTTO1)1 was born Sep 20, 1867 in Bremer Co., IA1, and died Aug 27, 1933 in La Porte, IA1. She married CHARLES HENRY ORVIS1 1884 in IA1. He was born Mar 16, 1868 in Butler Co., IA1, and died Mar 17, 1946 in Waverly, IA1.

 

Notes for LUCY BOOTS:

  • Genforum "Boots Page" (25-II-2001), message 179, posted by Christine (Petrie) Grimm: ‘Nelson R. Boots … supposed to be from Indiana, married Rhoda (Sailor) date unknown … he lived in Iowa and have only found one child, daughter Lucy (my gr-grandmother) born 9/20/1867’;

  • Christine Grimm to L. Ellingham [14-VIII-2001]: ‘My grandmother’s parents were Charles Orvis who was married to Lucy Boots … their marriage application lists Rhodilla and Nelson as Lucy’s parents. I have a copy of the 1900 census that lists Charles and Lucy and children my grandmother among them.’;

  • [e-mail 18-VIII-2001]: ‘died 8/27/1933, buried with the Orvis family in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA’;

  • Riverside Cemetery records, Shell Rock, IA: graves 9A: ‘Lucy Boots, 9-20-1867 / 8-27-1933’ w/Charles H. Orvis, Otto R. Ortman, etc;

  • Obituary, "Waterloo Courier" [31-VIII-1933]: ‘services at Shell Rock Methodist church … died (probable angina) at La Porte city’;

  • 1880 Bremer Co., IA census (Jackson township) [E.D. 71; Sh. 13; ll. 8-17]: age 13, presented as ‘Lucy Sailor, daughter of Wm. & Fanny Sailer [Lucy’s grandparents], b. IA [parents like the Sailors, b. KY & OH], with the current Wm. Sailor family;

  • 1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16; Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: age 32, b. IA; father b. IN, mother b. IN; married 15 years, 5 children born, 5 living — foster-child, Emma Barnhouse, 15, with family;

  • 1915 Iowa State census for Black Hawk Co.: age 45, 90 Commercial St, Waterloo, IA; b. IA as were parents; married;

  • 1920 Black Hawk Co., IA census [E.D. 12; Sh. 2; ll. 63-64] on Cedar Falls Rd.: age 52, b. IA;

  • Clara M. Walker to L. Ellingham [3-XI-2001]: some data on this family

More About LUCY BOOTS:

  • Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA1

  • Religion: Methodist1

Notes for CHARLES HENRY ORVIS:

  • Christine Grimm to L. Ellingham [14-VIII-2001]: ‘My grandmother’s parents were Charles Orvis who was married to Lucy Boots … their marriage application lists Rhodilla and Nelson as Lucy’s parents. I have a copy of the 1900 census that lists Charles and Lucy and children my grandmother among them.’;

  • "Descendants of Joseph Orvis" chart: middle name, death year;

  • Marriage Record (6 Jun 1902): age 33, born Butler Co., IA; resident, Waverly Junction, IA; laborer; parents Frank E. & Sarah E. Orvis;

  • Riverside Cemetery records, Shell Rock, IA: graves 9A: ‘1867-1946’ w/Lucy Boots, Otto R. Ortman, etc;

  • Obituary, "Waverly Democrat" [22-III-1946]: ‘married 1884, lived in Shell Rock & Waterloo [IA] areas; died of ‘carcinoma’;

  • Methodist church service [Waverly]; survivors: 4 children, Charles Nelson of Shell Rock; Mrs Len Hoel of Waterloo; Mrs Artman [sic] of Waterloo [4th not named]; 19 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren & 1 great-great-grandchild …’;

  • 1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16; Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: age 32, b. IA; father b. IA, mother b. IN; farm laborer; married 15 years;

  • 1915 Iowa State census for Black Hawk Co.: age 48, 90 Commercial St, Waterloo, IA; b. IA as were parents; 1914 earnings $500;

  • 1920 Black Hawk Co., IA census [E.D. 12; Sh. 2; ll. 63-64] on Cedar Falls Rd.: age 51, b. IA;

  • Clara M. Walker to L. Ellingham [3-XI-2001]: some data on this family

More About CHARLES HENRY ORVIS:

  • Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA1

  • Occupation: farmer1

  • Religion: Methodist1

More About CHARLES ORVIS and LUCY BOOTS:

  • Marriage: 1884, IA1

 

Children of LUCY BOOTS and CHARLES ORVIS are:

          i. EMMA BARNHOUSE1, b. Feb 1885, IA1; d. Unknown, ?Waterloo, IA1; m. ERNEST ADAMS1, Jul 09, 1903, Waterloo (Black Hawk Co.) IA1; b. Abt. 1881, ?Waterloo, IA1; d. Unknown, ?Waterloo, IA1.

              Notes for EMMA BARNHOUSE:

                  1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16;

                      Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: age 15; born in IA, father born in PA,

                      mother’s birthplace unknown; a foster-child;

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 22, of Waterloo; bride

                      (Emma Barnhouse), 18, of Waterloo

              Notes for ERNEST ADAMS:

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 22, of Waterloo; bride

                      (Emma Barnhouse), 18, of Waterloo

              More About ERNEST ADAMS and EMMA BARNHOUSE:

                  Marriage: Jul 09, 1903, Waterloo (Black Hawk Co.) IA1

           

          ii. CHARLES NELSON ORVIS1, b. Aug 1886, IA1; d. ?Black Hawk Co., IA1; m. GERTRUDE E. BURKE1, Aug 07, 1908, Waterloo, IA1; b. Abt. 1890, ?Waterloo, IA1; d. Unknown, ?Waterloo, IA1.

              Notes for CHARLES NELSON ORVIS:

                  1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16;

                      Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: as ‘Nelson’, age 13, b. IA;

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 22, of Waterloo; bride

                      (Gertrude E. Burke), 18, of Waterloo;

                  Mabel Hortense Petrie obituary (1968): her 2 brothers are dead

              Notes for GERTRUDE E. BURKE:

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 22, of Waterloo; bride

                      (Gertrude E. Burke), 18, of Waterloo

              More About CHARLES ORVIS and GERTRUDE BURKE:

                  Marriage: Aug 07, 1908, Waterloo, IA1

           

          iii. LETA IRENE ORVIS1, b. Nov 07, 1888, IA1; d. May 04, 1974, Waterloo, IA1; m. LEN HOEL1, Bef. 1946, ?Waterloo, IA1; b. Unknown, ?1; d. Bef. 1974, ?Waterloo, IA1.

              Notes for LETA IRENE ORVIS:

                  "Descendants of Joseph Orvis" chart; Mabel Hortense Petrie

                  obituary (1968): survivor, ‘Mrs Irene Hoel, of Waterloo [IA]’;

                  "Black Hawk Co. [IA] Deaths: ‘died age 85 from pneumonia &

                      debility; widowed; lived at 324 Butler St, Waterloo; informant

                      Mrs Otto Ortman (of Jessup, IA);

                  1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16;

                      Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: age 11, b. IA

              More About LETA IRENE ORVIS:

                  Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA1

              Notes for LEN HOEL:

                  Father’s-in-law 1946 obituary, a survivor was ‘Mrs Len Hoel, of

                      Waterloo’;

                  Mabel Hortense Petrie (1968) obituary: spouse a survivor at

                      Waterloo, IA;

                  Wife’s 1974 death certificate, ‘widow’

              More About LEN HOEL and LETA ORVIS:

                  Marriage: Bef. 1946, ?Waterloo, IA1

           

          iv. MABEL HORTENSE ORVIS1, b. Nov 25, 1890, Shell Rock, IA1; d. May 24, 1968, Marshalltown, IA1; m. ARTHUR PARKERSON PETRIE1, Apr 05, 1908, Waterloo, IA1; b. Aug 03, 1878, DeKalb Co., IL1; d. Apr 12, 1969, Marshalltown, IA1.

           

          v. ANNA BELLE ORVIS1, b. Jun 11, 1893, IA1; d. Jul 30, 1988, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA1; m. (1) DANIEL D. POND1, Apr 05, 1908, Waterloo, IA1; b. Abt. 1884, ?Waterloo, IA1; d. Aft. 1908, ?Waterloo, IA1; m. (2) OTTO R. ORTMAN1, Dec 23, 1926, Waverly, IA1; b. Dec 26, 1902, Black Hawk Co., IA1; d. Feb 23, 1980, Waterloo, IA1.

              Notes for ANNA BELLE ORVIS:

                  1900 Black Hawk Co., IA census (Mt. Vernon township) [E.D. 16;

                      Sh. 6; ll. 65-72]: age 6, b. IA;

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom (Daniel D. Pond), 24, of

                      Waterloo; bride (Annabell Orvis), 15, of Waterloo (parents consent);

                      Survivor in [2nd] husband’s 1980 obituary, who died in Waterloo [IA];

                  "Black Hawk Co. [IA] Deaths: vital statistics; informant, Lewis Charles

                      Allen, 202 S Gay, Callaway, FL 32404; died of ventricular fibrillation &

                      acute myocardial infarction; widowed; worked in dry cleaners; lived at

                      1119 Kent Circle [Waterloo]; buried Riverside Cemetery [Shell Rock, IA]

              More About ANNA BELLE ORVIS:

                  Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA1

              Notes for DANIEL D. POND:

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 24, of Waterloo; bride

                      (Annabell Orvis), 15, of Waterloo (parents consent)

              More About DANIEL POND and ANNA ORVIS:

                  Marriage: Apr 05, 1908, Waterloo, IA1

              Notes for OTTO R. ORTMAN:

                  Obituary, "Waterloo [IA] Courier" [Sun, 24-II-1980]: ‘age 77, of

                      550 Eastgate Dr; services Tuesday; married Anna Orvis 23 Dec

                      1926 at Waverly; painter; survivors: wife; 1 grandson, 8

                      great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild …’;

                      Riverside Cemetery records, Shell Rock, IA: graves 9A: [same

                      dates as obit.]; grave plot also of Chas. H. & Lucy (Boots) Orvis,

                      etc

              More About OTTO R. ORTMAN:

                  Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA1

              More About OTTO ORTMAN and ANNA ORVIS:

                  Marriage: Dec 23, 1926, Waverly, IA1

           

          vi. ELSIE ORVIS1, b. Jan 1896, IA1; d. Bef. 1946, ?Waterloo, IA1; m. MARK MASTERS1, Mar 18, 1914, Black Hawk Co., IA1; b. Abt. 1892, Ansley, NE1; d. Unknown, Waterloo, IA1.

              Notes for ELSIE ORVIS:

                  1915 Iowa State census for Black Hawk Co.: age 19, 409 Bluff

                      St., Waterloo, IA; occupation, laundry work; 1914 earnings $400;

                      born IA m likewise parents; Catholic; married;

                  Clara M. Walker to L. Ellingham [3-XI-2001]: ‘one dead daughter

                      Elsie Orvis’ — no date or location suggested — dead by father’s

                      obituary [1946]

              More About ELSIE ORVIS:

                  Religion: Catholic1

              Notes for MARK MASTERS:

                  Black Hawk Co. [IA] Marriages: groom, 22, of Waterloo [2nd

                      marriage for him]; bride (Elsie Orvis), 19, ‘born Black Hawk Co.

                      [IA]’

              More About MARK MASTERS and ELSIE ORVIS:

                  Marriage: Mar 18, 1914, Black Hawk Co., IA1

           

          vii. (MALE) ORVIS1, b. Aft. 1900, ?Black Hawk Co., IA1; d. Bef. 1968, ?IA1.

              Notes for (MALE) ORVIS:

                  Mabel Hortense Petrie (1968) obituary: her 2 brothers are dead

                      [only male, Nelson, known from 1900 census]

           

           

Endnotes

1. Lewis Ellingham < >, Date of Import: Oct 23, 2004.

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Mabel Hortense Orvis

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